Julia Peyton-Jones OBE (b. 1952) is co-director of the Serpentine Gallery

Serpentine Gallery

The Serpentine Gallery is an art gallery in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, central London. It focuses on modern and contemporary art. The exhibitions, architecture, education and public programmes attract approximately 750,000 visitors a year...

, London together with Hans-Ulrich Obrist. Peyton-Jones studied painting at the Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...

 between 1975–78, but did not continue a career as a professional artist. Two of her works still hang in the Bank of England

Bank of England

The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world...

. She was a curator at the Hayward Gallery

Hayward Gallery

The Hayward Gallery is an art gallery within the Southbank Centre, part of an area of major arts venues on the South Bank of the River Thames, in central London, England. It is sited adjacent to the other Southbank Centre buildings and also the Royal National Theatre and British Film Institute...

 before the Serpentine. Peyton-Jones became director of the Serpentine Gallery in 1991. She oversaw a major refurbishment of the galleries. In 2003, Peyton-Jones was made an OBE by the UK reigning monarch Elizabeth II.

Articles

• "Peyton's place" Telegraph.co Sept. 7, 2006.
• "BBC News: OBEs 2003 BBC News Website, June 2003.