www.evalouisajonas.com
Co-founder of (re)structure / Co-founder of UnderExposed
EDUCATION
2016-2019 BA (Hons) Photography, University of Brighton (First Class Honours)
2018 Media Communication. Nagoya University of the Arts, Aichi, Japan.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
October 2022 – (re)structure x Newhaven, Brighton Photo Fringe, Old Peacock’s Building, Newhaven. UK
July 2022 - December 2022 Cruising the Collection - Community Queer Curation project, Towner Gallery. UK
November 2021 (As Co-ordinator and Producer) Critical Pulse, UnderExposed. Attenborough Centre of the Creative Arts. UK
July 2021 To Skim a Stone with Anne Erhard, Cameron Williamson, Bristol. UK
June 2021 Single Surface with Eugenie Shinkle, Callum Beaney, Koji Kitagawa Offshoot Art Space. London, UK.
May 2021 Showing Let's Sketch the Lay of the Land for "Search" Photo Book Hang for samedust. Seoul, South Korea.
December 2020 Body/Nobody. Gallery Lock In, Brighton. UK (Install shots coming soon)
October 2020 Sketching a Succession with Anne Erhard, Cameron Williamson. 35 North, Brighton Photo Fringe. UK
September 2020 Keep Your Eyes Peeled VI. Group Exhibition. AFF Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
September 2019 Material Anyways, Lansdown Sweet Shop, Lewes. UK.
June 2019 That Thing Over There that surrounds and sustains us, BA Graduate Photography. University of Brighton.
February 2019 Rendered in Light, ONCA, Brighton. UK.
September 2019 Sea II, The Cruel and Curious Sea, National Trust and Hickory Nines. Stowe Barton. Cornwall.
July 2018 軍手(White Gloves), International Education Space, Nagoya University of the Arts, Aichi, Japan.
October 2015 Bristol Surf Film Festival, Paintworks, Bristol. UK
September 2015 Sanctuary, The Cruel and Curious Sea, National Trust and Hickory Nines. Stowe Barton. Cornwall.
September 2014 Hinterland, The Cruel and Curious Sea, National Trust and Hickory Nines. Stowe Barton. Cornwall.
PRESS AND FEATURES
September 2021 Six Questions: Eva Louisa Jonas on Tique Art Club. (Online)
June 2021 Group Interview by Ezra Evans on Sketching a Succession, Brighton PhotoFringe. (Online)
February 2021 Let's Sketch the Lay of the Land interview by Tom Skinner on Unveil'd. (Online)
January 2021 Daily Winds Newsletter, Brighton CCA. (Print)
October 2020 Featured in Terra Firma Magazine issue 06 - 'the idea of residing?' (Print/Online)
March 2020 Mention in Essay by Callum Beaney 'Feiyi Wen, A book containing two projects called under a Yuzu Tree and Wood, Water, Rock. (Online)
July 2019 Selected by Photograd for 2019 Graduate Selection. (Online)
October 2017 Fulgurite, Eva Louisa Jonas, Planet Journal. (Online)
PUBLICATIONS
Featured in ROCK 03 edited by Valentine Editions
A Newspaper of Rocks. A collaborative photographic case study of stone and earth.
An annual publication revealing how humans can each see and perceive the same subject differently; uniquely. Published by Valentine Editions, an independent publishing platform for case studies on photography and promoting the creative explorations of visionary humans.
January 2023
Featured in PAPER 02 edited by Valentine Editions
PAPER. A Newspaper of Paper. A photographic case study of the material that makes a photograph an object; a memory tangible. These photographs of paper, reveal how humans can see and perceive the same subject differently; uniquely
May 2021
Let’s Sketch the Lay of the Land
September Books, Paris.
Online here and via Le Bal Bookshop and ofr bookshop (Paris) Unveil'd (UK)
68 pp / 20 x 28 cm / Saddle Stitched
150 copies November 2020
Isbn: 978-2-490572-04-5
That Thing Over There that surrounds and sustains us
Self-published. 10”x 8”, 28 pages Black & White Archival pigment prints. Hand Sewn bound, Hand numbered. Ed of 100, 2019.
Shown at NIDA 2019, International Photography Symposium. Lithuania.
