About

Jonathan Hynd was born in October 1950 in Manchester, England, as the son of an English diplomat, Jack Hynd (1903 – 1951). Jonathan Hynd and his sister spent their first stages of development in Khartoum, Sudan were oftentimes cared for by locals around the city.

From 1971 – 1973, Jonathan Hynd studied at the Thames Polytechnic in London before joining the Architectural Association. There, the artist was exposed to successful and dynamic professionals such as Zaha Hadid and Keith Critchlow who both had passions for sacred geometry and the building of highly efficient, almost transcendental spaces.

In 1974 Jonathan Hynd embarked on a series of extensive travels throughout throughout Italy, North Africa, Turkey, and Afghanistan; before settling in Tehran, Iran, under the supervision of Dr. Bahktiar and his associates for several months. Spiritually impacted by Islamic visual culture and philosophy, Hynd curiously embraced the anionic and ideas of an infinite, divine power within art – thus ultimately fuelling his transition from architect to painter.

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Jonathan Hynd, photographed Luisa Guarneri c. 1991.