Education
Professional Experience
Awards
Curatorial Projects
Exhibitions
2022
2021
Related Professional Experience
Publications
- 2016, Master of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- 2015, CSU Summer Arts Residency, California State University Monterey Bay, Monterey Bay, CA
- 2013, CSU Summer Arts Residency, California State University Monterey Bay, Monterey Bay, CA
- 2013, Bachelor of Arts, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- 2008, Associate of Fine Arts, Associate of Arts, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
Professional Experience
- 2021, Committed Member, Meatspace Communion
- 2016, 2D Design Teacher, de Toledo High School, West Hills, CA
- 2016, 2D Design, Lecturer, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- 2015, 2D Design, Lecturer, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
Awards
- 2016, Awarded Ange and Bela Kasza Award for Art Education
- 2015, Awarded Ange and Bela Kasza Award for Art Education
- 2014, Awarded Hans Burkhardt Painting Award
- 2013, Awarded Hans Burkhardt Painting Award
- 2011-13, Dean's List, California State University Northridge
Curatorial Projects
- 2017-2022, Co-Director, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Exhibitions
2022
- Canine Dissonance, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
- Maker's Communion, First German United Methodist Church, Glendale, CA
2021
- Bad Guy Art, Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA
- Monte Vista Projects Presents: Sustainable Sculpting, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
- Bas-Relief, Bozo Mag, Los Angeles, CA
- BOZO FAMILY HOE-DOWN, Art Los Angeles Contemporary Fair, Los Angeles, CA
- Works from Home, Apt. 5, Los Angeles, CA
- Handjob. LAVA Projects. Alhambra, CA
- Cruel Optimism. Wow Projects LA. Chewing Foil. Los Angeles, CA
- Useless Man. Highways Performance Space. Santa Monica, CA
- Call and Response, Kronenboden, Berlin, Germany
- Majestic Proton Vest, The Front, New Orleans, LA
- Co/Lab IV, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
- Dream Wavers, Loyola Marymount University, Westchester, CA
- Collection Connection, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
- The Barker Hanger, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
- Monte Vista Presents, Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
- QiPO Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico
- Second Annual Holiday Art Raffle, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles and Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- The Newsstand Project, Los Angeles, CAMaiden L.A. Launch Party and Fundraiser, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA
- Heat of the Moment, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
- CSUN Arts Alumni Small Works Fundraiser, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- PØST: Kamikaze - Let Me Eat Cake, PØST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- What’s Too Silly to be Spoken Must Be Sung, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
- Easy Winds, Honest Labor, Los Angeles, CA
- Interior Fiction, The Vast Lab, Valley Village, CA
- Feminism Now, Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm, Sweden
- US, Madrid Theatre, Canoga Park, CA
- I Swear It Was Just There, Dalton Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- GLAMFA's Transpose 2018, Eastside International, Los Angeles, CA
- Combined Effort, Sea Farm City's Postcard Show benefit for ACLU, MNK Studio, Los Angeles, CA
- The First Annual TSALA / Monte Vista Projects Holiday Raffle, Monte Vista Projects and Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2017 Open Show, Los Angeles Arts Association, Los Angeles, CA
- Who Do You Think You Are?, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Tarzana, CA
- Apple Pie, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC
- S+P=A, Surrogate Gallery Projects, Pasadena, CA
- GLAMFA, Art Galleries, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
- 20th Annual High School Arts Invitational, West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Graduate Art Exhibition, Main Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Salone Des Refuses, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Beastly Beings, Cactus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- CSU Call and Response, California State University Long Beach: Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA (Curated by Samantha Fields and Rebecca Campbell
- Got It For Cheap Vol. 2,3,4,5,6, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, Black Bear Brooklyn, New York City, New York, T Haik HQ, Oslo, Norway Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden, Agnes B's Galleri du Jour, Paris
- MFA Biennial, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
- Culminating Exhibition for Mixed-Media Mold-Making at CSU Summer Arts Residency, California State University Monterey Bay, Monterey Bay, CA (Curated by Evan Holloway, artist)
- Solo Exhibition, Shed Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- CSUN Painting Guild's Juried Spring Show, "At Home,” West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA (Juried by Cliff Benjamin, Gallerist, Western Project, Culver City, CA)
- Annual Juried Art Student Exhibition, Main Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Salone Des Refuses, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- CSUN Illustration Club Annual Show, West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- C-Note: An Exhibition and Fundraiser for Syrian Children, JAUS Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Solo Exhibition, Shed Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- CSUN Painting Guild's "Cat Show," West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA (Juried by Martha Rich, artist)
