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Biography  
            John Jonas received his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1996, he also studied at the Arts Students League of New York.  His work has been exhibited widely, including  the de Young Museum, Sanchez Art Center, Rene di Rosa Off the Preserve, Grace Cathedral (San Francisco), the Hendon Gallery (Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio), Pro Arts, the San Francisco Main Library and Galleria G8, Montecastello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy.  He has maintained a studio in Benicia since 1994.

Web     www.johnjonasweb.com
Email   jjmjart@aol.com

Studio  940 Tyler Street, Studio 6     
            Benicia, CA 94510    
            707-853-0031 

Education
            BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California        
            BS, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California 
            China National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China  

Exhibitions
2010    Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, National 2010 Juried Exhibition
           The Warehouse Gallery, Oakland, CA, Signiture Stretcher Bars Client Show
           UC Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, CA, Portrait Exhibition 
           Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, The Art of a Community 
2009    Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, The National Drawing and
           Sculpture
 Exhibit 
           Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA,
Beasts on Broadway Animals   
           Galore
  
           Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA, Big Blue Deal 
2008    Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, Soupcon: A Small Works Show     
           Fairfield Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield , CA, 
 45th Regional Juried 
           Art Show
2007    Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, 2007 Elder Arts Celebrations       
           Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, The Art of a Community     
           Fairfield Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield, CA,
44th Regional Juried     
           Art Show      
          
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, 2007 BAC Members' Showcase     
           The Main ARTery Gallery,  Benicia, CA, Where the Wild Things Are                         
2006    Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, The Art of a Community      
           Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Showcase 2006
2005    The de Young Museum, San Francisco, 2005 Elder Arts Celebrations
           Galleria G8. Montecastello di Vibio, Italy, Mostra Di Pittura E Scultura    
           San Francisco Art Institute, Diego Rivera Gallery, 
Elder Arts   
           Celebrations

           Fairfield Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield, CA,
43rd Regional  
           Juried Art Show        
           600 Townsend, San Francisco, CA,
Elder Arts Celebrations Special  
           Exhibition              
           Galarie Shokat, Oakland, CA, Duality   
           Marin Art and Garden Center, Ross, CA, 
Open Craft & Sculpture  
           Exhibition
      
            
           Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, Art of the Community    
           Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Showcase 2005
2004    Rene di Rosa Off The Preserve, CA, 2004 Elder
Arts Celebration                              
           Fairfield Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield, CA, 
42nd Regional Juried    
           Art Show     
           Galleria G8, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy, Mostra di Pittura                        
           Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA.
BACA Showcase 2004
2003    San Francisco Main Library, Jewett Gallery, 2003 Elder Arts Celebrations                 
           Fairfield Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield, CA,
41st Regional Juried    
           Art Show
2002    Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, Art of the Commumity 
2001    Jeannie Brewer Gallery, San Francisco,
UC Berkeley Extension Art     
           Exhibition    
           Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, The Art of a Community
2000    Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, A Painting    
           Exhibition 
1999    Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, New Visions: Introductions ’99, an exhibition for     
           emerging California artists      
           The Benicia Public Library, Benicia, CA, Beveled Edge Press, 
An Exhibition    
           of Etchings, Linocuts, Monotype and Woodcuts

1998    Fairfield Community Center, Fairfield, CA, 
36th Annual Regional Juried 
           Art Show 
 
1997    Fairfield Community Center, Fairfield, CA,
35th Annual Regional Juried 
           Art Show  
  
           Prudential California Gallery, Benicia, CA,
An Exhibition of Benicia   
           Artists

1996    Bay Front Gallery, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA,
San Francisco Art    
           Institute Senior Show
1995    China National Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China, An Exhibition of  
           Art
           Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, Mixed Blessings/ Aging and Wisdom               
           Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, Student Exhibition
1994    Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA, Meet the Makers    
           Fairfield Community Center, Fairfield, CA,
32nd Annual Regional Juried     
           Art Show
1993    Solano Community College, Suisun, CA

Bibliography                 
              Fairfield Visual Arts Association, Jurors Comment: Artist John Jonas,  
              Fairfield, CA, 2004   
              Faught, Judith, Skip the Computer Screen, View the Real Thing, Daily Republic,
              Fairfield, CA, November 13, 1998  
              Hansen, Accountant Turns Artist in Solano County, Editorial Page, Solano  
              Times, Concord, CA, February 1, 1996  
              Jacobson, Catherine D., Art Enters Man's Life Once More, Solano Times,   
           Concord, CA, February 1, 1996              
              Paisley, Michelle, The Arts: Novice to Noted Will Exhibit Artwork in 2nd
              Annual  'Art of a Community', Benicia Herald, Benicia, CA, November  
              25th, 1995  
              Schlossberg, Brandi, Open Studios All Across the Town, Benicia Herald,   
              Benicia, CA, May 4, 2001  
              Steele, Nancy, Art of a Community, Arts Benicia Artifact, February 1996
      
Awards and Honors
2010    Merit Award, Natational 2010 Juried Exhibition, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 
           Sebastopol, CA, juror: Maria Medua, Director of Artists Gallery SFMOMA                     
2009    Honorable Mentioned, Beasts on Broadway, Animals Galore, Santa Cruz Art League,  
           Santa Cruz, CA, Juror: George Rivera, Executive Director of the Triton Museum of Art
2008    Third Place Drawing, 45th Annual Regional Juried Art Show, Fairfield Center for
           Creative Arts,Fairfield, CA 
2005    The de Young Museum, 2005 Elder Arts Celebration, juror's selection as one of  
           twenty artists to particiate at an exhibition honoring Wayne Thiebaud at   
           the opening of the new de Young Museum, October 2005 
2004    Honorable Mentioned, Berkeley Art Center 2004 Showcase, Berkeley Art
           Center,Berkeley, CA  
           Second Place Painting Oil and Acrylics, 42nd Annual Regional Juried 
           Art Show, 
Fairfield Center for Creative Arts, Fairfield, CA
1999    Juror's Seclection to Pro Arts 1999 Introductions for Emerging California Artists,
           Oakland, CA, juror: Rupert Garcia 
1998    Honorable Mentioned, 36th Regional Juried Art Show, Fairfield Center for Creative
           Arts, Fairfield, CA  
                                                  
Residencies
2005    International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Montecastello di      
           Vibio, Umbria, Italy
2004    International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Montecastello di
           Vibio, Unbria, Italy