Samuel Levi Jones (born 1978) is an American artist, he is known for his paintings and assemblage art. Many of his works are abstract, and centered on

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history, and identity; often using historically sourced materials.

Biography

Samuel Levi Jones was born in 1978 in

Marion, Indiana Marion is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Indiana, United States, along the Mississinewa River. The population was 28,310 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from ...

, into an African-American family. Jones is related (great nephew, through marriage) to Abraham S. Smith, one of the two men publicly lynched in 1930 in Marion, Indiana. He attended

Taylor University Taylor University is a Private university, private, Interdenominationalism, interdenominational, evangelical Christian university in Upland, Indiana. Founded in 1846, it is one of the oldest evangelical Christian universities in the United Stat ...

(B.A. degree in communications studies);

Herron School of Art and Design Herron School of Art and Design, officially IU Herron School of Art and Design, is a public university, public art school at Indiana University Indianapolis, Indiana University–Indianapolis (IUI) in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is a professional ar ...

(B.F.A. degree 2009 in photography); and

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(M.F.A. degree 2012 in studio art).

Art Career

Levi Jones' first solo exhibition, ''Samuel Levi Jones: Left of Center'' (2019), took place at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. 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. Jones work is included in public museum collections including the

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, the

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Rubell Museum The Rubell Museum, formerly the Rubell Family Collection, is a private Contemporary art, contemporary art museum with locations in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami, Miami, Florida, and the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood of Washington, D.C ...

, the

Studio Museum in Harlem The Studio Museum in Harlem is an African-American art museum at 144 West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Founded in 1968, the museum collects, preserves and interprets art created by African A ...

, the

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, and the

Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits (George C. Page Museum). LACMA was founded in 1961 ...

(LACMA).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Samuel Levi 1978 births Living people African-American painters People from Marion, Indiana Taylor University alumni Herron School of Art and Design alumni Mills College alumni Assemblage artists 21st-century African-American artists

Biography

Art Career

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