Jonathan Cox Sculpture
My father gave me my first toolbox when I was four. He cleared the trees from the land that he bought from my grandmother, then used the wood from the trees to build the house in Florida 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 begins with wood and with skills that I learned as a child. From there, I add whatever material will best communicate the idea.
I am primarily interested in creating public works of art that are beautiful and life affirming, objects that ask to be touched as well as viewed and reward the participant with simple pleasure. I like partnering with art consultants so that the most optimal results can be achieved for their client and the artwork can be harmonious with the environment that it is set in. I work comfortably in a variety of mediums and prefer to work in a medium to large scale.
EDUCATION
1973-1975 M.F.A. in Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design
1968-1972 B.F.A. in Sculpture, University of Florida
EMPLOYMENT
1999-2020 Marshall University
1997-1999 University of North Florida
1992-1997 Jacksonville University
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Ohio Depart. of Natural Resources, Hocking Hills Lodge & Conference Center: Hickory Leaves & Maple Leaves
Berea College: Love Lives On, Berea, KY
Charleston Area Medical Center Cancer Center: New Life, Season of Hope, Answer of Peace, Three Promises, Charleston, WV
Huntington Museum of Art The Discovery Huntington, WV
Western Asset Management The Discovery II Pasadena, CA
WVU College of Creative Arts The Discovery IV Morgantown, WV
Avampato Discovery Museum at The Clay Center Growth From Within Charleston, WV
Orlando Hilton The Discovery VI, Orlando, FL
City of Richmond Beacon, Focus, Partnership, Cooperation, Diversity , Richmond, VA
SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITS
Art Comes Alive 2014, Art Design Consultants Inc., Cincinnati OH, June 7- August 7, 2014
A Gallery Divided, Avampato Museum at The Clay Center, February 22-April 19, 2014
Vestige of a Tree, Huntington Museum of Art, May 11- September 1, 2013
Sculpture Invitational, The Art Store,January 22, 2012 - February 26, 2012
Jonathan Cox- New Installations, Ohio University Southern, March 29, 2012- April 19, 2012
Marshall University Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 842,November 21, 2012- December 14, 2012
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
SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITS (cont.)
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
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-June 2001