Jasper Joffe

Jasper Joffe
HIMmler(father), 2008 oil on canvas 139 x 95cm.
Born	1975 (age 41–42)
Nationality	British
Education	Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art Royal College of Art
Known for	Painting
Awards	Abbey Scholarship in Painting, British School of Rome (1999-2000)
Website	http://www.jasperjoffe.com
Patron(s)	Charles Saatchi

Jasper Joffe is a British contemporary artist and novelist who lives and works in London.

Jasper Joffe was born in 1975. He is the brother of artist Chantal Joffe. He studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford. He 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. He has had solo exhibitions in London, Rome and Milan. He is the author of "Water" published by Telegram Books in 2006.

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. In 2000 he repeated the feat in Milan at Laura Pecci Gallery, although this time the paintings were a variety of sizes. In 2003 he did 72 paintings in 72 hours at Brno House of Arts in the Czech Republic. The canvases this time being the same sizes as Goya painted between 1789 and 1815.

In 2004, Joffe exhibited at Rosy Wilde gallery in East London. His exhibition "Beauty Show" at the V22 Gallery in London (January–February 2008) caused controversy due to its featuring a pastel painting of Heinrich Himmler, which was bought by Charles Saatchi.

In 2009 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. In May 2012, he showed his paintings of actresses and dictators in a show titled "Power & Beauty" at Kenny Schachter Rove Gallery in Hoxton Square London.