ABOUT

ARTISTS BIOGRAPHY:
Jéréme Crow is a painter based on the east coast of England, where he creates introspective works that explore themes of experience, nostalgia and melancholy. His paintings often return to the recurring motif of self-portraiture, allowing him to examine and express the complexities of identity and emotion. Through his work, Jéréme delves into the emotional landscapes of memory and personal reflection, creating art that resonates with viewers on a personal level.

Artists statement:
My current project ‘The Art of Small Things: Portraits of the Everyday’ is a growing collection of intimate still life paintings that explore our deep and often overlooked relationships with objects, memory, and nostalgia. In this series, I invite the viewer to step closer, to look more deeply, and to discover the quiet beauty that resides in the simplest things around us.
Focusing on small, familiar, and often quirky objects—things that might otherwise go unnoticed—a plastic skull, a broken doll, a well-worn kitchen scourer—each piece is captured with expressive brushwork and vibrant colour. These seemingly ordinary items are transformed into something extraordinary, as the paintings reveal their hidden stories and subtle emotional weight.
The small scale of the paintings encourages a personal connection, drawing the viewer into a reflective moment, inviting them to recall their own memories and experiences. These objects, though simple, carry with them a sense of nostalgia, connecting us to the past, to stories untold, and to the emotions we associate with them.
Through my work, I aim to capture the essence of what makes the everyday remarkable—the beauty that is often overlooked in the rush of daily life. The Art of Small Things: Portraits of the Everyday is an invitation to pause, to reflect, and to rediscover the joy and meaning found in the small, quiet moments and objects that surround us.

Awards:

• Winner of the OCA’s  2014 Richard Robbins Award
• winner of The Harley Prize 2017 – judges were Hannah Obee (Exhibitions Curator, Chatsworth), Geoff Diego Litherland (Artist), Lucy Phillips (Director, Leicester Print Workshop)

Education:

• Fine art foundation – Cumbria College of Art & Design – 1994
• First class BA (Hons) Painting – The University for the Creative Arts (OCA) – 2014

Publications:

• Artist s & Illustrators Magazine -The British Art Prize ‘Winners’ – January 2026
• Artist s & Illustrators Magazine – The British Art Prize People’s choice – December 2025
• Contemporary British Painting – Painting of the Day #PaintBritain, ‘Still life 1’ – September 2025
• Contemporary British Painting – Painting of the Day #PaintBritain, ‘DOG’ – October 2023
• Contemporary British Painting – Painting of the Day  ‪#‎PaintBritain ‘The insignificant quarrel’ – 21 December 2021
• Contemporary British Painting – Painting of the Day  ‪#‎PaintBritain ‘King of the world’ – 18 September 2019
• Electra magazine –  ‘Rose madder with cadmium red, after Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
• ‘Madame Moitessier’ used to accompany an essay by Serena Giordano – 2018
• Inside Kent magazine – Artist feature – June 2018
• Contemporary British Painting – Painting of the Day  ‪#‎PaintBritain ‘Portrait of a moustache with ultramarine and viridian after Thomas de Keyser’ – 6 November 2017
• Inside Kent magazine – Artist of the month feature – March 2017
• Contemporary British Painting – Painting of the Day #PaintBritain, Cerulean blue with ultramarine after Giovanni Bellini ‘portrait of doge leonardo loredan’ – January 2017
• Contemporary British Painting – Painting of the Day  ‪#‎PaintBritain ‘Titianium white’, after Anthony van Dyck ‘Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest’ – 6 April 2016
• Contemporary British Painting – Painting of the Day  ‪#‎PaintBritain ‘Study of a Snow Leopard (stuffed)’ – 18 January 2016
• The London Group edited by Jane Humphrey (ISBN 978-0-9927089-3-1)
• Discover Art magazine (Issue 4) – January 2015
• ITV news -11 October 2014 (Rheged ‘Art of remembering’)
• Aesthetica – The Art & Culture magazine, issue 55, October 2013
• National UK Youth Music Theatre – 2013 (Painting used for ‘Le Tabou’)
• BBC arts & culture feature – February 2010
• Artist & Illustrator magazine feature – November 2009

Exhibitions:

