Jonathan Tignor

Jonathan Tignor (b. 1997) is a London-based artist originally from Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Colorado College with a BA in Creative Writing and completed a Post-Baccalaureate in Studio Art at the Burren College of Art in Ireland. Most recently, he earned an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 2024. He has exhibited with OHSH Projects, Chilli Arts, and Twilight Contemporary in London, as well as Bonian Space in Beijing. Tignor is more concerned with the image as a force, rather than its constituent forms. In translating this force, he seeks resistance from paint, and views this material resistance as a site for chance and the unexpected to occur. The tension that arises between the image and the medium in turn invites narrative into the work. Through these narratives, Tignor’s paintings adroitly address the mythology and fictions that underlie his American identity.