Heather Smith Jones
www.heathersmithjones.com
contact@heathersmithjones.com

b. 1974

Education          

2001                        The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, M.F.A., Painting. Departmental Honors

1997-1998               Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Participated in workshops in the following areas: landscape drawing, photography, metals, torch enameling, surface design in textiles, and bookmaking.

1996                        East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, B.F.A., Painting and Drawing. Outstanding Senior Award

1992-1994               Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Professional Experience

2007                        Instructor, One week painting workshop focusing on still-life with acrylic and oil. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. March 18 - 24

2006                        Admissions Advisory Panel for Residency Program, Hall Farm Center for Arts & Education, Townshend, Vermont.

2005                        Curator, selections from gallery artists coinciding with Unfolding, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS.

2004-present           Instructor, Arts-Based Preschool and workshops, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, Kansas.

2003                        Resident Artist, Hall Farm Center for Arts & Education, Townshend, Vermont. June 10 - 25

Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia. March 10 - 23

2000- 2002              Drawing and Painting Tutor, Private instructor in drawing and painting. Lawrence, Kansas.

2001                        Painting Lecturer, Painting I-II, The University of Kansas, Instructor of Record.

1999- 2001              Teaching Assistant, Drawing, The University of Kansas, Instructor of Record.

Introduction to Drawing I, Fall 1999, 2000

Introduction to Drawing II, Spring 1999, 2000, 2001

2000, 1999              Instructor, Elderhostel one week workshop, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The class focused on still-life and landscape painting using acrylic, oil, and egg tempera.

1997- 1998              Artist-in-Residence, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Sept. 1997 - Aug. 1998

Coordinated and taught classes in community schools, in K-12 through the Rural Outreach Program, Artist-in- Schools Program, and Children’s and Young Adult Classes; gallery installation assistance; gave slide lectures; helped maintain faculty slide library; worked in art supply store; and gained studio experience.

Awards                                                                                                                       

2006                        Lawrence Arts Center Imagination and Place Environmental Award, Chosen as the artist to make an original piece of art for the environmental award. The art is given to the recipient chosen for the Imagination and Place Environmental Award.

2005                        Kansas Artist Mini Fellowship, Kansas Arts Commission.

2002                        Arts Center of the Ozarks Director’s Choice Award, Artists of Northwest Arkansas 8th Annual Regional Art Exhibition 2002, Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, AR. November 11 - January 1, 2003 2001 Fulbright Grant to study Aboriginal Art in Australia, National Finalist.

2000-2001               Daniel MacMorris Scholarship, The University of Kansas. Fall 2000 - Spring 2001

Joyce Wentz Scholarship, The University of Kansas. Fall 2000 - Spring 2001

Special Recognition, Miniature III An International Juried Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE. October 2 - 23, 2000

1999-2000               Daniel MacMorris Scholarship, The University of Kansas. Fall 1999 - Spring 2000 Ada Heuser Scholarhip, The University of Kansas. Fall 1999 - Spring 2000

1997-1998               Trabue Professional Arts Program for Women Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. 1996 Collegiate All-American Scholar

Liquitex Student Paint Exchange Award

Outstanding Senior Award, East Carolina University School of Art.

Betty L. West Scholarship, East Carolina University School of Art.

Non-Resident Special Talent Tuition Waiver, East Carolina University School of Art.

Taeylor Award for Art, East Carolina University School of Art.

Exhibitions

2007                        TEXTURE, invitational, Gallery XII, Wichita, KS.  December 28 - January 23, 2008

                                Mapping the way, Artstream Gallery, Rochester, NH.  October 1 - January 1, 2008

Abstraction:The Language of Art, invitational, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS.  August 3 - September 13  

                                Wish You Were Here 6, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY. June 26 - July 21

                                Spring Faculty Exhibition, Sandra J. Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.                March 2 – April 14

                                Kansas City Artists Coalition 24^th Annual Art Auction,  Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO.  Preview exhibition February 2 – 16.  Auction event February 17

