Examples of Work
(Click on thumbnails)
Future Planned Projects
include a series on “Judaism in the Works
of Bob Dylan,” “Caranaval and Macumba
in Brazil,” “Landscapes with Old Master
Images,” continuation of his series of
“Chinese Landscapes in Oil,”
“The Poetic Image Frozen in Eternity: Objects
in Clear Casting Resin,” “Conceptual
Art Revisited: A Retrospective of the
Early Conceptual Works of Mark Jones,”
publishing several series of photographs
including landscapes, “Broken
Dreams: Images of Lost America,” and
other planned paintings and drawings.
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Mark’s primary field is visual arts. He was recognized early on for his
artistic ability, and used to constantly draw, often during school classes!
In grade school, he won an art contest by rendering a greyhound in paper
mosaic. He also wrote and illustrated a children’s book, and later wrote
and illustrated his own comic books. In high school, he took a summer
course in painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and went on to major
in art at college, beginning at the University of Miami, and earning a
B.F.A. at Kent State University, and honors in a show juried by noted critic
Gregory Battock. He followed that with a show of conceptual art, and a
one-man show at Van Deusan Gallery in Kent. In the late 70’s, after
several shows in New York City, he was given a professorship at the
Cooper School of Art in Cleveland, lecturing and teaching drawing. He
also wrote scholarly articles on art, and was published in Art in America.
Mr. Jones has worked in a variety of painting media including, oil, acrylic,
latex, watercolor, ink, mixed media, as well as sculpture, photography,
and conceptual art. After a three year involvement in the mid-70’s doing
design work for a family restaurant/nightclub project, including logos,
costume design, interior design, and murals, including a whole building
exterior mural, he moved to New York and showed his work in the following venues:
1977 – 1996
Various Private Commissions
Group Show
Virginia Barrett Gallery
Chappaqua, NY
One Man Show
South Houston Gallery
Soho, NYC
Group Show
South Houston Gallery
Soho, NYC
One Man Show
Collaboration with the Constantina Petkova Dance Theater Group
Paintings
Rawspace Gallery
Soho, NYC
Group Show
M. Elson Gallery/Axis in Soho
Soho, NYC
Group Show
“Non-Objective Paintings” juried by Holland Cotter
Alnico Gallery
Soho, NYC
Group Show
The Cooper School of Art - Faculty show
Cleveland, OH
Group Show
National Art Center
Soho, NYC
One Man Show
“Graphic Conceptual Documentation: A Multimedia Retrospective
Exhibit and Collection of Subjectively Existential Process Art 1972-1980 Documented in Xerox.”
W.I.P. (Works in Progress) Gallery
Dowling College
Oakdale, NY
One Man Show
“Inner Odyssey”
Spaces Gallery
Cleveland, OH
Group Show
Inuit Gallery
Cleveland Hts., OH
Group Show
New World Art Center
Soho, NYC
Design/Graphic Work
(strictly for companies owned by MJ)
Heaven, Inc - interior and exterior murals, advertising logos, artwork,
copy, costume design of staff as angels and devils.
PlayLofts, Inc - brochures, catalogues, swingset and large commercial
playground designs, logos, print advertising, copy, photography
Certified Inspections, Inc - brochures, catalogues, website, logos,
print advertising, copy, photography
Certified Franchise Corp. - brochures, catalogues, logos, copy, photography
East-West Training - website, advertising graphics and copy,
brochures, photography
Various real estate photo shoots and add designs and copy
Musical website, print advertising, cd covers, promotional material
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