Aimee Jones
b. 1992, Aurora, Colorado, USA Lives and works in St. Petersburg, Florida
Aimeej044@gmail.com | www.aimeejonesart.com |
Education
2022 Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
2022 Women and Gender Studies Graduate Certification, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
2014 Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications and Art and Design, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.
Professional Experience
2022-Present
Adjunct Instructor, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Adjunct Professor, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL.
2021-2022
Instructor of Record, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Awards, Grants, Residencies
2022 Grantee, Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grant 2023, Creative Pinellas,
Largo, FL.
Finalist, Carlos Malamud Pathways 2022 Prize, Rollins Museum of Art and University of Central Florida Art Gallery, Orlando, FL.
2018 Resident Participant at HANNACC Can Borini, Barcelona, Spain.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Of Mementos and Fetishes, Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL
Group Exhibitions
2024 Skyway: a Contemporary Collaboration 2024, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
Just as your ship’s drifting in, they’re pushing out the tide, Tempus Projects, Tampa, Florida (Curated by Jenal Dolson)
2023 Emerging Artist Grant Exhibition 2023, Creative Pinellas, Largo, FL.
The Ripening, Pen + Brush Gallery NY, New York, NY.
At the Risk of Seeming Ridiculous, Department of Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL.
Anniversary Show, Moisturizer Gallery, Gainesville, FL.
Jumbo Shrimp, Take it Easy Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2022 Carlos Malamud Pathways Prize Finalists, Rollins Museum of Art, Orlando, FL. (catalogue)
Carlos Malamud Pathways Prize Finalists, UCF Art Gallery, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL. (catalogue)
45th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. (Curated by Bruce Marsh)
Inverso: MFA Thesis Exhibition, USF Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. (catalogue)
36th Annual All Florida Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Meyers, FL.
2021 Autumn Exhibition, Curator’s Salon, Autumn Exhibition, London, U.K. (Curated by Gita Joshi)
Human, Nature, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX. (Curated by Claire Howard)
44th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Soul Art Renewal, Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX.
2020 Food Fight, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Deconstructing the Monstrosity of The Other, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
2018 Open Studio, HANNACC Can Borini, Barcelona, Spain.
Blogs
2023 Aimee Jones. Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Blog Series, commissioned by Creative Pinellas, December-June 2023.
https://creativepinellas.org/artist/aimee-jones/
2021 Gita Joshi, “Aimee Jones”, The Curator’s Salon (blog). September 8th, 2021.
https://thecuratorssalon.com/autumn/aimee-jones
Bibliography of Publications
2022 Aimee Jones. Mississippi University for Women., Volume 6, Issue 1 Spring 2022, Ponder Review, pg. 87
Pathways 2022 The Carlos Malamud Prize Catalogue with essays by Omari Booker, Liz Parks, and Jonell Logan, pg.7; 28-36.
MFA Graduation Exhibition Catalogue with essays by SK West, Inverso, pg. 10-17, Tampa, FL.
2020 Aimee Jones “Another Life Beneath”, EcoTheo Review, Harvest edition 2020, pg. 36-37,
Permanent Collections
Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL.
Lectures, Presentations, and Artist Talks
2024 Aimee Jones, Of Mementos and Fetishes Artist Lecture, Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL, January 2024
2023 Aimee Jones Emerging Artist Talk Creative Pinellas, Largo, FL, June 2023.
Aimee Jones, Jenipher Chandley, and Babs Reingold IG Live Emerging Artist Talk Creative Pinellas, Largo, FL, June 2023.
Oral Histories of Permanent Collection at HCC, moderated by Alyssa Miller, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL, May 2023.
2022 MFA’22 Panel Discussion moderated by Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, USF Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
“Hiding in Plain Sight: (Recon)Figuring the Female Form through the lens of Feminist Approaches to Visuality”, The Art of Thrival, Panelist, 11th Annual Research Feminist Colloquium, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, April 2022.
Artist Lecture Series, Carlos Malamud Pathways 2022 Prize Finalists, Rollins Museum of Art and University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, June 2022.
Visiting Artist Talk, University of South Florida, Tampa FL, October 2022.
Curatorial Experience
2021 Reflecting on Change: How does this feel?, Cocohunday and Virtual Reception
on Instagram at @psychicjacuzzi, April 19th-April 25th, 2021, Tampa, FL.