                                The Neighborhood Show, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS.  February 9 – April 7

2006                        The Gift, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS.  December 1 – January 27, 2007

Lawrence Own-Your-Own, A benefit for visual artists of the Lawrence Community and Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, Juror:  Carla Sanderson, Asst. Dir., City Arts; Division of Arts and Cultural Services for the City of Wichita, KS.  Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS.  December 9 - 16

2006                        Landscape & Light and the Black and White Show, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS.  July 28 –                                    September 23

Lawrence Arts Center Faculty Show, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS. July 21 - August 31

Wish You Were Here 5, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY. June 28 - July 22

                                Kansas City’s Art for Arthritis, invitational, The organization pairs children with arthritis with artists to create a unique piece of art. The art is auctioned at a benefit for the Arthritis Foundation. One of my own works was also displayed. Ron Berg Studio, Kansas City, MO. April 27

All Women One Word, invitational, Thornhill Gallery, Avila University, Kansas City, MO. March 31 - April 28

The Kansas Landscape: Images from Home, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS. January 27 - March 25

2005                        Poetry and Art: The Intuitive Connection, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS. October 28 - January 21

All Femme, invitational, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS. September 16 - October 29

Unfolding, solo exhibition, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS. August 26 - October 22

Heather Smith Jones, Charno Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO. May 6 - 27

2004                                    Lawrence Arts Center Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS.  December 9 - 23

Truth and Beauty, All New Work by Signs of Life Gallery Artists, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS. October 22 - January 22

Lawrence Own-Your Own, Corporate Centre Building, Lawrence, KS. Juror: Edward Barr, Director Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS. September 25 - October 3

Judith Mackey: At Home in the Flint Hills, with Donna Cole, Judy Geer Kellas, Margo Kren, Caroline Kahler, Heather Smith Jones, Chris Arensdorf, and Oscar Larmer, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS. September 17 - October 30

Making Connections, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS. Pieces selected and arranged by: David Cateforis, Associate Professor of Art History, The University of Kansas. August 20 - October 16

Color, Color, Color, Woodcuts and Paintings, three person exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI. July 2 - August 8

Voice of Authority: Women’s Use of Text in Visual Art, CKSpace, Kansas City, MO. May 7 - June 25

Birdsandfish, A National All-media Invitational, City Arts, Wichita, KS. April 30 - May 27

John Gary Brown- En Reve, with Annette Zobel, Anna Calluori Holcombe, Randy Regier, Heather Smith Jones, and Robert Sudlow, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS. March 5 - April 17

2003                        Introduction: Eight Emerging Artists, CKSpace, Kansas City, MO. November 7 - December 20

Beauty Abundant, Signs of Life Gallery Artists, New Works, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS. November 1 - January 23

Patterns in wondering and knowing, solo exhibition, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawrence, KS. Catalog. August 22 - October 18

Dimensions 2003, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC. Juror: Stephen Phillips, Associate Curator at the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. April 24 - May 24

2003                        Midland Arts Association 2003 Spring Juried Art Exhibition, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX.                                               March 6 - 30

Midwest Winter Exhibition, The Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI. January 15 - March 8

                                Baker Arts Center’s Sixth National Juried Art Exhibition, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, KS. Catalog.  Juror: Lyndel King, Director and Chief Curator of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota. January 11 - February 23

2002                        Small Works Holiday Show, Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS. December 13 - January 24

La Petite X, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR. November 19 - January 2003

Artists of Northwest Arkansas 8th Annual Regional Art Exhibition 2002, ACO Director’s Choice Award, Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, AR. Catalog. November 11 - January 1, 2003

Plain Arts IV International Juried Exhibition, University Gallery, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS. April 17 - May 8

Gallery Representation

Byron C. Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, 2020 Baltimore, Kansas City, MO, 64108.  byroncohengallery@sbcglobal.net

Signs of Life Gallery, 722 Massachusetts, Lawrence, KS, 66044. www.signsoflifegallery.com

Smith Galleries, The Village at Wexford, Suite J-11, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928. www.smithgalleries.com

Strecker-Nelson Gallery, 406 ˝ Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS, 66502. www.strecker-nelsongallery.com

Memberships

Kansas City Artists Coalition, 201 Wyandotte, Kansas City, MO, 64105.

Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire, Lawrence, KS. 66044

Bibliography

Paget, Mindie.  The faraway nearby, Artists take fresh look at familiar Lawrence neighborhood, Lawrence Journal-World Pulse, February 6, 2007.  Sect. D, p. 1,2.  (image and quote)

Ryan, Amy. In living color, CVA’s new space and exhibit are nothing short of ‘wow’, Wausau Herald City Pages art review, July 22-29, 2004. p. 18.

Herrman, Tony. Strecker-Nelson displays artists with colorful landscapes, creative sculptures, Kansas State Collegian, online media source, March 10, 2004.

New Space Features Emerging Artists, Review, November 2003. p. 43.

Paget, Mindie. Patterns in wondering and knowing; Lawrence painter explores dichotomies, faith in Signs of Life show, Lawrence Journal-World, August 24, 2003. Sect. D, p. 1,4. (Reproduction and audio clip)

Reddick, Thomas. Life through a paintbrush, a three-minute documentary film screened at Every Picture Tells a Story Film Festival, Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, August 23, 2003.

Patterson, Tom. Back to Business As Usual, Winston-Salem Journal, May 18, 2003.

Public and Selected Private Collections         *multiple acquisitions

Sprint Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas. commission of two pinhole works; separate purchase of two paintings

Applegate, Kentucky.

Blain, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Carnohan, Manhattan, Kansas.

Cifaldi, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Crawford, Lexington, Virginia.

Farley, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.  *

Freedman, Kansas City, Kansas.

Funk, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Gatewood, Lawrence, Kansas.

Gore, Brentwood, Tennessee.

Gould, Manhattan, Kansas.  *

Hancock, Westmoreland, Kansas.

Haynes, Manhattan, Kansas.

Hill, Centerport, New York.

John, Chicago, Illinois.  Commission

Johnson, Crofton, Maryland.  *

Hiltner, Red Lodge, Montana.

Hiltner, Ross, California.  *

Keller, Kansas City, Missouri.

Kennewig, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Lange, Lawrence, Kansas.  *

Lee, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Love, Stamford, Connecticut.

Mazzuchelli, Alpharetta, Georgia.  *

McClain, Kansas City, Missouri.

Melcher, Kansas City, Missouri.

Melson, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Musser, Miramar, Florida.

Neely, Decatur, Alabama.

Price, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Reimond, Lawrence, Kansas.

Rosenbaum, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Russo, Lawrence, Kansas.  *

Ryan, Manhattan, Kansas.

Schaefer, Lawrence, Kansas.

Schoenherr, Ludington, Michigan.

Schultz, Kansas City, Missouri.  *

Seir, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Simons, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Swanson, Atlanta, Georgia.

Sutton, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Tewes, New York, New York.

Toebben, Lawrence, Kansas.

Trabue, Nashville, Tennessee.

 ARTIST STATEMENT

In my work I connect dichotomies. I consider certainty and uncertainty, clarity and obscurity, unity and individuality, and permanence and ephemerality. To render these thoughts I pair abstraction with representation, text with imagery, color with whiteness of paper, and austerity with indulgence.

Through painting I examine relationships within the detailed world of human experience. Particular thoughts, objects, experiences, and memories, become in my mind, moments of beauty when understood on a phenomenological level. Replanting elements from the natural world in an abstract way allows new correlations to become recognizable.

My paintings intuitively originate with fields of abstract color. I use marks, patterns, pin holes, words, and imagery to visually sew information together. Flora, birds, fish, tree limbs, houses, clouds, and landscapes are some recurring elements in my work. Flora represents beauty and brevity of all physical life. Sky imagery to me, is a metaphor for the omnipresence of God. The landscape shows the multifariousness found in creation.