Jonathan Yeo

Jonathan Yeo
Yeo in 2012
Born (1970-12-18) 18 December 1970 (age 53)
London, England
NationalityBritish
Known forPortraiture

Jonathan Yeo (born 18 December 1970,[1]) is a British artist of contemporary portraiture who was educated at Westminster School. He rose to prominence for having painted Kevin Spacey, Dennis Hopper, and Cara Delevingne, among others. GQ described him as "one of the world's most in-demand portraitists."

In 2007, his unauthorised portrait of American President George W. Bush, created from cuttings of pornographic magazines and shown in London, New York and Los Angeles, brought him worldwide notoriety. Yeo's 2016 mid-career survey at the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle[2] followed a retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery, London, in 2013[3] and the Lowry in Manchester in 2014.[4]

Yeo was the subject of a BBC Culture Show Special in September 2013.[5] The monograph The Many Faces of Jonathan Yeo, featuring works from throughout his career, was published by London-based publisher Art/Books in the same month.[6] His paintings are included within the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark, and the Royal Collection.

  1. ^ "Jonathan Yeo | Artnet". www.artnet.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. ^ "In the Flesh - Jonathan Yeo Portrætter". Frederiksborg (in Danish). 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Jonathan Yeo Portraits - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Jonathan Yeo - Portraits: Sat 15 March - Sun 29 June". thelowry.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  5. ^ "BBC World News - the Culture Show, the Many Faces of Jonathan Yeo". Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  6. ^ "The Many Faces of Jonathan Yeo". 30 July 2013. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.