Jonathan Boyd

Background

About Jonathan Boyd

I am a Scottish artist, jeweller, writer and practice-led researcher. Since 2021 I have been Head of Programme, Applied Art (Jewellery and Metal /Ceramics and Glass), at the Royal College of Art in London, where I am also Reader in Jewellery. I am an active artist-practitioner and researcher in areas of jewellery, metal art and design, applied art, wider interdisciplinary arts and creative writing, where my art works have investigated relations of language, narrative, place, and communication. As an academic my focus is on working with postgraduate students at MA and PhD level, in particular utilising Deleuzian rhizomatic approaches. Alongside Dr Peter Oakley (Reader Material Culture, RCA) I Co-Lead of the Materials Engagements cluster in the School of Arts and Humanities at the RCA and I have led major K.E projects, including the design, creation, and manufacture of the 2014 Commonwealth Games medals. I am a Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA, 2023), and a Senior Research Fellow of the research project AiDLab- Real World AI Narratives. I exhibit in major public group shows which have included: China International Metal Art Exhibition (2023 & 2013), The Brooch Unpinned(2021), Chain (2016) and Subversive Design (2013). For my art works I have been received multiple awards, selected awards include: Best New Design (Goldsmiths Company {2017 & 2010}), The Donald Dewar Award for Exceptional Scottish Talent (2009) and a New Designer of the Year (2006). Although it is through major solo shows that I have further investigated the role of jewellery as scoio-political communicator (Thoughts Between the Land and the Sea: Raising the Doggerland, Gallery SO, 2019) and the ways in which narratives emerge and create form, meaning (often asemically)(Emergent Dialogues of the Topophillic Line, Gallery Marzee.) Many of my artworks are held in private and publication collection internationally including Boston Museum of Fine Arts (USA)[11], The V&A Museum (UK), The National Museum of Scotland (UK), The SchmuckMuseum (Germany), Spencer Museum (USA), Nelson-Atkins Museum (USA), Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (USA), Glasgow Museums (UK), The Worshipful Company of Goldsmith’s, The Royal College of Art and Glasgow School of Art. I am represented by Gallery Marzee in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.