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{{short description|American artist predominantly}}
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'''Wayson R. Jones''' is an American artist predominantly known for his textured abstract paintings.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/artsmash/bs-ae-arts-story-0624-20160623-story.html|title=Confronting race, violence through art at Galerie Myrtis|last=Smith|first=Tim|date=2016-06-23|website=The Baltimore Sun|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> He resides in [[Mount Rainier, Maryland]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hyattsvillewire.com/2017/12/01/wayson-jones/wayson-jones-fences/|title=Wayson R. Jones "Fences" painting Mount Rainier Maryland artist -|last=Beckwith|first=Ryan Teague|date=2017-12-07|website=Hyattsville Wire|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref> a suburb of [[Washington, D.C.]]


== Education ==
'''Wayson R. Jones''' is an American artist predominantly known for his richly textured abstract paintings. He resides in [[Mount Rainier, Maryland|Mt. Rainier, MD]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hyattsvillewire.com/2017/12/01/wayson-jones/wayson-jones-fences/|title=Wayson R. Jones "Fences" painting Mount Rainier Maryland artist -|last=Beckwith|first=Ryan Teague|date=2017-12=07|website=Hyattsville Wire|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref>, a suburb of [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]]. He's a 2017 grant-award winner from the [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince Georges County]] Arts and Humanities Council. Jones is a 1980 graduate from the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]].
Jones is a 1980 graduate from the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msac.org/artists/wayson-r-jones|title=Wayson R. Jones|date=2014-12-20|website=Maryland State Arts Council|language=en|access-date=2019-04-18}}</ref>


== Press ==
== Awards ==
Jones is a 2017 grant-award winner from the [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince Georges County]] Arts and Humanities Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hyattsvillewire.com/2017/12/01/wayson-jones/|title=An Interview With Mount Rainier Artist Wayson R. Jones|last=Beckwith|first=Alison|date=2017-12-02|website=Hyattsville Wire|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref>
In a 2017 review, ''The Washington Post'' art critic wrote that noted that the "most minimalist of the troupe is Wayson R. Jones, whose mostly black pieces emphasize texture over color. Mixing feathers with pigment and powdered graphite, the artist makes dark voids varied by their thickly thatched surfaces. Like the other "Methods" actors, Jones makes art that's raw and unexpected."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-ghostly-presences-at-the-joan-hisaoka-healing-arts-gallery/2017/10/13/7b15d750-ad15-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.f3b40dc0c2f1|title=In the galleries|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=2017-10-13|work=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>

In 2016, ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' wrote that "Wayson R. Jones' "Black President" (2012), an abstract portrait on canvas incorporating powdered graphite, acrylic medium and gesso that seems to bristle with conflict, internal and external."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/artsmash/bs-ae-arts-story-0624-20160623-story.html|title=Confronting race, violence through art at Galerie Myrtis|last=Smith|first=Tim|date=2016-06-23|website=The Baltimore Sun|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref> Also in 2016, in a group show review, ''The Washington Post'' highlighted the fact that "One of the starkest and most striking contributions is Wayson R. Jones’s near-abstract “Giant Angry Stars,” rendered in grainy black-and-white."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-spins-on-the-starry-night-from-critical-to-cheeky/2016/05/19/4c8d3032-1b0c-11e6-82c2-a7dcb313287d_story.html?utm_term=.ef134efc5400|title=In the galleries: Spins on ‘The Starry Night,’ from critical to cheeky|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=2016-05-16|work=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>

More recently, in 2019, Jones started working in color again<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://culturecapital.com/event/67584/lush-reinvention-wayson-r-jones/|title=Lush: Reinvention Wayson R. Jones – DC Arts Center (DCAC) – CultureCapital|website=Culture Capital|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref>, and ''The Washington Post'' art critic, in reviewing an exhibition at the District of Columbia Arts Center observed that Jones was "a painter who has just moved from black-and-white to sensuous color."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-hanging-garments-symbolize-violence-against-indigenous-women/2019/03/15/b691cac2-4428-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html?utm_term=.91bedf59b0de|title=In the galleries|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=2016-03-15|work=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>


== Exhibitions ==
== Exhibitions ==


=== Solo shows ===
=== Solo shows ===
2013 ''Recent Paintings,'' Bloombars, Washington, DC
*2013 ''Recent Paintings,'' Bloombars, Washington, D.C.
*2014 ''Black President and Other,'' BlackRock Center for the Arts, [[Germantown, Maryland]]
*2014 ''Moons in Mountains,'' Joe's Movement Emporium, [[Mount Rainier, Maryland]]
*2015 ''Jewels Stone Tower Gallery'', [[Glen Echo, Maryland]]
*2015 ''Visages/Vignettes,'' Montpelier Arts Center, [[Laurel, Maryland]]
*2016 ''In Black and White Arts'', Harmony Hall, [[Fort Washington, Maryland]]
*2016 ''Throw Your Hands Up'', [[Unitarian Universalist Church]] of Arlington, [[Arlington, Virginia]]
*2017 ''Memory, Mostly Self'', [[Northern Virginia Community College|NVCC]] Fischer Gallery, [[Alexandria, Virginia]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastcityart.com/profiles/east-city-art-qa-wayson-r-jones/|title=East City Art Q&A with Wayson R. Jones|last=|first=|date=2017-06-17|website=East City Art|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref>
*2019 District of Columbia Art Center, Washington, DC<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-hanging-garments-symbolize-violence-against-indigenous-women/2019/03/15/b691cac2-4428-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html|title=In the galleries|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=2019-03-15|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref>


==Reviews==
2014 ''Black President and Other,'' BlackRock Center for the Arts, [[Germantown, Maryland|Germantown, MD]]
In 2016, ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' wrote that "Wayson R. Jones' "Black President" (2012), an abstract portrait on canvas incorporating powdered graphite, acrylic medium and gesso that seems to bristle with conflict, internal and external."<ref name=":02"/> Also in 2016, in a group show review, ''The Washington Post'' highlighted the fact that "One of the starkest and most striking contributions is Wayson R. Jones’s near-abstract “Giant Angry Stars,” rendered in grainy black-and-white."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-spins-on-the-starry-night-from-critical-to-cheeky/2016/05/19/4c8d3032-1b0c-11e6-82c2-a7dcb313287d_story.html|title=In the galleries: Spins on 'The Starry Night,' from critical to cheeky|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=2016-05-16|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>


In a 2017 review, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' [[art critic]] noted that the "Jones makes art that's raw and unexpected."<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-ghostly-presences-at-the-joan-hisaoka-healing-arts-gallery/2017/10/13/7b15d750-ad15-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html|title=In the galleries|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=2017-10-13|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref> In an interview in East City Art, the artist stated that he started "making visual art when I was 50, ten years ago, but I’ve been involved in the arts since I was a kid. I played music from grade school through college, where I also was in an improv dance company for a couple of years. I was in the DC downtown arts scene in the 80s and early 90s as part of an active Black LGBT arts scene that had national prominence, doing spoken word and music..."<ref name=":3" />
2014 ''Moons in Mountains,''Joe’s Movement Emporium, Mount Rainier, MD


In 2019, Jones started working in color again.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://culturecapital.com/event/67584/lush-reinvention-wayson-r-jones/|title=Lush: Reinvention Wayson R. Jones – DC Arts Center (DCAC) – CultureCapital|website=Culture Capital|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref>
2015 ''Jewels Stone Tower Gallery'', [[Glen Echo, Maryland|Glen Echo, MD]]


== References ==
2015 ''Visages/Vignettes,'' Montpelier Arts Center, [[Laurel, Maryland|Laurel, MD]]
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2016 ''In Black and White Arts'', Harmony Hall, [[Fort Washington, Maryland|Fort Washington, MD]]


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2016 ''Throw Your Hands Up'', Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, [[Arlington, VA]]
[[Category:20th-century American painters]]

[[Category:21st-century American painters]]
2017 ''Memory, Mostly Self'', NVCC Fischer Gallery, [[Alexandria, Virginia|Alexandria, VA]]
[[Category:African-American contemporary artists]]

[[Category:American contemporary painters]]
=== Selected Group Shows ===
[[Category:American male painters]]
2010 ''Centralism'', Gallery 25, Fresno, CA
[[Category:Artists from Washington, D.C.]]

[[Category:Artists from Maryland]]
2010 ''Fall Members Show'', Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:American modern painters]]
2010 ''Sculpture Invitational'', Gallery 10, Washington, DC
[[Category:University of Maryland, College Park alumni]]

[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
2011 ''Black Abstraction'', Arts, Harmony Hall, Ft Washington, MD
[[Category:20th-century African-American painters]]

[[Category:21st-century African-American artists]]
2011 ''Sacred Reflections'', David Driskell Center, [[College Park, Maryland|College Park, MD]]
[[Category:People from Mount Rainier, Maryland]]

[[Category:20th-century American male artists]]
2012 ''In the Mix'', Children’s Hospital, Washington, DC

2012 ''Power of Color'', Gallery West, Alexandria, VA

2012 ''Work on Paper'', Jeffrey Leder Gallery, [[New York City|New York, NY]]

2013 ''Alchemical Vessels'', Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, DC

2013 ''Emulsion'', Gallery O on H, Washington, DC

2013 ''Summertime'', 39th Street Gallery, Washington, DC

2013 ''We the Artists, Art Matters'', Mount Rainier, MD

2014 ''Alchemical Vessels'' ,Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, DC

2014 ''Direct Current'', Montpelier Arts Center

2014 ''Mid-Atlantic New Painting'', University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

2015 ''Alchemical Vessels'', Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, DC

2015 ''Emulsion'', Gallery O on H, Washington, DC

2015 ''Looking Back/Looking Forward'', Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD

2016 ''Home Again'', Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD

2016 ''Portrait-Portrayal-Portal'', 39th Street Gallery, [[Brentwood, Maryland|Brentwood, MD]]

2016 ''Sip and Paint: Van Gogh’s'' DCAC, Washington, DC

2016 ''To Be Black in White America'', Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD

2017 ''Creative Corridor'', PGCC Marlboro Gallery, [[Landover, Maryland|Landover, MD]]

2017 ''Emulsion'', Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC

2017 ''Histories and Memories'', [[Indiana University East]], [[Richmond, Indiana|Richmond, IN]]

2017 ''Methods'', Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD

2017 ''Predicated'', Slought Foundation, [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]]

== References ==

Latest revision as of 11:58, 7 April 2024

Wayson R. Jones
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArtist
Known forAbstract painting
Websitewww.waysonjones.com

Wayson R. Jones is an American artist predominantly known for his textured abstract paintings.[1][2] He resides in Mount Rainier, Maryland,[3] a suburb of Washington, D.C.

Education

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Jones is a 1980 graduate from the University of Maryland.[4]

Awards

[edit]

Jones is a 2017 grant-award winner from the Prince Georges County Arts and Humanities Council.[5]

Exhibitions

[edit]

Solo shows

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Reviews

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In 2016, The Baltimore Sun wrote that "Wayson R. Jones' "Black President" (2012), an abstract portrait on canvas incorporating powdered graphite, acrylic medium and gesso that seems to bristle with conflict, internal and external."[1] Also in 2016, in a group show review, The Washington Post highlighted the fact that "One of the starkest and most striking contributions is Wayson R. Jones’s near-abstract “Giant Angry Stars,” rendered in grainy black-and-white."[8]

In a 2017 review, The Washington Post art critic noted that the "Jones makes art that's raw and unexpected."[2] In an interview in East City Art, the artist stated that he started "making visual art when I was 50, ten years ago, but I’ve been involved in the arts since I was a kid. I played music from grade school through college, where I also was in an improv dance company for a couple of years. I was in the DC downtown arts scene in the 80s and early 90s as part of an active Black LGBT arts scene that had national prominence, doing spoken word and music..."[6]

In 2019, Jones started working in color again.[7][9]

References

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  1. ^ a b Smith, Tim (2016-06-23). "Confronting race, violence through art at Galerie Myrtis". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  2. ^ a b Jenkins, Mark (2017-10-13). "In the galleries". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  3. ^ Beckwith, Ryan Teague (2017-12-07). "Wayson R. Jones "Fences" painting Mount Rainier Maryland artist -". Hyattsville Wire. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  4. ^ "Wayson R. Jones". Maryland State Arts Council. 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  5. ^ Beckwith, Alison (2017-12-02). "An Interview With Mount Rainier Artist Wayson R. Jones". Hyattsville Wire. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  6. ^ a b "East City Art Q&A with Wayson R. Jones". East City Art. 2017-06-17. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  7. ^ a b Jenkins, Mark (2019-03-15). "In the galleries". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  8. ^ Jenkins, Mark (2016-05-16). "In the galleries: Spins on 'The Starry Night,' from critical to cheeky". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  9. ^ "Lush: Reinvention Wayson R. Jones – DC Arts Center (DCAC) – CultureCapital". Culture Capital. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
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