Jonty Hurwitz

Binge Thinking

Science or Art?
The distance separating science and art is becoming smaller.  As humanity evolves, we become more conscious of a holistic "one-ness" in our Cosmos. Binge Thinking is a collection of art works that are painted with physics as the brush, mathematics as the canvas.  Each one of my pieces is a study on the physics of how we perceive space.  Leonardo Da Vinci pushed the boundaries of his time by exploring how the observer's perception is implicitly linked to the observation itself. My collection of art uses Leonardo's theories as a starting point.  Each art piece is the stroke of over 1 billion calculations and draws upon a unique way in which our brains interpret the spacial information they receive.

I am an unconventional artist:  For many years I have worked in the technology world but found myself becoming more and more frustrated at the temporal nature of internet creativity.  Here today, gone tomorrow. Inspired by a need to make "something real", in 2006 I decided to start trying to bring my artistic dreams to reality. With no background in art at all, other than a profound love of it, I found myself able to look at things with fresh eyes. Just over a year ago, I was encouraged to come out to the world with my works and entered a few competitions.  I won the 2008 "Peoples Choice Award" at the Bentliff Art Prize and the 2009 Noble Sculpture Prizein Italy.

Beyond the illusion

I was recently having lunch with an friend who operates deep within the high art world.  "Jonty," he said, "I hope I don't offend you, but I feel you're the David Blane of the Art world". Actually, I happen to love David Blane, so my first reaction was a kind of eye-twitching amusement.  I have always wondered whether or not David Blane's "tricks" are real so I can't deny that I did have a moment of questioning whether this mean my art was somehow a
little fake.  We all feel like fakes from time to time.  "Your work," he said, "is wonderful, its unique but it leaves no room for
interpretation."  Upon reflection and meditation, I realise that something much deeper is at play here.  The fact that each of my pieces offers some kind of absolute mathematical resolution seems to intimidate observers into believing that the reflection of the art is the actual art itself.

Career History

Founder & CTO
Wonga was launched in June 2008 as a provider of “next generation” real-time financial services online.

Creative Director
Following a sale of my company to Statpro PLC, I was appointed Creative Director.
I was responsible for rebranding and redesigning the company’s wide range of products across 10 countries.

Creative Director, Founder
Built up from a one-person company to a web and animation agency of 40 people.
In July 2004 oversaw the sale of Delve and its technology to Statpro PLC.  It was this sale that allowed me to start funding the development of my art.