Samuel Levi Jones | VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES

1978: Born in Marion, IN
: Lives and works in Chicago, IL

2012: MFA, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2009: BFA, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025: "Samuel Levi Jones: Making a Garden of Strange Fruit," Kennedy Art Center, Washington DC
: "Samuel Levi Jones: Deaccession," Cook Center, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
2024: Solo, The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Bloomington, IN
: "abstraction of truth," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
: "Savage Elite," Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
2023: "Samuel Levi Jones: Longing," Galerie Lelong Paris, Paris, France
: "Conscious Intuition," Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
2021: "No color in the pages," Patron Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019: "Mass Awakening," Galerie LeLong, New York, NY
: "No More Tokens," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
: "Samuel Levi Jones – Left of Center," Newfields, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
: "Let Us Grow," Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
2018: “Nexus,” Patron Gallery, Chicago, IL (Link)
2017: "One Blood," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2016: “Burning all illusion,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
: “Reciprocity,” PATRON, Chicago, IL
: "Samuel Levi Jones," The Arts Club, London, UK
: "Samuel Levi Jones," Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
: “48 Portraits (Underexposed),” EXPO Projects, PATRON, Chicago, IL
2015: “After Fred Wilson,” IMOCA, Indianapolis, IN
: “Unbound,” Studio Museum, Harlem, NY
2014: “Black White Thread,” PAPILLON, Los Angeles, CA
2013: DELETE, Los Angeles, CA
: “48 Portraits (Underexposed),” Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026: "Material Witness," Rubell Museum DC, Washington DC
: "a person chosen, named, or honored…," Patron Gallery, Chicago, IL
2025-2026: "Bold: New Voices in Contemporary Art," Newfields, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2025: "Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art," Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
2024: "Objects and Power," ICA Maine, Portland, ME
: "Unruly Navigations," Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
: "When You See Me: Visibility in Contemporary Art/History," Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
: "Stop & Stare," UTA Artist Space Curated by Genevieve Gaignard, Los Angeles, CA
: "Making a Garden of Strange Fruit," Presented at "CAB 5: This is a Rehearsal," Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago, IL
2023-2024: "Dialogues," Patron Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023: "Between the Seams," PM/AM Gallery, London, UK
2022: “Young, Gifted and Black: The Lumpkin-Boccuzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art,” Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, CA
: "Continuum," SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA in partnership with Residency Art Gallery and The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection
: "Skin in the Game," Curated by Zoe Lukov & Produced by Abby Pucker, Pop Up Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2021: "New Prints and Editions," Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, NY
: "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2020: "A Summer Like No Other," Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, NY
2019: "On Soft Ground," Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
: "Solitary & Solidarity: The Joyner/Guiffrida Collection," Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
: "Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press," Gallery 360, Northeastern University, Boston, MA; Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM; Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona, FL
2018: "Sedimentations," 8th Floor Gallery, The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, NY
: "Edge of Visibility," International Print Center New York, New York, NY (Link)
: "Shifting Gaze: A Reconstruction of the Black & Hispanic Body in Contemporary Art," Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL
: “Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press,” Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
: “Sidelined,” curated by Samuel Levi Jones, Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, NY (Link)
2017: “Excerpt,” Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
2016: “Chicago Invites Chicago,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
: “Trust Issues,” Ronchini, London, UK
: “A Dark Matter,” Tarble Gallery, Eastern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2015: “Theory of Forms,” PATRON Gallery, Chicago
: “Talk To Me,” 2×2 Solos, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
: “I Like It Like This,” S2 Sotheby’s Gallery, New York, NY
: “The Silence of Ordinary Things,” The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA
2014: “The History of Technologies,” Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
: “Open,” PAPILLION ART, Los Angeles, CA
2013: “A Basic Measure,” SEUI ULTCW, Los Angeles, CA
: “TRANSPORT,” ProArts, Oakland, CA
2012: “X Libris,” Root Division, San Francisco, CA
: “BAILA con Duende,” Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
: “MFA Show,” The Last Show on Earth, Mills College, Oakland, CA

