Teri Jones

Amplification of the impressions and influence of place is frequently dealt with in my work. As a recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and independent, non-traditional student, I found myself in the transitional experience of a first-generation college student. Long-time friends and family, along with professors and other educators helped me navigate this transient landscape. Along the way, I created response and impression paintings and collages as a way of building a home for myself of the patchwork of places I'd called home. I've experimented along the way with a mix of abstract and representational, recording impressions both from within and without as a way of being honest about the nature of memory and perceptions.
My development as a painter has taken me from the northern foothills of Appalachia to the deep south and the city of Chicago. In 2015, after attending the University of North Georgia, I was named a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar and transferred to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where I earned my BFA in December 2017.

BFA, School of the Art Institute, December 2017
AA Studio Art, University of North Georgia, 2014
AA Middle Grades Education, University of North Georgia, 2014

SAIC Fall BFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, 2017
Ballroom Projects, Chicago, 2017
University of North Georgia, 2014
University of North Georgia, 2013