"Rachel Jones makes monumental paintings. Expansive in scale, a riot of vibrant hues that bounce musically across the canvas, Jones' work drew mass art world attention following her master's at the Royal Academy in 2019. She has since signed with and left mega gallery Thaddaeus Ropac, designed a Brit award for the iconic music show's 2024 edition, staged a live opera with suitably colourful costuming by Roksanda, and appeared in Jonathan Anderson's famed Loewe campaign. For many artists, such intense industry observation might lead to suffocation. But Jones has found a unique path through it, recently returning to the roots of her painting practice and revisiting ways of working from childhood."
"I'm always trying to look at the structure of something in its most rudimentary, abstract, pure form,"
"You can have an object so loaded with psychology and social context. You can feel all this tension, aliveness and mirth in how Wong paints a brick. It's a simple form, but at the same time, you're painting something that anyone can understand because it's used to structure society."
Rachel Jones creates monumental, vibrant paintings characterized by expansive scale and musical colour. Jones gained major attention after completing a master's at the Royal Academy in 2019 and has worked with major institutions and brands, including Thaddaeus Ropac, the BRIT Awards 2024, a live opera with Roksanda costumes, and Loewe's campaign. Two institutional shows run in London: Gated Canyons at Dulwich Picture Gallery and new commissions at The Courtauld. Recurring motifs include abstracted mouths and teeth referencing inner-outer divides and Black fashion grills. New work introduces brick patterns inspired partly by Martin Wong and returns to childhood working methods with more breathing room.
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