Born: Alpine, TX
Lives: New York, NY and Ojai, CA

 

EDUCATION

  • 2004
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. MFA. Interdisciplinary Fine Arts.
  • 1998
  • California College of Arts, Oakland, CA. BFA. Photography/Glass.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2012
  • Photos Taken #drawings, Eli Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  • 2011
  • Pulse Art Fair Solo Booth. New York, NY.
  • 2010
  • Web of Trails, Pacific Northwest College of Art’s Philip Feldman Gallery + Project Space, Portland, OR.
  • 2009
  • Send Me a Link, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA.
  • 2008
  • Photos Taken, Nathan Larramendy Gallery. Ojai, CA.
  • 2007
  • Rara Avis, Vanina Holasek Gallery. New York, NY.
  • Rara Avis, Queens Nails Annex. San Francisco, CA.
  • 2006
  • Pulse NY Art Fair with Nathan Larramendy Gallery. New York, NY.
  • Cassandra C. Jones, Nathan Larramendy Gallery. Ojai, CA.
  • 2005
  • Art Santa Fe Biennial/Project Space with Nathan Larramendy Gallery. Santa Fe, NM.
  • Track and Field: Drawing from the Arena, Filmmakers/Outer Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Snap Motion Re-Animation, Filmmakers/New Melwood Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA.

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS

  • 2011
  • Yerba Buena Night, New Media Lounge, San Francisco, CA.
  • Trans-Pecos Festival of Music & Love, El Cosmico, Marfa, TX.
  • 2009
  • Remains of the Day, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY.
  • 2008
  • Hallway Installation Project, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA.
  • Ready, Set, Go!, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA.
  • PDX Film Festival, Northwest Film Center. Portland, OR.
  • Stretching the Truth, John Michael Kohler Art Center. Sheboygan, WI.
  • 2007
  • Glass Love, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum. Santa Barbara, CA.
  • Pulse Miami Art Fair with Nathan Larramendy Gallery. Miami, FL.
  • IEEE Infovis Conference on Information Visualization: Group Exhibition. Sacramento, CA.
  • CHROMA Festival de Arte Audivisual. Guadalajara, Mexico.
  • Selections: California College of the Arts Alumni, Walter Maciel Gallery. Los Angeles, CA.
  • Drake Permanent Collection Show, Drake Hotel. Toronto, ON.
  • Home Sweet Home, San Jose Institute for Contempoary Art. San Jose, CA.
  • NYC-5: in conj. with a Keith Haring Retrospective, Egon Schiele Art Centrum. Český Krumlov, CZ.
  • Pulse NY Art Fair with Nathan Larramendy Gallery. New York, NY.
  • 2006
  • I Regress: Cinema-Scope Best of the Best, Scope Art Fair. Miami, FL.
  • Cartune Xprez: Live Music/Animation/Performance, Touring Program. National.
  • Beast, Fine Silver Gallery. Houston, TX.
  • Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival, WARPHaus Gallery. Gainsville, FL.
  • The Affair @ The Jupiter Hotel with Nathan Larramendy Gallery. Portland, OR.
  • Beast and the Beauty, Vanina Holasek Gallery. New York, NY.
  • Bring it On, Monique Meloche Gallery. Chicago, IL.
  • North West New Works, On the Boards. Seattle, WA.
  • Fs28, Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Best of the Fest, Touring Program. Throughout TX.
  • Stumptown: University Film Series, CSU Chico. Chico, CA.
  • Fantasy Island, The Drake Hotel/Public Spaces. Toronto, ON.
  • Slow Dance Recyttal, The Drake Hotel/The Underground. Toronto, ON.
  • 2005
  • Pulse Miami Art Fair with Nathan Larramendy Gallery. Miami, FL.
  • "Oh the Places You'll Go", Small Change/Space 1026. Philadelphia, PA.
  • 24th Three Rivers Film Festival, Melwood Screening Room. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • MonkeyTown, Golan Levin Presents.... Brooklyn, NY.
  • TBA Fest./How we Investigate, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. Portland, OR.
  • TBA Fest./Slow Dance Recyttal, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. Portland, OR.
  • Hybrid - Living in Paradox/Animation Festival, Prix Ars Electronica. Linz, Austria.
  • Rhythm from Wreckage; Adventures in Vidsonic Art, DIVA. Eugene, OR.
  • Dallas Video Festival 18, Kalita Humphries Theater. Dallas, TX.
  • Rhythm from Wreckage: The Art of Interruption, Bayennale/ATA. San Francisco, CA.
  • Pool Party, Nathan Larramendy Gallery. Ojai, CA.
  • Video Heart, Modern Formations. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • PDX Film Festival/Invitational, Northwest Film Center. Portland, OR.
  • Slow Dance Recyttal, PDX Film Festival/Holocene. Portland, OR.
  • Cucalorus IX Film Festival, Cucalorus. Wilmington, NC.
  • Pittsburgh Biennial, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • 2004
  • Slow-Dance Recyttal, Touring Program. East Coast/USA and Canada.
  • Mintwood, Future Tenant Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Slow-Dance Recyttal, Harris Theatre. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Pin up, Space Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Shock and Awesome, Regina Miller Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Andy Warhol Museum, AMP. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • 2003
  • Inside/Out, Atlantic Center For the Arts. New Smyrna Beach, FL.
  • 2002
  • The Stars of Amateur Hour, Hewlett Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • In Passing, Fachhochschule Schwäbisch Hall. Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.
  • 2001
  • Back Stage/Front Stage, Balazo/Mission Badlands Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
  • 2000
  • 21 steps (To Instant Beauty), CDIX. Bellevue, ID.
  • 1999
  • 7th Annual Baggage Show, The Luggage Store. San Francisco, CA.
  • 1997
  • Introductions, Dorothy Weiss Gallery. San Francisco, CA.

