ADRIAN JONES
65 South Portland Avenue #6
Brooklyn, New York 11217
718-852-5347
www.adrian-jones.com; Instagram: adrianjones_ny; adrianjones_nyc
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
· 30 years experience as a working commercial artist and fine arts photographer in New York City. Work includes editorial projects with numurous magazines and global model agencies.
· Led solo gallery shows in the US, Germany, Italy, and Australia with ## books of published work.
· Assistant Editor at Celebrity Worldwide Ltd. Conceptualized, organized, and executed fashion editorials and products for magazine and website including talent selection, negotiation of budget, and post-production editorial work.
· Educator and Artist with experience that includes academic advising and student workshop development for higher education.
· Faculty advisor for student organizations and lecturer at High Schools, Universities and Museums.
EDUCATION
· New York University, C.A.S. Studies in Arts and Humanities.
· New York University, M.A. Creative Related Arts, International Centre of Photography.
· {Additional Classwork in Multimedia Design and Production}
· Boston University, B.A.S. Information System and Business Applications
· Grahm Junior College, A.A.S. Communication Electronics
LECTURER/WORKSHOPS/LABS
New York University The Bushwick School for Social Justice
Boston University Creative Outlet Dance Theater
Grahm Jr. College The School of Visual Arts
The Hetrick Martin Institute Fashion Institute of Technology
PUBLICATIONS, EDITORIALS, AND REVIEWS
· “Australia”, Mascular Magazine “35 , The Remote Issue, United Kingdom, October 2022
· “Jersey City Underpass”, Mascular Magazine #30 Fantasy, United Kingdom, Summer 2020
· “The Gaiety Male Burlesque”, Mascular Magazine #28 Red, United Kingdom, Autumn 2019
· “Adrian Jones”, Focus Magazine – Issue 22, New York 2011
· “David Leddick, The Nude Male: 21st Century Visions, Universe Books, New York 2009
· “Manhattan Heat” DNA Magazine, Sydney Australia 2005
· “Denim on the Rocks” Genre Magazine, New York 2005
· “Verge” L’uomo Vogue, Italy 2004
· “Shore Fire” Genre Magazine, New York 2004
· “Personal Best”, DNA, Sydney, Australia 2004
· “New York Rooftops’, DNA, Sydney, Australia 2004
· “The Fall Guise” Genre Magazine, New York 2003
· “Doll”, Genre Magazine, Los Angeles 2003
· “Tiffany Withers of Bet.com”, Black Hair and Braids, New York 2003
· “Adrian Jones” Art Almanac, Melbourne, Australia 2003
· “Photography-Adrian Jones” MCV, Melbourne, Australia 2003
· “An Evocative Display” Melbourne Star, Melbourne, Australia 2003
· “Striptease”, Genre Magazine, Los Angeles 2003
· “Out in the Open ‘, Black Hairstyles and Trends, New York 2003
· “Light Touch”, DNA, Sydney, Australia 2003
· “All Fired Up”, DNA, Sydney, Australia 2003
· “Out in the Sticks”, DNA, Sydney, Australia 2003
· “The Gaiety Theatre”, DNA, Sydney, Australia 2003
· “The Pleasure Principle” 101 Hairstyles, New York 2002
· “Town and Country”, DNA, Sydney, Australia 2002
· “What’s Hot”, 101 Hairstyles, New York 2002
· “Beach and Beyond”, DNA, Sydney, Australia 2002
· “First Five Years of Blue” Studio Magazine, Sydney, Australia 2002
· “Adrian Jones”, Blueprint, Blue, Sydney, Australia 2002
· “Playtime in Provincetown”, DNA, Sydney, Australia 2001
· “New York City Boys-Winter Fashion Special, DNA, Sydney, Australia 2001
· “David Leddick, The Male Nude, Now, Rizzoli Books, New York, 2001
· “Art Gallery Guide Australia, Sydney, Australia 2001
· “Adrian Jones” Art Almanac Sydney, Australia 2001
· “Ben Wyld Spotlight, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia 2001
· “Dream Boys Vol. 2” Studio Magazine, Sydney, Australia 2001
· “Weekender Get a Life”, The Age-Good Weekend Magazine, Sydney, Australia 2001
· “Compare & Contrast”, Blue, # 28, Sydney, Australia 2000
· “Dream Boys” Studio Magazine Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia 2000
· “Mardi Gras”, Blue, # 19, Sydney, Australia 1999
· “Bald” Essence Magazine, New York 1998
· “Leddick David, The Male Nude, Taschen Books Germany, 1998
· “Naked Ambition”, Blue, # 7, Sydney, Australia 1997
· “Still Life”, Blue, # 2, Sydney, Australia 1997
· “Artist’s Statement”, Cover Magazine, New York 1987
· “Arts in America Annual Guide to Galleries, Museums and Artists, New York 1986-87
· “A Documentary”, East Village Guide, New York 1986
EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS:
