Brenda Jones
Peyton, CO
(b. Kansas, 1956)
Artist Bio
Brenda Jones is a contemporary sculptor who lives and works in Peyton, CO. She grew up in southeast Kansas in the 1960s and her work pays homage to the gender roles imbedded in that time period and rural American place. Her sculptures are typically everyday objects with narrative imagery on the surface that appears nostalgic and delicate while at the same time critiquing traditional women’s roles or expectations. Jones states, “I tell stories in my work and I invite you to interpret these on various levels as you take the visual journey.”
As an elementary school student, she found it lucky to be able to trade her drawings in school for answers to homework and continued her interest in art in high school where she was mentored by a Japanese art teacher. Taking advice from her teacher, she earned a Bachelor’s of Art Education at Wichita State University as well as a Master’s of Art in Art History and Ceramics. She has taught these subjects in both Kansas and Colorado.
Jones’ artwork has been shown in exhibits across the U.S. She has won best of show in several exhibits and has receives scholarships to study at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Anderson Ranch in Aspen, and Fulbright travel studies to Argentina and Japan. Most recently she was a short term ceramics resident at Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana. She currently is represented by Strecker-Nelson gallery in Manhattan, KS and 45º in Colorado Springs, CO.
