EDUCATION

• Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts- MFA, 1996
• The School of the Art Institute of Chicago- BFA, 1991 with Fellowship

SELECTED RESIDENCIES/FELLOWSHIPS

• Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study Center – Italy March 2008
• Liguria Study Center for the Arts & Humanities Fellow – Genova, Italy, 2004
• Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Residency World Trade Center, 1999
• Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1996

SELECTED AWARDS

• William H. Johnson Prize 2008
• Creative Capital Grantee, 2008
• Pollock-Krasner Grant Recipient 2000

LECTURES

• Whitney Museum of American Art – Initial Public Offering Series, January 27, 2003
• Whitney Museum of American Art – Jazz, Mid-Century Modernism and Romare Bearden, December 7, 2004 

COLLECTIONS

• The Studio Museum in Harlem
• Deutsche Bank
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges
• Artists Pension Trust

EXHIBITIONS

2010
30 Seconds off an Inch, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

2009
RED, BIRD, BLUE – Solo installation, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Bacon, Egg, Toast & Lard, Berkeley Museum of Art- Deborah Grant Audio Collaboration, Berkeley, CA
Tone & Temperament Contemporary Sound Art, Art Currents Institute, New York, NY
State of the Art: New York, URBIS Manchester, United Kingdom
ELSEWHERE, Saltworks Gallery- group exhibit curated by Shinique Smith. Atlanta, GA
This-Has-Been,On Stellar Rays Gallery, New York, NY
The Walkman Compositions, Smack Mellon Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Same Old / Same New, Moyna Rowe Gallery, New York, NY

2007
Black Light, White Noise: Sound & Light in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Jones: Recomposing, Arratia, Beer Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2006
Artists in Transit, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
25 Bold Moves, Organized by Simon Watson for the House of Campari Collection. New York NY
Pa*per*ing, Deutsch Bank Lobby Gallery, New York NY
Simply Because You’re Near Me, Artists Space, Project Room, New York, NY

2005
Found Sound, A Public Art Project for the City of Washington DC
Harlem Postcards, The Studio Museum in Harlem
Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970, Houston Contemporary Art Museum

2004
Low Life, Kustera-Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Sunrise / Sunset, Smack Mellon. Brooklyn, NY Drawing, G Fine Art, Washington DC
AV – audiovisual, Triple Candie, New York, NY
Anthology of Art, Gropius-Bau, Berlin Germany
The International Group Exhibition at the Cité des Arts, Paris, France
Americas Re-mixed, mostra d’ arte contemporanea, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano, Italy
Bounce: An Evening of New Media Art and Music, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY

2001
Freestyle :The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Freestyle: Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA
The Brewster Project, Brewster, New York
Snap Shot, The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
OK! Survey, New York, NY
Yard Sale – Contemporary Artists take over a Chelsea School Yard, NYC Lab School
Jennie C. Jones (Harlem / Haarlem), Begane Grond Kunstcentrum, Utrecht, Holland

1999
New York Big City of Dreams, OpenSpace, Milano, Italy
Invisible: Group Exhibition, Galerie Arnisal, Bailystock, Poland
Pavement, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
Viewing, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Artist Residency, New York, NY
Open Studios ART/ OMI International Residency, New York, NY

1997
Generations – A.I R. 25th Anniversary Exhibition A.I.R. Gallery
Current Undercurrents; Artist Living and Working in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Don’t try this at Home,Performance Videos by : Mike Smith, William Wegman, Guy Richards Smit & Jennie C. Jones, Knitting Factory Video Lounge, New York, NY

1996
She Stands, Graduate Thesis Exhibition, New Brunswick, NJ
Art Star- 1996 MFA Group Exhibition, Hit & Run Space, New York, NY

1995
Clean Sweep, Gutierrez Gallery, Miami Beach FL
Expo Arte ’95 Ambrosino Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico

1994
Self / Others, New Portraits, David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, CA
Vital Expressions: African American Artist in San Diego, African American Museum of Fine Arts, San Diego, CA
Artist Choose Artist, San Diego Art Walk 1994
Family Album Stories and Other Works: Jennie C. Jones Solo, Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego, CA
Seventh Annual Invitational Auction, Sushi Performance and Visual Art, San Diego, CA
The 1993 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
Burning/Words: an installation of essays by 12 San Diego Artists and Art Professionals, Sushi Performance & Visual Art, San Diego, CA

1992
Joint Exhibition of Furniture and Art, Veni, Vidi, Vici Gallery, San Diego, CA

1991
Roots of Inner Space Annual Juried exhibition, South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago IL
Revelations: Artists Look at Religion artists, S.A.I.C. Gallery Two, Chicago IL
Hot Comb, One Woman Show / Installation, A New Look Salon, Chicago IL

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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DB Arts Mag- A Publication for the Frieze Art Fair in London-2006, Centerfold and featured article: You Make Me Feel Like 100 Billie Holiday Songs, The Work of Jennie C. Jones
Monopol Magazine, Berlin- Highlights, Artists Watch List, Text by Oliver Koerner von Gustorf of Regarding Arts p. 71 – 2006
The New York Times, Art in Review, Simply Because You’re Near Me: Jennie C. Jones at Artists Space – February 10, 2006 
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