2025 National Photo Contest Finalst 2025, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, New York
The Portrait, “Honorable Mention” Praxis Photo Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Animal Life, Praxis Photo Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Journeys, People, Passages & Place, Praxis Photo Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Portraiture; Unveiling Identity ‘Honorable Mention”, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
Open Theme Show, ‘Honorable Mention” Praxis Photo Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Monochrome, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
2024 Nude Geographies “Honorable Mention”, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Landscapes “Honorable Mention”, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Portrait “Honorable Mention”, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2023 The Shirley Project Space, Salon Night: “Night of Conversation and Creativity”, Brooklyn, New York
Untitled, ESD Gallery, Sydney, Australia
National Photo Contest Finalist 2023, Soho Photo Gallery, New York
Portraits, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2022 Black History Month, Corporate Show, Ralph Lauren, New York
Women Month, Corporate Show, Ralph Lauren, New Jersey
National Photo Contest Finalost 2022, Soho Photo Gallery, New York
Uncommon Portraits, Artrepreneur, New York
Lorenza Bottner: Requiem of The Norm Leslie Lohman Museum, New York
2021 Botanical, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
The Nude, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina
Nude Geographies, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Children 2021, Gallerium Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2020 Lorenza Bottner, Leonard & Bina Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Requiem Of the Norm, Art Museum: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2019 Portrait, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland
Childhood, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
Actually, The Dead Are Not Dead, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergan, Norway
The Abstract Image “Honorable Mention” The Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sensuous Geographies, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lorenza Bottner: Requiem for the Norm, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein,Stuttgart, Germany
2018 The Portrait, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2009 The Nude, Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Australian and International Works on Paper and Photography
Galerie Chez Olivier, Prahran, Australia
2008 Coney Island, The Museum, Fashion Institute of Technology,
2005 Heroes, Stacy Steward Smith Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Charles Nordrum Gallery @ Art Melbourne
Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia
2004 *Works, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (Solo)
There’s Something About That Landscape: Contemporary
Responses in Painting, Photography & Graphics
Cowwar Art Space, Cowwar, Australia
2003 Pink & Blue Gala, Center for Great Expectations, Somerville
2002 Leslie Lohman Gallery, New York.
2001 *New York Flower Suite, Ross Watson Gallery, Melbourne
Creative Madness, Volvo Gallery, Sydney Australia
Muses, Leslie Lohman Gallery, New York,
*Pop’s Garden, Volvo Gallery, Sydney Australia (Solo)
1998 Stonewall Bar, Sydney Australia (Solo)
1997 Lambda Legal Defense Auction, New York
1996 Leslie Lohman Gallery, New York
1993 Leslie Lohman Gallery, New York
1990 *Quick, New York N.Y. (Solo)
Amon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
1989 *Adrian Jones, Gallery 28, Boston, Mass (Solo)
* A New Beginning: Artists from the African Diaspora (Solo)
New York University Gallery, New York N.Y.
M.A. Thesis Exhibition 80 Washington Square East, N.Y.
1987 Photo Show, Who’s Gallery Green Bay, Wisconsin.
1986 Artists’ Auction for the Poor, New York
A Stable Dozen, 9th Precinct Gallery, New York
Dealer’s Choice, 9th Precinct Gallery, New York
Papyrus, 9th Precinct Gallery, New York
1985 Outside Manhattan Show, 9th Precinct Gallery, New York
AWARDS, COLLECTIONS, & COMMISSIONS
· Finalist “Glamour & Beauty” 2000 American Photography Magazine
· Charles Nodrum Gallery
· Nicholas O’Donohue & Co (Melbourne, Australia)
· Bimbadgen Estates Winery
· Odacava in the Customs House (Sydney, Australia)