Jonathan Wylder was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire.

He held his first one man show of paintings in Salisbury City Library where Sir Cecil Beaton was his first patron.  

Since the beginning, Jonathan Wylder has been inspired by the beauty of the human form, sculpting mainly in clay and then having it cast into bronze through the traditional lost wax process. 

He has shown his appreciation for this subject in his sculptural work with dancers from a variety of ballet companies, including Fiona Chadwick, former principal with the Royal Ballet and Christina Arensis.

Amongst the many prestigious commissions is Jonathan’s creation of a five metre high bronze monument for London’s Belgrave Square, commissioned by the late Duke of Westminster as a tribute to the first Marquis of Westminster.  

In Scotland there is the life size bronze for the Scotsman Newspaper, unveiled in Edinburgh by Her Majesty the Queen and csiomed by r y

Possibly his most moving creation is the life sized memorial portrait of Mother Teresa that was unveiled in Calcutta by the Governor of Calcutta at the Sisters of Mercy Convent, where it has received and continues to receive, thousands of visitors.

His work was shown in his own gallery in Motcomb Street, Belgravia for nearly two decades.