Bibliography

2024: Bolden, Jason. "Samuel Levi Jones Dissects the Divine Accidents That Have Made Him an Artist to Watch" Cultured, November 1 (Link)
: Silverman, Erica. "Best LA Shows: Alice Neel, Tahnee Lonsdale, Lita Albuquerque, and More," Whitewall, September 16 (Link)
: Valentine, Victoria L. "On View: "When You See Me: Visibility in Contemporary Art/History’ At Dallas Museum of Art Showcases Recent Acquisitions by Artists of Color, Women, and Queer Artists," Culture Type, August 13
2023: Donoghue, Katy. "Samuel Levi Jones Breaks Down and Reimagines Systems of Power," Whitewall, October 6 (Link)
: D’Souza, Aruna. "Samuel Levi Jones," 4Columns, June 16 (Link)
: Golden, Dan. "Samuel Levi Jones," Curator Guide, May (Link)
2022: Amadour, Ricky. "‘Continuum” Exhibition Bridges a Gap by Bringing Black American Art Into SoFi Stadium," LA Magazine, August 17 (Link)
: Frieze Los Angeles News. "Top Works under $25K on Frieze Viewing Room," Frieze, February 15 (Link)
2021: Fazzare, Elizabeth. "Cultured Collections with Suzanne McFayden," Culture Magazine, June 11 (Link)
2020: Sargent, Antwaun. "Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists," D.A.P. Distributed Art Publishers, 2020.
2019: Wilson, Michael. "Review: Samuel Levi Jones, Galerie LeLong," Artforum, December (Link)
: "Viewpoints, Episode 4: Samuel Levi Jones and Pamela Joyner," Galerie LeLong Podcast, October 3 (Link)
: Boyd, Oseye. "New exhibit at Newfields makes lasting impression," Indianapolis Recorder, March 21 (Link)
2018: Sayej, Nadja. "Edge of visibility: celebrating artwork with hidden messages," The Guardian, November 19 (Link)
: Ollman, Leah. "Keep Looking: Samuel Levi Jones Speaks with Leah Ollman," Art In Print, September 6 (Link)
: Weisbrode, Kenneth and Heather H. Yeung, "How We Lost the Sky," The New York Times, July 23 (Link)
: Sussman, Anna Louie, “What Sold at Art Basel,” Artsy (web), June 17 (Link)
: Chi, Paul, “Blu Ivy Bid $10,000 at an Art Auction, and Won,” Vanity Fair (web), March 18 (Link)
: Rodney, Seph, "The Political Truths that Ground our Athletic Heroes," Hyperallergic (web), February 9 (Link)
2017: Valentine, Victoria L., “Artist Samuel Levi Jones is Joining Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects,” Culture Type (web), October 12 (Link)
: Sargent, Antwaun, “Kara Walker, Juliana Huxtable, and More Challenge False White Recordings of Black History,” Creators, Vice (web), April 12
: Rodney, Seph, “An Artist Gives Us a Vision of the Future Through Books,” Hyperallergic (web), January 10 (Link)
: Sargent, Antwaun, “Striking Deconstructed Book Paintings Challenge American History,” The Creators Project (web), January 2 (Link)
: Sheets, Hilarie M., “Samuel Levi Jones Unbinds Fractured History of Justice,” Introspective Magazine, January 2
2016: Volkening, Laura, “Tearing Up Power One Book at a Time, Samuel Levi Jones at PATRON Gallery,” Newcity Art (web), April 1
: Lowe, Rhiannon, “Ripped,” CCQ Magazine, April 18
: Steadman, Ryan,” 10 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before July 1,” Observer Culter (web), June 28
: Lesser, Casey, “15 New York Group Shows You Need to See This July,” Artsy (web), June 28
: Freeman, Nate, “EXPO Chicago 2016 Announces Roster for Special Projects Sectors,” ARTnews Magazine, August 23
: Cataldo, Angelica, “‘A Dark Matter’ Artists Discuss Wor for ‘Artists-in-Dialogue’,” The Daily Eastern News, September 29
: Helmke, Juliet, “Samuel Levi Jones on Raising Consciousness and Standing Rock,” Blouin Artinfo (web), November 23
: Lesser, Casey, “20 New York Shows to See Over the Holidays,” Artsy (web), December 20
: Pobric, Pac, “Three to see: New York,” The Art Newspaper, December 20
: “9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week,” ARTnews (web), December 20
2015: Keith, Naima and Dana Liss, “Artist x Artist: Mark Bradford and Samuel Levi Jones,” Studio: The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine, January 1
: Edwards, Adrienne, “Blackness in Abstraction,” Art in America, January 5
: Ollman, Leah, “Unbinding the System,” Art in America, April 1
: Heddaya, Mostafa, “Bookworm: Samuel Levi Jones,” Blouin Artinfo, April 7
: Willis Blair, Courtney, “4 Questions: Samuel Levi Jones,” Forbes, March 26
: Martraire, Marie, “Talk to Me: Samuel Levi Jones at ProArts,” Daily Serving (web), September 13
: Cristello, Stephanie, “Chicago’s Concept-Based Group Exhibitions Show Strength in Numbers,” Art Slant (web), October 20
: Winkelman, Timothy, “Review: Theory of Forms at Patron Gallery,” Hairy Rainbow (web), December 17
2014: Dragovich, Sarah, “New Works at Recology San Francisco,” Art Nerd San Francisco, September 22
: Ollman, Leah, “Review: Works of Defiant Beauty (Samuel Levi Jones),” Los Angeles Times, November 26

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

2018: Sustainable Arts Award, Sustainable Arts Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2014: Recology Residency, San Francisco, CA
: Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
2012: Vivian and Margarita Stephenson Award, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2011: Mills Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Oakland, CA
2010: Evelyn V. Staton Fellowship in Fine Arts, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2009: Mildred Darby Menz Award, Herron School of Art and Design Indianapolis, IN
2008: Junior Bratton Award, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN

Catalogues and Publications

2021: Cunningham, Nijah. “Samuel Levi Jones,” Galerie Lelong & Co., New York & Paris, 2021
2020: Sargent, Antwaun. "Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art," The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art, D.A.P. Publishing, New York, NY, 2020

Curatorial Projects

2021: "The Sum of Unity," Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN

Public Collections

: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
: Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI
: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
: De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
: JP Morgan Chase Collection, New York, NY
: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MO
: Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
: Madison Art Collection, Harrisonburg, VA
: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
: Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
: North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
: Pennsylvannia Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
: Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
: Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
: Studio Museum, Harlem, NY
: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA
: Weisman Art Museum Collection, Minneapolis, MN
: Whitney Museum, New York, NY