David Thomas Jones Jonesi

JONESI

Aka
David Thomas Jones

MULTIMEDIA BACKGROUND
, Vancouver, BC, Canada
I have been photographing personally and professionally since I was a young teenager.
- I discovered the magic of photography in 1967 at the age of 12 as a photography club member at
private school St. Andrews College, Ontario 1966-1970 .
- Later on as a part time media student at George Brown College in Toronto ’74 using 1/2 inch B&W
video tape and still images?
- In 1976 I traveled throughout Europe documenting my journey with my still camera.
- I moved to Vancouver, BC in 1978, and that fall I was fortunate enough to be admitted to the 2 yr.
Photography Technician Program at Langara College.
Graduated in 1980 with a minor in Film Production.
- I freelanced and assisting from 1980 –’81
- National Association of Photographic Art group Show Robson Square, Vancouver, BC early 1980’s
- Contemporary Art Gallery PEMD art photo grant early 1980’s
- I volunteered in video production at Rogers Cable 10 in 1983.
- 1984-’87 I completed the Television Production program at BCIT.
- 1986 to 1992 Knowledge Network. ’84 – ’97
- Cameraman at BC Place Stadium 1984-1998 (note: I was the hand held camera operator who picked
out Pamela Anderson from the football crowd)
- Group exhibitions at Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1995/1996
- Completed BA-UBC (Film/Fine Arts- minor) 1997
- Member IATSE 891 1998- Grip film technician Full time work.
- Dec. 10, 1999 began a 2 yr. Trip to Middle East , Turkey and Greece. Documented my travels with a
mini DV digital video camera and still camera.
- Fell in love and married Turkish bebe Mutlu Karadag Oct. 6, 2001. Back to work as a grip Nov. 2001.
- Father Ken Jones passes away Jan. 2, 2004.
- NYC International ArtExpo -SOLO Pavilion Exhibitor,booth # 3063, Feb. 26-Mar. 1 2004


FILM AND DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECTS


PHOTOGRAPHY


WRECK BEACH:
B& W hand colored stills, fully released images ’95 –’97


Vintage Art Images
Taken through out the artists career.


Fetish Images
Stills taken during the filming of ‘Domina’ a film about the fetish scene in Vancouver…a work in progress


Doors of Perception:
A continued collection of photo stills of doorways taken around the world. 1990 – continued


3rd World Portraits: A collection of images of 3rd world nations taken during my travels.





FILM & VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES
(Works in progress *)

GuruQuest - India Documentary Filmed March-April 2010 - Jason Dobmeier Co-Producer


Dahab: South of Ras Abu Galum – a look at the Bedouin, Egyptians and tourist of a small unique back packers village located on the Eastern coast of the Egyptian Sinai. 2003


*Vendors of Istanbul: A look at the present day street vendor of Istanbul contrasted with those from a by-gone age.

*Domina: Film documentary a peek into the underground Fetish, S&M scene of Vancouver. ’99 …


INSTALLATIONS Prototypes


‘Groovy Girl’ :
Multimedia prototype sculpture: ‘jonesi’d/dadist reconstruction of Nike of Samothrace. A juxtaposed represention of the conflict of cultures, war mixed with the humour of the ‘Winged Victory’ rotating horizontally, counter clockwise with its headless rabbit face grinning sarcastically at the viewer.
Yellow acrylic painted sculpture clay, w/ Alfred E. Newman hologram, Crusader flags, legs& red boots & rotating platform

‘Scream of the Dragonfly’

A prototype of an semi-abstracted image of a Dragonfly screaming. Proposed outdoor installation in the country side whose purpose is to bring Art to the rural areas, reflecting environmental concerns and stimulating interest, dialogue in art. Prototype:
Acrylic on board 6 sections - 6’ x 4’

*KJ’s Lounge: a memorial art installation challenging our senses about life, death and beyond based on the demise of Ken Jones, former retail executive and family man and alcoholic. Conceptual stage.




DAVID THOMAS JONES

Artist Statement


The evocative images of JONESI have an aesthetic that transcends time and space. My images are not to be typically categorized. I works in a multitude of mediums and subject matter and techniques, resisting artistic type casting . The images are uniquely executed with an obvious sense of composite refinement.
POstpRimitivism is the name I associate with my art works; an antithesis to the ‘moribund’, ‘empty’ art of photo conceptualism. My former art is primarily photography based but have recently taken on the mediums of filmmaking, painting, sculpture and installations.
My imagery is to be seen as a proactive endorsement of the act of creation, with meaning and depth, but without limitations, in all its forms, refusing to be bound up in rhetorical critiques and myopic ‘art speak’. pOstpRimitivism challenges the artist and viewer to reinterpretate the photographic medium.
I have recorded a B&W series on Vancouver’s ‘clothing optional’ Wreck Beach.
I have also merged myself into Vancouver’s underground Fetish culture, documenting with moving and still images, the eclectic gathering of ‘kink’ participants.
My travels have taken me overseas to Syria, Egypt and Jordan, Turkey, Greece, Thailand, and Europe, where I have captured digital video and film stills of the essence of indigenous people, their culture and their representative monuments.
Jonesi has exhibited locally in Vancouver, Canada and internationally in New York City.

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