Richard P Jones is an audio-visual journalist and visual artist whose practice centers on the mechanics of contemporary life and the intersections of the physical and digital worlds. Working across images, video, soundscapes, and 3D data clouds, Jones explores the "liminal zone"—spaces and time structures invisible to the naked eye. His work often investigates the daily rhythm of the global metropolis, as well as the physiognomy and memory of specific social groups, such as his extensive documentation of Welsh coal miners.

His ongoing project, ‘City Scans’, utilizes high-speed video to capture the movement of commuters and transportation systems in cities including Tokyo, Berlin, London, Hong Kong, and Istanbul. By reconstructing footage into layered time structures, Jones reveals the pulse of the contemporary metropolis through a precise, pop-art-style aesthetic. Printed onto brushed aluminium, these square artworks emphasize the mechanical and automated quality of 21st-century urban life. Alongside this, his collaborative project with Chieko Jones, ‘I Was There’, continues his exploration of the convergence of time and place through color gradations.

Jones’s career is distinguished by numerous high-profile international accolades, including three Amnesty International Human Rights Press Awards and a finalist position in the National Lottery Awards UK. His work has been featured in major exhibitions such as NordArt 2025 in Germany, the Saatchi Gallery in London, and the Museum of Wales. A veteran observer of global shifts, his photography and installations have been published in world-leading outlets including The New York Times, Stern, The Guardian, and Time Magazine.

Exhibition & Projects (Selection)

2025

City Scans, NordArt 2025, International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Büdelsdorf, Germany

District line #2 (City Scans), ArtEvol 2025 – Voices from the Undefined, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

From China to the Digital Interface, Presentation, Salon of Photography, Hamburg, Germany

Wales: A Home from Home (with Vision Fountain), Welsh Senedd (Welsh Parliament), UK

Behind the Picket Lines (with Vision Fountain), 3D portraits and soundscape, Big Pit National Coal Museum, UK

2024

Tokyo Summer Storm / Untitled, Turner House, Penarth, Wales, UK

2022–2023

Kings of the Underground, 3D portraits of the last generation of coal miners, Museum of Wales, Swansea, UK

2022

Truth DeQay (with Phil & Jai Reeve / Chieko Jones), Borderlands Group Exhibition, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK

2021

TruthDeQay, Digital Installation, Ffotogallery / Diffusion21, Cardiff, Wales, UK

2020

The Crossing, Audio-visual installation, Pie Factory, Margate, UK

2019–2020

The Car, The Future, Me, British Motor Museum, Warwickshire, UK

2019

The Coal Face (Diffusion Festival), Shift, Capitol Centre & The Senedd, Cardiff, Wales, UK

2018

Motor Mouths, British Motor Museum, Warwickshire, UK

2016–2017

Energy+Notion, Newbridge Memo, Blackwood Miners Institute & Pontardawe Arts Centre, UK

2016

The Soul of Money (Group Exhibition), DOX Centre for Contemporary Arts, Prague, Czech Republic

2011

Undercover, China FCC, Hong Kong, China

2009

Mother of the Disappeared, Smithsonian, New York, USA

2008

The Panda Factory, FCC, Hong Kong, China

Awards (Selection)

2023

Finalist – National Lottery Awards UK, Outstanding Individual, Heritage

2009–2011

Winner of 3 x Amnesty International Human Rights Press Awards

2010

Highly Commended Finalist, UK Press Awards

2009

Finalist – POYi (Pictures of the Year International), World Understanding Award

Winner – National Press Photographers Award (USA)

2007

Outstanding Achievement (1st), International Colour Awards