About — Russ Jones

Russ Jones (b.1990) is a conceptual Artist living and working in London, UK

His practice explores the malleability of identity through freedom and control.

Russ’ work creates environments that redefine the rules of the surrounding space, using painting, performance and conceptual objects and installations to physically and psychologically influence participant behaviour.

His work touches on a broad range of topics, including spirituality, nature, war, identity, technology, materiality, death and beauty. Russ employs ethnographic research and interviews to better understand the situations he attempts to create, and is currently conducting practical research into esotericism and materiality to better understand the border between consensus reality, memory and energy.

Prior to this Russ led counter terrorism and counter insurgency operations for the FCO and British Army. He holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southampton where he was an Academic Scholar and an MBA from London Business School and UC Berkeley where he was a Talent Scholar.

Russ shares his ongoing research in a weekly newsletter here.

Russ Jones

(b. 1990, Wolverhampton UK)
Lives and works in London

Select Exhibitions and Installations

2025 Topshop x Defected Records, The Basement @ Defected Records
2025 Universal Music Group Brits Afterparty, 180 Strand
2024 How are you today?, 81KR, London
2023 Motion, O-Studios, Miami
2022 Carnage group show, O-Studios, Art Basel Miami
2022 not waving but drowning, Public Installation, City of Miami
2021 Texture, Koppel Project, London
2021 Is this Progress, or just Marketing? Fitzrovia Gallery, London
2020 Better next time, Street Installation

Residencies

2022 O-Studios, Miami, US
2020 Pirzada Holdings, London, UK

Awards

2023 Arts Council project funding
2022 Soho House, Rising 50
2021 Arts Council project funding
2020 Talent Scholarship, LBS/UC Berkeley

Publications

2020, How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division, Elif Shafak

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