• The OPO Open 2026, The Old Parcels Office Artspace, Scarborough – 14th February – 8th March 2026
• Cupola Gallery ‘Christmas Exhibition’, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, 21 November 2025 – 3 January 2026.
• The British Art Prize 2025 – Oxo Tower Gallery, Southbank, London – 26 – 30 November 2025
• Usher Gallery Trust’s Open Exhibition ‘Art of the Now’, Usher Gallery, Lincoln – 20 July – 19 October 2025
• New Light Summer Exhibition of the North, the 1912 Mill at Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds – 8th July – 10th August 2025
• The OPO Open 2025, The Old Parcels Office Artspace, Scarborough – 15th February – 9th March 2025
• The Harley Gallery 2024 Biennial Open, July 2023 – October 2024
• Fronteer gallery open 2023 – Sheffield- 1-18 November 2023
• A Charm of Goldfinches’ – Gateway Gallery, Chester street, Shrewsbury – 20 January – 17 February 2023
• A Charm of Goldfinches’ – Gage Gallery, 40 Ball Street, Sheffield – 1st – 4th September 2022
• The Harley Gallery 2022 Biennial Open, 6 August 2022– 23 October 2022
• ‘Just This and That’ at Fronteer Gallery Stairwell Space, Sheffield – 2 March – 5 April 2022
• ‘Just This’ a micro exhibition of four small paintings of singular, small objects. It features work by Andrea Booker, Jéréme Crow, Rita Kaisen and Stephen Lowen. The work is hung as if on a shelf – a strange collection of everyday ephemera – seemingly worthless were it not for the almost magical capacity of Painting to point towards and imbue with a level of significance. The exhibition is curated by Sean Williams – Bloc Studios, Sheffield – 28 January – 27 February 2022
• Jackson’s Painting Prize 2021 – longlist selection (one of 400 selected out of an incredible 8674 entries)
• Hera Margate 2020/21
• Art 5 Gallery – Brighton and Panama City – 2020/21
• ‘Lego still lifes’ on show at the Harley Gallery – 18 January 2020 – 19 April 2020
• ‘Little Originals exhibition’ Dock Street Studios, Dundee – 7th – 28th December 2019
• ‘A painted conversation, Contemporary reflections on Van Dyck portraits at Welbeck.’ The Harley Gallery, 19 January 2019 – 24 March 2019
• Lilford Gallery (Creative Quarter, Folkestone) – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020,2021
• Ferens Art Gallery 2018 Open, 17 February to 22 April 2018
• The Harley Gallery 2017 Biennial Open, 24 June 2017 – 20 August 2017
•  ‘Your view’ A multi artist film project in collaboration with Gillian Wearing  – Brighton Festival, university of Brighton gallery – April 2016
• ‘The Art of Remembering’ – touring the North of England –  2015
• ‘The Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2015’ –   Piano Nobile Kings Place, Gallery Level, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG –  10th July to 9th October 2015
• The London Group 2015 Biennial Open, Oct 13th – 23rd, Cello Factory, London.
• ‘Diary of E W Erlam’ solo show,  The Horsebridge centre, Whitstable, 4 – 10 February 2015 (supported by the Open college of the Arts)
• ‘The Art of Remembering’ – The Rheged Centre, Cumbria, 20 Sept – 23 Nov 2014
• ‘Primrose hill…Call at 34 Elsworthy rd about Parrot’ The Parrot museum, Netherlands, Curated by Borstel & Kort – September 2014
• ‘Stack’ Selected works Curated by Sharon Read and Bethany Murray. Hosted by gallery 202, December 2014
• ‘Love, love me do,’ Cursley & Bond Gallery – February 2014,  Creative quarter, Folkestone, Kent.
• The 2013 Dazed and Refused exhibition, The Arch Gallery Cambridge Heath Road Bethnal Green London E2
• Christmas exhibition in association with the Creative Foundation, 22-29 December 2012, 56-58 The Old High Street, Folkestone.
• Lilford gallery (Canterbury) 2011
• The Bodhini gallery (St Albans) 2011
• Ink Paint Stitch exhibition showcasing the work of Jereme Crow & Sam Crow – 6-13 August 2011 , 65 Tontine st, Folkestone, Kent. In association with the Creative foundation and the Folkestone triennial fringe 2011.
• Christmas exhibition in association with the Creative Foundation, 17-24 December 2011, 67 The Old High Street, Folkestone.
• 20/21 International art fair (Royal College of Art) February 2010
• AffordART 2010
•  The Neville Pundole Gallery in association with Eisen Fine Arts (France) Timber Batts, Bodsham, Kent (10,11 July 2010)
• Harbour Gallery (Whitstable) 2009/10/11
• Castle Arts (Canterbury) 2008/09/10
• David Lilford fine art (UK art fairs) 2008/09/10
• Artist in residence at the Marlowe theatre in association with Corridor Arts 2008
• Neville Pundole gallery (Folkestone) 2009
• Solo show, Creative Quarter, Folkestone, Kent (In association with the Creative Foundation) July 2009
• Art Ireland (Dublin) 2008/09
• Pantiles Edge gallery (Royal Tunbridge Wells) 2008
• Gallery Kaleidoscope (London) 2007
• Affordable Art Fair 2007(Battersea London) 2007
• Upstairs Gallery (Deal, Kent) 2007
• Art at five gallery (Brighton) 2006
• Over the sofa gallery (Wivenhoe) 2004
• Life gallery (Colchester) 2004