statement

Marshall Jones' recent series explores the role of imagery in the collective unconscious. His paintings  what it means to exist in a culture soaked in imagery and how those images shape us, crafting our desires, needs and prejudices. This series is a response to the work of social psychologists Ernest Becker and Sheldon Solomon. Particularly Solomon's lab research on the power of symbols and our multiple responses to them. Jones' work explores how semiotics are   used in all forms of art as a shorthand to to tell stories based on our shared understanding of iconic imagery.  

bio

born: Atlanta, Ga

education

Art Students League of New York

selected awards/honors

Phyllis Mason Grant. Art Students League of New York 2008
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant 2009
Fantasy Fountain Fund scholarship, Paris American Academy 2010
Eileen S. Kaminski Family Foundation, Artist in Residence 2015

selected publications

Brooklyn Rail "Tell Them Stories" Nov 2015

selected group shows

Sublime Harlem, Harlem N.Y 2015
My favorite Things, Hoboken N.J
Tell Them Stories, Mark Miller Gallery, New York N.Y
Behind Narrative, One Art Space< New York N.Y