Jonathan Yeo
Artist, Visual Artist
1970 –
Who is Jonathan Yeo?
Jonathan Yeo is a British artist who rose to international prominence in the 2000s as a contemporary portraitist, responsible for paintings of Dennis Hopper, Prince Philip, Erin O'Connor, Tony Blair, and David Cameron among his sitters.
His unauthorised 2007 portrait of George W. Bush, created from cuttings of pornographic magazines brought him worldwide notoriety, shown in London, New York and Los Angeles.
In 2013 a display of Yeo’s portraits opened at the National Portrait Gallery, London, including works portraying sitters such as Damien Hirst, Kevin Spacey, Idris Elba, Grayson Perry, Helena Bonham Carter, Doreen Lawrence and Malala Yousafzai.
Yeo was the subject of a BBC Culture Show Special in September 2013.
His paintings are included within the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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- Born
- Dec 18, 1970
London - Also known as
- Johnny Yeo
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Westminster School
- Lived in
- London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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