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Jon Spencer

Bio

Contact

jon@jonspencer.co.uk
07967 079 150

About

Jon Spencer’s work is concerned with ideas of the layering of history; physically, emotionally and in terms of memories. Responding to the work of current authors and psychogeographers such as Sinclair and Ackroyd, he looks to tease out stories hidden in the fabric and collective memory of the city, retelling them and prompting the viewer to look at their surrounds anew.

Originally trained in Architecture at Sheffield University before taking his MA at the London College of Communication in 2003. Jon currently works out of a studio in Margate where he also manages a small exhibition space in the former shop window (www.shopfrontmargate.co.uk). His fine art photography practice is supported by photographic & graphic design work for a range of clients with particular emphasis on architecture, planning & heritage organisations.

He is currently teaching at the Canterbury School of Architecture at UCA.

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Jon in his studio

Selected clients

Ashmolean Museum, British Museum, Cracknell Landscape Architects, Launer London, Levitt Bernstein Associates, Margate Festival, Nurture Landscape, Rodic Davidson Architects, SB Construction, The Building Exploratory, Turner Contemporary, Twentieth Century Society, University of East London, Westminster City Council.

Selected exhibitions

Margate Reimagined

— A two person show at Ramsay & Williams, Margate

— 21 April - 8 May 2023
Last Days of the Dolphinarium

— A group show curated by Sadie Hennessey at Urchin, Margate

— 29 November - 24 December 2018
Ten

— Group show celebrating 10 years of the Lombard Street Gallery, Margate

— 1 December 2018 - 3 February 2019
Loitering with Intent, The Art and Politics of Walking

— A group show at the People’s History Museum, Manchester

— 23 July - 16 October 2016
Re-imaginings & From One Tribe To Another

— A two part solo show at The Lombard Street Gallery, Margate

— 5 - 27 September 2015
A Case for Celebration (2 person commissioned show)

— Rodic Davidson, Pied Bull Yard, Bloomsbury

— 14 - 26 July 2014
Visible City (solo show)

— The Gallery, Cowcross Street, Farringdon

— 19 - 30 November 2013
Article 31.1 (London Festival of Architecture)

— Various locations in East London

— 22 June - 8 July 2012
Cube Open

— Manchester

— 16 December - 4 February 2012
Intersection (2 person show)

— Oxford House, Bethnal Green

— 5 May - 30 June 2011
The Layered City (solo show)

— Bloomsbury Design

— 26 July - end September 2010
The Floor to Ceiling Show

— The Front Room, Clerkenwell

— 11 August - 19 September 2010
Urban Shelter

— Mutate Britain/Urban Infill/Shelter

— July 2010
Transparency and the City: Public Spaces or Forgotten Places?

— Alan Baxter Gallery, Farringdon

— June - July 2010
Exeter Contemporary Open

— Exeter Phoenix, Overall Judges Award & Staff Choice Award

— Sept 2008
Through the Lens

— Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

— July 2008
Londonscapes

— London School of Economic

— March 2007