Jake Tilson

He was an early adopter of the World Wide Web as a medium for art, using his website TheCooker (1994). He is a trustee of the Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery. • Illustration — Jake Tilson

Jake Tilson was born in London, the son of Joe Tilson and Joslyn Tilson (née Morton). His grandfather was Alastair Morton, who ran his father's business the Edinburgh Weavers, commissioning artists such as Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth. Jake studied painting at Chelsea School of Art from 1976–79, and at the Royal College of Art from 1980–83. He won the Royal of Art Major Travelling scholarship and spent a year working in Paris, where he had his first one-person exhibition at Galerie J et J Donguy.

In 1979 he set up the small independent press, The Woolley Dale Press, which enabled him to publish limited edition book works and the arts/literary magazine Cipher, helped by a grant from the Greater London Arts Association. After leaving college in 1983 he continued publishing, including the trilingual arts magazine, Atlas, which sold in 15 countries. Atlas became the name of his next independent press in 1993 which published his audio works and books such as 3 Found Fonts (2003). Throughout the 1990s Tilson exhibited widely and had a commercial dealer, the Nigel Greenwood Gallery in London. During this time his work was primarily collage based wall pieces and sculptural dioramas. He was Erna Plachte artist in residence at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University (1994–95) where he developed his website TheCooker (1994) as well as designing websites for the Laboratory at the Ruskin (1994) he designed websites for the Royal Institute of International Affairs (1995) and the Royal College of Art (1996). His most recent exhibition was at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012, commissioned by Haworth Tompkins Architects as part of the Common Ground exhibition. • Illustration — Exhibition, Jake Tilson and Kyoichi Tsuzuki, A Net of Eels

Light & Dark, Woolley Dale Press, 1979,. Exposure, Woolley Dale Press, 1980,. 8 Views of Paris, Woolley Dale Press, 1980,. The V Agents, Woolley Dale Press, 1981,. Excavator-Barcelona-Excavador, Woolley Dale Press, 1986,. One World – A Guide, Warehouse PLC, 1987, ASIN: B001OQ29O4. Breakfast Special, 5 books, Woolley Dale Press, 1989,. The Terminator Line, Woolley Dale Press, 1991,. 3 Found Fonts, Atlas, 2003,. A Tale of 12 Kitchens, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Artisan, 2006,. In At The Deep End – cooking fish Tokyo to Venice, Quadrille,.

City Sounds of the Everyday, podcasts, Atlas, 2012 City Picture Fiction, audio CD, Atlas, 1996 Hungerford Bridge, tide and trains, audio cassette, Atlas, 1998 Hannahsleeps, audio cassette, Atlas 1998 Gate 23, audio cassette, Atlas, 1993 Foundsounds, audio CD, Atlas, 1993

Jake Tilson is recorded with the occupation graphic designer. Recorded with the occupation visual artist. Recorded as painter, graphic designer, writer, publisher and artist.

Tate Gallery Collection. Chase Manhattan Bank. Arthur Andersen & Co. BBC World Service. The Principal Financial Group, USA.