Jerwood Painters in Discussion

Saturday 11th September 2-4pm

Artists from the Jerwood Contemporary Painters exhibition will talk about their work and the role of painting today.

Featuring Jill Mason, Jack Newling, Ben Pritchard, Mimei Thompson an Kevin Cosgrove. Each artist will speak about their work individually with a chance for questions and discussion at the end.

FREE but booking is required on 0113 8160122 or [email protected].

Ben Pritchard, Three, 2009

Jill Mason

Jill Mason (b.1974, Leeds, UK) studied at the Royal Academy Schools (2005-2008). Selected exhibitions include: Tag, From 3 to 36: New London Painting, Brown Gallery, London (2010); Code of Being, Gallery WITHSPACE, Beijing (2009); Paperview, John Jones Project Space, London (2009); and Objects in the Forest, Sadler's Wells, London (2009); her work is also held in the Saatchi Collection. She currently lives and works in London.

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Jill Mason, Family Business, 2009

Jack Newling

Jack Newling (b. 1983, Nottingham, UK) gained a BA (Hons) Fine Art from the University of the West of England, Bristol (2002-05) and a Postgraduate Diploma Fine Art from the Royal Academy Schools, London (2006-09). Recent exhibitions include: Tag from 3 to 36: New London Painting, Brown Gallery, London (2010); Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2009, Cornerhouse, Manchester and Club Row, A Foundation, London (2009); Pop will eat itself, Art on the Underground at Piccadilly Circus (2009); Plastic Culture, The Harris Museum, Preston (2009); and Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Club Row, A Foundation, London and Cornerhouse, Manchester (2007). He was the recipient of the Red Mansion Art Prize in 2009 and his work is held in both the UBS Colletion and The Zabludowicz Collection. He currently lives and works in London.

Jack Newling, New Nights, 2010

Mimei Thompson

Mimei Thompson (b.1972, Tokyo, Japan) studied BA Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art (1990-1994) and MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London (200-02), before gaining and MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London (2003-05). She was selected for Axis Future 50 at PSL, Leeds in 2008 and the Studio Voltaire Open in 2007. Recent solo shows include Mime 1, Transition Gallery, London (2008) and Internal Geometry, Drawing Room, St George's Hall, Liverpool (2009). She lives and works in London and is represented by Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool.

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Mimei Thompson, Yellow Tree, 2009

Ben Pritchard

Ben Pritchard (b.1970, Detroit, Michigan, USA) attended the New York Studio School (1994-96) before completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art at the Royal Academy Schools, London (2006-09). Recent exhibitions include: Paintings: Michael Victor Jackson and Ben Pritchard, Wiebke Morgan, London (2010). His work is also on show at Rpetti Project Space, Long Island City, New York and the offices of Intrinsic Value investors, London. He lives and works in London.

Ben Pritchard, Bone (holy), 2009

Kevin Cosgrove

Kevin Cosgrove (b.1984, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland) studied BA (Diploma) Fine Art at Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin (2003-06) and BA (Hons) Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin (2006-07). Selected exhibitions include: Nine Spaces with mother's tankstation, LISTE, Basel (2010); Futures, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (2009); Open Space at Art Cologne (2009); The Untitled First Album, mother's tankstation (2008); and Menshheit, mother's tankstation (2008). He was awarded an Arts Council of Ireland Bursary Award (2009) and his work is held in the collection of the Office of Public Works, Dublin. He currently lives and works in Dublin and is represented by mother's tankstation, Dublin.

Kevin Cosgrove, School Workshop, 2008