A SPOTLIGHT ON JAKE GARFIELD: CURRENTLY ON VIEW AT ST JAMES'S PARK

We cast a spotlight on Jake Garfield's selection of woodcuts, monotypes and works on paper. Currently on view at St James's Park is his Man Wrestling an Angel, 2022 (recently seen at The Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition) and  of course; Emerging Artist, 2020. 

Jake Garfield (b. 1990) is a North London based artist, known for his meticulous mark-making in hues of earthy green and brown. Man Wrestling an Angel, 2022 is a three-meter diptych in response to Jacob Epstein’s alabaster sculpture, Jacob and the Angel, 1940. Garfield carves this epic tussle by abstracting the Old Testament tale into a two-tone feast for the eyes. This labour intense method is a beautiful balance of opposites, with an inflection of marks carved into the wood in an assorted range of rhythms.

Jake Garfield has an MA in Printmaking from The Royal Drawing School and a BA in Fine Art from Brighton University. Prizes include the Printmaker’s Council Award (2016), The Durham Wharf Award (2015) and the Royal Drawing School Printmakers Prize (2013). Jake exhibits in the UK and internationally, including shows at El Segundo Museum Of Art (California), Christies (London & New York) and Mercer Chance Gallery (London). His work is in collections of The British Museum, V&A and the Fitzwilliam Museum among others.