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Jonathan Kent Adams explores themes of sexuality, spirituality, and place within his art. Adams history of struggle with religious exclusion creates a transcendence in solitude. His paintings and drawings oscillate between realism and surrealism. Adams encourages self-discovery beyond traditions that often deny the outsider’s existence. Adams received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 2014 from the University of Mississippi. He studied under Mary Beth McKenzie at the Art Student's League of New York in 2012. Adams lives and creates in Water Valley, Mississippi.
Contact
Please email or call for pricing or specifics regarding art pieces.
Email: jonathankentadams@gmail.com
Cell: 662-571-5417
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan_kent_adams/
CV
One Night Stand: Motel Art Show, Curated Erin Austen Abbott. Oxford, MS. 2014
Summer Art Exhibit, Curated by Jere Allen. Gallery 130. Oxford, MS. 2014
Sacrosanct: BFA Thesis Exhibit, Gallery 130, Oxford, MS. 2014
Secret Art Show, Yoknapatawpha Arts Counsel, Oxford. MS. 2014
Mississippi Collegiate Art Show, Curated Jean Donegan. Jackson, MS. 2015
One Night Stand: Motel Art Show, Curated Erin Austen Abbott. Oxford, MS. 2015
Heartlines: Black+White Exhibit, Yoknapatawpha Arts Counsel. Oxford, MS. 2015
Art Gaysel. Curated Alexander Guerra. Miami, FL. 2015
Splinter: A Group Exhibit. Curated by Justin Vance. Columbus, MS. 2016
Art Gaysel. Curated by Alexander Guerra. Miami, FL. 2016
Pulse: A Solo Tribute. Union Gallery of the University of Mississippi. Oxford, MS. 2023
One Night Stand: Motel Art Show, Curated Erin Austen Abbott. Oxford, MS. 2016
Art Gaysel. Curated by Alexander Guerra. Miami, FL. 2017
Flesh/Spirit: Solo Exhibit. Living Room Gallery. Curated by Erin Austen Abbot. Water Valley, MS. 2017
Art Gaysel. Curated by Alexander Guerra. Miami, FL. 2018
Myth of the Beast: Solo Exhibit. Southside Gallery. Oxford, MS 2018
Art Gaysel, Curated by Alexander Guerra. Miami, FL. 2019
Queer As I. Curated by Dan Halm. HERE Art Center. New York, NY. 2019
A Howl Is Also a Prayer: Group Exhibit. Curated by John Brooks. Wilson Gallery. 2020
Ways We See Us: Solo Exhibit. Treadwell Gallery. Provincetown, MA. 2021
Touch Me, Hold Me: Group Exhibit. Curated by Warner Ball. WB Gallery. 2021
Maybe the Bridegroom Waits for Me: Solo Exhibit. Southside Gallery. Oxford, MS. 2021
Art Gaysel, Curated by Alexander Guerra. Miami, FL. 2022
Queer Aesthetics, Curated by Dr. Jill Drouillard. Mississippi University for Women. Columbus, MS. 2022
Fire Island 19th Biennial Art Show. Curated by Marc Christensen. Fire Island, NY. 2023
Double Decker Exhibit, Southside Gallery. Oxford, MS. Curated Wil Cook and Coulter Fussell. 2023
The Welcome Exhibit: Honoring Hubert Creekmore. Bozarts Gallery. Water Valley, MS 2023
We Were Always Here: Queer Alumni Exhibit at The University of Mississippi. Oxford, MS 2023
Magnolia Memories: Honoring the History of LGBTQ+ MS. Jackson Municipal Art Gallery. 2023
A Room with a View: Group Exhibit. Curated by Nio Vardan. Vardan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2023
PUBLICATIONS & FILM
Featured Artist. The Daily Mississippian. 2014.
Featured Artist. The Oxford Eagle. 2014.
Cover Art for Assaracus: A Journal of Gay Poetry Vol. 12. 2015
Voted Oxford's Favorite Artist for 2015 by The Local Voice.
Artist Spotlight. The Local Voice. February, 2016.
http://www.thelocalvoice.net/oxford/local-artist-lowdown-jonathan-kent-adams/
Featured at the Oxford Film Fest in Layers: A Documentary by Christina Huff. 2016.
https://vimeo.com/121316310
Cover Art for DIG by Bryan Borland. 2016
http://www.spdbooks.org/Content/Site106/ProductImages/9780990516989.jpg
Featured Artist in JARRY MAG of Brooklyn, NY. Issue #2. 2016
Featured Artist in DIME magazine of Hattiesburg, MS. Vol.2 No.7
Featured on The Tab News :
http://thetab.com/us/olemiss/2016/08/08/voice-to-orlando-pulse-victims-473
Cover story. The Daily Mississippian. “Pulse: A Tribute…” Vol. 105. No. 47
Conserva Artist in Residence. 2020:
https://conservaculture.com/blogs/conserva-culture/jonathan-kent-adams
Spectrum South Publication:
https://www.spectrumsouth.com/mississippi-artist-jonathan-kent-adams/
Featured on the Weight Podcast. 2021
https://www.theweightpodcast.com/episodes/human-sexuality-art-of-exclusion-with-jonathan-
kent-adams
Out Magazine Artist Spotlight. November. 2022
https://www.out.com/art/2022/9/07/artist-gallery-jonathan-kent-adams-modern-day-monet
Art featured in 2 episodes of HBO’s Inventing Anna. 2021
Created Sketchbook for the main character, Gus, in Scraps. 2023
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26731484/
Cover Art for the rerelease of The Welcome by Hubert Creekmore
Cover Art for Pieces of A Boy by Sam Morris