Matthew Jones
Education:
2018
Master of Fine Arts in Art, Painting Emphases University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
2016
Master of Arts in Art, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Exhibitions and Site Specific Installations:
2019
Survey Of Contemporary Encaustic: The IEA 2019 Juried Exhibition, (Juried by Mat Gleason), Chaffey Community Museum Of Art, Ontario, California
2018
Colin/Costa/Feige/Ryden, Beaudry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Stylized Realism, Beaudry Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Onward Forward, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery (JURIED by Christina Haley and Holly Johnson), University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
Art 214, Oak Cliff Cultural Center (JURIED by: Jim Burton of UNT, Elizabeth Mellot of Collin College, Arthur Peña of UNT, and Tori Phillips), Dallas, Texas
En Plein Air, University of Dallas Upper Gallery, Irving, Texas
Finding A Sense Of Place, Irving Arts Center (SOLO), Irving, Texas
Small Works Show, Art 7 Gallery (JURIED by Karen Fulton), Fort Worth, Texas Carpenter Wake, Carpenter Hall (JURIED by Christina Haley and
John D. Peavler), University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
2017
Open Studio Night, University of Dallas Upper Gallery, Irving, Texas
Contemporary Encaustic 2017, Royal Contemporary (JURIED by Lisa Steele), Florence, Colorado
Onward Forward, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery (JURIED by Christina Haley and Kyle Hobratschk), University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
The 33%: Artists from the Cultural District, Grackle Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
Field Note, Loggia Gallery (SOLO), University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
Open Studio Night, University of Dallas Upper Gallery, Irving, Texas
2016
No Open Spaces, University of Dallas Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, Irving Texas
2015
Don’t Lean Back, Haggerty Art History Building, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
Framed, Umbrella Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Open Studio Night, Upper Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving Texas
Fort Worth Exhibitionists, Shipping and Receiving, Fort Worth, Texas
2013
Department of Art Bachelors of Fine Arts Senior Projects Exhibition, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, Ohio
2012
Homage to Goldsworthy, temporary site specific land art installation in the Adena Brook within Whetstone Park with Aniela Iannarino, Columbus, Ohio
Maiden of the Mirror, temporary site specific installation on OSU’s Mirror Lake, Columbus, Ohio
Duck Pond Line Drawing, temporary site specific collaboration organized by Leeza Meksin, Columbus Ohio
2011
Art and Tech Show, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University (JURIED), Columbus, Ohio
Experience:
2018
Texas Christian University, Adjunct Instructor, Drawing, August - December
Workshop: Encaustic Revisited, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, April 25
Workshop: All About Encaustic, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, April 24
Visiting Artist Lecture, A Brief Look At Encaustic, Brookhaven Community College, Irving, Texas, April 12
Artist Talk, Lunch And Learn With Matthew Jones, Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas, March 26
Artist Talk With Matthew Jones, Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas, March 11
Workshop: Alternative Mark Making - Ink Wash, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, February 12
2018-2016
Graduate Assistant to Painting Professor, Kim Owens, at the University of Dallas
2018-2015
Gallery Attendant at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art
2017
Workshop: All About Encaustic, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, October 10
Guest Speaker: Introducing Encaustic, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, September 13
Lecture: Encaustic Through The Ages; What It Is, What It Isn’t And Why Artists Use It., University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, April 28 Workshop: All About Encaustic, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, April 11
Intern at the Encaustic Center under Bonnie Leibowitz, six hours a week for two months, Richardson, Texas, February - April
2015
Graduate Assistant to Interim Gallery Director, Scott Peck, at the University of Dallas
Lecture: A Touch Of Magic: Occult Significant In Surrealism, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, November 30
2013
Vice President of the Undergraduate Painting and Drawing Club at The Ohio State University
2011
President of the Student’s Figure Drawing Association at the Ohio State
University