About

After earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts from APSU in 1995, Barry R. Jones received his Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art: 3D Studies from the University of South Carolina. He went on to teach at Middle Georgia State University and Emory & Henry University before returning to his alma mater in 2005 as an assistant professor of art. He is now a Professor of Art at APSU.

In addition to teaching, Jones is an artist working in digital media. He has exhibited work in galleries and museums worldwide, including the Asheville Art Museum, the Butler Institute of American Art, the Delaware Contemporary, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Atlanta Contemporary, the Oi Future Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Turkey, and many others.

Jones has served in several leadership roles at Austin Peay, including Dean of the College of Arts & Letters, Chair of the Department of Art + Design, president of the faculty senate, member of the COVID-19 Response Committee, and chair of several other committees. As an artist, he has delivered invited lectures at several schools and museums, including Flagler College in Florida, the University of Tennessee, the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, and the First Center for the Visual Arts.

Jones is married to Jennifer Ford, and they have four children: Parker, Aidan, Hope, and Elliott.