Born 1994. Lives and works in London.
Grewal’s work expresses autobiographical experiences within the language of Romanticism. The work is situated within a dream-like reality that references the male nude through a queer gaze. Figures are exposed tothe natural world which is often used allegorically to vocalize Grewal’s internal landscape.
EDUCATION
2018-2019
The Drawing Year, The Royal Drawing School, London
2013-2016
First Class BA Hons, Fine Art: Painting, The University of Brighton, Brighton
2012-2013
Art and Design Foundation Diploma, Kingston University, London
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2020
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2020, South London Gallery, 65
Peckham Road, London, SE5 8UH
Deity, Arusha Gallery, 13A Dundas St, Edinburgh, EH3 6QG
No Time Like The Present, Public Gallery, 91 Middlesex St, London, E1 7DA
2019
The Drawing Year End of Year Exhibition 2019, 19-22 Charlotte Rd, Hackney, London, EC2A 3SG
Best of The Drawing Year 18-19, Christie’s, 8 King St, St. James’s, London, SW1Y 6QT
Full English, Platform Southwark, 1 Joan Street, London,. SE1 8ES
Looking for Validation, The Nayland Rock Hotel, 1-5 Royal Cres, Margate, CT9 5AJ
The Greek Street Art Show, Gallery Maison Bertaux, 28 Greek Street, London, W1D 5DQ
Divergent Motion, Delphian Gallery, 74 Kingsland Road, Hackney, London, E2 8DL
2018
The Earth Issue X The House of St Barnabas, The House of St Barnabas, 1 Greek Street, Soho, London, W1D4NQ
2017
FA-ART, Sassoon Gallery, Folkestone Library, 2 Grace Hill, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1HD
The Space Within, Neo: Gallery 22, The Market Place, Town Centre, Bolton, BL1 AL
Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II’s 91st Birthday, Indera Kayangan Ballroom, The Empire Hotel and Country Club, Kg Jerudong, Muara-Tutong Hwy, Brunei BG3122, Brunei
2016
20th National Open Art Winners’ Exhibition, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, P019
20th National Open Art Winter Exhibition, Mercer’s Hall, Mercers’ Company, Ironmonger Lane, London, EC2V 8HE
Recent Graduates’ Exhibition, The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Evolution, Battersea Park, London, SW114NJ
Woon Foundation Prize, Baltic 39,31-39 High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EW
Into the Woods: Picturing Trees, St Annes Galleries,111 High St, Lewes, BN7 1XY
University of Brighton: Graduate Show, 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton, BN2 0JY
AWARDS
2016
NOA Prize Winner: Cass Art Award
Woon Foundation Prize Judge’s Discretionary Award
Jake Grewal
A sigh falls out like a secret told, 2020
Oil on canvas
11.8 x 15.7 inches
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Cocked bows in a forest at night, 2020
Oil on canvas
11.8 x 23.6 inches
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Crooked teeth with parted lips // the beady eye of his horse II, 2019
Oil on canvas
11.8 x 15.7 inches
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Crooked teeth with parted lips // the beady eye of his horse II, 2019
Oil on canvas
11.8 x 15.7 inches
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Double tree / we and me, 2019
Colored pencil on paper
8.6 x 11.7 inches
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Restless slumber masked in fate // testing reality, 2019
Watercolor on paper
37 x 53 inches
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Restless slumber masked in fate // testing reality, 2019
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37 x 53 inches
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September’s the worst, 2019
Pencil on paper
5.8 x 8 inches
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Unwilling to meet another evening / they said breathing would be enough, 2019
Colored pencil on paper
11.7 x 16 inches
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Unwilling to meet another evening / they said breathing would be enough, 2019
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