Samuel Levi Jones

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Samuel Levi Jones
Born1978 (age 45–46)
Marion, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater Taylor University,
Herron School of Art and Design,
Mills College
Website samuellevijones.com

Samuel Levi Jones (born 1978) is an American artist, he is known for his paintings and assemblage art. [1] [2] Many of his works are abstract, and centered on African-American history, and identity; often using historically sourced materials. [3] [4]

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Biography

Samuel Levi Jones was born in 1978 in Marion, Indiana, [5] into an African-American family. [6] [7] Jones is related (great nephew, through marriage) to Abraham S. Smith, one of the two men publicly lynched in 1930 in Marion, Indiana. [7]

He attended Taylor University (B.A. degree in communications studies); Herron School of Art and Design (B.F.A. degree 2009 in photography); and Mills College (M.F.A. degree 2012 in studio art). [5] [7]

Art Career

Levi Jones' first solo exhibition, Samuel Levi Jones: Left of Center (2019), took place at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. [8] He has also had a solo exhibition at The Dayton Contemporary in Ohio titled The Empire is Falling, and Unbound at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. [9] [10]

Jones work is included in public museum collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, [5] the Whitney Museum of American Art, [11] Rubell Museum, [12] the Studio Museum in Harlem, [5] the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, [13] and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). [5]

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  4. ↑ Ollman, Leah (2019-08-05). "One artist's solution to the racial inequities embedded in books: Rip them apart" . Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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  6. ↑ Raiford, Leigh (2021-01-14). "Burning All Illusion: Abstraction, Black Life, and the Unmaking of White Supremacy". Art Journal Open. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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  9. ↑ "Samuel Levi Jones - Artists - Galerie Lelong & Co". www.galerielelong.com. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  10. ↑ "Samuel Levi Jones". Studio Museum in Harlem. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  11. ↑ "Samuel Levi Jones". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  12. ↑ "Samuel Levi Jones". rubellmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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