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EDUCATION

 

Master of Fine Arts, Painting + Drawing, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2022
 

Graduate Certificate, Visual Arts Management, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2022
 

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art and Psychology, Minor: Art History, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2016

Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL, 2013

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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Visiting Assistant Professor / Gallery Director, Department of Art, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2022 - Present

Instructor of Record, School of Art + Design, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2020 - 2022

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Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Art + Design, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 2019 - 2020

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Prevention Specialist: Art, Directions for Youth and Families, Columbus, Ohio, 2017 - 2019
 

Visual Arts Instructor, Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, Georgia, 2017​
 

Visiting Visual Arts Instructor, Scholars Academy, Thomasville, Georgia, 2017
 

Studio Assistant, Pyramid Studios, Tallahassee, Florida, 2015

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RELATED EXPERIENCE

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Director, Painting + Drawing Mentorship Program, School of Art + Design, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2021 - 2022

Curriculum Developer, School of Art + Design, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2021
 

Artist Assistant to John Sabraw, Athens, Ohio, 2021
 

Gallery Assistant, Ohio University Art Galleries, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2021
 

Mentor, Honors Tutorial College, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2021
 

Mentor, Painting + Drawing Undergraduate Mentorship Program, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2019 - 2022
 

Woodshop Monitor, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2019 - 2020​
 

Gallery Assistant, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio, 2018 - 2019​
 

Exhibition Intern, Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, Georgia, 2016​
 

Graphic Designer, Cuneo Creative Consultants, Tallahassee, Florida, 2010 - 2014​

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AWARDS AND HONORS

 

• Travel Award, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2022-23 Academic Year

• Honorable Mention, CFA Artist of the Year Award, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Athens, Greece, 2022-2023

• Award of Excellence, Artist of the Month, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Athens, Greece, June/July 2022

• Nominee, The Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship, 2022

• Finalist, Miami University Young Painters Competition, William and Dorthy Yeck Award, Juried by José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator, The Andy Warhol Museum, 2022

• Finalist, Fifth Edition Boynes Emerging Artist Award, Melbourne, Australia, December 2021

• Artist of the Month, Envision Arts, September 2021

• Studio Break Student Competition Winner, Juried by Kendra Bulgrin, August 2021

• Merit Award, Nature, Art Room Contemporary Online Gallery, 2021

• Finalist Certificate, Artist of the Month, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France February/March 2021

• Honors Tutorial College Apprenticeship, (Research Assistance Awarded), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Spring 2021

• Honorable Mention, Art Ideal Magazine Contest, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France 2020

• Certificate of Exhibition, Artist of the Month, Thought Art Magazine, October - November 2020

• Finalist Award, Circle Quarterly Art Review, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France, 2020

• Third Place, Nature, Art Room Contemporary Online Gallery, 2020

• Honorable Mention, CFA Artist of the Year Competition, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France, 2020

• Most Innovative Use of Material Award, Ohio Paint | Print | Photo, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, 2019

• Honorable Mention, Spotlight Contemporary Art Magazine, Circle Foundation for the Arts, 2019

• Finalist Award, CFA Artist of the Year Competition, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France, 2019

• First Place, Emerging Artist, Accessible Expressions Ohio 2018, Columbus, Ohio

• First Place, Creative Tallahassee, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, 2017

• Honorable Mention, COCA’s 30 Under 30, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, 2015

• Honorable Mention, Photofest, Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, 2012

• Honorable Mention, Photofest, Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, 2011

• Award of Excellence, The Florida Art Education Association, 2010

• Mayor's Award, Winter Festival Art Exhibition, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, 2009

 

 

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

 

• Ohio CARES Relief Fund HEERF Grant, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Fall 2021

• Graduate Teaching Assistantship Full Appointment, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2021 - 2022

• Original Works Grant, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Fall 2020

• Scholarship Project Winner, The Steadman Foundation, 2019

• Graduate Teaching Assistantship Half Appointment, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2019 - 2021

• Graduate Recruitment Scholarship, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2019 - 2022

• Artist Resource Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio, 2018

• New York City Field Study Scholarship, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, Florida,

       Spring 2012

• Florida Bright Futures Scholarship, Florida Medallion Scholars, 2011 - 2016

• Scholarship Winner, Mahaska Whitley Portfolio Competition, Lemoyne Center for Visual Arts,

       Tallahassee, Florida, 2011

• Honorable Mention in Art (3rd Place), Best and Brightest Scholarship, Tallahassee, Florida, 2011

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2023    Salting The Dig, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

2022    Remnants, Emergent Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

            Residual Memory, The In Art Gallery, Virtual Solo Exhibition

            A Place to Call Our Own, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (MFA Thesis Exhibition)

2021    Todd Jones, Envision Arts, Artist of the Month Virtual Solo Exhibition

2020    Todd Jones, Thought Art Magazine, Artist of the Month Virtual Solo Exhibition

2019    Self-Reflection, City Center Gallery, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, Ohio

            Todd Jones, Athens Uncorked, Athens, Ohio

            Todd Jones, First Commonwealth, Columbus, Ohio

2018    Introspection, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio

2016    Artist Collective: Todd Jones, Grassroots, Thomasville, Georgia

 

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TWO-PERSON / THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

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2023    Residual Sites: Reconstructed/ Recontextualized /Reinterpreted, Bryan Robertson, William Ruller, and Todd Jones, James May Gallery,                Milwaukee, Wisconsin, artsy.net                 

2015    A Certain Lack Of Composure, Oglesby Union Gallery, Carly Berry, Todd Jones, and Thy Lee, Florida State University, Tallahassee,                    Florida

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2023    ArtFields, 115 South Acline, Salt Lake City, South Carolina

            Small Works 2023, James May Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, artsy.net

            All Abstract, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina

2022    Ancestorial Transmission, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            Environment Shifts, Hartwell, Raleigh, North Carolina

            OH + 5, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio

            Miami University Young Painters Competition, Hiestand Galleries, Oxford, Ohio

2021    Majestic National, Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio

            Comfort Riddle, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, Tennessee

            Nature, Art Room Contemporary Online Gallery

            Wild Art Columbus, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio
2020    Wild Art Columbus, Gravity, Columbus, Ohio

            Silver Lining, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, Ohio

            Majestic National, Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio

            Nature, Art Room Contemporary Online Gallery

            Bissextile, Weld House, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

            Precipice, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

2019    Small Works Exhibition, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

            Twist-Ties, Weld House, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

            Majestic National, Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio

            Ohio Paint | Print | Photo, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio

            Home, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

            Wild Art Columbus, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio

2018    The Imploring Surface, The Stella Elkins Tyler Galleries, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

            Wild Art Columbus, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio

            20th Annual Spring Open Exhibition, Pump House Center for the Arts, Chillicothe, Ohio

            Accessible Expressions Ohio 2018 (Traveling Exhibition)

2017    Small Works Exhibition, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

            Thumb Box, Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio

            Majestic National, Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio

            Grow Up, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio
            Fall Juried Exhibition, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

            Tallahassee International, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida

            Due South, Studio 209, Thomasville, Georgia

            Creative Tallahassee, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

2016    Synthesis, Working Method Contemporary Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            Made In Florida, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida (BFA Thesis Exhibition)

            Photofest, Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            Chromotherapy, Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            28th Art in Gadsden: Regional Exhibition of Fine Art, Gadsden Arts Center & Museum, Quincy, Florida

            A Certain Lack Of Composure, FSU's Oglesby Union Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            Creative Tallahassee, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            PAINT, Working Method Contemporary Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

2015    And Then There Was, Phyllis Strauss Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            COCA’s 30 Under 30, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            A Series Of Aqueous Events, William Johnston Building Gallery FSU, Tallahassee, Florida

2014    INTERMISSION: Art MFA and BFA Exhibition, Phyllis Strauss Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            You Are Here, The Plant, Tallahassee, Florida

2013    Creative Tallahassee, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

2012    Photofest, Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit, Tallahassee Community College Fine Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

2011    Photofest, Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            Art and Addiction, Tallahassee Community College Fine Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

            24th Annual Mahaska Whitley Portfolio Competition, Lemoyne Center for Visual Arts, Tallahassee, Florida

2010    23rd Annual Mahaska Whitley Portfolio Competition, Lemoyne Center for Visual Arts, Tallahassee, Florida

2009    Winter Festival Art Exhibition, City Hall Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida

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COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS​

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• Packed, In collaboration with Nicki Crock, Ohio Arts Council Biennial Exhibition, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2021

• Hematite Dorodango, In collaboration with John Sabraw and Kiana Ziegler, Reclamation, Recovering Our Relationship with Place, Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 2021

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COMMISSIONS

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• Gravity Uplifts, partnership with Gravity and Create Columbus Commission, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio, 2020

• Mural, Ohio Avenue Youth Center, Directions for Youth and Families, Columbus, Ohio, 2019

• Joseluis Guajardo, Columbus, Ohio, 2019

• Maria Del Risco, Miami, Florida, 2017

• Ashley Ivey-Jackson, Thomasville, Georgia, 2017

• Lorraine Meynell, Sullivan, Maine, 2019

 

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INTERVIEWS
 

• “Conversations with Todd Jones.” Interview, VoyageRaleigh, September 12, 2022

• “Meet Todd Jones.” Interview, Canvas Rebel, May 25, 2022

• Studio Break Podcast episode 279, Interviewed by David Linneweh, April 2022

• “Check Out Todd Jones’s Story.” Interview, Voyage Magazine, VoyageOhio, February 2022

• Circle Foundation for the Arts, Artist of the Month February/March Contest Finalist Interview, March 2021

• Kate Hooray Osmond, Interview, CRISIS Art Residency Project, crisisresidency.org, Instagram Live, January 27, 2021

• Courtney Kessel, Interview, Ohio University Art Gallery, Instagram Live, Athens, Ohio, November 20, 2020

• Mineral House Media, Interview, “Interview with Todd Jones May 2020 Resident.” mineralhousemedia.com

• CreativPaper Magazine, Interview, Issue 14 vol. 3, P 36-39. June 2019

• “Meet Todd Jones.” Interview, Voyage Magazine, VoyageMIA, August 15, 2019

• Jade Bulecza, Interview, COCA Connection: Photofest 2016, ABC 27 WTXL, Tallahassee, FL, November 17, 2016.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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• “Pouring paint points Todd Jones on artistic dig for new forms.” Tallahassee Democrat, February 25, 2023

• “Todd Jones turns discarded house paint into stratified sculptures.” Columbus Alive, April 7, 2022

• Envision Arts Magazine, Vol. 7. P 85-88. December 2021

• Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine, issue 6, P 10 -11. Circle Foundation for the Arts, May 2021

• “Art Alum Todd Jones is a Circle Foundation for the Arts Contest Finalist.” Department of Art News, Florida State University, April 1, 2021

• Thought Art Magazine, issue 3, Cover Artist and P 84-89. November 2020

• Under The Bridge, Installation, P 56. Autumn 2020

• “Todd Jones.” Thought Art Magazine's Artist of the Month Virtual Solo Exhibition, thoughtartmagazine.com, October - November 2020

• PIKCHUR Magazine, issue 8, P 134-136. 2020

• Art Hole Magazine, P 9-10. June 2020

• “Todd Jones.” Artist Profile, Circle Foundation for the Arts, 2020

• “Artist Todd Jones.” Erika Hess, I Like Your Work, February 14, 2020

• Under The Bridge, Painting, P 31. Winter 2020

• Art Reveal Magazine, Interview, issue 51, P 38-43. December 2019

• Create! Magazine, issue 18, Art Miami Edition, P 146-147. 2019

• “Three Dimensional Forms Inspired By Natural Elements by Todd Jones.” Create! Magazine, November 20, 2019

• “Artist Puts His Creative Journey on Display at Urban Arts Space.” The Lantern, August 30, 2019

• Contemporary Badass Magazine, P 13. July 2019

• “Featured Artist - Todd Jones.” Artist Portfolio Magazine, June 11, 2019

• “Art Alum Todd Jones Chosen for Steadman Foundation Project Scholarship.” Department of Art News, Florida State University, September 26, 2019

• A5 Magazine Issue 23, P 9-10. February 2019

• Average Art Issue 30, P 15-16. January 2019

• CreativPaper Magazine Issue 11, P 44-47. September 2018

• Circle Foundation for the Arts. Spotlight Magazine Issue 7, P 35. June 2018

• Average Art Issue 21, P 9-10. April 2018

• CreativPaper Magazine Issue 6, P 41-45. October 2017

• Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, September 2, 2017

• Todd Jones, Artist A Day, 2017

• Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts. The 32nd Annual Tallahassee International 2017 Juried Competition, P 13. August 2017

• The Open Studio Press. Studio Visit Magazine vol. 37, P 92. July 2017

• Florida State University. Six Magazine vol. 7, P 8-9. April 2017

• Florida State University. The Kudzu Review, Cover, P 5, 54. November 2016

• Clear Creek Press. Made In Florida, P 6-7. November 2016

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PUBLICATIONS

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• Jones, Todd, "A Place To Call Our Own" (2022). Art + Design Masters Theses. 5.

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LECTURES, PANELS, WORKSHOPS, AND VISITING ARTIST

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• Lecture, Visual Literacy 1, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, 2022

• Mixed Media Workshop: Memories, Dreams, and Reflections, Ohio Art Education Association, Summer Symposium, 2022

• Visiting Artist, 2-D Design Critique, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College South Campus, Concord, North Carolina, 2022

• Visiting Artist and Artist Lecture, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, 2022

• Visiting Artist and Artist Lecture, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2022

• Panelist, Graduate School, Painting + Drawing Mentorship Program, Ohio University, 2022

• Artist Lecture, OH+5, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, 2022

• Panelist, Graduate School, BFA Thesis Course, Ohio University, 2021

• Artist Lecture and Virtual Studio Visit, Scribble Art Workshop, New York City, New York, 2020

• Artist Lecture, 5 x 5, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2019

• Artist Lecture, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio, 2018

• Visiting Artist, 3-D Design Critique, The State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, 2018

• Visiting Artist and Artist Lecture, Scholars Academy, Thomasville, Georgia, 2017

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ARTIST RESIDENCIES

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• Wildacres Retreat, Little Switzerland, North Carolina, June 2023

• Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, Georgia, May 2022

• CRISIS Artist Residency Project, crisisresidency.org, May - December 2020

• Mineral House Media Digital Residency, May 2020

• Painting and Sculpture Summer Intensive, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 2018

• Artist Teaching Residency, Studio 209, Thomasville, Georgia, January - June 2017

• Summer Seminar, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, June 2009

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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

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• Collage Art Association (CAA), 2022 

• Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France, 2020 - Present    

• Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio, 2018 - 2022 

• Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio, 2017 - 2022 

• ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2017 - 2021       

• Thomasville Artist Collective, Thomasville, Georgia, 2016

• Art Student League, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2015 - 2016  

• Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2015 - 2017       

• Council on Culture & Arts (COCA), Tallahassee, Florida, 2011 - 2017   
  
   

EXHIBITIONS JURIED

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• Region 15 (Southeast) Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition, 2022

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CURATORIAL PROJECTS

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• Breaking Ground, co-curated by Hannah Guerin, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio, 2020

• Bissextile, Weld House, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2020

• Precipice, Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2020

• H.C. Martin, Historical Figures and Cultural Masters, Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, Georgia, 2016