My father gave me my first toolbox when I was four. He cleared the trees from the land that he bought from my grandmother, and then used the wood from the trees to build the house that I grew up in. Before I was fourteen, we had built five boats together. The process that I engage in with my sculpture today usually begins with wood and with skills that I learned as a child. From there, I add whatever material will best communicate the idea. In recent years I have used a wide variety of materials, including cast glass, stainless steel, polyester, bronze, steel, aluminum, ceramic, paper, and stone. I am very excited about the current direction of my work. I am enjoying both the scale and the combination of materials in the installation-oriented pieces as well as the public art works. Jonathan Cox
EDUCATION
1973-1975 M.F.A. in Sculpture
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, Rhode Island
1968-1972 B.F.A. in Sculpture
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
COLLECTIONS
Fourth Police Precinct Project
City of Richmond Public Art Collection
Richmond, VA
College of Creative Art Permanent Collection
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Huntington Museum of Art
The Discovery
Huntington, WV
Western Asset Management
The Discovery II
Pasedena, CA
Orlando Hilton
Hilton Hotels, Inc.
Orlando, FL
Mr. Gaston Caperton
The Discovery III
Shepherdstown, WV
Avampato Discovery Museum at The Clay Center
Growth From Within
Charleston, WV
Dr. Susan Power
Icicles in the Snow
Athens, GA
Ms. Jean M. K. Miller
Icicles in the Snow II
Baltimore, MD
The Idea
Ms. Lisa Fischer-Casto
Charleston, WV
The Discovery V
Mr. Peter York
Dallas, TX
MEMBERSHIPS
International Sculpture Center
Southeastern College Art Conference
Americans for the Arts
RECENT GRANTS & AWARDS
Summer Research Award
Graduate College
Marshall University
Sasakawa Fellowship for Japan Studies Institute
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
West Virginia Individual Artist Fellowship
West Virginia Commission on the Arts
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
Professional Development for Artists Grant
West Virginia Commission on the Arts
West Virginia Division of Culture and History
Faculty Merit Award
Marshall University Art Department
2001 Faculty Development Grant
Marshall University Art Department
The Marshall University Foundation, Inc.
Faculty Development Grant
Marshall University Art Department
The Marshall University Foundation, Inc.
Faculty Merit Award
Marshall University Art Department
2000 Summer Research Award
Graduate College
Marshall University
1999 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award
Funding: Florida Department of State
Division of Cultural Affairs
1998 Individual Artist Grant
Jacksonville Community Foundation
Funding: Art Ventures Jacksonville
EXHIBITS
Birke Symposium Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
Pullman Square, Huntington, WV
September-October 2006
Faculty Exchange Exhibit
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
February 2006
Faculty Exhibit
Birke Gallery, Huntington WV
October 2006
Jonathan Cox – Solo Exhibit
Radford University Museum, Radford, VA
February 2005
Jonathan Cox – Cargoes
Avampato Discovery Museum at The Clay Center, Charleston, WV
April, May, June 2005
Snowshoe Institute Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
Snowshoe Mountain Resort, Showshoe, WV
July 2004
Jonathan Cox – Solo Exhibit
University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, OH
March 2004
Tools as Art
Avampato Discovery Museum at the Clay Center, Charleston, WV
January 2004
Snowshoe Institute Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
Snowshoe Mountain Resort, Snowshoe, WV
July 2003
Jonathan Cox – Sculpture & Installation
Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, OH
April 1 – 30, 2002
Up Against the Wall Show
Sunrise Museum of Art, Charleston, WV
September 14 – November16, 2001
Jonathan Cox: Navigations in Time
Museum in the Community, Hurricane, WV
July 27 – September 29, 2001
Cultural Center of Fine Arts, Parkersburg, WV
October 20 – December 30, 2001
Mesaros Galleries, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
January 21 – February 23, 2002
New Work in the Mountain State
Museum in the Community, Hurricane, WV
April 13 – May 19, 2001
Small Things
Studio 179, Morgantown, WV
September 30 – November 4, 2000
Gropius Master Exhibition
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
June-July 2000
Jonathan Cox
Birke Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
January 2000
Visual Art Faculty Show
Birke Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
March 2000
Florida Visual Artist Fellowship Exhibition
Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, FL
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL
February 2000-June2001
Faculty Show
University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
January 1999
Healing Art: The Art of Healing
Pedestrian Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
June 1998
Jonathan Cox Sculptural Installations
Nathan Wilson Center for the Arts,
Florida Community College at Jacksonville
September 1997
Jonathan Cox Sculptural Installations
Florida School of the Arts, Palatka, Florida
January 1997
Art Lite – Featured Artist
Beaches Fine Arts Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
November 1995
Art Begins at 40 – Featured Artist
Beaches Fine Arts Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
April 1995
Faculty Show
Alexander Brest Museum and Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida
February 1995
Jacksonville University Art Faculty Show
Mussallem Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida
January 1994
Faculty Show
Alexander Brest Museum and Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida
February 1993
Jonathan & Katherine Cox – New Prints
Anguilla Gallery, Stonington, Connecticut
August 1990