Changing room curtains for 'Ace' Kings Road London 1970's

Bonhams New Bond Street 2022

Auction | British.Cool. | John Jones

'sister' coat to 'Akhnaton' inspired by Nefertiti nearing completion

Individual stitched pieces, patchwork - applique & reverse applique detail.

"It is truly an extraordinary piece." The Costume Institute

Metropolitan Museum of Art NY.

John Jones portfolio SAATCHIART online. Tap image

John Jones portfolio SAATCHIART online. Tap image

John Jones portfolio SAATCHIART online

Barcelona Streetmap 2007 (Guadamacile) Separate pieces of stitched coloured leathers 240 x 40 cm

Barcelona Streetmap video installation

Acquired by the museum in 1989, 'Akhnaton' coat 1976 is now avaible to study at their exciting new display concept V&A East Storehouse after the coat was featured in Making Egypt Exhibition Young V&A 2025.

Viewings by appointment through the Order an Object Service

'Akhnaton' also featured in a recent book by Venetian historian Isabella Campagnol "Style from the Nile" 2022 and in the V&A quarterly Magazine Spring 2025

Artwork in the coat contains political references in a personal hieroglyphic code. One side refers to Jimmy Carter's election campaign, the other side reads "Old MacDonald.........ei ei oh, with music notes"

Events evolving around the making of the 'sister' coat 2026 are also documented in a created hieirogyphic language. References include climate change, migration, space exploration and family names. The hieroglyphic code is idiosynchratic not alphabetic, readable in a way you would interpret Hittite glyphs with a combination of pictograms interspersed with Egytian hieroglyphs to carry the effect. It is a 'picture' story coat, the artwork invites your own interpretation.

From the late 60's onwards the 'picture coats' brought powerful images into the streets and everyday life. Exhibited, totally unexpected, in supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, stations and a street corner near you. They are magical pieces, you feel the energy the moment you wear them. They had their time in the spotlight too but that's another story! Original imagery for the picture coats was inspired by Tolkein, Punch & Judy, Ancient Egyptian Art, butterflies, birds & nature.

jjgallery.com is the online art Gallery of London based artist John Jones.

A set of changing room curtains depicting a mystical scene created, in the 70's for 'Ace' Kings road featured in Bonhams British.Cool | auction 2022.

Exhibitions include Consciousness | Anima Mundi, Palazzo Ca' Zanardi, Venice 2017, Semaine de Cuir Paris, The Phoenix North London and Gallery/Reading Room Soho. Group shows with Exquisite Trove, Newlyn Gallery Cornwall. Making Egypt Young V&A 2025. One of the pioneering artists creating online exhibitions of their work in virtual art galleries on Youtube 2006. and online virtual art installations.

Pencil sketches capture original ideas in the moment then are developed through drawing, painting, textile art and digital art. Some of the images are dreamlike and from moments when the world we know exposes another dimension. Time is another component of the work. The picture coats evolve over a number of years in the making. The latest coat completes a 50 year cycle 1976 - 2026 where the original is now in a museum and its 'sister' is free to roam.

Virtual Art Exhibition | Leaves No Trace Installation 2010

An artwork of stitched forest leaves, from the trees in Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, was created in August 2009. (National Trust / House of Fairy Tales)

It was natural to return the organic leaf art panel to the soil. The "recycle" journey back to the earth from the garden took five months.

The atoms leave a trace they just form a different part of the universe.

A video document and animated 3d virtual art environment was created from the event.

The virtual art installation helps to see round corners and leave no footprints.