Dick Jewell is a British artist, filmmaker, printmaker and image-maker whose practice has explored the power of visual culture for more than five decades. Working across collage, photography, film, publishing and installation, he is renowned for transforming found images into complex visual narratives that reveal how meaning is constructed, circulated and absorbed through contemporary life.

Emerging from the Royal College of Art in the late 1970s, Jewell developed a distinctive approach to image-making that anticipated many of today’s conversations around remix culture, media literacy and the circulation of images. His work draws connections between popular culture, politics, fashion, advertising and collective memory, uncovering the hidden relationships that shape how we see ourselves and the world around us. Alongside his artistic practice, he has worked extensively as a filmmaker, directing documentaries, music videos and films exploring artists, dance and club culture.

In 2023, Jewell collaborated with CIRCA on WAR & PEACE, a participatory public commission that transformed one of the most recognisable gestures in modern history into a global conversation about symbolism, communication and collective meaning. Appearing across public screens in London, Berlin, Milan and Seoul, the work invited audiences to become participants by recreating and reinterpreting the iconic V-sign, extending Jewell’s long-standing fascination with the ways images evolve as they move through different cultures, contexts and generations.

Throughout his career, Jewell’s work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Stedelijk Museum, the Serpentine Gallery, the Hayward Gallery, Tate Liverpool, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Venice Biennale. Combining the eye of an archivist with the instincts of a storyteller, he remains a singular figure whose work continues to reveal the extraordinary complexity hidden within everyday images.