Jon Halls
I am an artist, illustrator and activist. My work explores how we value nature in the 21st century through drawing, walking, workshops and talks. Through this multidisciplinary approach I can investigate what nature is, and express it to the public in innovative ways.
Growing up in Hayes, Bromley, on the border of London’s Green Belt, my childhood was spent in the edgelands, neither rural nor urban. This in-between space has given me an appreciation of what nature and wilderness offers through its absence in the city, while also being aware of the pace, need and expanse of concrete. This juxtaposition between the green and the grey has shaped my practice. My work reflects on how the boundaries that define the edge of the city can inform one another to not only advocate for nature, but also to challenge how perceptions of value destroy the wild while not benefiting the people.
By combining these tools for seeing nature, I hope to create work that allows people to follow me into the natural world through conversations rather than didacticism.
Exhibitions
Workshops
Talks
Residencies
Health and the Climate & Ecology Emergency Exhibition
University College Hospital London - 2021
Planting the Future
Selina Cafe - 2021
"You are here"
katmapped.org Online Exhibiton - 2020
Climate Crisis Exhibition
Gerald Moore Gallery - 2020
Drawing in the Green Belt
Cowcross St, The Gallery - 2019
Four Down
First Floor Space - 2019
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Lowland 3
Theater Rampe - 2018
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Glaze
The Icing Room - 2018
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Thoughtful Planet 2
Thought Foundation - 2018
Trajectories
Watermans Art Centre - 2018
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What Now?
Centre 4 Recent Drawing - 2017
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S*PARK
London College of Communication - 2017
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RCA Degree Show
Royal College of Art - 2017
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Draw Exhibition
Hockney Gallery - 2017
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Rogue Seeds
RCA Students Union - 2017
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Common Room
Hockney Gallery - 2016
Universal Species Suffrage Referendum
Duna Project - 2021
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What is Nature to you?
University of Northampton - 2021
Universal Species Suffrage Referendum
University of West England - 2020
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Universal Species Suffrage Referendum
Residency 11:11 - 2020
Universal Species Suffrage Referendum
Anti University - 2020
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Biodiversity and Climate Change
Gerald Moore Gallery - 2020
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Memorial Stones
Crystal Palace Football Academy - 2019
Seedbomb Workshop
Brainchild Festival - 2019
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Seedbomb Workshop
First Floor Space - 2019
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Save the Abbey!
UCA Farnham - 2018
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Research to Ideas
UCA Farnham - 2018
AC/BC
Brainchild Festival - 2018
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‘What do you believe in?’
Royal College of Art - 2017
Illustrated Times: Creating a 21st century news platform.
Illustration Research Symposium - 2021
Wilderness In the City
Friends of Croydon AGM - 2019
Interventionist Spaces for Education
Watermans Art Centre - 2018
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How can Art save the Oceans?
UN Climate Change Conference - 2017
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Common Comments
River Till - 2017
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Incremental Otherness
Holy Trinity Church - 2017
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Champagne Hyperrealism
Senior Common Room - 2017
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Explicit Demands
Parliament Square - 2017
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Yoghurt Aesthetics
Art Bar - 2016
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Beyond the BA
Northampton - 2016
Routes
First Floor Space - 2019