JJ Charlesworth is a writer and art critic. Since 2006 he has worked on the editorial staff of the London-based international art magazine ArtReview, where he is online editor and director of digital content.
JJ studied fine art at Goldsmiths College, London, in the mid-1990s, before turning his hand to criticism. Since 1999, he has written reviews, articles and commentaries for publications such as Art Monthly, Flash Art, Modern Painters, Contemporary, Time Out London, Tate Etc. and the Daily Telegraph newspaper. He has published features and catalogue essays on artists including Roger Hiorns, David Claerbout, Sarah Lucas and Liam Gillick. In 2016 he completed a doctoral thesis at the Royal College of Art, a study of art criticism in Britain during the 1970s.