Tomiko Jones
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2008 Master of Fine Arts in Photography and Certificate of Museum Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson
1994 Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology
Minor in Studio Art and Photography, Western Washington University, Bellingham
Areas of Specialization: photography and related digital media, video, installation, site-specific projects
Upcoming Exhibitions (2011-12)
Languor/Temperance/Repose, Artist Talk September 22nd, curated by Anne Massoni, Ice House Gallery, Monmouth University, New Jersey
Existence, Passage, Reconstruction, Artist Talk November 11th, Gadis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Texas
El Paso Public Art Windows, El Paso International Airport, Texas, April 2012
SPE Multicultural Caucus National Portfolio Exhibition: American University, Washington, DC and Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
Recent Publications
Nueva Luz, photographic feature from Passage, New York
Newspace Center for Photography Retrospective: Exhibitions 2002-2011, Portland
With Children Like Your Own, poems from Iraq and Afghanistan by David Smith-Ferri, Haley’s Press, photographs, commission by Direct Aid Iraq
Forgotten Country, a novel by Catherine Chung, Riverbook Press, photography and video trailer commission for publication launch
Residencies
2009 The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France
2008 Musée Niépce, Chalon-Sûr-Saone, France
Land With No Name, Tucson, Arizona
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Passage, Vermillion, Seattle, WA
Uncovering the West Tributary, Bellevue Special Projects, site-specific installation, Bellevue, WA
2009 There are Some Things You Cannot Forget, Théâtre de la Mer, The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France
La Traversée, Artopia, Seattle
2008 Draw Forth, Cast Aside, Sound Transit, Start on Broadway Public Art Project, Seattle
Air Traffic: Control collaboration with Chris Dacre (two-person), Rocket Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2006 What Could It Mean To Say Yes? Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, WA
2005 Landscapes, Upfield Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Landscapes, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
The Bunny Chronicles, Upfield Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 The Bunny Chronicles, Diego Rivera Sala, ENEP, UNAM, México City, México
The Bunny Chronicles, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2001 The Bunny Chronicles, The Pound Gallery, Seattle, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Constructed Territories, curated by Tracy Longley-Cook, Stein Galleries, Dayton, OH
SPE Southwest Regional Conference, juried by Carol McCusker, Yavapai Gallery, Prescott, AZ
Carrying Across, curated by Yvonne Lung, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia
Sculptural Books: Memory & Desire, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson
2009 Lo-Fi, site-specific Land Art, curated by Jed Dunkerly, Smoke Farm, Arlington, WA
Hidden Between Covers, curated by Elizabeth Mellott, Arts Gallery, Collin College, Plano, TX
2008 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson
Emerging, Creative Center for Photography, Los Angeles; Cypress College; California State University
2007 Basically Human, University of Arizona and American University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2006 Society for Photographic Education Regional Exhibition, Universe City, Ogden, UT
Photography Now, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson
Exile On Main Street, Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson
2004-05 Latin American Invitational, curated by Adrian Ayala, México, Cuba, Guatemala, Chile, Argentina
2004 101 Ways to Remove a President from Power, curated by Greg Lundgren, CoCA, Seattle
Paramnesia, curated by Meredith Arena, Pochron Studio, DUMBO Arts Festival, New York
2003 LadyFest, curated by Amy Stevens, Consolidated Works and The Pound Gallery, Seattle
Northwest Annual, Juror Linda Farris, Center On Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle
2002 Western States Small Works, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
Personal Viewpoints, Juror Michael Kenna, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle
2001 Beneath The Surface, Juror Chien Chi-Chang, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle
Before/After, curated by Greg Lundgren, Vital 5 Productions, Seattle
Screenings
2010 “Across Land and Sky”, 4Culture Media Gallery, Seattle
“Air Traffic: control”, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart, Germany
“La Traversée”, 17 Days, curated by Adrianne Little, Alfred State University, New York
“La Traversée”, 17 Days, curated by Adrianne Little, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
“Wound”,curated by Carola Dreidemie, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Dallas
2009 “Shorn”, San Francisco Women’s Film Festival, Brava Theatre, San Francisco
2008-09 “Shorn”, Urban Jealousy: 1st Int’l Roaming Biennial of Tehran, curators Amirali Ghasemi, Serhat Koksal
Hafriyat Karakoy, DogzStar: Istanbul; West Germany, New Yorck, Galerie Wallywoods: Berlin;
Magacin, CZKD, Dom Omladine: Belgrade, Serbia
Performance History
2006 I-Haul, U-Look, a public mobile art gallery and intervention, First Thursday, Seattle, WA
2003-06 Infernal Noise Brigade, a mobile sound ensemble activated by massive political and cultural uprisings.
Seattle, San Francisco, New York and US locations, Canada, México, UK, Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria
2001-09 Vital 5 Productions, dedicated to the creation, production and representation of non-traditional art exhibits and performances.
