Jake Wood-Evans
B.1980 Based in Lewes, East Sussex
Introduction
Jake Wood-Evans’ work is a manifestation of his complex relationship with British art history. At once haunting and seductive, evocative and familiar, Wood-Evans’ oeuvre resists a definitive interpretation. 18th century figures appear as apparitions. Wreathed in gossamer oils they peer out from linen canvases: faceless, ghoulish memories of an imperial past.
Education
BA Hons in Fine Art from Falmouth University
Scholarship at The Royal Academy of Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Altered Lands, Frevo, New York, USA
2022
The Edge of Reality, Unit, London, UK
2021
Vanitas, Mougins Museum Mougins, France
(Re)Birth of Venus, Pulpo Gallery, Murnau, Germany
2020
Jake Wood-Evans: Relic, The Gallery, Winchester Discovery Centre, UK
2019
Legacy & Disorder, Unit, London, UK
2017
Transitions, Unit, London, UK
Art Wynwood, Art Wynwood Miami, USA
2016
Subjection & Discipline, Unit, London, UK
2015
Lawrence Acquisition Campaign, The Holburne Museum Bath, UK
2014
Darkness Visible, Leyden Gallery, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2023
London Calling, Unit, London, UK
Revival I – XVIIIe siècle, co-curated by Laura Gowen and Rachel Cole Sherr, Gowen, Geneva
2022
Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai, China
Que te seja leve o peso das estrelas, Centro de Arte Contemporânea de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
2021
Art Taipei, Taipei World Trade Centre, Taiwan
2020
Draw Together (online), Unit, London, UK
2019
MTV RE:DEFINE, organised by The Gross-Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas, USA
2017
Avant Art, Unit, London, UK
Paintguide, Unit, London, UK
Reportrait, Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Selected Press
2023
May ‘The Artful Life: 6 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week’, Galerie Magazine
2020
March ‘Interview with Jake Wood-Evans’, Visual Atelier 8
‘My Top 5 Favourite Art Pieces, Zandile Tshabalala’, 10and5
February ‘Jake Wood-Evans: Interview’, Studio International
‘Jake Wood-Evans: Relic’, Hastings Independent Press
January ‘The Times: Critics’ Choice of what to watch, see and do this week’, The Times Online
2019
December ‘Jake Wood-Evans New Solo Exhibition’, Trebuchet Magazine
June ‘The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London in June’, FAD Magazine
‘I used to paint walls rather than Old Masters, says artist Jake Wood-Evans’, Voice Magazine
May ‘Jake Wood-Evans on why he wishes to visit Andy Warhol’s The Factory and more’, GQ
‘The Week Ahead’, Observer
‘Jake Wood-Evans – Legacy and Disorder’, Considering Art
‘Exhibition of the Week: ‘Legacy & Disorder’ by Jake Wood-Evans at Unit London’, ViewZine
‘Legacy & Disorder: A Look at Jake Wood-Evans’, Hastings Independent
2017
December ‘Further into abstraction’: Nine minutes with Jake Wood-Evans’, After Nyne
‘Jake Wood-Evans Makes another ‘Transition’, Juxtapoz Magazine
May ‘Reportrait’, a-n
2016
September ‘Jake Wood-Evans at Unit London’, Artversed
August ‘BBC London News Feature on Subjection and Discipline’, BBC News
‘‘Young at Art’, Evening Standard
‘Subversion of the Classic…Nine Minutes with Jake Wood-Evans’, After Nyne
‘Jake Wood-Evans ‘Subjection and Discipline’, Juxtapoz Magazine
‘6 Must-See Exhibitions in August’, The Londonist
2015
August ‘Jake Wood-Evans – Shades of Night’, Wall Street International
2014
September ‘Modern Portraiture in Covent Garden’, The Londonist
‘The Unit London exhibition private view’, Tatler web feature
‘Breakthrough gallery The Unit London celebrates its first anniversary with new exhibition called ‘U’’, Mail Online
‘U – The Unit London Gallery’, The Huffington Post
August ‘U: 19 Sep-18 Oct 2014 at The Unit London’, Wall Street International
‘Preview – U @ The Unit London’, FAD Magazine
‘U – Contemporary Portraiture’, Widewalls
May ‘Darkness Visible – Jake Wood-Evans’, Laissez Faire
2013
October ‘The Work of Jake Wood-Evans’, Gulliver Looks ‘Jake Wood-Evans’, Empty Kingdom
September ‘Jake Wood-Evans’, Ignan
Selected Collections
Sagol Family Collection, Tel Aviv, Israel
Jiménez-Colón Collection Ponce, Puerto Rico
The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, USA
Verhuelsdonk Collection, Hamburg, Germany
Mougins Museum Collection, Mougins, France
Bunker Foundation (Rudwin DeWoody Collection), LA, USA