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Oliver C Jones (born 1985 in Shropshire, UK) is a contemporary British artist known for his large-scale photorealist chalk pastel drawings. Jones graduated in 2008 from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design with First-Class Honors.〔http://www.gusfordgallery.com/artists/32-oliver-jones/biography/〕 Shortly after graduation, Jones was the winner of the Best of UK competition at SaLon Gallery, London, earning a place in the UK's Future Greats show.〔http://lifeinla.com/arts-literature/streams/art/138-art-shows-exhibits/18714/oliver-jones-challenges-his-audience-to-look-for-beauty-in-our-imperfections.html〕 In 2010, Jones was shortlisted for the Threadneedle Prize for Painting and Sculpture for his work ''Georgina'', which featured 'an optical illusion in which a girl's face was upside-down and the eyes and mouth were flipped up the right way.'〔http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/the-threadneedle-prize-for-painting-and-sculpture-2062789.html〕 His work was also featured in the BBC2 show Show Me the Monet.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l3xk4〕 Jones was shortlisted for the Young Masters Art Prize 2014 and awarded a Highly Commended Prize.〔http://www.gusfordgallery.com/news/45/〕 In his debut 2014 solo exhibition ''Love the Skin You're In'', Jones 'explored society's obsession with perfect skin'〔http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/17/love-the-skin-youre-in-oliver-jones_n_5836952.html〕 and the exhibition included a portrait of his young daughter with plastic surgery marks covering her face titled ''Designer Baby''.〔http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/birmingham-artists-exhibition-display-part-7323265〕 Jones is the Co-Founder of (A3 Project Space ) Digbeth, Birmingham, UK which supports contemporary artists and hosts residencies in collaboration with (mac birmingham ) and (Turning Point West Midlands ).〔http://a3projectspace.org/index.php/about〕 Jones is represented by Los Angeles-based gallery GUSFORD.〔http://www.gusfordgallery.com/news/8/〕 ==External links== * (Artist Website ) * (A3 Project Space ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oliver C Jones」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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