This International Man of Artistry has made his brushmark at events worldwide with his truly unique shows.
Since 2000 Jon has been enthralling audiences with his high skill repertoire of artistic oddities.
Including his legendary, as seen on TV, rapid fire, outsized paintings.
Jon studied Fine Art to degree level in the 1980s and has worked as a pavement artist, scenic painter, performance poet and more…
He now performs at street festivals, arts festivals, art happenings, cabarets and corporate events. Performing his own shows or creating new works to a client brief.
And he spent five years of his adult life learning to tap dance.
2009 saw Jon appearing in, amongst many others, cabaret 'The Crack' with Miss Behave, a street festival tour of Canada, at Glastonbury festival, at numerous corporate events and unveil his new silent comedy show "Elephants" …
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS in Austria, Canada, Dubai, France, India, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, the United States…
TV appearances in Canada, Japan, New Zealand and on the BBC.
(He has his, silver (2 appearances) Blue Peter badge).
CORPORATE clients include: Amnesty International, BMW, Bosch, Capital Radio, Disney, English Heritage, Ernst & Young, Ferrarri, IFAW, Lotus, MSN, Peugeot, Smart Car, Takashimaya, Toyota, War on Want...
'Stealing the show with an act never before seen at this festival'
Timaru Herald - New Zealand
'Your performance is awesome'
Izumi Hatano - Canal Entertainment Works Co. Ltd., Fukuoka, Japan
'You are the paintertainer'
Ged Bryan - audience member Winchester Hat Fair - UK
"It was an absolute pleasure having you and your elephants, which is a wonderful show, and made everyone I knew who saw it smile, laugh and me and Freya were still talking about it yesterday."
Matt Ball - Director of Camden People's Theatre - UK
SELECTED EVENTS
2010
Aug Watch This Space - The National Theatre - UK
The Crack - Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Slightly Fat Features Variety show - Devizes - UK
July Liquorice Festival - Pontefract - UK
"The Crack" at Latitude Festival - UK
City Of London Festival- street - UK
Jun Ashbourne Street festival - UK
Glastonbury Festival - UK Dalston tube station celebrations - street - UK
Medway Fuse Festival - Chatham - UK
May SLIGHTLY FAT FEATURES UK TOUR
Variety in the House - Roundhouse - London
Variety in the Garden - Norwich & Norfolk Festival
Apr Variety in the Palace - Bridport Lotus Car Launch - Doha, Qatar
Mar Bethnal Green Working Mens Club -- Cabaret - London
Magic Night - Madame JoJos - UK
Big Bungay Cabaret - UK Sprint Festival - Camden people's theatre - UK
Feb 'The Crack' - variety show - Leicester Comedy Festival - UK
Jan Next conference - featured performer - Birmingham - UK
2009
Nov 3rd - Eric Elvis Tiger Hicks born ( 4lbs 6 ounces)
Oct Finger in the Pie Cabaret - Madame JoJos - London
Ernst & Young - sand drawing - London
Sep Platform 4 Picadilly, x.trax Manchester Street Festival - UK
Royal Vauxhall Tavern - cabaret - London
Watch This Space - National Theatre - London 'The Crack' - variety show - Comedy festival - Dublin
Aug Sassy Seaside Show - cabaret - Margate - UK
Halifax Buskers Festival - Canada
Jul Just For Laughs - Montreal - Canada
Winchester Hat Fair - UK
Manchester International Festival - The Great Indoors - UK
Jun The Crack with Miss Behave - variety - London - UK
Glastonbury Festival - UK
Variety by the Exe - Exeter, UK
May Chelsea Flower Show - London - UK
Variety by the Sea - Sidmouth, UK
Variety by the Moor - Haterleigh, UK
Variety in the Gardens , Spiegeltent - Norwich and Norfolk Festival, UK
Apr Ferrari Owners Club Dinner and Dance, UK Arthur Fowler's Allotment - cabaret - London - UK
Mar Supper Club, Brighton, UK
Shunt, London, UK
Feb Miss Behave's Variety Nighty - Showzam Festival - Blackpool, UK
