Education
Master of Arts (all but thesis), Art History
University of Cincinnati
College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning
Cincinnati, Ohio
2001
Bachelor of Arts, Art History
University of Cincinnati
College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning
Cincinnati, Ohio
1999
Monograph
Jones, Heather. Quilt Local: Finding Inspiration in the Everyday. New York: Abrams, 2015
Residencies
Master Class: The Business of Art Making with Mickalene Thomas and Jasmine Wahi
Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Snowmass Village, CO
June 2024
Silver Art Projects
New York, NY
September 2022-June 2023
Silver Art Projects Residency: Inaugural Digital Cohort
New York, NY
September 2021-February 2022
Cuttyhunk Island Artists’ Residency
Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts
September 2021
Black Rock Senegal
Dakar, Senegal, Africa
October 2019
Collections:
The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
The Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection, Boston, Massachusetts
The Mary and Al Shands Collection, Louisville, Kentucky
The Sara and Michelle Vance Waddell Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio
The Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, Ohio
Churchill Asset Management, Seagram Building, New York, New York
Silver Art Projects, New York, New York
Black Rock Senegal, Dakar, Senegal
The Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago, Illinois
Port Authority, Charleston, South Carolina
Stiftung Konzeptuelle Kunst, Soest, Germany
Selected Solo / Two-Person Exhibitions
2024
“A Sort of Homecoming,” The Summit Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio
Curated by Linda Schwartz
“When We Are Together,” The George Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina (two-person)
2023
“Heather Jones and Jared Thorne,” Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, Ohio (two-person)
2022
“Storytellers,” The Contemporary Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
“To Hold Tender This Land,” David Richard Gallery, New York, New York
2021
"A Sense of Place,” Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Convergence,” Moremen Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
2020
“Beyond Black Rock,” Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, Ohio
“Exchange: New Work by Heather Jones,” The George Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina
2019
“Don’t Let It Go Out,” Susan Moreman Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky (two person)
“Some Remain: Heather Jones and Jeffrey Cortland Jones,” Volunteer State College Art Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee (two-person)
2018
“And There Is A Light,” St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas (two person)
“Between Earth and Sky,” Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio (two-person)
2017
“A Sense of Home: New Quilts by Heather Jones,” Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Lines on the Horizon,” Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia (two-person)
“Tells the Next One,” Divisible, Dayton, Ohio
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
“Riveting: Women Artists from the Sara and Michelle Vance Waddell Collection,” Dayton Institute of Art, Dayton, Ohio
“Converge,” Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Women's Work(s),” ArtSource Ohio, New Bremen, Ohio
"On the Grid,”, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio (upcoming)
“Trade Winds,” Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, North Carolina, curated by Dexter Wimberly (upcoming)
“The Humming of the Strings,” Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio (upcoming)
2023
“Quilting a Future: Contemporary Quilts and American Tradition,” Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
“Clear Views From 28,” NYC Culture Club, New York, New York
“CENTURY.idee Bauhaus,” Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest, Germany
“Present ’23: Building the Scantland Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art,” Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
“Rounding the Circle: The Mary and Al Shands Collection,” Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
“18,” The Blank Gallery, New York, New York
“The Dreamers,” Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, New York
2022
“Black Rock 40,” 14th DAK’ART Biennale, Dakar, Senegal, curated by Kehinde Wiley
“Anthem X,” curated by Jared Owens, Wynwood, Miami, Florida
“White Circle,” Saturation Point, London, England
“Craft as Strategy: Crystal Gregory, Heather Jones, and Kwesi O. Kwarteng,” Imlay Gallery via artsy.com
2021
“To Wish Impossible Things,” Divisible, Dayton, Ohio
“Postcards From the Edge,” Visual AIDS, New York, New York
“Drip,” Off Ludlow Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
“Cocoon: Fibers of Home,” 1628 LTD., Cincinnati, Ohio
2020
“Chrysalistasis,” Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, New York
“SPRING/BREAK Art Show,” New York, New York
“14C Art Fair,” Jersey City, New Jersey
“Holiday Pop-Up,” Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, Ohio
“The Shands Collection: New Directions,” Quappi Projects, Louisville, Kentucky
“With Devotion,” The Contemporary, Dayton, Ohio
“Material | Fiber,” The University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
“Pantone Classic Blue,” Slate Contemporary, Oakland, California
“Grey / Gray (Matters),” Divisible Projects, Dayton, Ohio
“Piece and Plane,” Slate Contemporary, Oakland, California
2019
“Aqua Art Miami,” with Imlay Gallery, Miami, Florida
“Aligned: The Art of Design,” 1628 LTD, Cincinnati, Ohio
“CENTURY. idee Bauhaus,” POSITIONS Art Fair with Dr. Julius | AP, Berlin, Germany
“New Modern,” Five Walls, Melbourne, Australia
“CENTURY. idee Bauhaus,” Dr. Julius | AP, Berlin, Germany
“Big Circle: International Collaborative Project of Contemporary Non-Objective Art,” M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
“Biennale of International Reductive and Non-Objective Art”, West Projects, Sydney, Australia
“Design on a Dime NYC: Housing Works,” with Erick Espinoza, New York, New York
"Postcards from the Edge," Bortolami, New York, New York
“/just to be alive/,” 1628 LTD, Cincinnati, Ohio
“RNOP: Sydney. The Road Paintings” Parramatta, Sydney, Australia
“Deep Roots,” Jenner McGinn Studio, Atlanta, Georgia
“Art Palm Beach, Contemporary Art Fair,” with Imlay Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
2018
“Aqua Art Miami,” with Imlay Gallery, Miami, Florida
“Launch Party,” Jenner McGinn Studio, Atlanta, Georgia
“Small Works,” The George Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina
“Sculpture Objects Functional Art,” with Imlay Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“RNOP: Cincinnati. New Work For A New System,” Smith & Co., Cincinnati, Oh
“Art on Paper,” with Imlay Gallery, New York, New York
“Affordable Art Fair,” with Imlay Gallery, New York, New York
“Woven: Contemporary Textiles,” Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
"Postcards from the Edge," Gallery 524, New York, New York
“Reveal Art Fair,” with Imlay Gallery, Saratoga Springs, New York
2017
“The Other Thing,” The Carnegie, Covington, Kentucky
“Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us) v.2,” traveling: University of California, Berkley, California; Raygun Projects, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia; Class Room, Coventry, England
2016
“Three Centuries of Red + White Quilts,” Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset, Iowa
“Roots of Modern Quilting,” New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts
"Postcards from the Edge," Sikkema Jenkins, New York, New York
“Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us) v.2,” traveling: Angelika Studios, High Wycombe, England; Boecker Contemporary, Heidelberg, Germany
Visiting Artist:
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
September 2023
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
June 2022
University of Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
February 2017
St. Edwards University
Austin, Texas
October 2018
Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia
October 2017