Allen Jones (b. 1937) established himself as a Pop artist during the 1960s, with his erotic 'furniture' pieces addressing issues of gender and power. His practice includes sculpture, paintings and prints often involving the female figure. In recent years his work has evolved to portray expressive and stylised compositions involving figures in movement and performance.

He studied at Hornsey College of Art and at the Royal College of Art where he worked alongside David Hockney, Peter Phillips and R.B. Kitaj. He has taught at art institutions extensively in the UK, North America and Germany including at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, the University of South Florida, the University of California, the Berlin University of the Arts and the Banff Center School of Fine Arts in Canada. Jones has exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions. He has also been awarded a number of accolades for his work including the Prix des Jeunes Artistes at the 1963 Paris Biennale and is a Senior Academician at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Allen Jones has exhibited widely during his career and there have been four major retrospectives of his work: at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool in 1979 which then travelled to the Serpentine Gallery, London and to several venues in Germany; the ICA in London held a retrospective 1978 which travelled to the Fruit Market, Edinburgh and the Arnolfini, Bristol; the Barbican, London hosted a retrospective in 1995 which then toured worldwide with the British Council; the Royal Academy hosted a major retrospective of his work, from 13 November 2014 -- 25 January 2015.

Jones' works are held in a number of major public collections including the Tate, the Museum Ludwig, the Warwick Arts Centre and the Hirshhorn Museum.

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