Ivan Jones is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores narrative through landscape and portraiture, informed by art history, environmental change, feminism, lived experience and memory. His work looks beyond the obvious to explore identity, place and the quieter narratives that lie beneath the surface.

His long-term projects consider how people and landscapes are perceived, often questioning familiar or romanticised representations. He is drawn to the details, histories and traces that might otherwise go unseen, creating work that invites curiosity and reflection, and at times evokes discomfort.

Born and raised in Teesside, an industrial heartland in the North East of England, Ivan grew up surrounded by both industrial landscapes and the countryside of the North York Moors, where human intervention has left its mark on the terrain. He later moved to London before settling in Brighton, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Photography in 1999.

The environments in which we grow up, shaped by landscape, industry, economy and social conditions, influence how we perceive and understand the world. These formative influences, alongside the diverse experiences, travels and people encountered throughout his life, continue to inform his outlook and photographic practice.