Tess Jaray
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Tess Jaray RA is the painter
who designed Centenary Square, Birmingham
, England
and the forecourt for the New British Embassy, Moscow.
Her work is characterised by the enigmatic interaction of forms and colours. The patterns she creates suggest spatial ambiguities and shifting structures which work on the viewer’s perceptions in subtle ways
She studied painting at the Slade School of Fine Art
, University College London
, where she later taught. She has work in many public collections, including the Tate Gallery
and the British Museum
.
In 1960 she was awarded the Abbey Minor travelling scholarship to Italy, and the French Government scholarship. She had her first individual exhibition of paintings at the Grabowski Gallery in 1963, and since then has exhibited regularly in Britain and abroad.
Her public solo exhibitions include the Whitechapel Gallery in 1973, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, in 1984, and the Serpentine gallery, London, in 1988. Collections include the British Museum, the Arts Council, the V & A Museum and Tate Gallery, London. Her public commissions include Centenary Square,Birmingham, Wakefield Cathedral Precinct, and the forecourt for the New British Embassy in Moscow.
She collaborated with W. G. Sebald
on For Years Now
, providing images for Sebald's stories and poems. The book was published in London by Short Books in 2001. Her own book of collected writing Painting: Mysteries & Confessions which includes several stories about Sebald, was published in May 2010 by Lenz Books.
In 2010, elected Royal Academician.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Lyon & Turnbull, London
2003 Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
2001 Clifford Chance, London (prints)
2000 Purdy Hicks Gallery
1993 Todd Gallery, London (prints)
1988 Serpentine Gallery, London
1984 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (prints and drawings)
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
1980 Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, Australia
1976 Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1973 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1972 City Art Gallery, Bristol
Graves Art Gallery Sheffield
Axiom Gallery, London
1967 Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
1965 Hamilton Gallery, London
1963 Grabowski Gallery, London
COMMISSIONS
1999-2002 The Piazza, Broadway, Wimbledon, London
1995-1999 Forecourt of the New British Embassy, Moscow
1995-1998 Leeds General Infirmary, Jubilee Square
1991 Roof Terrace for Arts Council Headquarters
1989-1992 Wakefield Cathedral Precinct
1988-1992 Centenary Square, Birmingham
1987 Decorative brick paving floor, Midlands Arts Centre
1985 Terrazzo floor, Victoria Station
1967 Mural for British Pavilion, Expo 1967, Montreal
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
Arts Council of Great Britain
British Council
British Museum
Contemporary Art Society
Government Art Collection
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Leicestershire Education Authority
Tate Gallery
University College, London
University of East Anglia
Victoria & Albert Museum
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Warwick University
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Worcester Museum & Art Gallery
Museum of Fine Art, Budapest
Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade
Museum XX Jahrhundert, Vienna
Peter Stuyvesant Netherlands Foundation
Stadtisches Museum, Leverkusen
Sundsvalls Museum, Sweden
Western Australia Art Gallery
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
who designed Centenary Square, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and the forecourt for the New British Embassy, Moscow.
Her work is characterised by the enigmatic interaction of forms and colours. The patterns she creates suggest spatial ambiguities and shifting structures which work on the viewer’s perceptions in subtle ways
She studied painting at the Slade School of Fine Art
Slade School of Fine Art
The Slade School of Fine Art is a world-renownedart school in London, United Kingdom, and a department of University College London...
, University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
, where she later taught. She has work in many public collections, including the Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery
The Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
and the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
.
In 1960 she was awarded the Abbey Minor travelling scholarship to Italy, and the French Government scholarship. She had her first individual exhibition of paintings at the Grabowski Gallery in 1963, and since then has exhibited regularly in Britain and abroad.
Her public solo exhibitions include the Whitechapel Gallery in 1973, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, in 1984, and the Serpentine gallery, London, in 1988. Collections include the British Museum, the Arts Council, the V & A Museum and Tate Gallery, London. Her public commissions include Centenary Square,Birmingham, Wakefield Cathedral Precinct, and the forecourt for the New British Embassy in Moscow.
She collaborated with W. G. Sebald
W. G. Sebald
W. G. Maximilian Sebald was a German writer and academic. At the time of his death at the age of 57, he was being cited by many literary critics as one of the greatest living authors and had been tipped as a possible future winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature...
on For Years Now
For Years Now
For Years Now is a book of 23 short story/poems by the German writer W.G. Sebald with images provided by British visual artist, Tess Jaray. It was published by Short Books, London in 2001.-References:...
, providing images for Sebald's stories and poems. The book was published in London by Short Books in 2001. Her own book of collected writing Painting: Mysteries & Confessions which includes several stories about Sebald, was published in May 2010 by Lenz Books.
In 2010, elected Royal Academician.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Lyon & Turnbull, London
2003 Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
2001 Clifford Chance, London (prints)
2000 Purdy Hicks Gallery
1993 Todd Gallery, London (prints)
1988 Serpentine Gallery, London
1984 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (prints and drawings)
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
1980 Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, Australia
1976 Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1973 Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1972 City Art Gallery, Bristol
Graves Art Gallery Sheffield
Axiom Gallery, London
1967 Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
1965 Hamilton Gallery, London
1963 Grabowski Gallery, London
COMMISSIONS
1999-2002 The Piazza, Broadway, Wimbledon, London
1995-1999 Forecourt of the New British Embassy, Moscow
1995-1998 Leeds General Infirmary, Jubilee Square
1991 Roof Terrace for Arts Council Headquarters
1989-1992 Wakefield Cathedral Precinct
1988-1992 Centenary Square, Birmingham
1987 Decorative brick paving floor, Midlands Arts Centre
1985 Terrazzo floor, Victoria Station
1967 Mural for British Pavilion, Expo 1967, Montreal
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
Arts Council of Great Britain
British Council
British Museum
Contemporary Art Society
Government Art Collection
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Leicestershire Education Authority
Tate Gallery
University College, London
University of East Anglia
Victoria & Albert Museum
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Warwick University
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Worcester Museum & Art Gallery
Museum of Fine Art, Budapest
Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade
Museum XX Jahrhundert, Vienna
Peter Stuyvesant Netherlands Foundation
Stadtisches Museum, Leverkusen
Sundsvalls Museum, Sweden
Western Australia Art Gallery