Jake Garfield
(b. 1990) London, UK
Collections
The British Museum
V&A Museum
Fitzwilliam Museum
The Royal Collection (UK)
Pallant House Gallery
Royal College of Art
El Segundo Museum of Art
Katrin Bellinger Collection
Argyll Collection
Moritz-Heyman Collection
Dumfries House Collection
Golder-Thompson Collection
Publications (& Press)
2025 The Wick Culture
2024 Elle Decoration
2023 Pallant House Blog - Interview
2023 Jewish Chronicle
2023 The Jackdaw
2023 8 Holland Street - ‘Spotlight On’
2022 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair - Interview
2022 Evening Standard Magazine
2021 Pressing Matters Magazine
2021 Printmaking Today Magazine
2019 Ways Of Drawing: Artist’s Perspectives & Practices (Thames & Hudson)
2019 The Drawing Ideas Book (Ilex Press)
2019 The Printmaking Ideas Book (Ilex Press)
2019 The Edge Of Our Critical Thinking: Drawing & Print (India International Centre)
Awards
2023 Awarded - Elizabeth Greenshields Award ii
2022 Nominated - Queen Sonja Print Award
2021 Winner - Boodle Hatfield Printmaking Prize
2021 Runner Up - Tagsmart Award, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
2021 Awarded - Elizabeth Greenshields Award i
2021 Awarded - Arts Council DYCP Grant
2021 Shortlist - Fen Ditton Gallery Printmaking Prize
2020 Winner - John Purcell Paper Award, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
2020 Awarded - Arts Council Grant
2016 Awarded - Travers Smith CSR Art Award
2016 Winner - Printmakers Council Award, RCA MA Degree Show
2015 Winner - Durham Wharf Foundation Award, ReachOutRCA
2014 Shortlist - Bloomberg New Contemporaries
2013 Winner - Royal Drawing School Printmaking Prize
2012 Winner - IdeasTap Quarterly Award
Solo Exhibitions
2025 ‘ Man Holding A Snake (and other pictures)’ - 8 Holland Street flagship gallery - London
2022 Solo presentation at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
2022 ‘EMERGING ARTIST’ - Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair @ Mayfair Art Weekend, London
2022 Open Studio at Eames Fine Art, London
2021 ‘EMERGING ARTIST (and other favourites)’ - 155a Gallery, London
2018 ‘The Real Thing’ – Mercer Chance Gallery, London
2015 ‘Open Studio’ - ESMoA, Los Angeles
2015 ‘True Life Stories’ with Heath Lowndes - Mercer Chance Gallery, Londo
Group Exhibitions
2025 London Original Print Fair with Verbatim @ SOMERSET HOUSE, London
2024 Contemporary Collecting: David Hockney to Cornelia Parker @ BRITISH MUSEUM, London
2024 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
2024 Drawn Together @ ROYAL DRAWING SCHOOL, London
2024 The Print Revue @ SOHO REVUE, London
2024 London Original Print Fair with Verbatim @ SOMERSET HOUSE, London
2023 Freedom From Torture (charity auction) - SOTHEBY’S, London
2023 Presentation with Brocket Gallery at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
2023 Sanctuary Selects: Voices From Our Community - PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY, UK
2023 Picasso: A 50 year legacy- CHRISTIE’S, London
2023 New Arrivals - 8 HOLLAND STREET, London
2023 Summer Exhibition - ROYAL ACADEMY, London
2023 In My Hands A Forest Lies Asleep - VIOLET HOUR, London
2023 After Hours (event) - BONHAMS, London
2023 London Original Print Fair with Verbatim @ SOMERSET HOUSE, London
2022 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
2022 A Kind Of Human Clothing - LILIYA Gallery, London.
2022 London Original Print Fair with Verbatim @ SOMERSET HOUSE, London
2022 Ulsan International Woodcut Festival, South Korea
2022 London Art Fair with 155A GALLERY, London
2021 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
2021 ‘Pneuma’ - PURSLANE, London/online
2020 The Winter Exhibition - 155A GALLERY, London
2020 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
2019 Bee Urban Community Fundraiser - Bee Urban, London
2019 'The Deal' - COMMUNE DE ST GILES, Brussels
2018 'Bunches' - PLATFORM SOUTHWARK, London
2018 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
2017 'One-Off: The Masters' - BANKSIDE GALLERY, London
2017 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
2017 'InPrint Bienale' - ELEVEN GALLERY, Hull
2017 'Gather' - 12 STAR GALLERY, London
2016 ‘Show 16’ – ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, London
2016 ‘Break/Link’ – CGP PROJECTS, London
2016 ‘Christie’s Celebrate Royal Drawing School’ - CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK
2015 ‘Boxed Out’ – CGP PROJECTS, London
2015 ‘RCA Secret’ - ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART,, London
2015 ‘RCA – WIP Show’ - ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, London
2014 ‘The Royal Collaboration’ - ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, London
2014 ‘We Could Not Agree’ - Q-PARK, London
2014 ‘Home Start Pecha Kucha Night’ – Kentish Town, London
2013 ‘Tea Building Open Studio’ – TEA BUILDING, London
2013 ‘Prince’s Drawing School Final Show’, ROYAL DRAWING SCHOOL,, London
2013 ‘Best of The Drawing Year’, CHRISTIE’S LONDON
2012 ‘Up and Beyond’ - Degree Show at UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON
Education
2014 - 2016 Royal College of Art (MA, Printmaking. Distinction)
2012 - 2013 Royal Drawing School (Post-Graduate Diploma, Drawing)
2009 - 2012 University of Brighton (BA, Fine Art Painting)
2010 Nova Scotia College of Art & Design (BA Exchange)
2008 - 2009 Camberwell College of Art (Foundation, Fine Art)
Residencies
2023 Luddite Press Residency (Jersey)
2023 Brocket Gallery (North Pennines)
2022 Dumfries House (Ayreshire, Scotland)
2021 Porthmeor Studios (Cornwall)
2018 Borgo Pignano (Tuscany)
2017 Teaching Residency, Rush Arts (New York)
2017 Dumfries House (Ayreshire, Scotland)
2016 Dumfries House (Ayreshire, Scotland)
2015 El Segundo Museum of Art (California)
2013 Sushant School Of Design (New Delhi)
Teaching
(Workshops & Project Leading)
Royal Academy of Art
Royal Drawing School
Tate
DHBW University, Ravensburg
Camberwell College of Arts
Drawing Room
Whitechapel Gallery
British Museum
St Mungos
Bow Arts
Dulwich Picture Gallery
North London Cares
Royal College of Art
National Gallery, London
El Segundo Museum Of Art - ‘ESMoA’ (Los Angeles)
Otis College of Art & Design (Los Angeles)
Baseera (Jeddah)
Art Yard Brooklyn (New York)
Sushant School of Design (New Delhi)
(Talks)
London Original Print Fair 2025
Royal College of Art
Central St Martins
Slade School of Fine Art
Edinburgh College of Art
East London Printmakers
Kingston School of Art
Camberwell College of Arts
Bath School of Art & Design
Brighton University
Sheffield Hallam University
University of East Anglia
Otis College of Art, Los Angeles
El Segundo Museum of Art, Los Angeles