Jonah Brock
719-205-3110
jembrockart@gmail.com
Education
2016-2021
B.A., Visual and Performing Arts, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Visual Art, Art History
Magna Cum Laude
Solo Exhibitions
Discontinuity
Memento Mori Gallery
Denver, CO
Upcoming July 2024
Affliction
Disruptor Gallery at Shutter and Strum
Colorado Springs, CO
Upcoming in April 2024
In The Flesh
Ultra Flat Black Gallery
Colorado Springs, CO
2022
Heirlooms
The Machine Shop
Colorado Springs, CO
2020
In Inceptum Finis Est
The Dock
Colorado Springs, CO
2020
sorry i was an asshole to you while we were growing up, the internet made me think i was cool
White Trash Gallery
LaSalle, IL
2014
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Art on Loop, The Holy Art Gallery, Berlin, GER
Unusual, The Holy Art Gallery, London, EN
Rocky Mountain Triennial, Museum of Art Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO
Sacred Art, Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, Palmer Lake, CO
Human Figure, Memento Mori Gallery, Denver, CO
2022
Gratitude, Kreuser Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
2021
Apparition, GOCA 121-Galleries of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO
U OK?, GOCA 121-Galleries of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO
Ritual, Intersect Arts Space, St. Louis, MO
VAPA Fest, Ent Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
2020
Rocky Mountain Biennial, Museum of Art Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO
2019
Art Club of UCCS Spring Group Showcase, the Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, Colorado Springs, CO
VAPA Fest, Ent Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
Small Works, The Modbo & SPQR, Colorado Springs, CO
2018
Art Club of UCCS Spring Group Showcase, the Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, Colorado Springs, CO
Small Works, The Modbo & SPQR, Colorado Springs, CO
2017
Young Hot Sh*ts, the Modbo, Colorado Springs, CO
Self Portrait Show, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
Expressionism, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
Small Works, The Modbo & SPQR, Colorado Springs, CO
2016
Small Works, The Modbo & SPQR, Colorado Springs, CO
2015
Small Works, The Modbo & SPQR, Colorado Springs, CO
Residencies
2020
The Machine Shop, Colorado Springs, CO
Festivals & Showcases
2021
shelter-in-place, video, Annual Student Film Festival, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
2018
a poem by jem, video, Annual Student Film Festival, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
2016
Moon, sound art, Computer Music Showcase, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Publications
2019
“the lake poem”, poem, riverrun Vol. 46, edited by Shannon Garvin. (Colorado Springs, CO: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs): 81
“the second stanza”, drawing, riverrun Vol. 46, edited by Shannon Garvin. (Colorado Springs, CO: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs): 81
Talks
2021
Gallery Chat, GOCA Downtown, July 22
Thesis research presentation - “The Abject Mystical Body”, Heller Center for Arts and Humanities, May 6
2020
Artist talk, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, April 15
Artist talk, 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Forum, April 11
Artist talk, The Dock, March 13
2019
Featured poet (performance), TEDxColorado Springs: Frontiers, Ent Center for the Arts, September 28
Artist talk, sponsored by the Non-Book Club Book Club, Tim Gill Center for Public Media, May 25
Featured poet (performance), riverrun Vol. 46 reception, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, May 10
Curatorial & Preparation
2020
Sacrum by Danielle Rae Miller, GOCA Downtown, Colorado Springs, CO
Apparition (UCCS Senior Thesis Exhibition), GOCA Downtown, Colorado Springs, CO
2019
Collodion Witches by Martha Wheeler, The Dock, Colorado Springs, CO
Lessons of Silence by Clark Valentine, Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, Colorado Springs, CO
Art Club of UCCS Spring Group Showcase, Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, Colorado Springs, CO
2018
Contour Identities by Troy Hobbs, Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, Colorado Springs, CO
Mask the Problem: Plastic by Nick Zimmer, Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, Colorado Springs, CO
Art Club of UCCS Spring Group Showcase, Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, Colorado Springs, CO
752 Days by Jansen Howard, Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, Colorado Springs, CO
Awards
2021 Louis Cicotello Award, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (Graduating Award)
2021 Most Outstanding Student - Visual and Performing Arts Department, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (Graduating Award)
2021 Most Outstanding Student - Visual Arts Program, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (Graduating Award)
2020 Artist Recovery Fund for the Pikes Peak Region Grant Award, Pikes Peak Community Foundation & Bee Vradenburg Foundation
2020 VAPA Department Scholarship, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
2019 Suzy Weinert Scholarship for Fine Arts, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
2018 Harris Visual Arts Scholarship, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Work Experience
2018-2020
Visual Resource Specialist, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Additional projects & experience
UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art, Internship
2020
The Art Club of UCCS, Co-President
2017-2020
UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art, Advisory Board Member
2019
UCCS Visual and Performing Arts Department Chairman’s Council, Visual Arts Student Representative
2019