Jack Woolley
Jack is a visual artist who makes use of mapping and museum archives to interrogate histories of the pursuit of wealth and their consequences for today’s world. He is interested in the gap between representation and reality, questioning the self-mythologising of British culture that dresses a history of violence in garments of self-sacrifice and altruism. Working with expanded painting and artist’s books, he explores the overlapping notions of object and surface – examining the roles of the elements that make up a painting and experimenting with deconstruction and repair.
Jack’s work is held in the collection of the Bodleian Library.
Exhibitions
2026
Uncomfortable Truths, Humboldt Universität, Berlin
MFA Degree Show, Ruskin School of Art, Oxford
The First Round Proper; Bloc Projects, Sheffield
2025
Hypernormal, Uncovered Collective, London
A Bell is a Cup, Bloc Projects, Sheffield
2024
Tribute; Uncovered Collective, London
Freelands Painting Prize winners exhibition, Freelands Foundation, London
Past, Present, Future, Art Academy, London
2023
Derelict; Uncovered Collective, London
2022
I’m So Sickle Of It; Uncovered Collective, London
2012
Brit Arch: The Changing Face of British Architecture; The Architecture Centre, Bristol
1993
In The Swim; BEDG/Blueprint, Bremerhaven
The Best of British Design; DTI/British Trade Commission, Hong Kong
1992
Britain Salutes Seoul: Future Visions; DTI/Design Museum, Seoul
1989
Leading Edge; Axis Gallery, Tokyo
Awards
2024
Freelands Painting Prize
Liberty Art Award
Pure Arts Studio Award
2015
RIBA Viewpoint
2012
Architects' Journal Small Projects Award
Jack has a parallel career as an architect. Here are two examples of his architectural work: