Kent Jones is an American artist who received his BFA from the University of California at Santa Barbara and a post-graduate degree from the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, England in 1974. He has exhibited his paintings, prints, drawings and videos in solo, group and juried exhibitions worldwide since 1971. He is the recipient of numerous national and international awards including awards from print and painting competitions, direct artist grants, artist-in-residencies, travel grants, research grants, guest artist appointments and elections to distinguished organizations. In September 2015 he was given the Long Haul Award by Visual Arts Newfoundland and Labrador for lifetime service/achievement to the arts of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2024 he received the Hall of Honour Award from ArtsNL for a lifetime's contribution to culture in Newfoundland and Labrador.
In addition to making artworks, for fifteen years after graduating from The Slade he worked as a Master Printer in Intaglio and Lithography at Petersburg Press in London, England, as Assistant Art Director of New West Magazine in Beverly Hills, California, as an affiliate of the Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies in Port Moresby recording songs, stories, poems and photographing processes for their archives, and held a variety of Visual Arts teaching positions in England, Ireland, Canada, the USA and France. He designed and built Fine Art Printmaking studios in the USA, Canada, England, and Northern Ireland.
His artwork is included in over 100 public, corporate and educational collections worldwide such as Harvard University, Victoria and Albert Museum, Trinity College Dublin, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio, Mulvane Art Museum, Kansas; Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Glenbow Museum Canada, and Museo de Bellas Artes, Rio de Janeiro. The artist lives and works in Corner Brook, Newfoundland where he retired as Professor at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2016. He continues an active Visual Arts practice.
In addition to making artworks, for fifteen years after graduating from The Slade he worked as a Master Printer in Intaglio and Lithography at Petersburg Press in London, England, as Assistant Art Director of New West Magazine in Beverly Hills, California, as an affiliate of the Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies in Port Moresby recording songs, stories, poems and photographing processes for their archives, and held a variety of Visual Arts teaching positions in England, Ireland, Canada, the USA and France. He designed and built Fine Art Printmaking studios in the USA, Canada, England, and Northern Ireland.
His artwork is included in over 100 public, corporate and educational collections worldwide such as Harvard University, Victoria and Albert Museum, Trinity College Dublin, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio, Mulvane Art Museum, Kansas; Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Glenbow Museum Canada, and Museo de Bellas Artes, Rio de Janeiro. The artist lives and works in Corner Brook, Newfoundland where he retired as Professor at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2016. He continues an active Visual Arts practice.