The Master Series

Written In Stone

A Solo Exhibition of Works by Gard Jones

Artist Statement

Stone, rope, and steel are natural elements that convey weight, strength, and bondage. They possess a unique responsiveness to the physical, psychological, and emotional for me. The dignity of these materials arises from their innate integrity as they weather the storms of life. The theme of primitive integrity of substance and form exists in tension with the reality of connection, as the central features interact with other materials, light, and the viewer’s gaze.

Born in San Francisco and spending his adolescence in Seattle, Gard earned undergraduate degrees in art, art history, and sculpture in the Pacific Northwest. His sculpture reflected the sublime grey upon grey, majestic landscape through the lens of minimalism.

Gard earned an M.F.A. at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Moving to Washington, D.C. Gard worked with the International Sculpture Center and the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Since 2014 and the dissolution of his first marriage Gard’s artwork has become personal, solemn, and introspective.

He has exhibited his work in galleries and museums in Washington State, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Gard has taught courses in studio art and art history for colleges and Universities in the Pacific Northwest, and the Mid-Atlantic. Currently living in Baltimore, Maryland, Gard is faculty for York College of Pennsylvania and lectures on Visual Culture, Art Theory, and Street Art.