- CSUN Painting Guild's "Meet the Guild" Show, West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Annual Juried Art Student Exhibition, Main Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- CSUN Illustration Club Annual Show, West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Solo Exhibition, Shed Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Roots Exhibit, West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- CSUN Sculpture Organization Pop-Up Show, West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- CSUN Photo Club Potluck Show, West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- CSUN Painting Guild's "Meet the Guild," West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Annual Incoming MFA Shed Show, Shed Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Culminating Exhibition for Contemporary Painting at CSU Summer Arts Residency, California State University Monterey Bay, Monterey Bay, CA
- Culminating Exhibition for Observational Painting at CSU Summer Arts Residency, California State University Monterey Bay, Monterey Bay, CA
- Annual Juried Art Student Exhibition, Main Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- CSUN Painting Guild's "Pretty and Dead", West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Small Works, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
- Annual Juried Art Student Exhibition, Main Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Quantified Self, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
- Group Exhibition, Think Tank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Curated by LC, Gallerist, Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA
- CSUN Painting Guild's "Painting As Object," West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Into Error, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- CSUN Painting Guild's "Meet the Guild", Shed Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
- Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Safety-Kleen Gallery One, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
- Bold as Love with Artist Adam Parker Smith, Blue Sky Project Group Installation, The Starline Gallery, Harvard, IL 2006
- My Space: Mchenry County with Artist Penny Brice, Blue Sky Project Group Installation, The Framery, Crystal Lake, IL
- Fox Valley Art Conference, Epping Gallery, Mchenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL,
Related Professional Experience
- 2019 - Present - Studio Assistant and Fabrication
- 2018 - Social Media Coordinator, de Toledo High School, West Hills, CA
- 2017 - Guest Artist for Norton Simon Teen Arts Academy, The Art of the Selfie, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA
- 2016 - Guest Artist for Community-based Art Prison Arts Collective at CA State Prison, Los Angeles County
- 2016 - Artist Lecture and Presentation on Thesis for Archives, Recordkeeping and Memory course at UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
- 2013-16 - California State University Northridge -Lab Attendant and Assistant for Painting Facilities
- 2016 - Participant in Call & Response Project with artists Samantha Fields and Rebecca Campbell, California State University Long Beach
- 2015-2016 - Officer in California State University Northridge Sculpture Organization
- Responsible for Secretarial and Managerial Duties,
- Responsible for Exhibition Organization, Installation and Design of Multiple Group Exhibitions
- Host for Guest Artist Lectures
- 2012-2015 - Officer, California State University Northridge Painting Guild
- Responsible for Secretarial Duties and Managerial Duties,
- Responsible for Exhibition Organization, Installation and Design of Multiple Group Exhibitions
- Host for Guest Artist Lectures
- Led Workshops and Lectures
- 2012-2016 - Cofounder of 429 Collective - Artist Run Collective
- Tabled, Los Angeles Zine Fest, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
- Tabled, San Francisco Zine Fest, San Francisco, 2015
- Tabled, Los Angeles Zine Fest, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
- Tabled, Print Fest, California Insitute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 2013
- 2014 - Assistant to Gallerist of Good Eye Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
- 2013 - Projectionist, College Art Association, CAA Conference, New York, NY
- 2007 - Blue Sky Project, Mchenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL, Student Assistant for Resident Artist Adam Parker Smith
- 2006 - Blue Sky Project, Mchenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL, Student Participant with Resident Artist Penny Brice
- 2005-2006 - H.D. Jacobs in Algonquin, IL Art Club Co-President
Publications
- Woo, Heidi. “Art as Innovation.” Slow.Sustain, Winter/Spring '21, slowandsustain.org/emily-blythe-jones/.
- Nuys Dambrot, Shana. "Art Pick: Useless Man at Highways Performance Space." LA Weekly. August 23rd, 2019. https://www.laweekly.com/art-pick-useless-man-at-highways-performance-space/
- Friend of the Artist, vol. 9, 28 May 2019.
- Smith, Andy. “Emily Blythe Jones Crafts Mixed-Media, Multi-Dimensional Portraits.” Hi-Fructose Magazine, 17 Nov. 2017, hifructose.com/2017/11/17/emily-blythe-jones-crafts-mixed-media-multi-dimensional-portraits/
- Chancellor's Gallery, California State University, July, 2013 <http:// blogs.calstate.edu/summerarts/index.php/chancellors-gallery/#jp-carousel-885>
- Sumell, Stephanie. "Murals Chosen for CAP parking structure." Thousand Oaks Acorn. February 28, 2013. http://www.toacorn.com/news/2013-02-28/Community/ Murals_chosen_for_CAP_parking_structure.html
- Sweet Station, January 18th, 2013. Web. <http://sweet-station.com/blog/2013/01/emily-blythe-jones/>
- "Painting and Drawing." I'mperfect Zine. Vol 1. December 2012: 8 & 10. Print.
- “Illustrated.” I’mperfect Zine. Vol 2. December, 2012: 3. PrintTurning Art. N.p., n.d. Web. 02. October, 2012. <http://www.turningart.com/artist/emily-jones>.
- Poets/Artists. Poets/Artists. Didi Menendez, September 28th, 2012. Web. 02 Oct. 2012. <http://poetsandartists.com/>.