Allen Jones studied at Hornsey College of Art from 1955 to 1959 and the Royal College of Art from 1959 to 1960. Between 1961 and 1983 he taught at Croydon College of Art, Chelsea School of Art, University of South Florida, Hochschule für Bildenden Kunst, Hamburg, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Irvine and Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin. Jones was appointed a Trustee of the British Museum from 1990 to 1999.
From the early 1960s his international reputation was established as a painter, printmaker and sculptor. Over the past 40 years his work has been exhibited around the world in both solo and group exhibitions. There have been three major retrospectives of his work. The first at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, travelling to the Serpentine Gallery, London and to four venues in Germany. The second at the ICA, London, which travelled to the Fruit Market, Edinburgh and Arnolfini, Bristol, and the third at the Barbican, London, which was subsequently toured worldwide by the British Council.
Jones’s designs for stage and television include Oh Calcutta! for Kenneth Tynan, Manner wir kommen (West Deutsche Rundfunk), Understanding Opera (LWT), Satie/Cinema (Baallet Rambert) and Signed in Red (Royal Ballet, London). Jones lives and works in London and Oxfordshire.
Printmaker
Born: 1937 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Nationality: British
Elected ARA: 7 May 1981
Elected RA: 20 November 1986
Elected Senior RA: 1 October 2013
Gender: Male
Preferred media: Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture
James Hunkin
Allen Jones R.A., 2001
Silver gelatin print, kodak ektalure paper
James Hunkin
Allen Jones R.A., 2001
Silver gelatin print, kodak ektalure paper
Marcus Leith
Allen Jones RA: Watercolours exhibition installation photographs, 10/12/2007
James Hunkin
Allen Jones R.A., 2001
Silver gelatin print, kodak ektalure paper
A place in the country
Vantage point
Keeping the light in
What happens in the studio
Material challenges
From painting to sculpture
Storyboards
Framing the moment
A model subject
Magazine clippings
Tools of the trade
Brushwork
Ahead of a major survey of his work at the Royal Academy of Arts, we join the artist in his studio to discuss how British Pop Art emerged in the 1950s, how he became obsessed with the female figure – and how one iconic portrait came about.
Allen Jones RA, Refrigerator, 2002.
Allen Jones RA, Hat Stand, 1969.
Allen Jones RA, Third Man, 1965.
Allen Jones RA, Curious Woman, 1965.
Allen Jones RA, Interesting Journey, 1962.
Allen Jones RA, Play for Today, 2003.
2012 Völklinger Hütte, Center for European Art and Industrial Culture, Saarbrücken
2011 Wetterling Gallery, Gothenberg
2010 Marlborough Fine Art, London
2009 Gallerie Patrice Trigano, Paris
Levy Gallery, Hamburg
2007 Alan Cristea Gallery, London
2003 Alan Cristea Gallery, London
Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna
1999 Academy, Helsinki
Ars Nova Museum of Contemporary Art, Turku, Finland
As Vaal Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia
Arts Council
British Council
Contemporary Art Society
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
National Portrait Gallery, London
Tate Gallery
Victoria & Albert Museum
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
York City Art Gallery
Calouste Gulbenkian Collection, Lisbon, Portugal
Chicago Museum of Art, Chicago, USA
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
Museum of 20th Century Art, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Nagoake Museum, Japan
Regional Museum, Olinda, Brazil
Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York, USA
Yuzi Paradise Sculpture Park, Guilin, China
Liverpool Garden Festival;
Frederick Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles
Cotton’s Atrium, London
London Heathrow Terminal 4
London Docklands Development Board
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London
Swire Properties
Taikoo Place, Hong Kong
Goodwood Sculpture Park, Sussex
Chatsworth, Derbyshire
GlaxoSmithKline World HQ, London
We’re proud to present Plein Air, a new limited edition woodblock print made by Allen Jones RA in celebration of our Matisse in the Studio exhibition.
In this edition of 50, the green ink of Jones’ characteristically sensual figures pay homage to Matisse as they surround the void, with the print completed by a small still life.
To celebrate our 250th birthday this year, we’re highlighting 250 beautiful, odd and inspiring objects from the RA Collection across 25 themes. In this edition, we’re setting forth across the seven seas to discover works by artists who voyaged across the globe, drawing what they saw.
Over 130 art galleries can be found in Mayfair and St James, along with world-famous auction houses and the Royal Academy of Arts.
From a meditation on the image and idea of superstar Bill Murray to a restorative art apothecary, we bring you the must-see shows opening this week.
This intimate salon explores Allen Jones’s controversial work ‘Chair’ and its changing status as a piece of fine art, an erotic sculpture and an object of attack.
We visited Allen Jones RA in his Oxfordshire studio, where he talked about his transition from painting to sculpture, and about painting Kate Moss.
Like many of today’s pop culture icons, Allen Jones’s work has sparked celebration and uproar. Chris Fite-Wassilak introduces an artist who made us blush 40 years before Miley.
Ahead of our Provocations in Art Salon, speakers Stacy Boldrick, Lyndsey Morgan and Grace Woodward describe their first reactions to a work that has sparked everything from vandalism to real-life re-creation. What’s your view?
The presenter, fashion commentator, stylist and feminist explains why she identifies with Allen Jones’s controversial works and picks a few of her favourites.
In an article from the RA Magazine archive, we find out what happened when two Academicians joined Gordon Ramsay at his Claridge’s restaurant.
Typical of the work of Allen Jones RA in its examination of the voyeuristic gaze, this print depicts the psychology of human interaction in bold unmodulated colours.
Revisit this exploration of the meaning of Jones’s works, ahead of his first major retrospective in Burlington Gardens.
One of the key moments in modern British art occurred one day in 1965, when Allen Jones RA, then in his late 20s, first stepped inside an American casino. Kelly Grovier spotlights the Pop artist’s first step towards iconic status, as the Academy mounts a major show of his work.
