JIMMY SYMONDS

Education
1993-5 M.A. Photography: Royal College of Art, London
1991-2 Diploma in Photojournalism: London Institute
1980-4 English Literature and Primary Education: University of Cambridge
Solo shows
2023 Billboard Project, Nose Gallery, Walton-on-the-Naze
2016 Cloisters Gallery, SJE Arts, Oxford
2015 Free Word Centre, London
2014 Much Wenlock Poetry Festival, Shropshire
2013 Poetry Society, London
2011 October Gallery, London
2008 Thread Winchester Gallery, Hampshire
2007 Lexicon Oxford University Press Gallery, Oxford (cat.)
2006 Lexicon British Council, Bangkok; Clotworthy, County Antrim (cat.)
2003 Stealing Beauty Beardsmore Gallery, London
Book of Hours Jerwood Gallery, Oxford
2000-4 Words of the Century Winchester School of Art (cat.)
1999 National Institute of Medical Research, Mill Hill, London
1998 Freshfields Gallery, London
Gainsborough's House, Suffolk
1996 Friends' Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Group shows
2011 Caminos de Hierro Madrid, Spain
2010 London Art Book Fair, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2009 Word on the Streets Royal College of Art, London
2008 Special Photographers' Company, London
2007 Art and Sacred Places Portsmouth Cathedral (cat.)
2006 A Sculptural Landscape University of Winchester (cat.)
Landscapes Crear, Argyllshire
2005 Perspective '05 Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast (cat.)
2004 Common Ground Artsway, Hampshire
Water, water everywhere Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York
Beardsmore Gallery, Chelsea Art Fair
2003 England and Co, Ladbroke Grove, London
2002 You are History Octagon Gallery, University of Essex (cat.)
Summer Exhibition Art First, Cork St, London
Forest Southern Arts touring exhibition (cat.)
1999 Joining In Winchester School of Art, Hampshire (cat.)
1997 Special Photographers' Gallery, London
Royal Photographic Society, Bath (cat.)
1996 After the Flood Royal College of Art, London (cat.)
East Anglian Open Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, Norfolk
Virgin Atlantic Gallery, London
Contemporary Art Society, Royal Festival Hall, London
1995 The Show Royal College of Art (cat.)
Make Believe, Royal Festival Hall, London (cat.)
Royal Photographic Society, Bath (cat.)
Collections
British Council; National Art Library; Oxford University Press; Reading Museum; Winchester School of Art
Artist residencies
2010 Bright Space Residency, Solihull
2009 Ogier Artist Project, States of Jersey
2007-8 George Pindar School, Scarborough
2007 Winchester Textile Project, Southern Arts
2006 Art and Sacred Places, Arts Council UK
2005-6 South Bank Sinfonia and Forestry Commission, Crear
2005 Connecting Futures, British Council, Thailand
2004-5 Ideas Factory, Tate Britain
2004 Summer Course in Printmaking Gainsborough's House, Suffolk
2001 Invited artist for the Joining-In Project funded by Arts Council UK
2000-4 Words of the Century, Southern Arts
1999-2000 Mile-ennium Project, Winchester
1996 Reading Museum, Berkshire
Teaching
1998-present Freelance educational consultant; creative enrichment for children
1991-2015 Lecturer for GIFT; literature courses for G&T students
1998-2003 Lecturer for Excellence in Cities; Liverpool and London
1994-2001 Enrichment Co-ordinator; Hockerill Anglo-European School, Herts
1991-4 Part-time Class Teacher; London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
1985-1991 Class Teacher; Millfields County Primary School, Wivenhoe, Essex
Publications for children
2005 Compendium British Council
1997 Hunchback of Notre-Dame Dorling Kindersley
1996 Snap Happy Dorling Kindersley
1994 Playground Pack Dorling Kindersley
1993 Creative Writing Henderson Publishing
1992 Photography Henderson Publishing
Published articles
2013 Words Of The Century, Poetry Review
In so many words, C20 Magazine
2011 Word associations, Amateur Photographer
2005 Making the Connection, Teaching and Learning Magazine
Words of the Century, Times Educational Supplement
2000 Double Exposure, Guardian Weekend Magazine
1998 Light Show, Art and Craft Magazine Scholastic Publishing
1997 Once upon a time, Art and Craft Magazine Scholastic Publishing
1996 A Year with Poetry, ed. Michael Rosen CLPE Publication
Selected CD covers
2016 French Connections, Linn Records
2006 Cello Duets, Avie Records
1994 Let’s Kiosk, Humbug Records
1993 The Greatest Living Englishman, Humbug Records
Selected book covers
2020 Europe in Poems, Arc Publications
2018 Gravity and Grace, Legenda
2017 The Made and the Found, Legenda