Dylan's artworks vary in subject matter and medium but regardless of what he chooses to depict there always remains an interest in colour, composition and the simplification of form. The imagery Dylan creates has a relationship to the history of art but more so to everyday life. Working from memory and with models in the studio, Dylan’s practice is inspired by a variety of people and places, all rendered with gestural and energetic marks.
Selected Art Prizes/Grants
2022
Finalist - Fisher Ghost Art Award (NSW)
Finalist - Calleen Art Award (NSW)
Finalist - Mosman Art Prize (Sydney)
Finalist - John Leslie Art Prize (VIC)
2021
Finalist - Byron Arts Magazine Art Prize
Finalist - Waverley Art Prize (Sydney)
Finalist - Brisbane Portrait Prize
Finalist - Georges River Art Prize (Sydney)
2020
Finalist - Brisbane Portrait Prize
Recipient - Artist Circle Grant (Brisbane Portrait Prize)
2019
Finalist - Brisbane Portrait Prize
Finalist - Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery (Sydney)
Finalist - Len Fox Painting Award, Castlemaine Art Gallery (VIC)
2018
Finalist - Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery (Sydney)
Finalist - ANL Art Prize, The Mission To Seafarers (Melbourne)
Finalist - QLD Figurative, RQAS (Brisbane)
Commendation - Lethbridge 10,000, Lethbridge Gallery (Brisbane)
Selected Publications
2021
Jones, D. (2021, May). The Sunday Drawing Club [Edition 2], p. 16-17. Making Paint.
Verity, F. & Nicholson, J. (Hosts). (2021, July 27). Dylan Jones, fabulous painter and all round great chap. (No. 71) [Audio Podcast Episode]. In Art Wank.
2019
Breakfast with Craig Zonca & Loretta Ryan. (2019, May 23). ABC Radio Brisbane.
2018
Brown, P. (2018, September 8). Courier Mail, p. 44-45. State Of The Art.
Purdon, F. (2018, September 2). U on Sunday [Sunday Mail], p.2o. State of Originality.
Maher, L. (2018, August 19). U on Sunday [Sunday Mail], p.23. What Comes Naturally.
Purdon, F. (2018, August 14). Brisbane News [Courier Mail], p.8. Picture Perfect.
Butt, A. (2018, February). Brisbane Art Guide. Work in the art of Gosia Wlodarczak, Dylan Jones and Chris Bennie.
2017
Nine News. (2017, January). Brisbane Tradie Makes His Mark As Talented Artist.
2016
Pottinger, S. (2016, June 24). The Chronicle (Toowoomba), p. 18. Exhibitions Full Of Diverse Works.
The Chronicle (Toowoomba). (2016, June 25, p. 31). Exhibitions Highlights Passion.
2013
Butler, R. (2013, March). The QCA School. Art Monthly Australia., 257, pg. 41.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Line Of Sight, Jan Manton Gallery (Brisbane)
2023
Wanderlust, Jan Manton Gallery (Brisbane)
2022
Rising Tide, Jan Manton Gallery (Brisbane)
Coming Up For Air, Straitjacket (Newcastle, NSW)
2021
Room With A View, Jan Manton Gallery (Brisbane)
Tossed Aside, Michael Reid Northern Beaches (Sydney)
2020
Together. Alone, Jan Manton Art (Brisbane)
Postcards [ONLINE EXHIB], Jan Manton Art (Brisbane)
2019
Stripped Back, Jan Manton Art (Brisbane)
2018
Keeping Afloat, St Cloche Gallery (Sydney)
From One Side To The Other, Jan Manton Art (Brisbane)
2017
Creature of Habit, Jan Manton Art (Brisbane)
Less Is More, Trinder Rd Art Gallery (Brisbane)
2016
Not To Scale, Bosz Gallery (Brisbane)
2015
Tainted, Bosz Gallery (Brisbane)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Studio Direct Take Over, Michael Reid (Sydney)
Genius Loci, Stanley Street Gallery (Sydney)
2018
First Impressions: The Valley Of Skies, Jan Manton Art (Brisbane)
Education
2013: QUT Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary Years)
2010 – 2012: Griffith University Bachelor of Fine Art Major (Interdisciplinary Painting)
Public Collections
Caboolture Regional Gallery