IONA JONES

Iona Jones is a Glasgow based artist.
My work exists as a nonsensical stream of consciousness, caught between the absurd and the sincere.
The narratives I delve into are inherently fractured, mirroring the flawed and fragmented nature of reality. Emotions are exaggerated, like the melodrama of the pantomime. Fears and anxieties revert to the simplicity of the Big Bad Wolf. Characters and objects exist in an uncomfortable space, echoing the hauntology of our biographies and collective memories.
My practice focuses on brokenness, failure, and repair through repetitive reconstruction. I take apart found materials and reassemble them into them into new forms,  this method reflects a longing to transform, to become something other.


ionanbjones@gmail.com
@iona.joness

Big Cat, 2024

Big Cat, 2024, is an automaton life-size anthropomorphic cat sculpture which is installed on an office desk with a chair. The sculture is activated by the viewer and moves by pulling chains.

Approx.105x45x100cm
foam clay, paper mache, wood, found clothes, paint, latex, fur, wire, varnish, nail extensions.