Dennis Jones
Adjunct Faculty
MFA, Wayne State UniversityBArch, University of Detroit
Dennis Jones creative output has included paintings, sculptures, drawings, installation, photography and books. Jones’ current focus is on a continuously growing body of paintings, in mixed media on canvas that combine elements of abstraction and representation, intuition, humor, the mutability of paint, death and rebirth.
Professional Experience
Dennis Jones is a visual artist, educator, and licensed practicing architect. He has participated in several one person and group shows, totaling sixty-one exhibitions that include local, national and international venues that span a career of twenty-six years. Jones work was selected to be included in the New American Paintings Midwest Competition Publication due out sometime, in 2019. Jones had a one- person exhibition, Candyland, from September through December of 2018, at The University of Michigan, NCRC Galleries. dennismichaeljones.space
Significant Publications, Presentations and Exhibitions
2019 New American Paintings, Midwest Competition Publication, juried by Emily Liebert, Associate Curator at CMA.
2018 Dennis Jones, Candyland, at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Six, Dennis Jones curator, Janet Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield.
2013 ‘sometimes you might discover something beautiful’, Northville Art House, Northville.
2011 Sometimes, Somewhere, Somehow…, AGW, CA.
Super-Sized, Mary Washington University Art Gallery, Fredericksburg.
2010 Ten Year Anniversary Invitational Exhibition, OUAG, Rochester.
The Art of the Artist’s Book, ‘sometimes I wonder…’, OUAG, Rochester.
2010 Observation and Surveillance, ProjectRoom, Lincoln.
2009 Windsor Biennial, ‘sometimes I wonder…’,AGW, Canada.
Artprize, “sometimes I wonder…”, Grand Rapids.
Dennis Michael Jones, Paintings, OK Harris Gallery, NYC.
2008 ‘…just the tip…’, College for Creative Studies Center Galleries., Detroit.
08-06 DeHuman Exhibition, four-person exhibition, Thames Gallery, Chatham, also traveling to Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Definitely Superior Gallery, Thunder Bay; Gallery Lambton, Sarnia; WKP Kennedy, North Bay; Woodstock Gallery, Ontario.
