Jeffrey T. Jones (b. Portland, 1976) currently lives and works in Portland, OR. He holds an MFA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Art and Design and a BFA from the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Jones is the recipient of several awards, including a 2010 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting. Jones’ works have been exhibited nationally and are held in numerous private collections in Portland, San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York, Lisbon, and London.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

Circle the Wagons, Dudd Haus, Philadelphia, PA

2013

Word on the Street: Image, Language, Signage, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

2011

Scapes, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY 

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellows Group Exhibition, Pfizer Inc., New York, NY

2010

Four American Landscapes: Sang Ah Choi, Jeffrey T. Jones, Andrew Lenaghan, Joel Ross. Curated by Jonathan Fineberg, George Adams Gallery, New York, NY (Catalog) 

99th Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Four American Landscapes: Sang Ah Choi, Jeffrey T. Jones, Andrew Lenaghan, Joel Ross. Curated by Jonathan Fineberg, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, VA (Catalog) 

Slide Slam, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

2008

By Invitation Only 2, Selected by Jonathan Fineberg, Kinz, Tillou + Feigen Gallery, New York, NY 

Pulse of a Perfect Heart, Curated by Melissa Pokorny, I Space, Chicago, IL (Catalog) 

New Insight, Curated by Suzanne Ghez, Next Art Fair, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL 

Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 

2007

Gone, Three-person exhibition with Lisha Bai & Joel Jensen, Curated by Steve Buddington, Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 

Emerging Illinois Artists, Mclean Arts Center, Bloomington, IL

Bibliography

Virginia M. Mecklenburg, “The Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art 1911-2011 An Illustrated Timeline” (Lynchburg, VA: Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, 2011)

Jonathan Fineberg, “Four American Landscapes” (New York, NY: George Adams Gallery, 2010)

Jason Foumberg, “Pulse of a Perfect Heart” (Chicago, IL: I-Space, 2008)

Anthony Huberman, “Approximately,” Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear (Champaign, Il: Krannert Museum of Art, 2008)

Panel Discussions

2010

Maier Museum of Art, 99th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Lynchburg, VA.
Four American Landscapes: Sang-ah Choi, Jeffrey Jones, Andrew Lenaghan, Joel Ross. Moderated by Jonathan Fineberg.

2007

NEXT Talkshop, New Insight, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL. Moderated by Susanne Ghez.

Awards

2010

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting

2006-07

Brodie Research + Materials Grant (Three time recipient)

1999

Norman + Roemelda Merz scholarship for representational painting

Education

2008

Master of Fine Arts, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, School of Art + Design, Champaign, IL

1999

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Oregon, School of Architecture + Allied Arts, Eugene, OR

1998

Art + Design Study Abroad Program, Siena, Italy