Jeremy Houghton

Works
Overview
Jeremy Houghton

Jeremy Houghton’s signature studio work of the flamingo started over twenty years ago during his first residency for the Oppenheimer family (de Beers) in South Africa where his paintings were used to raise awareness of these eye catching endangered birds. A recent visit to the Kalahari Desert has inspired a new collection elevated with gold leaf as a comment on the rarity of the species.

Whilst much of Houghton’s studio practice focuses on his evolving flamingo collection, over the last 20 years he has also been invited to be artist in residence for a number of royal, military and sporting communities, from those at Windsor Castle for HM Queen Elizabeth II to the Wimbledon championships, America’s Cup and the competitors at the 2012 London Olympic Games. These tonal works use a reduced palette to enhance the representation of nostalgia and occasion.
Biography
Jeremy Houghton

Ultimately, Houghton paints incredible journeys, favouring themes of motion, light and passages of time. The subjects that characterise these scenes are illuminated by his focus on the spaces in which bodies linger, shimmer, move and often take flight.

 

Jeremy Houghton, Residencies

 

2024 - Artist in Residence for Gifford’s Circus

2023 - Artist in Residence for the Northampton Saints

2022 - Official Artist for the Falkland’s 40th Anniversary

2021 - Artist in Residence for The Lygon Arms, Broadway

2019 - Artist in Residence for the Scouts

2018 - Official Artist for the RAF Centenary

2017 - Championship Artist, Wimbledon

2016-2017 - Artist in Residence for the America’s Cup

2016 - Official Artist for the James Hunt family

2015 - Artist in Residence at Goodwood for the Duke of Richmond

2014 - Artist in Residence at Windsor Castle for Queen Elizabeth II

2013 - Artist in Residence at Highgrove for King Charles III

2012 - Official Artist for the London Olympic Games

2011 - Artist in Residence, Kamfer’s Dam, South Africa

2009 - Artist in Residence for the Gentlemen at Arms at St. James’s Palace.

2008 - Official Artist, London Fashion Week

2004 - Artist in Residence, Rorke’s Drift, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa