CV | Todd Jones

EDUCATION

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

Graduate Certificate, Visual Arts Management, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2021

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

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD

Image + Design, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Spring 2021

This course explores the production and design of representational, abstract, and symbolic images. Students are introduced to lens-based, digital, and analog processes for creating imagery, explorations of various techniques and technologies, as well as applications of color theory. Through the study of image systems and cultural contexts, students develop skills for various modes of image-making in art and design, an understanding of their expressive potentials, and the role of interpretation and critical analysis of images within a contemporary context.

Painting: Alternative, Digital, Temporal Modes, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Fall 2020

Introduction to alternative painting and drawing media and modes. Learn an array of flexible and expressive possibilities opening new dynamic, creative directions for the student. Integration of evolving new media platforms and artistic self-expression. Use art-making strategies in a variety of forms which may include mixed media, experimental art materials, installation, creating and manipulating images in digital formats, and time-based media.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: TEACHING ASSISTANT

Painting, Color, Form, Context, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Spring 2020

Introduction to painting on a two-dimensional surface using wet and dry color media. Explore recent developments in realism and abstraction, structure and composition, color, flat pattern, modeling and light, paint handling, and texture. Media may include oil paint, acrylic paint, watercolor, airbrush, pen, ink, paper, canvas, panel, or other surfaces.

Painting: Alternative, Digital Temporal Modes, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Fall 2019

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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

Developed curriculum and instructed visual arts classes for DFYF’s after-school program, ages ranged from 8 - 17 years of age.
Established boundaries for inner-city at-risk youth, including positive and negative behavioral responses.
Assisted in maintaining accurate program records, including daily attendance, logbook documentation, and incident reports.

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

Instructed visual arts classes for TCA's summer camps.
Designed comprehensive lesson plans for students age 5 - 17 involving mixed media art projects.
Certified in Darkness to Light prevention training.

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

Instructed middle and high school students weekly at Scholars Academy in experimental drawing and painting techniques.

Studio Assistant, Pyramid Studios, Tallahassee, Florida, 2015

Guided adults with developmental disabilities through activities developed for art therapy.
Implemented projects that utilized a full range of visual arts, which catered to each student’s level of ability.

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Honors Tutorial College Apprenticeship, research assistance awarded, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Spring 2021
Original Works Grant, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Fall 2020
Honorable Mention, Art Ideal Magazine Contest, Circle Foundation for the Arts, 2020
Certificate of Exhibition, Artist of the Month, Thought Art Magazine, 2020
Finalist Award, Circle Quarterly Art Review, Circle Foundation for the Arts, 2020
Third Place, Nature, Art Room Contemporary Online Gallery, 2020
Honorable Mention, CFA Artist of the Year Competition, Circle Foundation for the Arts, 2020
Most Innovative Use of Material Award, Ohio Paint | Print | Photo, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, 2019
Scholarship Project Winner, The Steadman Foundation, 2019
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2019 - 2022
Graduate Recruitment Scholarship, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2019 - 2022
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, 2019
Greater Columbus Arts Council Resource Grant, Columbus, Ohio, 2018
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
Experiential Learning Certificate, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2015
Honorable Mention, Photofest, Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, 2012
New York City Field Study Scholarship, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, Florida, Spring 2012
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship, 2011 - 2016
Honorable Mention, Photofest, Artport Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida, 2011
Scholarship Winner, Mahaska Whitley Portfolio Competition, Lemoyne Center for Visual Arts, Tallahassee, Florida, 2011
Honorable Mention in Art, Best and Brightest Scholarship, 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

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 Todd Jones, Thought Art Magazine's 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

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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 (BFA Thesis Show), Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida

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

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Thought Art Magazine, issue 3, Cover Artist, 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
“Interview with Todd Jones May 2020 Resident.” Mineral House Media, mineralhousemedia.com
Art Hole Magazine, P 9-10. June 2020
“Artist Todd Jones.” Erika Hess, I Like Your Work, February 14, 2020
Under The Bridge, Painting, P 31. Winter 2020
Interview, Art Reveal Magazine, 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
“Meet Todd Jones.” Interview, Voyage Magazine, VoyageMIA, August 15, 2019
Contemporary Badass Magazine, P 13. July 2019
Interview, CreativPaper Magazine Issue 14 vol. 3, P 36-39. June 2019,
“Featured Artist - Todd Jones.” Artist Portfolio Magazine, June 11, 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.
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,
COCA Connection: Photofest 2016. Interview by Jade Bulecza. ABC 27 WTXL. November 17, 2016.

COMMISSIONS

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

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

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

LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND CRITIQUES

Virtual Studio Visit, Scribble Art Workshop, New York City, New York, 2020
First Year Artist Lecture, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Fall 2019
Artist Lecture, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio, 2018
Undergraduate Critique, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, Spring 2018
Artist Lecture, Scholars Academy, Thomasville, Georgia, 2017

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

COVID-19 Artist Residency Project, crisisresidency.org, May - December 2020
Mineral House Media Digital Residency, May 2020
Summer Painting and Sculpture Intensive, Tyler School of Art, 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

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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

Mentored Painting + Drawing BFA students through studio visits and assisted with professional practice.

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

Monitored and enforced studio safety rules.
Preformed studio maintenance and assisted students with projects in the Woodshop.

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

Assisted in coordinating monthly gallery shows, including hanging, sales, marketing, and artist communication.
Handled incoming works of art and prepared gallery walls for exhibitions.
Helped with the development of marketing strategies for annual fundraisers, membership drives, gallery nights, and special events.
Performed general administrative duties and day-to-day gallery operations.

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

Curated and installed the 2016 H.C. Martin exhibition at TCA’s main gallery.

Designed exhibition materials such as an exhibition board, rack cards, flyers, and artwork labels.
Collaborated with the Boy’s and Girl’s Club on art projects that gave back to the community.

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

Created forms of company branding consisting of: logo designs, business cards, flyers/handouts, website design, and product/package design.
Maintained website maintenance for clients and the company.
Served as one of the companies’ photographers and produced high-quality edited images for clients.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon, France, 2020 - Present
Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio, 2018 - Present
ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2017 - Present
Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio, 2017 - Present
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