ARTIST FACILITATOR / ARTIST etc. EXPERIENCE
October 2022 Visiting Speak on Ba Hons Photography Course. University of Brighton
October - Dec 202 Artist Facilitator West Sussex LGBTQ+ Photography Club, Photoworks
September 2022 - Present Artist Associate on Play, Interact, Explore for Leap then Look
July 2022 - Present Teaching Assistant on the EPQ in Photography, The Photographers Gallery
May 2022 Facilitator with UnderExposed on Terms of Engagement. London College of Communication
March 2022 Visiting Speaker at the University of Brighton discussing peer-to-peer learning and (re)structure.
February - March 2022 Artist Facilitator for a series of workshops exploring mental health and well-being with the Hummingbird Project.
December 2021 - July 2022 Lead Artist Facilitator for West Sussex LGBTQ+ Photography Club. Photoworks
November 2021 Panel Discussion Producer for ‘How can we build a fairer, more equitable, more democratic cultural sector? with Calum Louise Adams - QUILT, Curator and Researcher Pelumi Odubanjo, and Gareth Spencer, PCS Culture Group as part of Critical Pulse, UnderExposed.
November 2021 Panel Discussion speaker as part of Critical Pulse, UnderExposed chaired by Ben Burbridge. Attenborough Centre of the Creative Arts.
October 2021 Artist Assistant for Joshua Bilton on Seed Pod. Partnership with Canal River Trust. Tottenham
June 2021 Artist talk and Q&A University of Brighton - archives via @uobgraduates reel.
June 2021 Artist Talk and Walkthrough for Single Surface via @c4journal and @offshootgallery - archived via @c4journal reel.
April 2021 UnderExposed Facilitator for Tilting Fantasy: Exercises in (Re)thinking as part of The Force of Fantasy SEAS.
February 2021 Artist Facilitator for Workshop: Story Telling Through Photography. DEVELOP, The Photographers Gallery.
December 2020 - May 2021 Artist Facilitator for LGBTQ+ Photography Club. Photoworks in partnership with Allsorts Youth Project.
September 2020 Commissioned by Photoworks to create a learning resource inspired by works in the festival and the theme Propositions for Alternative Narrative. View 'Temporary Self' here.
June 2020 Roundtable: Making Connections as a Graduate. Conversation with Francesca Allen and Sophie Gladstone. Three Men Make a Tiger. LCC Degree Show Festival.
April 2020 - September 2020 Artist Facilitator on Archiving Your Life. Photoworks in partnership with Queer in Brighton. View the Digital Exhibition as part of the Photoworks Festival 2020 here.
November 2019 Demand the Impossible, Politics and Activism course. London, UK
November 2018 - November 2019 Overseas Booth and Sales assistant (Paris Photo and Photo London), Benrido Atelier Portfolio Publisher, Kyoto.
October 2018 Co-curator, Creative Storm Brighton. Brighton Photo Fringe, UK.
September 2018 Assistant to Heather Agyepong for Habitus: Potential Realities, Photoworks, Brighton Photo Biennial, UK.
July 2018 International Education Centre Art Teacher, Nagoya University of the Arts, Japan.
June 2018 Benrido Atelier Collotype Academy, Kyoto, Japan.
RESIDENCES/ PROGRAMMES
January 2023 Artist In Residence. Bromley High School
January 2022 - Selected for Flourish: Arts for Health & Wellbeing training with Creative Future, Brighton. UK
September 2021 - February 2022 Into the Wild Chisenhale Online Associate with Chisenhale Gallery. UK
February – July 2021 Artist in Residence, Serchia Gallery, Bristol.
AWARDS / GRANTS
January 2022 Awarded a-n Artist Bursary 2021:Time, Space, Money
November 2020 Shortlisted for In Between Gallery, Fabrica Gallery, Brighton. UK
August 2020 Between Space shortlisted for Les Ondes Ephémères, Le Bal Books, Paris.
August 2019 Little Barn Bursary for emerging Female Photographers to attend Dartmoor Summer School.
June 2019 Photoworks Graduate Award Runner-Up.
April 2018 Grant for Exchange Studies, Nagoya University of the Arts, Aichi, Japan.
June 2016 CreatEd, Falmouth University. Winner
INSTAGRAM TAKEOVERS
July 2022 Splash & Grab
June 2022 Photoworks, Brighton
March 2021 Spectrum, Brighton
October 2019 Splash & Grab
August 2019 Women in Photo
August 2019 Photograd
February 2019 Women in Photo
December 2017 Women in Photo