OTIS JONES
b. 1946 Galveston, TX
Lives and works in Dallas, TX
EDUCATION
1972
1969-70
Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX. “Otis Jones, New Work” Fall 2024
2023
Vito Schnabel Gallery, New York, NY. “Otis Jones New Work”, January
Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, Belgium. “Otis Jones New Work”, November
2022
Semiose, Paris, FR, Otis Jones New Work
2021
Marc Straus, New York, NY, Otis Jones New Work
Nino Mier, Los Angeles, CA, Recent Work
2020
Barry Whistler, Dallas, TX, Recent Works
2019
2017
2015
2012
2011
2009
2004
2002
2001
1997
1996
Center for Research in Contemporary Art, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
1984
1983
McIntosh/Drysdale, Houston, TX
1981
1979
1977
1973
1972
2024
Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX. “Decades” January
Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, Belgium. “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” April
2023
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France. ‘Beautés’ ; Publication
TWO X TWO For Aids Auction, Dallas, TX
2022
Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, Belgium, November 2022, Beyond the Frame
2021
Sunday-S, Copenhagen, Denmark, January 2021
Otis Jones and Marie Hazard
2020
CAB Foundation, Brussels, Belgium
Ron Gorchov and Otis Jones. 30 year Retrospective.
2017
OTIS JONES + BRET SLATER, annex14, Zürich, Switzerland
OTIS JONES + BRET SLATER, Louis B. James, New York, NY
OTIS JONES + BRET SLATER, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
2010
Art Santa Fe, El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, NM
Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2005
Parings: Artists’ Selections from the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Polishing our Silver, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX (curated by Rick Brettell)
Inaugural Exhibition, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004
Thirty-Two by Thirty-Two, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
2002
In the Abstract, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Wall Power, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (Catalogue essay by Bill Davenport, Curator Joan Davidow)
New Acquisitions: The Michael G. Grainger Collection, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX
2001
Summer Medley, Pillsbury and Peters Fine Art, Dallas, TX
Made in Texas, The Art Center of Waco, Waco, TX
2000
Primitive Sources, African: Yoruba, Dogon, Nok, Sokoto, Bura, Katsina, 20th Century: La Noue, Gottlieb, Jones, Motherwell, Hayakawa, DeCredico, Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX
Summer Pleasures, William Campbell Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX
Three Texas Artists: Otis Jones/Naomi Schlinke/Sandria Hu, Robert McClain & Co., Houston, TX
Davis Gallery, Pennzoil Place, Houston, TX
Summer Stock, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX
1998
1997
Assistance League of Houston, Cullen Center, Houston, TX, Juror's Award (juried by David Ross, Director, Whitney Museum)
1996
Faculty Exhibition, Center for Research in Contemporary Art,
1995
Uncommon Objects, Kathleen Sheilds, Albuquerque, NM
Otis Jones/Bill Noland, City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC
1994Texas Axis: 4 Artists Exploring Space, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX Surface Pleasures: Tracy Harris/Otis Jones, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
Darkness-Light: Twentieth Century Works from Texas Collections, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX (curated by Liz Ward/ Catalogue)
Color on Form, Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
Rodney Carswell, Otis Jones, Susan Linnell, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque
33rd Invitational, Longview, Museum & Arts Center, Longview, TXThe State I'm In: Texas Art, Work from the Permanent Collection, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (curated by Dr. Annegreth T. Nill)
1990
Art in the Metroplex, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX (juried by Ned Rifkin)
1989
Off the Wall, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX
Constructures: New Perimetrics in Abstract Painting, Nora Haime Gallery, New York, NY (Curator: Peter Frank/ Catalogue)
Otis Jones/Nic Nicosia: New Work/Real Pictures, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
The Illusive Surface/Painting in Three Dimensions, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM (curated Kathleen Sheilds/ Catalogue)
1982
Sam Gummelt, Otis Jones, Gael Stack, Gallery Simonn Stern, New Orleans, LA
Invitational II, David James, Otis Jones, Ursula Schneider, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
The Broken Surface, Bennington College, VT
4 Painters: Jones, Smith, Stack, Utterback, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (Curators: Linda L. Cathcart and Marti Mayo/ Catalogue)
Five from Texas: Jones, Pervin, Robertson, Roth, and Russell, 500 ExpositionGallery, Dallas, TX (Curator: Marti Mayo)
1980
Response, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX (curated by Ned Rifkin)
1977
Watson/ de Nagy & Company, Houston, TX
Four Austin Painters, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
1976
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries Right Now, New York Times, John Vincler, Section C, Page 11. January 6, 2023.
