Jack Halford
B. 1995, Leicester
Jack Halford is a multidisciplinary artist investigating human perception through a lifestyle-based methodology, using his own physiological state as the primary lens through which reality is filtered. His work functions as a tool for cognitive navigation. Through rigorous exercise and reflective periods of rest, he translates a sensory world that can often feel overwhelming into a loosely-structured, visual language.
At the core of this practice is the ongoing series Anthromicroscopy, a hybrid study merging anthropology with microscopy. Halford deconstructs the world to a microscopic level, using micrographs as a foundation before expanding them through a blend of analogue and digital tools. This process creates a visual bridge between our biological makeup and our psychological "inner self."
The resulting paintings are vibrant and immersive; as he works, Halford allows imagined figurative elements to emerge organically from the cellular structures. These works serve as a personal roadmap for traversing the world with clarity, offering viewers a shared framework for understanding the complex relationship between the body, the mind, and the reality we construct.
To hear more about his practice, please do check out his Journal.
Enquiries about exhibition opportunities or available works please E-mail: info (@) jackhalford (dot) com
Jack leads art workshops for multiple arts organisations across the midlands, engaging people of all age groups and abilities with contemporary art, if you’d be interested in attending one of his workshops please goto the Events page.
2016 - Present:
Studio Holder at Two Queens Gallery/Studios, 2 Queen Street, Leicester, LE1 1QW
2020-Present:
Director of Painting Ground a Nomadic Curatorial Research Project.
2020-2023:
University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Arts - BA Fine Art: Painting
2023 - Present:
Contributor to RAN (Running Artfully Network)
2023 - Present:
Selected Exhibitions:
Two Queens Members show, Leicester, 29th August - 14th September 2025
D.I.Y., Ilkon Contemporary Arts, Ilkeston, June 8th - 30th 2024
Mix the colours, Two Queens Gallery, Leicester, 23 February 2024
All this wrath, Blue Shop Gallery, London, 15 February 2024 - 3 March 2024
Smock-Ravelled, Two Queens Gallery, 26 august - 9 September 2023
Just the powder of the flute, Safehouse 2, 137 Copeland Road London, SE15 3SN 3-6 March 2023
Southwark Park Galleries, London, 4-5 February 2023
Alchemical Vessels, 126 Gallery & Studios, Galway, Ireland. 13 - 29 January 2023
Blunderbuss, Two Queens, Leicester, 12 November - 19 November 2022
DRIP (I curated this, part of my curatorial project ‘painting ground’), Two Queens, Leicester, 22 September - 1October 2022
Gloam Gallery, Sheffield, 29 April - 8 May 2022
Half Way - A.P.T Gallery, London, 17 - 20 February 2022
Members Show - Two Queens, Leicester, 12 - 27 November 2021
Creative Lockdown - Art @ The Chapel, Leicester, 9 - 22 November 2021
Members show - Two Queens, Leicester, UK. 22 October - 31 October 2020
Socially Distanced - StudionAme, Leicester, 11 September 2020 -13 September 2020
Two Queens at We Are, Leicester, UK, 6 September – 5 October 2019
Members show - Two Queens, Leicester, UK, 31 May – 1 June 2019
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, UK 15 December 2018 - 2 February 2019
Members show - Two Queens, Leicester, UK, 26 May 2018
Happy To Be Here - Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester, UK, 7 January – 12 January 2017
Don’t Mind – Two Queens, Leicester, UK, 20 August – 28 August 2016
Galerie 691, London, UK, May - July 2015
Etienne Gallery, Derbyshire, UK, March 2015