Often depicting domestic scenes both interior and exterior, Wateridge’s canvases evoke a duality of familiarity and strangeness. In recent years, Wateridge has reinvented his visual language, presenting a distinctive vision that combines high-modern formalism with echoes of the cinematic. In contrast to the modelled realism of his earlier works, his current ghost-like figures are charged with feelings of isolation and uncertainty. These atomized and translucent beings are seamlessly interrupted by or absorbed into their environments, inviting contemplation on the social relationship between these figures and the insecurity of their world.
Wateridge has participated in numerous exhibitions, this year his work was included in the group show Self-Portraits at GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL) and next year the artist will have a solo exhibition at GRIMM, London (UK).
Selected collections include Aïshti Foundation, Jal el Dib (LB); Didier Casimiro, Kiev (UA); Loed Evans, London (UK); Mollie Dent Brocklehurst, London (UK); Pinault Collection, Paris (FR) and Venice (IT); Rennie Collection, Vancouver (CA); Saatchi Collection, London (UK); Simmons & Simmons, London (UK); Zabludowicz Collection, London (UK).
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"A painting you begin is unlikely to be the one that you'll finish": artist Jonathan Wateridge
Daphne Milner, It's Nice That, January 30, 2018 -
Jonathan Wateridge, British Painter, Talks Los Angeles, Gerhard Richter and Diego Velázquez
Susan Michals, Huffpost, February 13, 2013 -
Jonathan Wateridge
David Gleeson, Aesthetica, June 4, 2010 -
Jonathan Wateridge
Gilda Williams, Artforum, February 1, 2007
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Enclave / Expatria
Jonathan Wateridge 2019hardback (clothbound with dust jacket), 200 pagesRead more
Publisher: Anomie, London and Wiltshire
ISBN: 978-1-910221-21-1
Dimensions: 290 × 245 mm -
Uncertain Swimmer
Jonathan Wateridge 2023Hardback, 208 pagesRead more
Publisher: Anomie Publishing, London Distributed by Casemate Art
ISBN: 978-1-910221-51-8
Dimensions: 290 x 245 mm / 11 7/16 x 9 5/8 in