RUM Magazine, Art Section, Peter Ibsen, Otis Jones, Denmark, p. 118, September 2017
Zotos, John, Otis Jones at William Campbell Contemporary Art, art ltd., 2016
Zotos, John. Otis Jones + Bret Slater. Arts + Culture, May 2014, TX
Bourbon, Mathew. Critic’s Pick, Artforum online, June 2014
Corris, Michael, How to Look at Style and Substance: The Paintings of Otis Jones and Bret Slater, Glasstire, July 2014, TX
Rodrigue, Daniel, Otis Jones: New Work, DallasObserver.com , September 15, 2011.
Mattingly, June, Otis Jones: New Work at the Holly Johnson Gallery on Dragon Street in Dallas has its opening the evening of September 10 and continues through October 8, texascontemporaryart.com , September 10, 2011.
Collections Cultures and Collaborations: Inspirations from the Neiman Marcus Collection, University of North Texas Art Gallery (exhibition catalogue) 2011.
Holland, Nicole M, Give Me Five, Dallas Observer, April 1 2010.
Luxe Interiors + Design Magazine, 2010, p. 191-195.
Mattingly, June, Special Eye to Watch, moderndallas.net , April 2010.
Waller, Margo, THE Magazine DFW, September Issue, 2009 p. 33.
Anspon, Catherine D, Artnotes, Papercity Dallas, September 2009.
Mendoza, Manny, THE Magazine DFW, April Issue, 2009.
Kostelny, Laura, Portraits of the Artists, D Magazine, April Issue 2009. p. 46.
Kostelny, Laura, Portraits of the Artists, D Home Magazine, March-April Issue 2009. p. 101.
Zotos, John, Dallas Report: A Contemporary Art Destination: TEXAS SEEN, NY ARTS Magazine, July-August Issue, 2008.
Zotos, John, Circles, Squares, Objects?, NY ARTS Magazine, September-October Issue, 2006.
Kutner, Janet, Rapport Report: eight artists play off selections from the DMA, The Dallas Morning News, May 25, 2005, p. 14E.
Daniel, Mike, Otis Jones at William Campbell, The Dallas Morning News, The Guide, February 20, 2004, p. 56.
Helber, Annabelle, Elevating Abstraction, Dallas Observer, Feb 12-18, 2004, p. 50.
New American Paintings, No. 42, The Open Studio Press, Boston, MA, p. 82-85, (Michael Auping, Curator, Modern Art Museum Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX)
Tyson, Janet, Otis Jones Paintings and Drawings, Artlies, Summer 2001, p. 66.
Bartosek, Nancy, Otis Jones displays his geometric progression, The Fort Worth Star
Telegram, Life & Arts, March 10, p. 5F.
Marton, Andrew, If it's an Otis Jones, you'll know, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Star Time, Feb. 16, 2001, p. 23.
Robinson, Walter, Artnet Magazine, February, 2001.
Twardy, Chuck, Maximizing the Minimal, The News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, 16 June 1995, p. 20.
Dougherty, Linda Johnson, Explorations in Abstractions, Spectator Magazine, Raleigh, North Carolina, 22 June 1995, p. 22.
City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, Sightings: Bill Noland and Otis Jones (exhibition catalogue) , 2 June - 12 August 1995.
Mitchell, Charles Dee, Gallery's 'Link' Showcases Texas Talent, The Dallas Morning News, 18 June 1995, sec. C, p.6.
Ashe, Bill, Otis Jones: A True Texas Minimalist, The Shorthorn-University of Texas at Arlington, 20 April 1995.
Kutner, Janet, Artists Recycle Discards for Varied Effects, The Dallas Morning News, 4 December 1994.
Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas, Texas Axis, 26 August - 29 October, 1994. Curator: Joan Davidow.
Mitchell, Charles Dee, Area Art Exhibits are Worth the Trip, The Dallas Morning News, 17 September 1994.
Tyson, Janet, The eyes of Axis: Arlington Exhibit Gives Viewer's Vision Room to Roam, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 13 September 1994. Knudsen, Paul, Arlington Click, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 6 September 1994.
Tyson, Janet, How to Take Up Space Creatively, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 26 August 1994.
Shermakaye, Bass, A Room With Four Views, The Dallas Morning News, 26 August 1994.
Lindsay, Pamela, Exhibit's Format gives Texas Artist Freedom to Explore Spatial Ideas, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 25 August 1994.
Graze, Sue, Otis Jones, CRCA, The University of Texas at Arlington, 23 January - 14 February 1993.
Harris, Al F., Centralizing the Sensual Experience of Looking, CRCA, The University of Texas at Arlington, 23 January- 14 February 1993.
Tyson, Janet, Dueling Exhibitions, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 4 September 1992, sec. G, p. 5.
Mitchell, Charles Dee, Theaters of the Abstract, The Dallas Morning News, 16 September 1992.
