Jonathan Whitfill

2118 29^th Street  ▪  Lubbock, Texas  79411

jon@jonathanwhitfill.com

Education

 

 

2006        Master of Fine Arts, Texas Tech University

                Primary Studio:  Sculpture                      Secondary:  Printmaking

 

Awards - Service

                 

2013        Permanent Collection: - International Museum of Collage, Assemblage, and Construction: Pagosa Springs, CO

2012        Fountainhead – Art Foundation Collaborative -Permanent Collection of Nasher Sculpture Center: Dallas, TX

2012        Invited Jury Reviewer for ISEA 2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness: 18^th International Symposium

2012        Artist Residency: ArtFest – Visiting Artist:  Wichita Falls, Texas

2011        Artist Residency: The Button Project:  Caritas Village:  Memphis, Tennessee

2011        Artist Residency: Outdoor Sculpture Commission:  Earthbound Moon Site:  Chicago, Illinois

2011        Published Finalist for Aesthetica Magazine’s Creative Works Competition

2010        Visiting Artist Residency: Outdoor Sculpture, and Solo Exhibition                      

                                Northern State University:  Aberdeen, South Dakota

2010        Art work selected for SANOFI’s Library Conference and Exhibition:  Montpellier, France

2009        Review and Image - Sculpture Magazine:  International Sculpture Center:  January/February. 2008                     Honorable Mention:  Texas National 2008 – The Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas

 

2007        Best of Show: Wheels, National Juried Show. Gallery North:  Bloomington, Indiana

 

Solo Exhibitions

               

2012        Edition:  The Cube Gallery, Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program: Roswell, New Mexico

2012        Edition:  LHUCA: Lubbock, Texas

2010        Withdrawn – Rearranged Excess:  Isaac Lincoln Gallery, Northern State University

Aberdeen, South Dakota

2009        Oh.  Louise Underwood Center for the Arts – LHUCA:  Lubbock, Texas

2007        Rowd, Solo Exhibition.  Art Depot Gallery:  Lubbock, Texas

2006        The Media, The Shredder, The Participant, MFA Solo Exhibition.  Icehouse

Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts:  Lubbock, Texas

2003     2 hp motor, Solo Exhibition, Space 1110: Lubbock, Texas

 

Juried Exhibitions

 

 

2012        Tapped 2, National Juried Exhibition.  Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center: 

Cincinnati, Ohio

2011        Recontextualizing the Found Object, International Juried Exhibition

Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock Pennsylvania

2011        EXPO 2011, State-wide Juried Exhibition.  500X Gallery:  Dallas, Texas.

2010        Eye of the Beholder: The Art of the Found Object, National Juried Exhibition. 

 Maryland Federation of Art:  Annapolis, Maryland

2010        Texas National 2010, National Juried Exhibition.   The Art Center

 Nacogdoches, Texas                                                              Juror:  Judy Plaff

2010         RE: (rebound, recycled, repurposed, reused), National Juried Exhibition.

 Abecedarian Gallery:  Denver, Colorado

2009        Le Livre est une Oeuvre D’Art, International Juried Exhibition.  Art Vitam

Galerie Europ’Art :  Aigues Mortes, France           Juror:  Sophie Blachet

2009        Third Coast National, National Juried Exhibition.  K Space Contemporary                                                            Corpus Christi, Texas     Juror:  Fairfax Dorn

2009        Alchemy: Object Transformed, National Juried Exhibition.  Hollingsworth Gallery                                                              Palm Coast, Florida

2009        Texas National 2009, National Juried Exhibition.   The Art Center

Nacogdoches, Texas                                                               Juror:  Mel Chin

2009        Image and Word, National Juried Exhibition:  The Art Center Highland Park, Illinois

2008        Projections: A Survey of Wall-based Sculpture, International Juried Exhibition.                                  Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center:  Cincinnati, Ohio

2008        Translations – Art inspired by the written word, National Juried Exhibition

Fine Arts Gallery: Victoria College, Victoria, Texas

2008        Texas National 2008, National Juried Exhibition.   The Art Center

Nacogdoches, Texas                                                               Juror: Roger Shimomura

2007        Wheels, National Juried Exhibition.  Gallery North:  Bloomington, Indiana

2007        Texas National 2007, National Juried Exhibition.  The Art Center

Nacogdoches, Texas                                                               Juror:  MANUAL  

 

Group Exhibitions

2012        Translatory Motion, Culture Laboratory, Select Group Exhibition. The Pottery Workshop C2 Gallery:

                                Jingdezhen, China

                also Exhibited at NCECA 2013.  Houston, TX

2011        Response, Culture Laboratory, Select Group Exhibition.  Brazos Gallery, Richland College:

                                Dallas, Texas                           Collaboration with Ben Lewis of Art Safari, London

2010        No Rhyme or Reason, Select Group Exhibition.  Ro2 Art Group Show:  Dallas, Texas

2010        DADA, Dallas Arts Dealer Association, Select Group Exhibition.  Mary Thomas Art Gallery:                                            Dragon Street:  Dallas, Texas

2010        Persistent Breach, Select Group Exhibition.  Shirley Pogue Art Gallery:                              

East Central University:  Ada, Oklahoma

2009        Mercurial Imagination, Select Group Exhibition:  Ira M. Taylor Memorial Art Gallery: 

Hardin Simmons University:  Abilene, Texas 

2009        So Say We All, Sort Of…  Culture Laboratory, Select Group Exhibition

Texas State University:  San Marcos, Texas

2009        No. 3 – What you do after No.2, Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery in Conjunction with                                                     Waypoint Gallery: Marfa, Texas

2008        Innovation by Limitation, Group Exhibition:  Nau Haus Gallery:  Houston, Texas

2008        No. 2 – At your doorstep, Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery in Conjunction with Waypoint

Gallery: Marfa, Texas            

2008        U - Turn, Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery:  San Antonio Contemporary Art Month: 

San Antonio, Texas

2008        The New Wave, Curated Group Exhibition in Conjunction with the Centennial Celebration of Art

in Lubbock, LHUCA, Lubbock, Texas

2008        On the Road Again, Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery: San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts,

San Angelo, Texas

2008        Monochrome: The Study of Orange, Fain Fine Arts Center Midwestern State University:

Wichita Falls, Texas

2007        Maiden Voyage, Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery: Marfa, Texas

2006       Grudge Match: Bastards of Printmaking Vs. Dirty Printmakers, Slingshot Gallery, 

                         Madison, Wisconsin    

2006        Desolate Horizons, Curated Exhibition.  aAlice! Gallery:  Kansas City, Missouri

2005        Way out West, Williams Tower Exhibition:  Curator:  Sally Sprout   Houston, Texa

2003        Summation, Collaborative Exhibition:  Lubbock, Texas 

2002        Ulterior Motifs III, Wheeler Brother's Studios:  Lubbock, Texas

 

Artist Groups

 

 

Culture Laboratory                                                                  http://culturelaboratory.wordpress.com/

Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery                                         http://ryderjonpiotrs.wordpress.com/

Earthbound Moon                                                                   http://www.earthboundmoon.com/

The Button Project                                                                  http://thebuttonprojectblog.blogspot.com/

Texas Sculpture Group                                                            http://texassculpturegroup.com/