BRIAN THOMAS JONES
Born: Hickory, NC
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
MFA, Studio Art, Claremont Graduate University
BFA, Film & Television Production, Tisch School of the Arts – New York University
Santa Monica College Arts Mentor Program, Studio Art
Virginia Commonwealth University, Mass Communications (Photography)
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
LAAA / Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Aversion (lobby), Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2012
LUMEN ESSENCE, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
The Open Show, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
The Non Objective Moment, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CAThe Other Art Fair, Santa Monica, CA
Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Gleaming Apollo, Gallery 825, West Holywood, CA
Tieze, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Factory Fresh, Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA
Momentous Occasions (curatorial), Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Cautious Optimism (curatorial), Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Personal Contacts #1, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
How long do you mean to be, Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
2019
Micro Macro, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Repeating Fragments (curatorial), Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Matters of Size, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2018
A Matter of Public Record (curatorial), Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Collectivity, Galleries of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO
Emulations (curatorial), MuzeuMM, Los Angeles, CA
Odd Convergences, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Inverted Realities, McNish Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
Disappear Here: Contemporary Photography in Los Angeles, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Beverly Hills Art Show, Beverly Hills, CA
XYZ (curatorial), Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Round Too, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
FAR Bazaar, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
The Collectivists, Brand Library Gallery, Glendale, CA
2016
Geometry in the Expanded Field, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
MAS Attack #10, ARTRA Curatorial, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
2015
MASque Attack, ARTRA Curatorial, Art Space L.A., Los Angeles, CA
MAS Attack #8, ARTRA Curatorial, San Diego Art Center, San Diego, CA
LA n CV 2, Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA
Pareidolia, Red Pipe Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
2014
MAS Vegas, ARTRA Curatorial, VAST Spaces, Las Vegas, NV
PREP SCHOOL, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2013
LICKETH THE RAINBOW, JAUS Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
MAS Attack II, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
SIX SHOOTERS, artMuscle Projects, Los Angeles, CA (co-curator)
PORTALS, Emerged Productions, Venice, CA
2012
OASIS, Shangrila, Joshua Tree, CA Curated by Durden and Ray
TANDEM, Freitagsküche, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany and 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
2011
SUPERSENSE – Tactile Fetishism in Contemporary Art Practice, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA Juror: Simmy Swinder, Director, Carmichael Gallery, Los Angeles
a sense of PLACE, a sense of SPACE, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA (invitational)
Emergent 12, OBJCT Gallery, Claremont, CA
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS and GRANTS
Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts – Teaching Artist Fellowship
Claremont Graduate University – Merit Fellowship
American Film Institute – Independent Production Grant
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts – Undergraduate Fellowship and Internship
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Davis, Genie, “Figura: micro-Macro,” Art and Cake, August 23, 2019, web
Quinn, Patrick, “A Matter of Public Record at Durden and Ray,” Art and Cake, September 24, 2018, web.
Davis, Genie, “Emulations at MuzeuMM,” DiversionsLA, May 9, 2018, online edition
Jones, Jennifer Susan, “Inverted Realities Group Exhibition,” Art and Cake, February 18, 2018, Web.
Author unknown, “Durden and Ray presents “Disappear Here,” artdaily.org, January 29, 2018, review and photographs featured. Web.
Davis, Genie, “XYZ at Durden and Ray,” Art and Cake, August 25, 2017, Web.
Author unknown, “XYZ”, L.A.Weekly, August 5, 2017, online edition
Quinn, Patrick, “Disappear Here: Contemporary Photography in Los Angeles,” Art and Cake, January 17, 2018, review and photographs featured in online edition.
Zevitas, Steven T, ed. “Brian Thomas Jones”, Studio Visit vol.33, 94-95 and back cover. Boston:The Open Studios Press, 2016. Print and web.
Borseti, Francesco. It Came from the 80s! : Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2016. 195-203. Print and Kindle.
Davies, Stacy,”The Final Countdown?” Inland Empire Weekly 16 June 2011: 12. Print and Web.
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2018 Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA
2016 Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA
2014 Platt College, Riverside, CA
2012 Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA