Isaiah Jones was raised in the mountains of western North Carolina. She received a MFA in Printmaking from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in May of 2021. Jones utilizes traditional printmaking, language, and storytelling to create individual prints and large-scale installations. Her work investigates love, desire, abuse, memory, and the act of observation. Jones lives, works, and teaches in Western North Carolina.
Education
2021 M.F.A. Printmaking, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2015 B.F.A., Printmaking, Savannah College of Art and Design
Awards
2023 Individual Residency, Art Print Residence, Catalonia, Spain
2021 Meyers B. and Martha H. Cather Graduate Excellence Award
2019 Meyers B. and Martha H. Cather Graduate Excellence Award
2018 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2016 Emerging Artists Residency, Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta, GA
2015 Fred Gregory Fund Scholarship Recipient
Deans List, Savannah College of Art and Design
2014 Second Place: Best in show, Alexander Ink Juried Printmaking Exhibition
Deans List, Savannah College of Art and Design
2013 Deans List, Savannah College of Art and Design
2012 Deans List, Savannah College of Art and Design
Exhibition Record
2022 Double Bridge, Project Project, Omaha, NE
Garbage Ideas, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2021 Kitchen Story: Narrative Etchings of Isaiah Jones, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE
. Devastation Experienced When Two Individuals Stop Kissing One Another, Eisentrager Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2020 Gawk- Downtown Window Walk, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
NOW, Kiechel Fine Art, Lincoln, NE
2019 BEWARE, DOO DOO INSIDE, III of Cups, Lincoln, NE
Anagramme, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE
The Big Ten Print Exchange
2018 Time Like The Present, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
Generations, Besharat Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2017 Open Studio, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
My One And Only, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2016 Deep Water, Starfangled Press, Brevard, NC
2015 Unaddressed, Fridge Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Seen Unseen, Jack Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Slick Prints, Atlanta, GA
2014 Open Studio, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Alexander Ink Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah, GA
Not Goodbye, Foxy Loxy Print Gallery, Savannah, GA
Prints for the People, Bull Street Warehouse, Savannah, GA
Mop Water: An Etching Exhibition, Bull Street Warehouse, Savannah, GA
Love Is A Monoprint, Bull Street Warehouse, Savannah, GA
2013 Stressing the Obsessive, Foxy Loxy Print Gallery, Savannah, GA
Alexander Ink Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah, GA
Positive Space, The Porch, Savannah, GA
Hijinks: An Etching Exhibition, Safe//Sound, Savannah, GA
Open Studio, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, 2012
Free Form Art Show, The Circle Factory, Brevard, NC
Temporary: A Collaborative Disaster, 185 King Street, Brevard, NC
Work and Teaching Experience
2022 Printer, Image 420 Screen Printing, Asheville, NC
Art Appreciation, Blue Ridge Community College
Typography I, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2021 Printer, Little Mountain Print Shoppe, Lincoln, NE
Special Topics in Graphic Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Beginning Screen Printing for Graphic Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Beginning Printmaking, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2020 Beginning Printmaking, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2019 Beginning Printmaking, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Life Drawing, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2018 Master Printer, Kristen Necessary, Brevard, NC
Studio Intern, Starfangled Press, Brevard, NC
2017 Pronto Plate and Monotype Crash Course, Fulton County Public Educators, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Diffused Relief and Monoprint, Atlanta Printmakers Studio, Atlanta, GA
2016 Screen Technician, 3 Buck Threads, Alpharetta, GA
2015 Printmaking Studio Technician, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Assistant Printer, Deb Chaney Editions, Atlanta, GA
Visiting Artist Assistant, Fahamu Pecou, Atlanta, GA
Workshop assistant, Life Size Press, Savannah, GA
2014 Assistant Printer, Sam Nhlengethwa, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
Assistant Printmaking Studio Technician, Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah, GA
Printmaking Studio Assistant, Savannah College of Art and Design,
Atlanta, GA