Jan Cisco Conference Party - Barcelona
2008
Dec Variety By the Sea Vegas Special - cabaret - Sidmouth, UK
Nov The Dubai Mall - launch week - Dubai
Oct Cabaret Boom Boom - It's Grin Up North Festival - Sheffield UK
Sep Al Fresco - street - Market Harborough, UK
Aug PNE Fair - street - Vancouver Canada
Jul Watch This Space - National Theatre, UK
Jun Glastonbury Festival
May Brighton Buskers Festival
Jan Cabaret Boom Boom - Sheffield, UK Liverpool Capital of Culture celebrations - street, UK
2007
Dec Traffic Free Day Oxford Street & Regent Street, London, UK
Nov Smirnoff Electric Cabaret, Koko nightclub, London UK
Oct Harris paint brushes- scenic paintings for advert, UKgDa Cabaret - stage, Greenwich UK
Sep TV Documentary 'Arnold Bennett' pavement artist, UKExmouth Market Variety - cabaret, London, UK
Rolls Royce Enthusiasts Club 50th Anniversary UKAug Watch This Space, The National Theatre, London, UK
Jul Arts Outside -street shows, Guernsey, UKCardiff Children's Festival - outdoors and tent shows, UK
Manchester International Festival, - stage shows - UK
Jun Glastonbury Festival, Sensation Seekers Stage - cabaret
May Fuse Festival - Medway - street shows, UK
Apr Hewlett Packard Conference, featured performer, ICC Berlin
Feb Ernst & Young - resident artist, Sponsors of National Gallery, UK
Jan The Allianz Arts & Business NI Awards 2007, Belfast,
2006
Dec Traffic Free Day Oxford Street & Regent Street, London
Nov Womad, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria - street showsOct The Slammer, BBC1. TV children's show, UK
Aug Edinburgh Fringe Festival - street and Bongo Club
Jul/Aug Butlins holiday camps mid week tour - stage shows, UK
Jul Bristol Harbour Festival - street shows, UKWatch This Space, The National Theatre London, UK
Bloomberg Summer party, New York - street and stageJun Winchester Hat Fair - street, UK
Jun Singapore Arts Festival - street and stage shows
Mar Watch This Space, The National Theatre London, UK
2005
Appeared as expert performer and judge.
Nov Mall of the Emirates opening event, Dubai
Oct Festival of Flowers and Greenery, Fukuoka, Japan
Workers Playtime Night Club - cabaret, London, UK
Watch This Space, The National Theatre - street, UK
Jul Greystones Street Festival, Ireland
Doetincheim Festival - street, Holland
May Streets of Brighton Showcase - "Cardbored" Show, UK
Feb Blue Peter BBC TV
2004
Dec Festival of Art and Music, Dubai, UAE
Sep Canal Circus, Fukuoka, Japan (appearances on national TV)Aug Windsor Buskers Festival, Canada
Aug Waterloo Buskers, Canada
Jul "Olala" Lienz Festival, Austria
Jun Glastonbury Festival, UKMay Awarded Arts Council grant for development of new work, resulting in show Cardbored.
Apr Paul O'Grady's Generation Game - BBC1 TV Pilot
2003
Jun Glastonbury - Leftfield - featured on BBC TV and in Julian Temple's Glastonbury film
Mar Wellington Fringe Festival - featured on national TV, New Zealand
Jan Christchurch World Buskers, New Zealand
2002
Oct/Nov British Fair Takashimaya Department Stores, Japan
Sep Car Free day - street, Tower Bridge, London, UK
Aug Traquair Fair, Traquair House, Scotland, UK
Jul Nelson Street Festival, Canada
Jul Edmonton Street Festival, Canada
Jul Spruce Grove Buskers, Canada
May Guernsey Liberation Day - street, UKApr BMW Clean Energy Car Launch, Science Museum, London
2001
featured performer at the President's charity gala dinner
Aug City of London Festival - street, UK
Aug Halifax Buskers Festival, CanadaJun Cardiff Harbour Festival - street, UK
May Belfast Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival - street, UK
2000
Dec Tunbridge Wells Winter Festival - street, UK
Oct Southwark Festival - street, UK
Oct Children's Wish Foundation Ball - Hilton, London, UKSep Creating Sparks - South Kensington Festival - street ,UK
Jul Cardiff International Street Festival - UKJun Islington International Festival - street, UK