Benjamin Jones

War, 2003. Graphite and color pencil on paper, 18 x 24 inches.

Twins, 2003. Graphite and color pencil on paper, 11 1/2 x 9 inches.

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Atlanta, 1954
Resides: Hampton, Georgia
Education: State University of West Georgia (B.F.A., 1977)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2002
“Works on Paper, 1987-2002,” Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta.

1998
“A Short Life,” Sandler-Hudson Gallery, Atlanta.

1997
“Pain,” Sandler-Hudson Gallery, Atlanta.

1994
“Dr. Frankenstein’s Animal Show,” Mattress Factory Building, Atlanta.

1993
“Nature’s Oddity,” Billboard, Arts Festival of Atlanta.

1992
“Isolated Moments,” Sandler-Hudson Gallery, Atlanta.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2003
“Reading: Material,” Volume Gallery, New York.

2002
“Georgia Triennial,” City Gallery East, Atlanta.

2001
“The Word in Art: The Use of Text in Contemporary Southern Art,” Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta.

1998
“New Orleans Museum of Art Triennial,” New Orleans Museum of Art. Also 1995.

1994
“National Endowment for the Arts and Southern Arts Federation Regional Fellows,” Southeast Center of Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
“Creating in Crisis: Making Art in the Midst of Aids,” Spaces Contemporary Art Center, Cleveland.

1988
“Artists in Georgia,” Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta.

1985
“Artists in Georgia,” Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia.

Selected Bibliography

2002
Fox, Catherine. “Delightfully Drawn,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution (November 1).
—–. “Georgians in the Spotlight,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution (April 26).
Zevitas, Steven T., ed. “Benjamin Jones,” in New American Paintings: Book 40. Wellesley, Massachusetts: Open Studio Press.

2001
Fox, Catherine. “The Art of Afterwards: In the Wake of September 11,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution (December 30).
—–. “What a Wonderful Word,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution (August 31).

1999
Zevitas, Steven T., ed. “Benjamin Jones,” in New American Paintings: Book 22. Wellesley, Massachusetts: Open Studio Press.

1998
Fox, Catherine. “Beginning at the End,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution (April 14).
Locke, Donald. “Basic Instict: Benjamin Jones at Sandler-Hudson,” Creative Loafing (April 25).

1996
“Artist’s Pages,” Art Papers (July-August).

1995
Cameron, Dan. “Critical Edge/Southern Exposure,” Art & Auction (January).