HANNAH CATHERINE JONES aka FOXY MORON b. June 10th 1987, Doncaster
Artist, musician, composer, conductor, performer. Lives and works in London.
EDUCATION
DPhil Art – Oxford University (Christ Church AHRC Scholarship) 2016-2019
MPhil Art – Goldsmiths (University of London) 2014 – 2016
MFA Fine Art – Goldsmiths (University of London) 2010 – 2012
BFA Fine Art -The Ruskin (University of Oxford) 2007 – 2010
Foundation Art – Doncaster College – 2006 – 2007
J.H. Music and English – University of Birmingham and Birmingham Conservatoire 2005 -2006
EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS
NTS: Opera #1 – the first of a regular slot on NTS hosting my opera show – Dalston – January 2015
Peckham Chamber Orchestra: Concert #7 – Peckham Liberal Club – December 2015
LIVE! (Rhythm Section + Peckham Chamber Orchestra) – RS +PCO presented The Brother Moves On, Itai Hakim, Shabaka Hutchings, Hannah Catherine Jones, Yussef Kamaal Trio and Duval Timothy – a sold out gig of contemporary afrofuturistic music – Bussey Building – Peckham – December 2015
Baba Yaga’s Hut presents The Brother Moves On – I played theremin, viola and vocals in collaboration with the band – Birthdays – Dalston – December 2015
Peckham Chamber Radio #2 – YAM Radio – YAM Records – PCO’s second radio show in collaboration with Rose Dagul The White Horse – Peckham – November 2015
Oweds to Odes – a performance lecture of my recent body of work: Owed to (C)ode, Ethereal Arias: Owed to Orpheus, Owed to (C)ode: Oxford Edition and Owed to the Uncanny performed live with a Q&A – Harvard University – Boston, MA – November 2015
Music of the Spheres – a live re-imagining of Johanna Magdalena Beyer’s 1938 composition in collaboration with Diana Policarpo – Peninsula Gallery – Brooklyn, New York – November 2015
Owed to (C)ode: Oxford Edition – a live performance for the re-opening of The Ruskin School of Art’s Bullingdon Road Studios – Oxford University – October 2015
Ether-Real Arias: Owed to Orpheus – Art Licks – THE NINES – Peckham – October 2015
Orpheus Underground –BBC Radio 4 – contributor to Neil Gaiman’s documentary on Orpheus – September 2015
UMUZI presents Hannah Catherine Jones – guest lecturer – Johannesburg, South Africa – September 2015
Thath’i Cover Okestra – Vol. 4 – I was invited to take residence in South Africa for a month to produce a performance for the opening night of VANSA’s ART WEEK JOBURG – Eyethu Centre – Soweto – Johannesburg – September 2015
Peckham Chamber Orchestra: Concert #6 – Peckham Liberal Club – July 2015
Exiles Exotic (part 1) – collaboration with Sasha Litvintseva – I composed the soundtrack for Litvintseva’s film and performed a live iteration – IMT Gallery – London – July 2015
The Opera Hour – Richard Scott’s guest discussing opera and rape – Resonance FM – July 2015
Multi-Story Orchestra – I am I say – Bold Tendencies – Peckham – July 2015
Intimacies Symposium – presenter – Goldsmiths – London – June 2015
Peckham Chamber Radio #1 – YAM Records – YAM Radio – PCO’s premiere radio show in collaboration with Rose Dagul – Bold Tendencies – Peckham – May 2015
Unperforming 5 – Owed to the Uncanny performed – Gasworks London – May 2015
Visions of Excess – I performed with Cabiria for the opening of Diana Policarpo’s solo show –Xero, Kline & Coma– Hackney – May 2015
Acts XI-V – solo show – Goldsmiths Studio A – London – May 2015
Chorus – Owed to the Uncanny performed live – THE NINES – Peckham -May 2015
Erinyes – playlist contributor with Owed to the Uncanny – Matt’s Gallery – London – May 2015
Ruskin Shorts – Owed to (C)ode performed – Modern Art Oxford – April 2015
Peckham Chamber Orchestra: Concert #5 – Peckham Liberal Club – March 2015
London College of Communication – performance lecture on the BA and MA Sound Arts course – London – March 2015
Edinburgh College of Art – Me Myself and I – seminar with painter Phoebe Mitchell – February 2015
Teesside University – performance lecture and visiting tutor – February 2015
Peckham Chamber Orchestra: Concert #4 – Peckham Liberal Club – December 2014
The Opera Hour – Richard Scott’s guest discussing Orpheus – Resonance FM – December 2014
Southwark Youth Orchestra – youth workshop – guest conductor in a performance of my work Romelle Rapsody – London – October 2014
Pun Pilgrimage II: Rome Alone– solo show – Rome, Italy – August 2014
Peckham Chamber Orchestra: Concert #3 – Peckham Liberal Club – July 2014
Pexmas – Peckham Chamber Orchestra performed my arrangement of Twin Peaks – Peckham –July 2014
Multi-Story – Sibelius 5 – Bold Tendencies – Peckham – June 2014
Unperforming – group show – Departure Foundation – London – June 2014
Ruskin Shorts High Art (iPod Serenade) screened – Modern Art Oxford – May 2014
Writing on Water – group show –Punperforming – Fordham Gallery – Oxford – May 2014
Peckham Chamber Orchestra: Concert #2 – Peckham Liberal Club – April 2014
Noise=Noise – Cabiria performed – April 2014
The Onion Discussions – Speech! Speech! – Vitrine Gallery – London – March 2014
Pun Pilgrimage: Punbecoming – artists talk at All Souls College, Oxford – March 2014
Erinyes (Listening Seminar) – Aria (for our ears) – Goldsmiths – London – February 2014
Peckham Chamber Orchestra: Concert #1 – Peckham Liberal Club – December 2013
Unperforming – group show – Departure Foundation – London – October 2013
Post – La Scatola Gallery – Shoreditch – Test Card F(oxymoron) exhibited in an online residency – September 2013
Foxy Moron presents: PUN PILGRIMAGE – artist talk at New York University – the first of Washington Square Arts Club speakers. WSAC was founded by Josephine Livingstone – New York – October 2013
Multi-Story performed Brahms Symphony 1 – Bold Tendencies – Peckham multi-storey car park – August 2013
PUN PILGRIMAGE – debut solo show in Pun, France – August 2013
Multi-Story performed Kate Whitley’s Wishes, Lies and Dreams for orchestra and children’s choir – Bold Tendencies – Peckham multi-storey car park – July 2013
Here on Earth as Well – performed on theremin for Diana Policarpo’s MFA Degree Show – Goldsmiths – July 2013
Collaborative performance with Lisa Selby and Joao Noro Caldeira – Surface Gallery – Nottingham – April 2013
ConCrit #1 – APT Gallery Deptford – April 2013
Black Maria – Box Set performed/ exhibited in Richard Wentworth’s installation – Central Saint Martin’s – March 2013
Lighting designer/maker for Polar Bear – debut: Rich Mix – Shoreditch – London – December 2012 – present
Performative Group Research Group – collaborative performance – Studio 1:1, Shoreditch – August 2012
TROSP 2 – Peckham Multi-Story Car Park – John Adams’ Harmonielehre performed as part of the 100 strong orchestra (viola) – July 2012
Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show 2012 – Access All Arias exhibited/performed – Goldsmiths – July 2012
RELAY – producer, director, curator, performer and spectator of a 12-hour performance event. RELAY was my creation as the winner of the Olympic Podia competition. The project existed as a stage outside Goldsmiths Library as a public artwork. The commission was funded by the London 2012 Olympic Fund and Lewisham Council – April 2012 – January 2013.
Podia Launch – short film on RELAY – APT Gallery – April 2012
Appropriation – the Musical! – Musical Symposium – PZI Rotterdam – March 2012
Taxi For Two – collaboration with Umi Baden-Powell – Goldsmiths – March 2012
The Face of the Shape – group show – Box Set performed/exhibited – La Scatola Gallery – December 2011 – January 2012
All Is Not Lost – performance for Martina Schmuecker- Café Gallery Project- Southwark Park – October 2011
Who Do You Think We Are – improvised vocal performance – Hanmi Gallery – September 2011
Channel – collaborative performance with Joao Noro Caldeira and Soheila Sokhanvari – La Scatola Gallery – September 2011
TROSP – The Rite of Spring Project – Bold Tendencies -performed on viola in the orchestra and conducted a children’s workshop – Peckham multi-storey car park – July 2011
Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show – performance for Noam Edry – Date Rape – July 2011
Goldsmiths MFA Interim Show – June 2011
Holy Ghost – group show – Opera Box performed – New Gallery Peckham – April 2011
Ruskin BFA Show, Osney Mead Oxford – June 2010
Shost and Strav – Bodleian Library – Feb 2010
The Boule and the Braid – group show -Oxford University Botanical Gardens -Original composition CUBE FUGUE performed – November 2009
Oxford University Press – group show – October 2009
BOX Ladder – group show – Modern Art Oxford – November 2008
Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth – group show – Area 10 Peckham – November 2007
Other Achievements:
Nominated for the Paul Hamlyn Award 2014
Winner of Camberwell Lucky Dip 2012 with Radio Active – a (fake) pirate radio show run from a disused nuclear bunker.
Winner of the Olympic Podia competition with RELAY – a 12-hour performance event upon a custom built stage situated outside Goldsmiths library. I designed and built the stage. I organised, produced and performed in the event alongside a rich mix of students and local performers from the South East of London with the aim of integrating students and the local community.
Runner-up for the Pyrie Prize – Ruskin – Oxford University
Nominated for the Slingsby Prize – Ruskin – Oxford University
DIPLOMA in performance (voice) ALCM
Grade 8 – Violin, Viola, Piano