Jason File (b.1976, Marquette, Michigan, USA) is an artist, university lecturer in fine art, and war crimes prosecutor who lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands. He holds degrees in fine art from the Chelsea College of Arts, London, and the Royal Academy of Art, Netherlands (2013), where he currently teaches. He also holds degrees in the humanities, social sciences, and law from Yale (1998), Oxford (2000) and Yale Law School (2004). File’s work has been recognized through collections and awards, including the Zabludowicz Collection Future Map Prize (2014), the Mead Fellowship, University of the Arts London (2014), and selection as ArtPrize Juried Grand Prize Finalist (USA, 2014, selected by Hrag Vartanian) and Celeste Prize selected artist (Italy, 2014, selected by Andrew Hunt). Solo and two-person exhibitions and projects include, Stroom, The Hague (2015), Ovalhouse, London (2014), and X Marks the Bökship, London (2011). Group exhibitions include: Grand Rapids Art Museum, USA (2014); International Print Biennale, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle (2014); SPACE Studios, London (2014); Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna (2014). Forthcoming projects include a solo exhibition at The Ryder, London, and co-curating a group exhibition at GEMAK in The Hague. |
| Born 1976, Marquette, Michigan, USA. |
| Lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands. |
| Languages: English and French. |