Sara Renae Jones
           

Education

BFA with emphasis in Art Education
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago-Chicago, Illinois

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Sara Renae Jones is a visual artist based in Chicago. She is currently working on a BFA with an Emphasis in Art Education from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Sara’s work has been exhibited in cities such as New York, Minneapolis, Detroit and Chicago and is represented in a number of public and private collections.

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Excerpts from Artist Statement:

I am interested in emblematic and allegorical self-portraiture of an emotionally intimate nature.
  
My images serve as protection devices that allow me to analyze my own experiences and emotions. If I am able to project and capture the constantly changing impression of an idea that I have in my mind into/onto something tangible it allows me to experience the matter in its full spectrum.

To be able to objectively analyze something that is completely subjective in its nature is the goal and driving purpose behind what motivates me and fuels my work.

Concerning my series of representations of female sexuality, violence and aggression:
I am particularly interested in how certain prominent female figures in myth and folklore have been represented in paintings throughout history. Many of these females (stories) have been depicted so many times that the figure itself has become a sort of symbol in my mind. By placing myself in the role of these iconic figures I am exploring their significance to my understanding of my own aggression and sexuality.

~Sara Renae Jones

Selected Exhibitions

2009

The School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago Undergraduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL

3-feet High and Rising, Per Populus Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008

Invited Juror for My Art Contest, www.myartcontest.com

Identity, Ritual and Tradition, Casa Guatemala, Chicago, IL

Community Ofrenda (installation), Sharp Building, Chicago, IL

Atomic Sketch Event: Invited artist/panelist at Evil Olive (ongoing), Chicago, IL

Weekend Fling Three person show with Rik Garrett and MD Woodward, All Rise Gallery, Chicago, IL

Outdated, Country Club Chicago, Chicago

I Draw Pictures, The Nerve Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois

FIAA & Bank Of America Open Gallery Walk, Flat Iron Arts Building, Chicago

Woman~Made, Mercury Café, Chicago

The Dirty Show 9, Berts Warehouse Theater,Detroit

Bitter Fruits~A Study Of The Female As Object In Art, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis

2007

Flat Iron Holiday Art Show, Jo-Jo’s Closet/Flat Iron Gallery, Chicago

Savannah College of Art Open Studio/Graduate Program, Savannah College of Art and Design,Atlanta

Around The Coyote (invited artist by Jo-Jo’s Closet), Wicker Park, Chicago

Mercury Café Mixed-Up Art Show, The Mercury Café, Chicago

Red Tent Project, ongoing tour throughout USA and abroad

The Sketchbook Project, Art House, Atlanta

Flat Iron Art Festival, Flat Iron Gallery, Chicago

The Art Of Sacrifice, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis

2006

Going Once-Going Twice: The Mirror Art Show and Auction, The Hollywood Mirror, Chicago

Illusions Of Grandeur, Squirrel Space Gallery, New York

2005

Strange and Bizarre Art Show, The Peter Jones Studio and Gallery, Chicago

Fifth Annual Spring Art Show and Sale, SAIC Ballroom, Chicago

Just Add Art, The Chicago Building , Chicago

2004

Nuggets: From Ingrid and Sara with Love, The 7th Floor Gallery and Workspace, Chicago

Annual Spring Show of Selected Works, Brookhaven College for the Arts, Studio Gallery, Dallas

Dead and Gone, Treehouse Gallery, Dallas

2003

Self-Portraits, The Forum Gallery, Dallas

Annual Spring Show of Selected Works, Brookhaven College for the Arts, Studio Gallery, Dallas

Brookhaven College Juried Art Exhibition, Brookhaven College for the Arts, Dallas