My name is Jeffrey Mark Jones. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and lived in New York and San Francisco before taking up residence in Northern California.
Having been a process painter for about 15 years, I have dedicated the majority of my studio life to the ideas, the subject, and the dilemmas of contemporary painting. My early influences have been Gerhard Richter, Pablo Picasso, Lucian Freud, and Egon Schiele. I feel that, over the last century, these four painters have proven dedication, intuitive genius, and profound intelligence in and around the daily practice of painting.
Currently my work bases itself on the exploration of symbol, geometric patterns, and plant life.
For about five years, I studied in schools of both architecture and fine arts in Los Angeles. My studies focused mostly around the human form and portraiture in relationship to space, as well as consideration of the objects as signs and symbols. From there I ventured into the world of surrealism, combining my architecture and painting backgrounds with the focus remaining on the human form.
I believe that the process of painting today possesses a unique and imperative role in the contemporary art world both aesthetically and theoretically, which demands intelligent conversation and visual thought.
Please feel free to contact me for further inquiry.
Exhibitions
2007 * Dulcenea Gallery, Recent Works, solo * Chicago, IL
2006-2007 * Barcode, Current Works, solo *
Santa Rosa, CA
2006 * Revolution Moto, “Nano-Blur,” solo for First Friday *
Santa Rosa, CA
2006 * High Voltage Art Studio, “Nano-Blur,” solo *
Healdsburg, CA
2004 * Neurosis Art Gallery, “Spinal Cubism,” solo *
Venice, Los Angeles, CA
2002 * Bullseye Art Gallery, “Contempory Art” *
San Francisco, CA
2001 * Hal Hackendale Art Studio, “Spiral Cubism” *
Los Angeles, CA
2000 * Hal Hackendale Art Studio, “Fallacy of Perfection” *
Los Angeles, CA
1998 * Shtorch Art Gallery, “Figurative Spaces” *
Santa Monica, CA
1996 * University Art Gallery, “Surreal Portraiture,” solo *
Los Angeles, CA
1995 * Mihai Popa Galleries, “Surreal Landscapes in Painting”
Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY