Kelly Lynn Jones lives and works in San Francisco.
EDUCATION
2010 California College of the Art, San Francisco, MFA
2002 California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, BFA with High Distinction
Summer of 2001- Studied in Paris, France through CCAC
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Guest Curator, "Re-Interpretation", Candystore Collective, San Francisco, July 2010
Guest Curator, "Buddy System", Rare Device, San Francisco, July 2009
Guest Curator, Tinlark Gallery, Los Angeles, September 2008
Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, November 2007
Guest Artist Lecture, Parson’s The New School in NYC, October 2007
Commissioned Art, New York Times Magazine, 2006
Owner of Artist site, www.littlepaperplanes.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Sight School, Oakland, CA (October)
2008
Little Bird Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Rare Device Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Curio69 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Primary Space Gallery, Detroit, MI
2004
National Product Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
Showpony, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Friends Show, THIS Los Angeles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
At Bay, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Paper! Awesome!, Baer Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Show curated by Hilary Pecis, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
Drawing Show, RVCA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lost Symbols curated by Victoria Keddie, St. Cecilias Convent Space, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Enormous Tiny Art Show, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
About Place Group Show, AC2 Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Two Person show with Eli Geiser, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2008
One Night Group Show, 111 Minna, San Francisco, CA
Group Show, Krets Gallery, Malmo, Sweden
Handmade Nation, Poketo, Los Angeles, CA
Tree Show, Giant Robot, San Francisco, CA
Print Show, Giant Robot, San Francisco, CA
Group Show, Giant Robot, NYC, CA
2007
Group show, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tree Show, Giant Robot, San Francisco, CA
Immaterial Assemblies (Three person show with Michelle Blade and Michele Carlson), Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pick of the Harvest, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Small Painting Show, Giant Robot, New York, NY
8 x10 Group Show, Giant Robot, San Francisco, CA
2006
Oh and Oh Group Show, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Little Squares Project, Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County, CA
Smitten, Giant Robot, New York, NY
Tree Show, Giant Robot, San Francisco, CA
I Used to Believe, David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL
Group Show, Renowned Gallery, Portland, OR
Sour Chandelier, JUNC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
The New Naturalist, Giant Robot, San Francisco, CA
24 Frames A Minute, Here Gallery, Bristol, England
Paper! Awesome!, Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Doe, Emoda Gallery, Louisville, KY
Group Show, Koos Art Center, Long Beach, CA
Daydreaming, UNO, Los Angeles, CA
Welcome Homes, Juice Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Word of Mouth, Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA
Found, Scene Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
Doe a Deer, Magpie, San Diego, CA
2004
Beaks and Bucks, Primary Space Gallery, Detroit, MI
Hot for Teacher, Camp Fig, Austin, TX
Golden State, Primary Space Gallery, Detroit, MI
Hounds Tooth and Herring Bone, Here Gallery, Bristol, England
Keep A Breast, ModArt
One, Motel Gallery, Portland, OR
2003
Dionysus, Varnish Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fresh Produce, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA
Im Stalking You, Showpony, Los Angeles, CA
Dio-rama-rama, Buzz Gallery, Oakland, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
San Francisco Chronicle, August 2010
Juxtapoz Magazine Online, October 2007
Real Detroit Weekly, May4-10, 2005
Noise Newspaper, Interviewed by Carla Kucinski, March 30, 2005
San Diego CityBeat Newspaper, February 2005
Bay Guardian Newspaper, Sarah Han Reviewed “Family Secrets”, February 2-11, 2004
East Bay Express, Kelly Vance Reviewed “Dio-rama-rama”, June 4-10, 2003