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Dave Macon Craft Fair l Best in Show l 2008
Tullahoma Fine Arts Festival l Merit Award l 2009
Tullahoma Fine Arts Festival l Best in Show l 2010
Fayetteville Fine Arts Festival l Best in Show l 2010
Smithville Jamboree l Best in Show l 2012
White Oak Craft Fair l Excellence in Clay l 2014
Webb School Art Fair l Best in Show l 2015
TN Craft 50th anniversary juried exhibit l Centennial Arts Center Gallery l 2015
Nashville Arts Magazine I August 2015
City Hall Rotunda Gallery l Group Show Murfreesboro, TN l 2015
TN Craft Juried Exhibit l Gordon Jewish Community Center l 2015
Arts in the Airport Nashville, TN l Group Exhibit l 2016
TN Craft Juried Exhibit l Gordon Jewish Community Center l 2016
Vanderbilt University First Floor Gallery l Solo Show l 2017
TN Craft juried exhibit l Centennial Arts Center Gallery l 2017
White Oak Craft Fair l Excellence in Clay l 2017
Cannon County Arts Center l Solo Show l 2017
Smithville Jamboree l Best Craft l 2018
Featured on DTC television series, State of Arts l 2018
Murfreesboro City l Rotunda Gallery l 2018
Featured Artist I TN Craft Fair I 2019
Nashville Scene I April 25-May 1, 2019
Jonathan Griffith
While working toward my Bachelors of Fine Arts in Sculpture, I had the rich opportunity to engage with young adults as an outdoor counselor. This experience motivated me to pursue a career as an art educator. Since that time, my interactions with students, other artists, and my own personal growth have shifted my early focus in metals to clay and wood. These materials speak to my strong connection to the environment and my love for the outdoors. I have been actively engaged with my career as an art educator and working artist since 2003. My studio has been an active part of my life and teaching throughout this time.
This work frames reflections of landscapes and nature in combinations of clay and wood. Depth, texture, and craft is my focus. I harvest much of the wood myself and enjoy using hand tools as an integral part of the process. Based around the elements and principles of design, my work is comprised of low relief clay sculptures and glaze painting inside of frames I make from domestic and exotic hardwoods.