Tom Jones

"1 am interested in broadening the conversation of portraiture in mainstream art anc:l to pre.sent a nation that is generally unseen in popular culture."

Tom Jones is a photographic artist whose work comrnents on the identity, experience, and perception of American Indian culture. He has visually incorporated this experience through beaded Ho􀋷Chunk floral designs directly onto the photograph, to give a symbolic representation of "our ancestors who are constantly watching over us and to present the pride, strength and beauty of my people."

Jones holds a B.F.A. fr m the niversity of Wisconsin­Madison as well as an M.A. and an M.F.A. from Columbia College Chicago. His artwork is included in private and public collections acr ss the c untry, including the National Museum of the American Indian, Milwaukee Art Museum, Denver Art Museum and the Minneap lis Institute of Art, among others.