Photographer/performer and opening events, Seattle, WA
Collections
Museé Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-SaÙne, France
Light Work, Syracuse, New York
Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York
Professional Experience
2011-pres Assistant Professor of Photography and Area Coordinator, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Colorado
2011-12 Peer Review Committee, Society for Photographic Education National Conference
2010-11 Visiting Artist: Photography I, Large Format Camera and Advanced Printing, Non- Silver and Alternative
Processes, Digital Capture and Output, Graduate Seminar, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
2010-11 Visiting Professor, 3D Concepts and Experimental Media, Master of Arts in Studio Art and Theory Program,
Summer Institute, Drury University, Springfield, MO
2011 Co-Organizer, In Progress, Undergraduate Photography Collaboration and Exhibition with University of Arizona
2010 Co-Organizer, Southwest Graduate Research Trip, Santa Fe (with New Mexico State University, University of
Arizona, Arizona State University, Institute for American Indian Art, Colorado University Boulder)
2009 Filmmaker with Sama Alshaibi, “The Rivers”, commission for Direct Aid Iraq, US and Amman, Jordan
Instructor, Shifting/Mapping workshop, Collin College, Plano, Texas
2008 Instructor with Professor Sama Alshaibi, Discovering Place: Advanced Photography, University of Arizona
Intern/Artist Assistant, “Lucky Number 7”, SITE Santa Fe International Biennal
2007-08 Research Assistant, Laureate Professor Frank Gohlke, University of Arizona
2007 Author and Presenter, “The Geography of Borders and Liminal Spaces”, Middle Eastern North African Graduate
Journal and Conference, University of Arizona
2006 Instructor-of-Record, Black and White Photography, University of Arizona
Teaching Assistant, Professor Ken Shorr, Black and White Photography, University of Arizona
2006-08 Intern, 6+: a women's art collective, USA, Palestinian Territories and Israel, New York, Chicago, Denver
2006-07 Director/Production, "Voices of Photography", Professor Harold Jones, Center For Creative Photography
2005-07 Print Handler, Archive, Special Events, Center For Creative Photography
2005 Instructor, Self-Portrait and Portfolio workshop, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2001-02 Mentor, Youth In Focus Photography Program, Seattle, WA
Selected Grants and Awards
2010 4Culture Site-Specific Performance Network Grant, Seattle, WA
Bellevue Special Project Grant, Bellevue, WA
City Artists Grant, King County Office of Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
2009 Camargo Foundation Fellowship
4Culture Digital Media Grant, Seattle, WA
Best Experimental, Documentary Award for “Shorn”, San Francisco Women’s Film Festival, CA
2008 Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes, France
Sound Transit: Start on Broadway Public Art Project Grant, Seattle, WA
Freestyle Crystal Apple National Award for Outstanding Achievement in Black & White Photography
Asian American Faculty, Staff and Alumni Association (AAFSAA) Grant, University of Arizona
Graduate and Professional Student Council Conference Grant, University of Arizona (2008, 2007)
College of Fine Arts Travel Grant, University of Arizona (2008, 2007, 2006, 2005)
Creative Achievement Award, School of Art, College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona
Medici Scholar, International Grant, University of Arizona (2007, 2006)
Tucson Pima Arts Council International Exchange Grant, Pima County, AZ
2006 Society of Photographic Education, Southwest Region Conference Graduate Scholarship
2005 King County Office of Cultural Affairs, King County, WA
GAP grant: Artist Trust, Washington State
Visiting Artist Lectures
2011 Presenter, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA
University of Washington, Seattle
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of Arizona, Tucson
2010 Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Juror Talk, Altered: Experimental Photography National Exhibition, University of West Florida, Pensacola
2009 Collin College, Plano, TX
2008 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Musée Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
ITW School of Fine Art, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
2007 University of Arizona, Middle Eastern North African Graduate Association Regional Conference
2006 Métafora International School of Art, Barçelona, Spain
2005 Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
Upfield Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Fairhaven College, Bellingham, WA
National Autonomous University of México, ENEP, México City
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Publications and Reviews
2011 Nueva Luz, “Life, Stilled”, Vol. 15 No.2, Sharon Mizota, New York
2010 CityArts, “Curator’s Eye: Tomiko’s Floating World”, December 1, Tim Appelo, Bellevue
23. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, exhibition catalogue, Stuttgart, Germany
Altered: Experimental Photography National Exhibition, catalogue, University of West Florida, Pensacola
2009 The Seattle Times, “Grants bring art to Bel-Red neighborhood in Bellevue”, Dec 23, Nicole Tsong, Bellevue
Seattle Weekly, “Cold Confusion”, interview/preview, June 25, Erika Hobart, Seattle
2008 Capitol Hill Times, “A Eulogy for Doomed Architecture”, Sept. 20, Steven Vroom, Seattle
Tucson Citizen, "Noisy Skies the Focus of Air Traffic: Control", July 31, Polly Higgins, Tucson
UANews, "Award-Winning Photography Graduate Ventures Into Video", May 5, La Monica Everett-Haynes, Tucson
Arizona Daily Wildcat, "'Negotiating' artist's eerie vision", March 8, Alexandria Kassman, Tucson
2006 The Stranger, "Porta-Photo", review, Vol. 16, No. 1, September 14, Carrie E.A. Scott, Seattle
2005 Popeye Magazine, review, July, Issue 7, Tokyo, Japan
Mono Magazine, review, June, No. 518, Tokyo, Japan
2003 The Excelsior, Art & Life, back cover interview, México City, México
Shots Magazine, Portfolio Issue, Front cover and feature, Minneapolis
2002 The Stranger, "The Stranger Suggests", preview, Vol.10 No.46, August 2, Emily Hall, Seattle
Seattle Weekly, preview, "SW This Week: Arts Picks", August 2, Anna Fahey, Seattle
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, front page profile, August 2, Regina Hackett, Seattle
Tablet Magazine, interview and exhibition review, August, Karla Esquivel, Seattle
Memberships
Society for Photographic Education: Multi Cultural Caucus Member
En Foco, New York
Artist Trust, Washington
Colorado Photographic Arts Center
ASMP National