 

RESIDENCIES AND ARTIST COMMUNITIES

  • 2008
  • Southern Graphics Conference, Visiting Artist. VCU Art Department. Richmond, VA
  • 2007
  • Egon Schiele Art Centrum. Invitational. Český Krumlov, Czech Republic.
  • 2006
  • Drake Hotel Artist Residency. Invitational. Toronto, Canada.
  • 2004
  • Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Vira I. Heinz Endowment Fellow. Amherst, VA.
  • Hall Farm Center for the Arts and Education. Townshend, VT.
  • 2003
  • Atlantic Center for the Arts, Associate Artist. New Symrna Beach, FL.
  • 2002
  • Fachhochschule Schwäbisch Hall, Cultural Exchange. Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.

 

AWARDS

  • 2011
  • Santa Fe Prize for Photography Nominee, Center, Santa Fe, NM.
  • 2008
  • Focus On The Masters. Award of in-depth documentation of life’s work. Awarded by Donna Granata. Ventura, CA.
    • 2004
    • Vira I. Heinz Endowment Fellowship. Awarded by Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Amherst, VA

     

    PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS

    • 2010
    • Chas Bowie. 'Picture Perfect: Cassandra C. Jones and the Art of Useless Photography'. Untitled Magazine. October 26.
    • 2009
    • Baker, Kenneth. 'Two Artists Use Found Images to Create New Works'. San Francisco Chronicle. August 22.
    • Maloney, Patricia. 'Critic’s Pick'. Art Forum. August 16.
    • Henson, Julie. 'Cassandra C Jones: Send Me a Link'. Daily Serving. August 13.
    • Nataraj, Nirmala. 'Send Me a Link: A Network of Imagery'. San Francisco Chroncle. July 30.
    • 2008
    • Beautiful/Decay. 2 Page Spread. Issue W, Man Versus Machine.
    • Program Catalog, John Mikael Kohler Arts Center. Cover, March/April issue.
    • Beil, Kim. 'Artist Profile, Art LTD'. West Coast Art + Design. March issue.
    • 2007
    • Woodward, Josef. 'Art for Surf's Sake'. Santa Barbara News Press. November 30.
    • Stewart, Ethan. 'Glass Love Honors the Art of Surf', Santa Barbara Independent. Oct. 25, A&E Sec.
    • Rogers, Mimi Fronczak. 'From Graffiti to Sgraffito: Keith Haring's Art Makes the Leap from New York City to Český Krumlov', The Prague Post. April 4th, Tempo Section.
    • Donovan, Matt. 'Nathan Larramendy Gallery Review', Beautiful Decay. Issue R.
    • Lopez, Ruth. 'Show Stoppers', TimeOut Chicago. January 4-10 issue, Art & Design Section.
    • 2006
    • Weinbergs, Lauren. “Bring it On” Review, Time Out Chicago. July 6–13 Issue, Art & Design Section.
    • Klaasmeyer, Kelly. 'Kingdom Come', Houston Press. Oct. 26, A&E Section.
    • Levy, Alison B. 'Splendor at the Market', NY Arts Magazine. July/Aug. 2006 Issue.
    • Miller, Leigh Anne. 'Satellite Shows/Pulse', Art in America. May Issue, Front Page Section.
    • Herbet, Simon. A New Buzz in Paradise, Lifescapes: West Coast Art+Design. May Issue.
    • Woodward, Josef. 'Cassandra C. Jones at Nathan Larramendy Gallery', Artweek
    • 'The National Voice of West Coast Contemporary Art'. Feb. Issue, Featured Article.
    • Wiebe, Stacey. 'People to Watch', VC Reporter. Jan. 12, Cover Story.
    • 2005
    • Freedenberg, Molly. 'Rah! Rah! What?', VC Reporter. Dec. 8, Art and Culture Section.
    • Tomsick, Amy. 'Ojai Artist in Santa Fe', Ojai Valley News. July 22, Arts Section.
    • Thomas, Mary. 'Annual Exhibition continues to establish itself as festival tradition',
    • Pittsburgh Post Gazette. June 8, Arts and Entertainment Section.
    • Mary Thomas. Three Rivers Arts Fest to Attract 600,000 People to Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Post
    • Gazette. June 8, Art Info Section.
    • Young, Terry. 'Art Review: Center for Arts biennial mixes creativity with political' commentary,
    • Pittsburgh Post Gazette. July 7, Arts and Entertainment Section.
    • Harding, Cortney. 'Multimedia adds edge to events', I>Portland Tribune. April. 26, Special Section.
    • Laura Dominic and Hilary Shams. Pittsburgh Biennial Catalog, Pittsburgh Center For the Arts. April 1.
    • 2004
    • Erin Lawley. Art Exhibition is Shocking and Awesome, Pitt News. Apr. 6, A&E Section.
    • Mary Thomas. House beautiful: Engaging installation opens a door to the past. Pittsburgh
    • Post-Gazette. April. 17, Arts and Entertainment Section.
    • Carrie Schneider. Extreme Collaboration, Pittsburgh City Paper. Oct. 21, Art Preview Section.

