Born London 1965.
Education
1984-7 BA(Hons) Fine Art (Painting), Gloucestershire College of Art.
1983-4 Foundation Course, Camberwell School of Art.
Exhibitions
2005 On Reflection: The Troubadour, London
2002 Recent paintings: The Studio, bcontemporary,London
2001 Works: Frameworks Gallery, London (Two person show with Adrian Carruthers)
1997 Paintings: Pastoria Hotel, London
1991 Andrew Usiskin Contemporary Art, London(two person).
1990 Richard Dickens Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Drawn together (in association with the Prince's Drawing School).
2006 Brockley Open Studios, London.
2005 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries,London.
Childers St Open Studios, London.
2003 Cedar House Gallery, Guildford.
The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London (with Quantum Contemporary Art).
Bristol Art Fair (with Quantum Contemporary Art).
Glyndebourne Gallery, Glyndebourne
John Martin Gallery, London.
Royal Society of Portrait PaintersMall Galleries, London.
2000-03Langham Fine Art, Bury St Edmunds.
2001 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London and Sheffield Art Gallery.
2000 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London.
1999 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London.
1997 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London.
1996 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London.
1994 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London and Aberdeen Art Gallery.
1993 Malvern Open Drawing
Cheltenham Open Drawing.
1992 Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxford.
1990 The Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London.
1987 The Nude, Royal Festival Hall, London.
Drawings, Axiom Arts Centre,Cheltenham, Glos.
Awards
1998 The Juliet Gomperts Memorial Award for Painting.
1993 Drawing Prize, Art in Action, Oxford.
1990 Drawing Prize. Britains Painters, Westminster Galleries, London.
Bibliography/ Publications
2003 The Complete Oil Painter by Brian Gorst (Quarto Publishing).
2002 The Tate Magazine.Editorial by Tim Marlow.
1999 Homes & Gardens Magazine.
1996 Review by Brian Sewell.BP Portrait Award NPG, London Evening Standard.
1994 Review by Brian Sewell. BP Portrait Award NPG, London Evening Standard.
Review by John McEwen. BP Portrait Award NPG, The Sunday Telegraph.
Review by William Packer. BP Portrait Award NPG, The Financial Times.
Illustration commissions
How to solve it by science (Arcturus Publishing).
Front cover: The oil painters bible (Quarto Publishing)
Rehearsal drawings for Peter Pan, National Theatre.
Up Country Magazine, Oxford.
Front cover for E.M Forsters Maurice.(Hodder & Stoughton).
Teaching
1994 Stroud School of Art, Glos Teaching painting on the GNVQ course.
1992 Wimbledon School of Art Teaching life drawing on the Foundation course.
Scenic Art
Jason Line has also painted many sets for theatre, opera, film and television including:
Theatre: A School for Scandal (National Theatre), A Simple Man (Northern Ballet Company).
Television: The Comic Strip,The Fimbles,Silent Witness, Waking the Dead.
Film: Emma, From Hell, Long Time Dead, A Conspiracy of Silence,The Descent, Angus,Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Easy Virtue,The Descent 2.
Murals: Singapore Heritage Museum, Singapore.