curriculum vitae – Kenny Jones
EDUCATION
M.F.A. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 1986, Painting and Sculpture, Inter-area Degree
B.F.A. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX, 1982, Painting Concentration, cum laude, Juanita Pollard Art Scholarship Award.
EXHIBITS
2011 13th Annual Stars of Texas Juried Art Exhibit, February 6-18 at the Depot Civic and Cultural Center, Brownwood, TX. From 361 pieces of art, juror Randy Bacon choose 136 for the show.
2010 BCAA Competition, Downtown ACU-Cockerall Art Gallery, Abilene, Tx, December 9, 2010 – February 5, 2011, Juror Elizabeth Yarosz-Ash. Best of Show award.
Texas National Art Exhibition, Judy Pfaff was Juror, April 10 – May 23, 2010 at The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX, my creative work was selected from over 1700 works of art, 600 artists entered the competition from 40 states.
2009 Texas National Art Exhibition, Juror Mel Chin, The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX. This show included 113 works by 91 artists, chosen from entries by more than 350 artists from 39 states. April 4 – May 17, 2009
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2009 Exhibit, Shelley Langdale, Juror, Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings Philadelphia Museum of Art, March 12 – April 17, 2009.
24th the Annual International Exhibition, juror Andy Rubin, Master Printer at Tandem Press, February 2 – March 13, 2009
2008 BCAA Competition, Cockerall Art Gallery, Abilene, Tx, Award Third Place
Go Figure-ative, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX, Center Artist Member Group Exhibit
Palimpsest – layered work by, Robert Green, Kenny Jones, and Polly Jones, ACU-Cockerell Art Gallery, The Historic Downtown Cockerell Building, Abilene, TX
2007 Outside the Box, K Space Contemporary Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas. I was one of 25 selected from artists that live outside the major metropolitan areas of Texas. Arturo Almeida, Art Curator for the University of Texas at San Antonio, selected art-works for the show. Three of my works were chosen for the exhibit: Knot (untitled), Rehearsal for a Spontaneous Event, and Elemental Grab.
2005 Art and Design Faculty Exhibit, “And He Said . . ., The Logia of Yeshua, EAR(S)HEAR”, Shore Gallery, ACU, Abilene, TX
“Synesthesia & Still Life: Work by Kenny & Polly Jones”, Lasszie-faire Art Gallery, TN
2004 Solo Exhibit, “See/Saw: Peripherals & Blindspots, Recent Work by Kenny Jones”, The Renaissance Center Art Gallery, Dickson, TN.
2003 5th Annual Regional Art Exhibit, Juried Group Competition, The Renaissance Center, TN.
2002 Juried Art Exhibit, Memphis Arts in The Park, Audubon Park, Memphis, TN.
4th Annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit, Juried Group Competition, The Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN.
2001 Contain-Defer-Recover, Memphis Arts in The Park, Special Projects Sculpture Exhibit, Memphis Botanic Garden, Memphis, TN.
2000 Ear Turn, Memphis Arts in The Park, Special Projects Special Projects Sculpture Exhibit, Memphis Botanic Garden, Memphis, TN.
1999 Recent Artwork by Kenny and Polly Jones, Itawamba Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Fulton, MS.
1998 Eye Charts for the Inner Ear: Recent Work by Kenny Jones, solo exhibit and gallery talk, West Tennessee Regional Art Center, Humboldt, TN.
1998 Arched Talk, Memphis Arts in The Park, Special Projects Sculpture Exhibit, Memphis Botanic Garden, TN
1998 Elastic Orbits & Distinguishing Marks: Recent Work by Kenny Jones, Solo Exhibit, Lipscomb University Art Department Gallery, Nashville, TN
AWARDS, HONORS, EXPERIENCES
- Judge’s Best of Show for artwork “Net Effects (After Turner)”, 2010 BCAA Competition, Juror Elizabeth Yarosz-Ash.
- Third Place Award for artwork “Bodies of Water”, 2008 BC Art Association Competition, juried exhibit & awards.
- Cullen Research Grant, Research on Kinetic artwork, 2006 ACU Stipend Award for art production research.
- Judge’s Best of Show Choice Award for artwork “Sounds Falling Outside of Speech”, 5th Annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit 2003, Judge: Terry Thacker.
- 1st Place Award for artwork “Differing & Deferring”, Juried Art Exhibit, 2002 Memphis Arts in The Park, Audubon Park, Memphis, TN
- Judge’s Best of Show Choice Award, for artwork “Pronouns Against Pronouns”, 4th Annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibit 2002, Judges: Susan Knowles and Sergei Shillabeer
- 1st Place Award for artwork “Contain-Defer-Recover”, 2001 Memphis Art in the Park, Special Projects category, Juror: Shamin Momin, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York City
- 1st Place Award for Sculpture “Arched Talk”, 1998 Memphis Art in the Park, Special Projects category, Juror: Lowery Sims
- I was the Producer for the experimental film,” Cell(s)“. This film was awarded Best Film of 2006 at the ACU Filmfest. I worked with BFA art students Alex York (awarded Best director, Best Technical Director, Best Production Designer) and Adrian Chew (awarded Best Sound Designer).
Visiting Artist Sessions: Itawamba Community College, Fulton, MS; Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN; Union University, Jackson, TN
Gallery Affiliation
Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX.
Laissez-faire Art Gallery, Columbia, TN
