Benjamin Jones
Born in1954 Atlanta, Georgia

EDUCATION

1977BFA , State University of West Georgia


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002199819941993
2006BENJAMIN JONES @ ART LONDON, Royal Hospital Chelsea, London
BENJAMIN JONES, Barbara Archer Savannah, Savannah, Georgia
2005THE ALEXANDER HOMAGE DRAWING SERIES, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2004BENJAMIN J0NES DRAWING, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
DRAWING, 1708 Gallery, Richmond Virginia
ISOLATION, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
FIGURE, Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas, Texas
WORKS ON PAPER, 1987-2002, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
A SHORT LIFE, Sandler-Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
DR. FRANKENSTEIN'S ANIMAL SHOW, Mattress Factory Building, Atlanta, Georgia
NATURE'S ODDITY, Billboard, Arts Festival of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006OBJECTS OF DESIRE, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
GRAPHIC EXPRESSIONS: AMERICAN WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
PERMANENT COLLECTION, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
EVIDENCE: PAPER WORKS, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
2005RECENT ACQUISITIONS, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, Georgia State University Rialto Center for the Performing Arts, Atlanta,Georgia 2004
CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN DRAWINGS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, High Museumof Art, Atlanta, Georgia
FREEDOM SALON Deitch Projects. New York, New York
2003reading: material Volume Gallery New York, New York
2002GEORGIA TRIENNIAL, City Gallery East, Atlanta, Georgi
1998NEW ORLEANS TRIENNIAL, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
1995NEW ORLEANS TRIENNIAL, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
1994NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AND SOUTHERN ARTS FEDERATION REGIONALFELLOWS, Southeast Center of Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
CREATING IN CRISIS: MAKING ART IN THE MIDST OF AIDS Spaces Contemporary Art Center,Cleveland Ohio
1988ARTISTS IN GEORGIA, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
1985ARTISTS IN GEORGIA, Georgia Museum Of Art, Athens Georgia


SELECTED AWARDS

2003The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Individual Artist Grant
1997Residency Fellowship, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia
1996Residency Fellowship and CGR Scholarship, The Hambridge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia
1994National Endowment for the Arts and Southern Arts Federation Regional Fellowship
1993Georgia Council for the Arts, Individual Artist Grant in Drawing


SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
    Whitney Museum Of American Art, New York, New York
    Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
    High Museum of Art, Atlanta Georgia
    Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
    Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
    Mennello Museum of American Folk Art, Orlando, Florida
    Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
    J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
    Huntsville Museum Of Art, Huntsville, Alabama
    Morris Museum Of Art, Augusta, Georgia
    State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia
    Phillip Aarons + PRINTED MATTER New York
    Patch Adams, M.D. + Gesundheit Institute, Arlington, Virginia
    The Judith Alexander Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
    Lucinda Bunnen, Atlanta, Georgia Edie Falco, New York, New York
    King and Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia James Brett, London, England


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
    Oxford American. Winter 2006, Issue 52, p.19
    Catherine Fox, A MATTER OF STYLE, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 12/18/05, p. L10.
    Charles Dee Mitchell, BENJAMIN JONES AT GRAY MATTERS, Art in America, Nov, 2004.
    Rebecca Dimling Cochran, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Art Papers, Nov/Dec, 2004.
    Roberta Smith, CAUTION: ANGRY ARTISTS AT WORK. New York Times, 08.27.2004, p. B-1+p.B23.
    Catherine Fox, MUSEUM SCORES BIG WITH DONATION. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 08.19.2004, p. B
    2003 TIFFANY AWARDS. The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, catalog, pub. 2004.
    NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS. (The Open Studios Press) 2004, No. 52, vol. 9, No. 3.
    Catherine Fox, A PEOPLED SOLITUDE: HAMPTON ARTIST DRAWS ON ISOLATION, Atlanta Journal- Constitution, 5/23/04.
    J. Cullum, SOUTHERN DRAW. Atlanta Journal-Constitution Access Atlanta, 05.06.2004, p. 40.Catherine Fox, HOMEGROWN GEMS SPARKLE IN HIGH LIMELIGHT, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5/2/04.
    Catherine Fox, DELIGHTFULLY DRAWN, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11/1/02.
    Catherine Fox, GEORGIANS IN THE SPOTLIGHT, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 04/26/02.
    NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS. (The Open Studios Press) 2002, No. 40, vol. 17.
    Catherine Fox, THE ART OF AFTERWARD, IN THE WAKE OF SEPTEMBER 11, Atlanta Journal- Constitution, 12/30/01.
    Catherine Fox, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORD, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 08/31/01.
    NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS. (The Open Studios Press) 1999, No. 22, vol.4.
    Catherine Fox, BEGINNING AT THE END, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 04/14/98.
    Donald Locke, BASIC INSTINCT- BENJAMIN JONES AT SANDLER-HUDSON, Creative Loafing, 04/25/98.
    Art Papers, ARTIST'S PAGES, July- August 1996, issue 4.
    Dan Cameron, CRITICAL EDGE/ SOUTHERN EXPOSURES, Art & Auction, 01/95.


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