Jason Brooks (born 1968) is a British painter and sculptor. He studied at Goldsmiths College before completing his BA at the Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Art & Design. Jason spent some time in the British School of Rome in 1990, then going on to receive his MA from the Chelsea College of Art & Design, London in 1992. He debuted among the YBAs in the 1990s with his black and white portraits. He won the NatWest art prize in 1999. Jason judged the NPG Portrait Prize, John Moores Prize and the Jerwood Prize and has gone on to exhibit globally since then. His work is held in private and public collections all around the world, including the National Portrait Gallery Collection, London. A major overview of the artist’s work entitled Perpetual Orgy was published in 2015 to coincide with his solo show, 'Origins', at Marlborough London. Shows Brooks had his first one-man exhibition at the Entwistle Gallery in London in 1998. Since then he has shown regularly both in the UK and abroad, including a solo show at the National Portrait Gallery, London in 2008 of portraits, including Sir Paul Nurse, among others. Brooks is currently represented by Marlborough London, with his inaugural show at the gallery in 2013, entitled Ultraflesh. In 2015 Brooks' exhibition Origins brought together different techniques used throughout his career to create 8 paintings that drew initial influence from Gustave Courbet's 1886 paintingL'Origine du monde. Solo exhibitions 2015 Origins, Marlborough Contemporary, London 2013 Ultra Flesh, Marlborough Contemporary, London 2008 National Portrait Gallery, London 2006 Stellan Holm Gallery, New York 2005 Auto, Max Wigram Gallery, London 2002 Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia 2001 Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds 2000 Entwistle, London 1998 Entwistle, London Selected exhibitions 2015 “I never thought I´d see you again” Painting History, Marlborough Contemporary, London 2012–2013 Beyond Reality, British Painting Today, Galerie Rudofinum, Prague 2011 Do You Believe?, 3812, Contemporary Art Projects, Hong Kong 2010 Straw Dogs, Spring Projects, London Hyping the Real, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke 2009 Capturing Claudia, Colnhaghi Gallery, London 40 Artists, 80 Drawings, The Drawing Gallery, Powys 2008 Unforgiven, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York Formula One Project, Renault/ING, Monaco & London Fresh Eyes, ING Headquarters, London George Stubbs, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds (cat) Larger Than Life, Stellen Holm Gallery, New York 2007 Timer, Triennale Bovisa, Milan 2006 Heads, Flowers East, London, UK Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds, UK