About
The artist Jules George was born in London in 1969. He studied fine art and illustration at Winchester School of Art, Staffordshire University and Edinburgh College of Art, where in 1997 he was awarded the Andrew Grant Bequest.
He worked alongside Master Printmaker Alfons Bytautas at Edinburgh Printmakers from 1994-98 and was awarded the Marjorie Fields Award by Oxford Printmakers in 2005-06.
His paintings and prints are based upon drawing and he has worked on a number of diverse projects and commissions. Subjects have ranged from the Scottish-African diaspora, auction houses, the Suffolk landscape, King’s Cross station and the study of a Thai-Burmese border crossing. Since 2019 he has been working with fused glass with the glass artist Brett Manley.
In February 2010 Jules George visited Afghanistan officially sanctioned and sponsored by the Ministry of Defence on Herrick 11. He was attached primarily to 2 Yorks (Green Howards) also spending time with the Household Cavalry Regiment.
Subsequently, he made trips to sea with the Royal Navy on operational deployments, including the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, Falkland Islands and Atlantic, on board Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll and Trafalgar class submarine HMS Tireless.
He has exhibited widely, with notable solo exhibitions including ‘It’s No Palm Beach’ at the City Arts Centre, Edinburgh 2005, ‘Promenade’ at the Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh 2008, ‘Into the Valley: Scenes of an Afghan Conflict’ at Bonhams, London 2011 and Bonhams, Edinburgh 2012 and ‘Weighing Anchor’ at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth 2014-15. His exhibition ‘Pipes & Drums’ at the Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh in September 2016, followed his work as official artist-in-residence at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2015.
His portrait of actor Ewen Bremner is included in ‘The Modern Portrait’ exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery since 2018. His work has been commissioned and collected by numerous private and public organisations including Bonhams, City of Edinburgh Museums & Galleries, Laing O’Rourke, Leicestershire County Council, National Army Museum, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Southampton University, York Art Gallery and 101 Engineer Regiment (EOD), Royal Engineers.
In collaboration with the filmmaker and cameraman John Walker he has made two short films about his experiences on operations with the armed forces: ‘In the Afternoon of Time’ 2010-11 and ‘East-West, West-East’ 2014.
He was the subject of a plenary presentation ‘Jules George – Special Artist’, given by Dr Paul Fox at the ‘War in the Visual Arts’ conference at University College, Cork in September 2013.
He has been included in various publications, most recently ‘Drawing Investigations: Graphic Relationships with Science, Culture and Environment’ Sarah Casey & Gerry Davies, Bloomsbury 2020. His first book ‘War Artists in Afghanistan – Beyond the Wire’ with a foreword by General The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux was published by ACC Art Books in 2016. It features the work of fellow artists Matthew Cook, Arabella Dorman, Doug Farthing & Mike Fay.
Since 2011 Jules George has been a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers.
He presently teaches and runs printmaking classes for veterans at the Soldiers Arts Academy.
He worked alongside Master Printmaker Alfons Bytautas at Edinburgh Printmakers from 1994-98 and was awarded the Marjorie Fields Award by Oxford Printmakers in 2005-06.
His paintings and prints are based upon drawing and he has worked on a number of diverse projects and commissions. Subjects have ranged from the Scottish-African diaspora, auction houses, the Suffolk landscape, King’s Cross station and the study of a Thai-Burmese border crossing. Since 2019 he has been working with fused glass with the glass artist Brett Manley.
In February 2010 Jules George visited Afghanistan officially sanctioned and sponsored by the Ministry of Defence on Herrick 11. He was attached primarily to 2 Yorks (Green Howards) also spending time with the Household Cavalry Regiment.
Subsequently, he made trips to sea with the Royal Navy on operational deployments, including the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, Falkland Islands and Atlantic, on board Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll and Trafalgar class submarine HMS Tireless.
He has exhibited widely, with notable solo exhibitions including ‘It’s No Palm Beach’ at the City Arts Centre, Edinburgh 2005, ‘Promenade’ at the Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh 2008, ‘Into the Valley: Scenes of an Afghan Conflict’ at Bonhams, London 2011 and Bonhams, Edinburgh 2012 and ‘Weighing Anchor’ at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth 2014-15. His exhibition ‘Pipes & Drums’ at the Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh in September 2016, followed his work as official artist-in-residence at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2015.
His portrait of actor Ewen Bremner is included in ‘The Modern Portrait’ exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery since 2018. His work has been commissioned and collected by numerous private and public organisations including Bonhams, City of Edinburgh Museums & Galleries, Laing O’Rourke, Leicestershire County Council, National Army Museum, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Southampton University, York Art Gallery and 101 Engineer Regiment (EOD), Royal Engineers.
In collaboration with the filmmaker and cameraman John Walker he has made two short films about his experiences on operations with the armed forces: ‘In the Afternoon of Time’ 2010-11 and ‘East-West, West-East’ 2014.
He was the subject of a plenary presentation ‘Jules George – Special Artist’, given by Dr Paul Fox at the ‘War in the Visual Arts’ conference at University College, Cork in September 2013.
He has been included in various publications, most recently ‘Drawing Investigations: Graphic Relationships with Science, Culture and Environment’ Sarah Casey & Gerry Davies, Bloomsbury 2020. His first book ‘War Artists in Afghanistan – Beyond the Wire’ with a foreword by General The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux was published by ACC Art Books in 2016. It features the work of fellow artists Matthew Cook, Arabella Dorman, Doug Farthing & Mike Fay.
Since 2011 Jules George has been a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers.
He presently teaches and runs printmaking classes for veterans at the Soldiers Arts Academy.