     

    ONLINE REVIEWS

    • 2008
    • Xeni Jardin. Cassandra C. Jones Exhibit (art). Boing Boing. Posted Sept 2.
    • 2007
    • Ashley Tibbits. Cassandra C. Jones: Photos Taken. flavorpill. Dec. 12
    • DailyServing.com. Cassandra C. Jones, artist profile and review. Posted May 29.
    • Olympia Lambert, lamgelinaoly.blogspot.com. Pulse New York-- Part 2. Posted March 6.
    • Gae Savannah, NYArts Mag. Blog. TOP TEN NEW YORK. Posted March 1. Cat. Art Fairs
    • Steve MacDonald, ArtBusiness.com. San Francisco Art Galleries - Openings:
    • Queens Nails Annex Review. Posted Feb. 2.
    • 2006
    • Sean Carroll, Glass Tire: TX Visual Art Online. Tasty Tread: Houston. Posted Sept.
    • 2005
    • Laura Becker, urbanhonking.com/pica. Pleasing Portlander Ponderings. Posted Sept. 19.

     

    MEDIA

    • 2009
    • Interview with Xeni Jardin. Boing Boning TV.
    • 2007
    • KQED Arts: Profile. San Jose Institute of Contemporary Arts, Home Sweet Home Exhibition.
    • 2006
    • Cartune Xprez 2006. Animated videos from USA and Canada, DVD.
    • Video Interview with Theodore Bouloukos and Carmen Mc Leod @ Pulse NY. VernissageTV.com.
    • Drake Hotel Video Artist Profile. Aired daily in 2006 on Air Canada.
    • Audio Interview with Sean Ryan. North West New Works, On the Boards. Seattle, WA.

     

    LECTURES/DISCUSSIONS

    • 2008
    • Focus On The Masters, Tuesday Talks with Donna Granata. Ventura, CA.
    • Southern Graphics Conference, Visiting Artist/Lecturer. VCU Art Dept. Richmond, VA.
    • Art Institute of Chicago, visiting artist lecturer for Time Arts Seminar.
    • Fireside Chat with Miki Garcia of Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum. Ford Ranch, Ojai, CA
    • 2005
    • Nathan Larramendy Gallery in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Museum Friends of Photographic Art. Artist Lecture. Ojai, CA.
    • Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts/Time Based Art (TBA) Festival. Panel.
    • On the Screen: Moving Image as Performance. Portland, OR.

     

    SELECTED COLLECTIONS

    • J. Patrick Lannan, The Lannan Foundation. Santa Fe, NM.
    • M. Leigh Conner, Conner Contemporary. Washington, DC.
    • Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, 21C. Louisville, KY.
    • Jeff Stober, Drake Hotel. Toronto, ON.
    • James Peterson. Houston, TX.
    • Julie Thornton. Austin, TX.
    • Arlene Richman. Chicago, IL.
    • Mike Healy. Santa Barbara, CA