Tom Jones

"I am interested in broadening the conversation of portraiture in mainstream art and to present a nation that is generally unseen in popular culture."

Tom Jones is a photographic artist whose work comments 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. from the University of Wisconsin ­Madison as well as an M.A. and an M.F.A. from Columbia College Chicago. His artwork is included in private and public collections across the country, including the National Museum of the American Indian, Milwaukee Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, among others.