rachel jones
New Orleans , LA
rachelamandajones@yahoo.com

Rachel makes pictures on thin plastic sheets that function as installations. They stem from the worlds of painting, history, design, and personal sentiment.

Rachel Jones received her MFA from the University of New Orleans in 2008. In New Orleans, her work has been exhibited at The Front, and Arthur Roger 'Project Space'. In 2007 she had a solo exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, and in 2008 she participated in a two-person exhibition at the Galerie im Amdechsdoff in Innsbruck, Austria. In 2009 her work appeared in a group show at Winkleman Gallery in New York, and the Hot up Here show at the CAC.
Rachel also recently participated in a two-person show in the Contemporary wing of the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Resume

Education

MFA 2009 Painting, Drawing University of New Orleans (Summa Cum Laude)

BA 2004 Sculpture Southeastern Oklahoma State University
(Magna Cum Laude)


Selected Exhibitions (solo shows marked by asterisk)

2009 Hot Up Here, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Curator: Dan Cameron

Mnemonic Devices, Duo show with David Webber, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

*Empty Ciphers, The Front, New Orleans, LA

Things Fall Apart, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY
Curator: Joy Garnett

2008 New Work, in conjunction with Prospect 1, The Front,
New Orleans

321, in conjunction with Prospect 1, Colton Studios, New Orleans

Rachel Jones and Nathalie Shepherd, Galerie im Andechshof, Innsbruck, Austria

*In Situ (Paintings and Other Ephemera), Thesis Exhibition,
University of New Orleans

Bizer, Fields, Jones, Podesta: An Emerging Artist Group Exhibition
Arthur Roger Project Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2007 *Multiples, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans

Unwrapped: Contents May Have Shifted, Temp Gallery, New Orleans

SuperNova, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Juror: Jeanette Ingberman, Exit Art, NYC

Works in Progress, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Curator: Cheryl Hayes, UNO

2006 This House is Made of Water, Stealth Arts, Birmingham, AL
Curator: Clayton Colvin

UNO Annual Faculty and Graduate Student Exhibition, University of
New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Works in Progress, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Curator: Christopher Saucedo, UNO

2005 Grayson Annual Black and White Show, Grayson College, Denison, TX
Juror: Steve Black, Grayson College

Great Plains Juried Exhibition, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Juror: Mort Hamilton, Goddard Art Center, Ardmore, OK

2004 *Thesis Exhibition, Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Murray Small Works Juried Competition, MSC, Tishomingo, OK
Juror: Stephen Phillips

SOSU Annual Faculty Exhibition, Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Collegiate Juried Competition, SOSU, Durant, OK, Juror: Stan Perkins, Denison Art League, Denison, TX

2003 *Semblance, Grayson College, Sherman, TX

Collegiate Juried Competition, Fresh Light Gallery, Denison, TX
Juror: Larry Matthews, 416West Gallery, Denison, TX

Goddard Center Annual Juried Competition, Ardmore, OK

Art Attack and Some Friends, Fresh Light Gallery, Denison, TX, Invitational

500X Annual Open Show, Dallas, TX

STUFAC Exhibit, SOSU, Durant, OK

Professional Experience

2009 Adjunct Art Instructor, Dillard University
• Intro to Digital Imaging

2009 Adjunct Art Instructor, Delgado Community College
• Art Appreciation

2008-Present McGehee School, Upper School Art Instructor
• Art I = 2D Design/Drawing
• Art II = 3D Design
• Art III = Painting/Printmaking
• Art IV = Intermediate/Advanced Painting

2008 Country Day Creative Arts Camp, Instructor
• Four classes of Figure Painting, ages 5-13

2005-2008 Instructor of Record, University of New Orleans
• 2D Design
• Drawing 1
• Figure Drawing
• Painting 1

2004-2005 Adjunct Art Instructor, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
• Art Appreciation
• 2D Design


Bibliography

Miranda Lash, Mnemonic Devices, New Orleans Museum of Art Press, 2009

Eric Bookhardt, “Mnemonic Devices and Floatulants”, Gambit, Vol 30, No 27, July 2009

Natalie Sciortino, “Gallery Walk: The SuperNova Show”, New Orleans Art Review, Vol. 26, Fall/Winter 2007

New American Paintings, Southern Edition, Vol. 70, 2007, featured artist

Constance: A Collection of Forty New Orleans Artists, Vol. 1, 2006, featured artist


Collections
2010 Keith Couser, Chicago, IL

2009 Gregory Tuck, NYC, NY

2007 Sophie Eitel, Seattle, WA
Mimi Moncier, San Francisco, CA
Natalie Sciortino, New Orleans, LA

2004 Department of Music, SOSU, Durant, OK
Department of Visual Art, SOSU, Durant, OK
Dr. Stephen Hogan, Durant, OK
Jim Bruce, Oklahoma City, OK
Sharon Morrison, Durant, OK
Shelley Tate, Durant, OK
Traci Wright, Madill, OK
Jack Ousey, Tishomingo, OK

Professional Service
2007-2008 Faculty Search Committee, University of New Orleans

Professional Lectures, Talks

2009 Artist’s talk at New Orleans Museum of Art

2009 Artist’s Talk at Winkleman Gallery, NYC, NY

2008 Artist’s Talk, Galerie im Andechshof, Innsbruck, Austria

2008 MFA Thesis Show artist’s talk, UNO

2007 Roundtable Discussion with artist Paul Chan, Temp Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2004 “Taoist Alchemy and the Sculptures of Antony Gormley”, Southeastern Oklahoma State University