Kelly Jayne Jones is a Manchester artist making work that combines performance, installation and sound. Mostly self taught, she began working in DIY noise music expanding her practice to include dance, sonic drawings, stone sculpture and film scores.
She is interested in creating multi-sensory experiences, often exploring animist ideas around the breath and spirit of mountains and rivers. Her work traverses the emotions of desire and anxiety, the comfortable and uncomfortable edges of our inner spaces and social co-existence.
KJJ has collaborations with Hannah Ellul (White Death), Greta Buitkute (Clout then Grappling) and Dan Valentine from Rainer Veil. She was one half of the group part wild horses mane on both sides, which disbanded in 2016.
She has performed across Europe, presenting work for the Venice Biennale, Tate Modern, ICA London, Le Plateau Paris, Borealis Festival Norway, Tectonics and hcmf.