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==Education==
==Education==
Huxley was born in [[Surrey]] in 1965. He studied at [[Berkshire College of Art and Design]] (1985&ndash;1986) and [[Nottingham Trent Polytechnic]] (1987&ndash;1989) and graduated from the latter with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art in 1989. He studied for a Diploma in Fine Art at the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] (1989&ndash;1992). Huxley suffers from the [[visual impairment]] conditions [[nystagmus]] and [[photophobia]] and this has influenced his approach to creating art.<ref>[http://www.waltmanortega.com/artist_statement_Jonathan_Huxley.html Huxley artist statement, Waltman Ortego Fine Art].</ref>
Huxley was born in [[Surrey]] in 1965. He studied at [[Berkshire College of Art and Design]] (1985&ndash;1986) and [[Nottingham Trent Polytechnic]] (1987&ndash;1989) and graduated from the latter with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art in 1989. He studied for a Diploma in Fine Art at the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] (1989&ndash;1992). Huxley suffers from the [[visual impairment]] conditions [[nystagmus]] and [[photophobia]] and this has influenced his approach to creating art.<ref>[http://www.waltmanortega.com/artist_statement_Jonathan_Huxley.html Huxley artist statement, Waltman Ortego Fine Art]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a6zu1KgG1w Huxley talks about installation "A Boys Own Story"]</ref>


==Professional life==
==Professional life==

Revision as of 14:04, 19 October 2016

Jonathan Huxley
File:Huxley RA installation A Boys Own Story.jpg
Huxley working at the Royal Academy on his collaborative installation "A Boys Own Story".
Born(1965-11-10)November 10, 1965
Surrey, UK
NationalityBritish
EducationBerkshire College of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent Polytechnic, Royal Academy of Arts,
Known forfine art, murals, public art
AwardsRoyal Academy Young Masters Prize 1992

Jonathan Huxley (born 1965) is a British artist whose paintings and murals depict illusions of human figures in motion.

Education

Huxley was born in Surrey in 1965. He studied at Berkshire College of Art and Design (1985–1986) and Nottingham Trent Polytechnic (1987–1989) and graduated from the latter with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art in 1989. He studied for a Diploma in Fine Art at the Royal Academy of Arts (1989–1992). Huxley suffers from the visual impairment conditions nystagmus and photophobia and this has influenced his approach to creating art.[1][2]

Professional life

Huxley's work is featured by Galerie Olivier Waltman[3] in Paris, the Crane Kalman Gallery[4] in London and Waltman Ortego Fine Art[5] in Miami. Notable works include a 1993 large scale mural commissioned by Bermondsey Council and a mural in the Met Bar in the Metropolitan Hotel, Park Lane London.[6] Since 2007 Huxley has been Artist Educator at the Royal Academy of Art.

Awards and distinctions

Huxley was awarded the Royal Academy Young Masters Prize in 1992 and the award for the most popular painting at the Royal College of Art show in 1997. He was featured in a 1991 documentary for Channel 4 'Behind the Eye'.[7] Huxley was elected a member of the Royal Watercolour Society in 2014.[8] He was a prizewinner in the 2009 RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, [9] winning the Penguin Classics Prize for Cover Art, and was a finalist for the 2014 Jerwood Drawing Prize.[10]. He was featured in the Autumn 2016 issue of the Bankside Gallery RWS magazine.

References