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Otis Jones

14.10.-19.11.2016

Otis Jones, Installation View, annex14, 2016

Otis Jones, ‘Turquoise Square with Two Pink Squares‘, 2016acrylic on canvas on wood, 40.5 x 40.5 x 7.5 cm

Otis Jones, Installation View, annex14, 2016

Otis Jones, Installation View, annex14, 2016

Otis Jones, ‘Two Bone Circles on White Oval‘, 2016acrylic on canvas on wood, 33 x 26.7 x 7.6 cm

Otis Jones, ‘Blue Oval withIvory #2‘, 2016acrylic on linen on wood, 29 x 24 x 7.5 cm

Otis Jones, ‘Five Squares One Empty‘, 2011acrylic on canvas on wood, 40.5 x 40.5 x 7.5 cm

Otis Jones, Installation View, annex14, 2016

Otis Jones, ‘Eight Lines Blue‘, 2016acrylic on canvas on wood, 40.5 x 40.5 x 7.5 cm

Otis Jones, ‘Gray Circle with White and Red Oxide Circles‘, 2016‘acrylic on canvas on wood, 40.6 x 39.5 x 7.5 cm

Otis Jones, ‘Tan Square with Tow Pink Circles‘, 2016acrylic on canvas on wood, 76 x 76 7.25 cm

Otis Jones, ‘Black Circle with Red and White Circle‘, 2016acrylic on canvas on wood, 68.5 x 68.5 x 8.5 cm

Otis Jones, ‘Odd Shape with White and Red Circles‘, 2016acrylic on canvas on wood, 33 x 61 x 7.5 cm

OTIS JONES *1946 Galveston, TX, l ives and works in Dal las, TX

EDUCATION1972 MFA, Universi ty of Oklahoma, Norman, OK1969-70 Graduate Studies - Montana State Universi ty, Bozeman, MT1969 BFA, Kansas State Universi ty at Pi t tsburg, Pi t tsburg, KS

AWARDS2002 Art ist in Residence – Southside Art ist Residency, Dal las, Texas1982 Nat ional Endowment for the Arts - Visual Art ists Fel lowship Grant

TEACHING AND GUEST LECTURES1998 Art ist led tour. Agnes Mart in and Richard Tutt le: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX1997 Guest Art ist . Texas Christ ian Universi ty, Fort Worth, TX1993-97 Associate Professor. Universi ty of Texas at Ar l ington, Ar l ington, TX1992 Vis i t ing Assistant Professor. Universi ty of Texas at Ar l ington1983 Guest Lecturer. North Texas State Universi ty, Denton, TX 1974-77 Instructor. Universi ty of Texas at Aust in1972-74 Instructor. Texas Christ ian Universi ty

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 annex14 Ot is Jones New Work, Barry Whist ler Gal lery, Dal las, TX2015 Ot is Jones New Work, Wi l l iam Campbel l Contemporary Art , Fort Worth, TX2014Visceral Integr i ty, et a l Projects, Brooklyn, NYOTIS JONES + BRET SLATER, annex14, Zür ich, CHOTIS JONES + BRET SLATER, Louis B. James, New York, NYOTIS JONES + BRET SLATER, Hol ly Johnson Gal lery, Dal las, TX2013Gebert Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM2012Wil l iam Campbel l Contemporary Art , Fort Worth, TX2011 Hol ly Johnson Gal lery, Dal las, TXDavid Richard Gal lery, Santa Fe, NM2009 Hol ly Johnson Gal lery, Dal las, TXWil l iam Campbel l Contemporary Art , Fort Worth, TX2006 Hol ly Johnson Gal lery, Dal las, TXSoho Myriad, At lanta, GA2004 Wi l l iam Campbel l Contemporary Art , Fort Worth, TX

2002 Pi l lsbury and Peters Fine Art , Dal las, TX2001 Wi l l iam Campbel l Contemporary Art , Fort Worth, TX1997 Wi l l iam Campbel l Contemporary Art , Fort Worth, TX1996 McMurtrey Gal lery, Houston, TX1995 Universi ty of Texas at San Antonio, Satel l i te Gal lery, San Antonio, TXGerald Peters Gal lery, Dal las, TX1992 Gerald Peters Gal lery, Dal las, TXCenter for Research in Contemporary Art , Universi ty of Texas at Ar l ington, Ar l i -ngton, TX1990 Barry Whist ler Gal lery, Dal las, TX1984 Stephen F. Aust in State Universi ty, Nacogdoches, TX1983 Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art , Fort Worth, TX McIntosh/Drysdale, Houston, TX

SELECTED RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 Works on Paper, Barry Whist ler Gal lery, Dal las, TX2015 Back and Forth, Hol ly Johnson Gal lery, Dal las, TX2012 Madi Geometr ic Showcase, Museum of Geometr ic and Madi Art , Dal las, TXTexas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX2011 Wi l l iam Campbel l Contemporary Art , Fort Worth, TXCol lect ions Cul tures and Col laborat ions: Inspirat ions f rom the Neiman Marcus Col-lect ion, Universi ty of North Texas Art Gal lery, Denton, TX (curated by Jul ie Kronick)2010 Back and Forth: Celebrat ing Five Years, Hol ly Johnson Gal lery, Dal las, TX2009 Drawing In, CADD Art Lab, Dal las, TX2008 Del ineat ion, Hol ly Johnson Gal lery, Dal las, TXArt Santa Fe, El Museo Cultural , Santa Fe, NM2006 Texas Paint Part I I : Out of Abstract ion, Ar l ington Museum of Art , Ar l ington, TXSoho Myriad, At lanta, GA2005 Par ings: Art ists ’ Select ions f rom the Dal las Museum of Art , Dal las, TXA Fr iend in Deed, Barry Whist ler Gal lery, Dal las, TXPol ishing our Si lver, The Old Jai l Art Center, Albany, TX (curated by Rick Bret te l l ) Inaugural Exhibi t ion, Hol ly Johnson Gal lery, Dal las, TX

2004 Texas Vis ion: The Barret t Col lect ion, The Meadows Museum, SMU, Dal las, TX (Catalogue essay by Michael Ennis and Richard Bret te l l )Surface, Wi l l iam Campbel l Contemporary Art , Fort Worth, TXThir ty-Two by Thir ty-Two, Gerald Peters Gal lery, Dal las, TX 2002 Real Things, Four Wal ls, Fort Worth, TXIn the Abstract , McClain Gal lery, Houston, TXWal l Power, The Dal las Center for Contemporary Art , Dal las, TX (Catalogue essay by Bi l l Davenport , Curator Joan Davidow)New Acquis i t ions: The Michael G. Grainger Col lect ion, Tyler Museum of Art , Tyler, TX2001Liv ing and Working in Texas I & I I , Park Central , Dal las, TX (curated by Marie Park/ Catalogue)Summer Medley, Pi l lsbury and Peters Fine Art , Dal las, TXMade in Texas, The Art Center of Waco, Waco, TX2000Primit ive Sources, Afr ican: Yoruba, Dogon, Nok, Sokoto, Bura, Katsina, 20th Century: La Noue, Gott l ieb, Jones, Motherwel l , Hayakawa, DeCredico, Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TXSummer Pleasures, Wi l l iam Campbel l Gal lery, Ft . Worth, TX Art 2000, Wi l l iams Tower Gal lery, Houston, TX ( jur ied by Bruce Guenther)Summer Pleasures, Wi l l iam Campbel l Gal lery, Ft . Worth, TX1999Three Texas Art ists: Ot is Jones/Naomi Schl inke/Sandr ia Hu, Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2000,Davis Gal lery, Pennzoi l Place, Houston, TXWho‘s Afraid of Red, Yel low and Blue, Char lot te Jackson Fine Art , Inc. , Santa Fe, NMSummer Stock, Gerald Peters Gal lery, Dal las, TX1998 Here and Now, Wi l l iam Campbel l Gal lery, Fort Worth, TX1997 Abstract ion: Paint ing/Sculpture, Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TXAssistance League of Houston, Cul len Center, Houston, TX, Juror ‘s Award ( ju-r ied by David Ross, Director, Whitney Museum)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

McKinnon, Luanne, Ot is Jones + Bret Slater, catalogue, Hol ly Johnson Gal lery, Dal las, TX, 17 May - 26 July, 2014.

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