JAY JONES
ARTIST & DESIGNER
About //
Jay Jones is an artist and designer living and working in Austin, TX. His work, often subversive in nature, navigates themes of technology, consumerism and mass production with a lucid awareness of their role in the artist's own nostalgia. Jones doesn't need to reach far for inspiration; he uses personal experience to mold artifacts belonging to his own Millennial generation, humanity's first digital natives. Almost exclusively using traditional materials, his pieces elevate the mundane and push the ordinary into a different realm. Although he rarely abandons a sense of levity, his work challenges viewers to abandon their own assumptions and see beyond the object's default function. He received his BFA in both Studio Art and Communication Design from Texas State University in 2015 and works full time as a graphic designer.
Artist statement:
My current work is focusing on the reimagining of ‘ordinary objects’, creating a paradox and a narrative for viewers to rethink something they have preconceived interpretations of. Almost exclusively using traditional materials, I am elevating the mundane and pushing the ordinary into a different realm.
Ceramic has an aptness to take on any shape, surface or color. As a material, it has been used as precious material for millenia, while simultaneously providing basic serving functions in impoverished parts of the world to this day. My sculptures are somewhere right in the middle of that spectrum, blending production, craft and fine art.
CONTACT ME
E-mail jayjonesdesigner@gmail.com for any enquiries.
CV
Education
2015
Texas State University
B.F.A. - Studio Arts with a concentration in Ceramics
B.F.A. - Communication Design
2024
Built Narratives
Curator: Marcus Clarke
Vesper - Austin, TX
2023
Show Me a Dawn
Curator: Sean Gaulager
Co-Lab Projects - Austin, TX
2022
MEAT
Curator: Chad Rhea
LockhART House - Lockhart, TX
2020
Occupied
Curator: Emmy Laursen
Gray Duck Gallery - Austin, TX
2019
Tiny Art of Texas
Juror: 218 Artist owners
218 Co-op Gallery - San Marcos, TX
2017
Fall Sculpture & Photography Show
Juror: Scot Wilkinson
Texas State Round Rock - Round Rock, TX
First Annual Eye of the Dug Cup, Mug & Bowl Show
Juror: Renee Lopresti
Dog’s Eye Gallery - San Marcos, TX
2015
Locality
Curator: Jonathan Schaeffer
Cafe Monet - San Marcos, TX
Elephant In The: B.F.A. Thesis Show
Texas State Galleries - San Marcos, TX
Soft Tactics
Juror: Monica Alfonso
Cement Loop Gallery - Austin, TX
All Student Juried Show
Texas State Galleries - San Marcos, TX