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Professor of Art, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 2005 - Present
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, University of South Carolina, 1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Austin Peay State University, 1995
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES/PROJECTIONS
(black&jones indicates collaborative work with Kell Black)
Lesson 11 (Orwell), Outdoor Projection, University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN, 2025
Lesson 5 (Timothy Snyder), Outdoor Projection, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2024
Lesson 12 (the Golden Rule), Outdoor Projection, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, 2024
Barry R. Jones, Atrium Videos, Commonwealth University, Bloomsburg, PA, 2024
Lesson 9 (the Freedom Riders), outdoor projection at Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL, as part of the Kaleidoscope Festival, 2023
Lesson 6 (James Baldwin), Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA, 2023
Lesson 6 (James Baldwin), Union Grove Gallery, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 2022
Do It! - Black & Jones Dance Party, performance in the New Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN (black&jones), 2019
Lesson 3 (Gene Sharp), Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2017
Lesson 2 (Tom Joad), Rebecca Randall Bryant Art Gallery, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, 2016
A Young Person’s Latin Guide to the Orchestra, performance with Gateway Chamber Orchestra, Austin Peay State University (black&jones), 2015
Utopian Projection, Philip J. Steele Gallery, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO, 2014
Run’s House Remix, SeedSpace - Nashville, TN (black&jones), 2014
Common Hope: Spartanburg, Public Projection at the Headquarters Library, Spartanburg, SC, Sponsored by the Curtis R. Haley Gallery at the University of South Carolina Upstate, 2013
Carnival of the Animals, performance with the Gateway Chamber Orchestra, Austin Peay State University (black&jones), 2013
Texts, threesquared Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2012
Frankenstein!!, performance with the Gateway Chamber Orchestra, Austin Peay State University (black&jones), 2012
Please Call Stella, The Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA (black&jones), 2012
Please Call Stella, Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY (black&jones), 2011
Please Call Stella, Blend Studios, Nashville, TN (black&jones), 2011
2001 Retold, the Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN, (black&jones), 2010
VJ Performance, Open Lot, Nashville, TN (black&jones), 2010
Greed is Good, Oliver Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, (collaboration with Robb Fladry), 2009
Sonor et Visio performance at Green Spaces, Chattanooga, TN, (black&jones), 2009
Please Call Stella, Hammons Gallery - Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR (black&jones), 2009
Sonor et Visio, performance at Hiram Van Gordon Memorial Gallery, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN (black&jones), 2008
Please Call Stella, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN (black&jones), 2008
Metropolis Remix, performance at University Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY (black&jones and Robb Fladry), 2008
Metropolis Remix, performance at Falvey Hall, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (black&jones and Robb Fladry), 2008
Metropolis Remix, Arts West Gallery, Elon University, Elon, NC (black&jones and Robb Fladry), 2008
Metropolis Remix performance at Black Box Theater, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA (black&jones and Robb Fladry), 2008
Metropolis Remix, performance at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (black&jones and Robb Fladry), 2007
Metropolis Remix, performance at Front Page Deli, Clarksville, TN (black&jones and Robb Fladry), 2007
Voices, Omega Gallery, Carson Newman College, Jefferson City, TN, 2006
For Vivian, Moon Gallery, Berry College, Rome, GA, 2006
For Vivian, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 2006
Like a Flower, Southwest Virginia Mental Health Institute, Marion, VA, 2005
Mental Soldier, Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC, 2005
Force of Will, 153 West Gallery, Abingdon, VA, 2004
Secrets, 1912 Gallery, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA, 2004
Hope and Understanding, Russell Gallery, Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA, 2002
Limitless Mind, Young Harris College Gallery, Young Harris, GA, 2002
Asylum, University of South Carolina Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC, 2002
Wings (for Brian), Spaces - SPACElab, Cleveland, OH, 2001
For Brian, Mill River Gallery, Ellicott City, MD, 2001
For Brian, Association of Visual Artists Center Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2000
Recent Work, Russell Gallery, Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA, 2000
Barry Jones: Installations, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, 2000
Asylum, Gallery 701, Columbia, SC, 1998
Building a Wall, Robert C May Gallery of Photography, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1995
Show Your Wound, Gallery 108, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 1995
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
(black&jones indicates collaborative work with Kell Black)
Fight Club, Art Link, Ft. Wayne, IN, 2026
Grief Work, Material Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT, 2026
Deflate: Failures, Flops & Silver Linings, The Pit Gallery and Three Two One Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 2026
Microcinema, Short Video Festival, Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2025
BAT, Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, 2025
Between a Love and a Hard Place, Featuring Roger Beebe, Kellie Bornhoft, Barry Jones, and Julie Lee, Vinegar Projects Media Window, Birmingham, AL, 2024
Microcinema, Short Video Festival, Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2024
Art Through the Lens, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, 2024
Faculty Triennial, The New Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 2024
Word, Gallery 44 Digital Gallery, online, 2023
The Art of the South, sponsored by Number, Inc., Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2022
The Cul de Sackers, Ruby Projects, Fairfax, VA, 2022
Faculty Triennial, The New Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 2020
That Group Show, Ruby Projects, Fairfax, VA, 2020
T.N.T. Text, WAS Gallery - Bethesda, MD, 2018
Collaborations, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN (black&jones), 2018
Art as Information, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE, 2017
Faculty Triennial, The New Gallery, Austin Peay State University, 2017
Design as Art/Art as Design, Greenly Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, 2016
No Skyline Nashville, Gallery Lupercal, Nashville, TN (black&jones), 2016
The One and the Many, L Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2015
Visuaral: Sight, Sound and Action, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA, 2015
Faculty Biennial, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 2014
Positive/Negative National Juried Exhibition, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 2014
Third Annual Prime Time: New Media Juried Exhibition, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC (black&jones), 2014
NMC 10 Video Programme curated by Heather Darcy and Krista Hoefle (black&jones), 2014
Traveled to:
-Llewellyn Gallery, Alfred State College, Alfred, NY
-Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV
-Cassidy Theatre, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
-Brick City Gallery, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
-Zona Auditorium, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
INSTA: International Show/Tell Annual, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN, 2013
Squint, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY, 2013
Failures, Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, AR, 2013
A View From the Outside, The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland (black&jones), 2013
Light Adapted, Track One, Nashville, TN (black&jones), 2013
2012 Art Faculty Biennial, Austin Peay Downtown Gallery, Clarksville, TN, 2012
Alex Ewin, Barry Jones, Heather Walker, Jarrod Walker, Austin Peay Downtown Gallery, Clarksville, TN, 2012
Low Lives @ ISEA, National Hispanic Center, Albuquerque, NM (black&jones), 2012
Digital Graffiti, Alys Beach, FL (black&jones), 2012
Manifold, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 2010
InLight Richmond, Richmond, VA (black&jones), 2010
UNC Asheville Invitational, Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC (black&jones), 2010
Festival Pocket Films, Forum des Images, Paris, France (black&jones), 2010
C: A MiniVideo Art Festival, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA, (black&jones), 2010
Polymer, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN (black&jones), 2009
Art House Film and Video Festival, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (black&jones), 2009
FILE 2008, Electronic Language International Festival, SESI Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2008
Perspectives, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, 2007
FILE - RIO 2007, Oi Futuro Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007
Brawl on the Wall - 2006 Faculty Biennial, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 2006
FILE 2006, Electronic Language International Festival, SESI Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2006
Art Tech Media 06, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; traveled to venues in the Canary Islands, Bilbao, and Barcelona, 2006
ISIMD 06: 4th International Symposium of Interactive Media Design, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006
Radiant Body, Luminous Mind: Glen Friedel and Barry R. Jones, Gudelsky Gallery, School of Art and Design at Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD, 2005
Faculty Biennial, The 1912 Gallery, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA, 2005
Petite 2, New Light Gallery, Abingdon, VA, 2004
Annual Report, 153 West Gallery, Abingdon, VA, 2004
x3: installations by Chad Curtis, Barry Jones, and Donna Stack, Barn Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 2003
Accessibility, Various sites in Sumter, SC, sponsored by the Sumter County Cultural Commission (work installed in vacant store windows), 2002
Accessibility,Various sites in Sumter, SC, sponsored by the Sumter County Cultural Commission (work installed at the Toumey Medical Center), 2001
In the Woods, Russell Hall Gallery, Middle Georgia College
Artscape Annual, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art and Villa Julie College Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2000
Winter Doldrums 2000, Chesapeake Gallery, Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD, 2000
Art Faculty Exhibition, Marlboro Gallery, Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD, 1999
Introductions III, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN, 1999
The Shape of Words, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1998
Thixotropic, John and June Alcott Gallery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1998
Encore, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, 1998
Group Show, Gallery 701, Columbia, SC, 1997
Group Show, The Studio at Motor Supply, Columbia, SC, 1997
International Photography and Digital Image Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 1997
Art Feed and Seed, Artista Vista Festival, Columbia, SC, 1996
Exposure 2, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA, traveled to the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 1995
Found Art, The Gallery on Broadway, Nashville, TN, 1994
Hot Flashes: Contemporary Photography, The Gallery on Broadway, Nashville, TN, 1993
Emerging Artists ’93, The Gallery on Broadway, Nashville, TN, 1993
ARTIST LECTURES AND GALLERY TALKS
To Search for the Good and Make it Matter, College of Arts & Letters Faculty Research Spotlight, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN - Artist Lecture, 2026
University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN - Artist Lecture, 2025
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN - Artist Lecture, 2024
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL - Artist Lecture, 2023
University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL - Gallery Talk, 2022
Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL - Curator Talk with Michael Dickins, 2016
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO - Artist Lecture, 2014
Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN - Artist Lecture, 2014
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA - Artist Lecture, 2012
Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY, (black&jones) - Gallery Talk, 2011
University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC - Artist Lecture, 2010
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, (black&jones) - Artist Lecture, 2010
University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, (black&jones) - Artist Lecture, 2009
Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC - Gallery Talk, 2005
Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA - Artist Lecture, 2002
University of South Carolina Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC - Artist Lecture, 2001
Association for Visual Artists Gallery, Chattanooga, TN - Gallery Talk, 2000
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA - Gallery Talk, 2000
Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD - Artist Lecture, 2000