Amy Jones Jenkins

Amy Jones Jenkins

Email:       amyjonesjenkins@gmail.com
Web:         www.amyjonesjenkinsart.com
Instagram: @amyjonesjenkinsart
Born:         Fort Worth, Texas
Lives:         Fort Worth, Texas
 
Education
1995          Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, month-long residency.
1995          Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, M.F.A. Painting.
1992          Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX, B.A. Art.

Awards
2021          Selected from Art in The Time of Corona, Vol 1 to H Gallery exhibit, Ventura, CA
2020          The New Normal Grant: An Artist’s Response to Covid-19
2017          VAST Juror’s Award, Linda Ridgway
2009          Hunting Art Prize Finalist
2003          Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant nomination
 
Exhibitions
2023         Dance Like a Rodeo Tornado, Juried Group Exhibit, Arts Fort Worth, Ft. Worth, TX.

2022         Looking Forward: Fort Worth Women’s Exhibit, curated by Dr. Valerie Gillespie, 400h Gallery & Studio,
                Sundance Square, Ft. Worth, TX.
                Debut Exhibit, Invitational Group, 400h Gallery & Studio, Sundance Square, Ft. Worth, TX.

2021         Freedom, Temporal Integral Mural Exhibition, Juried Mural Exhibit, Sundance Square, Ft. Worth, TX.
                Pop Art Summer, Invitational Group, Studio 101, Ft. Worth, TX.
                Art in the Time of Corona, Vol. 1, International Juried Exhibit, H Gallery, Ventura, CA.
                New Normal Strolling Exhibit, New Normal Grant Recipient, Sundance Square, Ft. Worth, TX.

2020         Art In The Time of Corona, Vol 1, International Juried Virtual Exhibit, Dab Art.
                Political Discord, Juried Exhibit, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
                Karma, RO2 Art Gallery, Solo Exhibit, Magnolia Theater, Dallas, TX.

2019         Family Reunion II, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Art Tooth Juried Exhibit, Fort Worth, TX.
                First Come First Serve, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, TX.
                Membership Showcase, Juried Exhibit, virtual exhibit, Texas Art Educators Association, Galveston, TX.
                CHAOS!, Invitational Group, RO2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX.
                Members Show, virtual exhibit, National Art Educators Association, Alexandria, VA.
                Hot and Sweaty-The Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
 
2018        Dia De Las Muertos, Juried Exhibit, Dallas Bath House, Dallas, TX.
               New Texas Talent XXV, Juried Exhibit, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX.
               Hot and Sweaty-The Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2017
              11th Annual VAST 125-Mile show, Juror: Linda Ridgway, Denton, TX.
2016
               Hot and Sweaty-The Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
               9”x 12” Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
               Biennial. Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
2013
               45th Annual Visual Arts Exhibition, VAST, Spring Juried Show, Juror: Jim Pace, Denton, TX.
 
2012        Spring Gallery Night, Invitational, Portfolio Gallery, Fort Worth, TX.
 
2011        September Group Show, Invitational, RO2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX.
 
2010       27th Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Williams Tower Gallery. Juror: Keith Carter,  Houston, TX.
              42nd Annual Visual Arts Exhibition, VAST, Spring Show, Juror: Melissa Miller, Denton, TX.
              Biennial. Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
              Art in the District: Contemporary Art Fair Dallas, Fairmont Hotel, RO2 Art Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2009
              Heroes of the Imagination: Imagination Celebration. Invitational, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
              13th Annual Rio Brazos Art Exhibition and Sale.  National Juried Exhibition. Tarleton State University, Granbury, TX.
              Hunting Art Prize Finalist/Exhibition. Decorative Center, Houston, TX.
2008
              Distinguished Texas Artist Ron Tomlinson and former students: Zachariah Hawkins, Sedrick Huckaby
              and Amy Jones Oliveira, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
              Transforming Walls: Amy Oliveira and Ken O’Toole. Second Floor Gallery, Fort Worth, TX.
              9”x 12” Drawing Show. Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
              Biennial. Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
2007
             Philip Pearlstein Selects. National Juried Exhibition. Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY.
             FWISD Faculty and Student Exhibit. FWISD Professional Development Center, Fort Worth, TX.
2006
             Particular Places. National Juried Exhibition. Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. Juror: Bernard Chaet.
             Selected for Fall Gallery Night: Best of Biennial. Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
             Biennial. Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
2005
             Faculty and Student Exhibit, Harriet Professional Development Center, Fort Worth, TX.
2004
             Mentor and Protégés: Jack Barnett and his former students. Corillon Gallery, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX.
             National Juried Exhibition. Warehouse Living Arts Center, Navarro Council for the Arts, Corsicana, TX.
             38 Hour Show. Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
             Pushing Paint II. Corillon Gallery, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX.
             Faculty Exhibition. Temple College, Temple, TX.
 
2003
             Pushing Paint: Hawkins, Huckaby, Oliveira, Tomlinson. George Sherman Union Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA.
             National Juried Exhibition, Navarro Council for the Arts, Warehouse Living Arts Center, Corsicana, TX.
2002
             National Juried Exhibition, Navarro Council for the Arts, Warehouse Living Arts Center, Corsicana, TX.
2001
             Pushing Paint: Hawkins, Huckaby, Oliveira, Tomlinson. Curated by Janet Tyson, Fort Worth Public Library,
             Fort Worth, TX.
1999
             National Juried Exhibition, Navarro Council for the Arts, Warehouse Living Arts Center. , Corsicana, TX.
             Texas National, National Juried Exhibition, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
1995
             MFA Thesis Exhibition, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA.
             Tsai Center Graduate Students Exhibition, Boston University, Boston, MA.
1992
             Senior Solo Exhibition, Sone Arts Center, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX.
1989-1992
             Annual Student Competition, Selected. Texas Wesleyan Art Gallery, Fort Worth, TX.