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, The Passionate Eye: What Texas Artists Collect, February - 1 March 1992. Curator: Diana Block, Director, University of North Texas Gallery.
Johnson, Jennifer, Artists Collect on Their Creativity, The Daily Texan, 17 February 1992, p. 10.
Mitchell, Charles Dee, Bluebonnets and All, The Dallas Observer, 29 August 1991, p. 19.
Kutner, Janet, State of the Art: DMA's Texas Exhibit Covers a Lot of Territory, but Omissions are Many, The Dallas Morning News, 25 September 1990, pp. 5C & 10C.
Shields, Kathleen, Reviews: Otis Jones at Barry Whistler, Art in America, 79(4) (April 1991): 172-73.
Kutner, Janet, At the Edge of Local Art 'Metroplex' Show Makes the Best of a Tight Fit, The Dallas Morning News, 25 September 1990, pp. 5C & 10C.
Kutner, Janet, A Cut Above, The Dallas Morning News, 20 June 1990, pp. 1C & 8C.
Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas, Woodwork, 12 May - 15 July 1990. Curator: June Mattingly.
Tyson, Janet, Galleries Display Visual, Emotional Variety in Open-House Exhibits, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 23 September 1989, sec. 4, p. 3.
Kutner, Janet, A Fine Pair of Artists: Nicosia's Photos, Jones' Paintings Compliment Each Other, The Dallas Morning News, 19 September 1989, sec. C.
The Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico, The Elusive Surface: Painting in Three Dimensions, 22 January - 19 March 1989. Foreword by Ellen Landis. Essay and Artist Notes by Kathleen Shields.
Ballatore, Sandy, Exhibit Celebrates Vitality of Art, Albuquerque Journal, (January 1989): 1 & G7.
Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY, Constructures: New Perimetrics in Abstract Painting, 6 February - 2 March 1985. Introduction by Peter Frank.
Thistlethwaite, Mark, Otis Jones, Artspace, 7(4) (Fall 1983): 32-33.
The Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Focus: Otis Jones, 16 April - 29 May 1983. Essay by David Ryan.
Marvel, Bill, Critics Choice, Dallas Times Herald Weekend, 22 April 1983, p. 16.
Kutner, Janet, Seductive Artwork, The Dallas Morning News, 20 May 1983, pp. C1 & C10.
Lowe, Ron, FWAM Has Saved the Best for Last in Focus Series, Fort Worth Star Telegram, 26 April 1983.
Green, Roger, Vision: The World of Art, The Times Picayune, 26 September 1982, sec. 3, p. 6.
Russell, John, Critics Choices: Art, The New York Times, The Guide, 25 July 1982, p. G3.
Kalil, Susie, Reviews: Houston, Four Painters at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Art in America 70(4) (April 1982): 144-45.
Crossley, Mimi, Four Poetic Painters, The Houston Post, 18 October 1981, p. 12A.
Johnson, Patricia, Paintings From the Inside, The Houston Chronicle, 18 October 1981.
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, 4 Painters: Jones, Smith, Stack, Utterback, 10 October - 29 November 1981. Introduction by Linda Cathcart andMarti Mayo. Essay Otis Jones by Marti Mayo.
Kalil, Susie, Planes in Space and Planes in Surface, Artweek, 7 March 1981, p. 3.
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas, Response, 9 February - 23 March 1980. Essay Otis Jones: Marks and Remarks by Ned Rifkin.
Johnson, Patricia, 3-Dimensional Exhibit Varied, Innovative, The Houston Chronicle, 28 September 1981.
Kutner, Janet, Exposition Displays New Spirit, The Dallas Morning News, 5 June 1981.
Crossley, Mimi, Work of Various Artists, The Houston Post, 20 February 1981, p. 16E.
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 New Orleans Triennial, 3 October - 16 November 1980. Introduction by William A. Fagaly. Juror's essay by Marcia Tucker.
Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University Art Museum, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, Made in Texas, 20 May - 26 August 1979.
Rifkin, Ned, Otis Jones, Art Voices South, September/ October 1978, p. 20.
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, Richardson/Jones/Traverso/Provisor, 8 January - 6 February 1977.
Moser, Charlotte, Reviews, Houston, Art News, 75(8) (October 1976): 96-8.
Denton, Jon, 'Quirky' Qualifies at State Fair Show, The Oklahoma City Times, 20 September 1976.
Crossley, Mimi, Art: 'Paperworks', The Houston Post, 12 August 1976, p. 5C.
Moser, Charlotte, Texas Artists Display Weakness for Paper, Houston Chronicle, 11 August 1976, sec. 2, p. 6.
The Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 35th Annual Exhibition for Artists of Tarrant County and Members of the Fort Worth Art Association, 22 May - 24 June 1973. Juror's essay by Jane Livingston
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