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12 Facts About Jasper Joffe

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Jasper Joffe was born on 1975 and is a British publisher at Joffe Books, contemporary artist and novelist who lives and works in London.

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Jasper Joffe studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford.

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Jasper Joffe completed an MA in painting at The Royal College of Art in London and received the British Prix de Rome scholarship to the British School at Rome, where he spent nine months.

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Jasper Joffe has had solo exhibitions in London, Rome and Milan.

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Jasper Joffe is the author of "Water" published by Telegram Books in 2006.

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On graduating from the Royal College of Art, Joffe painted 24 paintings in 24 hours at the Chisenhale Gallery in 1999, each canvas was 12 feet by 6 feet.

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In 2004, Jasper Joffe exhibited at Rosy Wilde gallery in East London.

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In 2009 Jasper Joffe, having left his gallery and been left by his girlfriend, sold all his possessions and paintings in "The Sale of a Lifetime" at Idea Generation Gallery in London.

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Jasper Joffe is the founder and regular contributor to the contemporary art and cultural reviews site worldwidereview which allows people from around the world open access to read and write criticism.

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Jasper Joffe is a tutor at City and Guilds of London Art School.

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Jasper Joffe has collaborated with artist Harry Pye on projects such as The Tate Modern in a dry cleaner in 2010 which included a talk by Turner Prize winner Mark Leckey.

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In 2010 Jasper Joffe debated whether "art fairs are about money" with Louisa Buck, Matthew Collings, and Jasper Joffe for the motion and against the motion Norman Rosenthal, Richard Wentworth, Matthew Slotover.