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Jonty Hurwitz

Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors

Jonty Hurwitz and Yifat Davidoff are internationally recognised for their pioneering work in merging art and science. Their work has become widely recognised both academically and in the media, appearing in Forbes, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, and covered on Arte, CNN and BBC.

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Section I

Brief History

Jonty Hurwitz is an artist, engineer and founder of the AI research company Daizy.com. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and spent his early life living in small hotels in rural towns in South Africa. He studied a B.Sc (ENG) at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and worked as a full-time researcher at the University of Cape Town.

Following his studies Jonty travelled in India studying Yoga and wood carving, before arriving in London where he then spent many years in the tech world designing financial risk algorithms.

Jonty started producing sculpture in 2009 and now creates scientifically inspired artworks and anamorphic sculptures. He is recognised for the smallest human form ever created using nano technology.

"The glue between science and art is emotion."Jonty Hurwitz · TEDx Stuttgart, 2019

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Museums

2024 Museo Internationale del Barroco, Puebla, Mexico
2023 Macau Museum of Art (Permanent Collection)
2023 Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan Biennale
2020 Science Gallery, Venice
2019 Puke Ariki Museum, New Zealand
2019 The Lightbox Museum, Woking, UK — Parallel Lines, Drawing and Sculpture Exhibition
2018 Guangdong Science Center, China
2017 Science Center, Singapore (permanent collection)
2017 Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
2017 Liberty Science Center, New York
2016 Science Gallery at the Art Powerplant, Leipzig
2016 International Images for Science, The Royal Photographic Society, London
2015 Petrosains Science Museum, Malaysia
2014 Exploratorium Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception, San Francisco
2014 Fleet Science Center, San Diego
2009 Bentlif Gallery, Maidstone Museum, United Kingdom (first ever show)

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Documentaries & Talks

CNN Ones to Watch Documentary

"Is this the World's Smallest Sculpture?" A documentary on Hurwitz's Nano sculpture made by CNN featuring curator of the Tate Modern Chris Dercon, sculptor Antony Gormley and BBC art critic Estelle Lovatt. Published online and on CNN International, March 2015. Watch.

TED Talk

The art and science of love — The World's Smallest Sculpture. Watch.

Section IV

Awards

2022 Sculpture of the Year Award, Cotswold Sculpture Park
2016 The Royal Photographic Society, Finalist, International Images for Science — in collaboration with Stefan Diller
2015 Guinness World Records, The Smallest Animal Sculpture
2015 Guinness World Records, The Smallest Sculpture of a Human Form
2010 Gofigurative Art Prize, Peoples Vote, London, United Kingdom
2010 Arte Laguna Prize, Finalist, Venice, Italy
2009 Bentlif Art Prize, Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery, People Choice Award, United Kingdom
2009 Noble Sculpture Prize, Liguria, Italy
2000 New Media Age Nomination, Special Award for Innovation (Delve)
2000 IVCA, International Visual Communications Association, Nomination for Innovation
1999 IVCA, International Visual Communications Association, Gold Award
1998 BIMA, British Interactive Media Association Awards (Delve)
1998 BAFTA Interactive Nomination, Best use of moving image (Delve)

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Solo Exhibitions

2023 De Medicis Gallery, Paris
2014 Art and the Internet, Gofigurative Gallery, Hampstead, London
2013 Old Street Art, Gofigurative Gallery, Solo Show, London
2011 Noble Sculpture Prize, Italy

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Altered States Open Air Sculpture Exhibition, Shaw House, UK
2023 Beaulieu Sculpture Park, United Kingdom
2023 Watson Gallery, Edinburgh
2023 Lux Contemporary, New York
2023 Scope Miami
2023 Spectrum Show, Arushi Gallery, Los Angeles
2022 RHS Wisley, United Kingdom
2022 Cotswold Sculpture Park, UK
2019 SCOPE Miami
2019 Body & Soul exhibition, One Canada Square, London
2019 Parallel Lines — The Lightbox, Woking
2019 The Cotswold Sculpture Park, Cirencester
2019 ArtCatto Gallery at the Conrad Algarve, Portugal
2019 Lausanne Art Fair, Beaulieu Exhibition Center, Switzerland
2019 Canwood Gallery, Hereford
2018 Gallerie Art&Emotion, Lausanne, Switzerland
2017 SCOPE, Miami, USA
2017 ArtCatto Gallery, Portugal
2017 Kinetica Museum 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, London
2017 Liberty Science Center, New York, USA
2016 Walton Fine Arts, London
2016 Opera Gallery, London
2016 Gallerie de Medicis, Paris
2015 Illusion Exhibition, Dublin Science Gallery tour, Kuala Lumpur
2014 Kinetica Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London
2014 Illusion Exhibition USA tour, San Francisco & San Diego
2014 Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, ICA London
2013 Savoy Hotel, Unveiling of Kaspar the Anamorphic Cat, Solo show
2012 Kinetica Art Fair, London
2011 Tower 42, City of London, Solo show
2011 Art London, Royal Hospital, Chelsea
2011 Bloomsbury Art Show, London
2010 Arthur Ackermann Gallery, London
2010 Go Figurative Show, Broadgate Circle & St. Stephen’s Hampstead, London
2010 Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale, Venice
2009 Lloyd Gill Gallery Christmas Exhibition
2009 Bentlif Gallery, Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery

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About the Work

His work explores the deeper questions in life by bridging art and science through the use of cutting-edge technology — anamorphic sculpture, nanotechnology, and computational geometry coalesce into objects that challenge perception.

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