JONATHAN BARNES
Artist-in-Residence
St. Petersburg Clay Company
St. Petersburg, Florida

Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics, May 2005
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design, 2002
The University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

email: jonbarnes@earthlink.net

more info on Jonathan Barnes

Jonathan Barnes was born in 1978, in Kissimmee, FL. From the age of three, Jonathan and his parents sailed the coasts of Florida, as well as the Caribbean, on their sailboats. In 1996, Jonathan graduated from Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando, FL and entered college majoring in wildlife biology. Realizing that this course of study was not right for him, he turned to art, and received his B.A. in Graphic Design from the University of Central Florida in Orlando in 2002.

Discovering that working in clay was much more rewarding to him than Graphic Design, Jonathan entered the graduate program at The University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS. During his time in Mississippi, he had the opportunity to be a part of a study abroad program to Shigaraki, Japan, through the University of Georgia, as well as numerous shows in Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, Illinois, and New York State.

Jonathan Barnes completed his MFA in Ceramics from The University of Mississippi in the spring of 2005, and is currently an Artist-In-Residence at the St. Petersburg Clay Company in St. Petersburg, FL.