Simone Jones

Simone Jones
EducationOntario College of Art (OCAD University) York University
Known forKinetic Art
Installation Art
Websitesimonejones-studio.com

Simone Jones is a multidisciplinary Canadian artist known for her kinetic artworks.[1][2]

Works

Jones' early work focused on kinetic sculptures, graduating from the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD University) with a focus on Experimental Art, and a MFA in Sculpture Installation from York University. Her work expanded to include film, video, and performance. More recent work explores incorporating robotics, digital media and electronics in sculptural and kinetic works.[2][3]

Exhibitions

In 2014, Jones was included in the Biennale de Montreal.[4][5] In 2015, her work was included in the exhibition Lively Objects at the Museum of Vancouver.[6]

In 2016, she collaborated with Laura Millard on "Recursive Tracks" with performance work on the theme of ice in a silo interior as part of the In/Future festival with site-based installations on the decommissioned west island of Ontario Place.[7][8]

Professional life

Between 2000 and 2003, Jones was a visiting professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.[9] Jones is a faculty member at the OCAD University in 2003. She current teaches in the Integrated Media Program and the Digital Futures Program.[9]

In 2020, Jones received OCAD's Distinguished Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award, and she started serving as Chair of the Senate for OCAD's governance body.[9]

Personal life

Jones's life partner is writer Hope Thompson.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Artist/Maker Name "Jones, Simone"". Canadian Heritage Information Network. Government of Canada. 15 June 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Simone Jones". V_2 Lab for the Unstable Media. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Exhibition: Simone Jones: All That Is Solid". The Robert McLaughlin Gallery. 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Simone Jones and Lance Winn". BNLMTL 2014. Biennale de Montreal. 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Tousley, Nancy (12 March 2015). "Canada's Biennale: Montreal's Star-Making Machine". Canadian Art. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Lively Objects". Museum of Vancouver. 2015. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  7. ^ Paez, Beatrice (22 September 2016). "This Arts Festival is Revitalizing Ontario Place". Torontoist. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  8. ^ Edwards, Samantha (15 September 2016). "A sneak peek at the giant immersive art installation that has taken over Ontario Place". Toronto Life. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "Simone Jones". Ontario College of Art and Design. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Hope Thompson". Media Queer. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2021.


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