Samuel Levi Jones Explained

Samuel Levi Jones
Birth Place:Marion, Indiana, U.S.
Alma Mater:Taylor University,
Herron School of Art and Design,
Mills College

Samuel Levi Jones (born 1978) is an American artist, he is known for his paintings and assemblage art.[1] [2] Many of his works are abstract, and centered on African-American history, and identity; often using historically sourced materials.[3] [4]

Biography

Samuel Levi Jones was born in 1978 in Marion, Indiana,[5] into an African-American family.[6] [7] Jones is related (great nephew, through marriage) to Abraham S. Smith, one of the two men publicly lynched in 1930 in Marion, Indiana.

He attended Taylor University (B.A. degree in communications studies); Herron School of Art and Design (B.F.A. degree 2009 in photography); and Mills College (M.F.A. degree 2012 in studio art).

Art Career

Levi Jones' first solo exhibition, Samuel Levi Jones: Left of Center (2019), took place at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.[8] He has also had a solo exhibition at The Dayton Contemporary in Ohio titled The Empire is Falling, and Unbound at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York.[9] [10]

Jones work is included in public museum collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art,[11] Rubell Museum,[12] the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[13] and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michael Wilson on Samuel Levi Jones. 2021-11-28. Artforum.com. en-US. December 2019.
  2. News: Loos. Ted. 2016-10-16. Righting Wrongs and Generating Attention for Art of the African Diaspora. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-11-28. 0362-4331.
  3. News: Smith. Roberta. Cotter. Holland. Schwendener. Martha. 2017-01-12. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-11-28. 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: Ollman. Leah. 2019-08-05. One artist's solution to the racial inequities embedded in books: Rip them apart. limited. 2021-11-28. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
  5. Web site: Samuel Levi Jones. 2021-11-28. Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State. en-US.
  6. Web site: Raiford. Leigh. 2021-01-14. Burning All Illusion: Abstraction, Black Life, and the Unmaking of White Supremacy. 2021-11-28. Art Journal Open. en-US.
  7. Web site: 2020-03-22. Living Left of Center. 2021-11-28. Black Art in America. en-US.
  8. News: Bonogiovanni. Domenica. May 26, 2021. Newfields Starts To Deliver On Diversity. A5. The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana). USA Today Network. subscription. Newspaper.com.
  9. Web site: Samuel Levi Jones - Artists - Galerie Lelong & Co. . 2024-04-11 . www.galerielelong.com . en.
  10. Web site: Samuel Levi Jones . 2024-04-11 . Studio Museum in Harlem . en.
  11. Web site: Samuel Levi Jones. 2021-11-28. Whitney Museum of American Art. en.
  12. Web site: Samuel Levi Jones. 2021-11-28. rubellmuseum.org.
  13. Web site: 2018-09-21. Samuel Levi Jones. 2021-11-28. FAMSF. en.

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