Samuel Levi Jones (born 1978) is an American artist, he is known for his paintings and assemblage art. Many of his works are abstract, and centered on

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history, and identity; often using historically sourced materials.

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Samuel Levi Jones was born in 1978 in

Marion, Indiana Marion is a city in Grant County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,948 as of the 2010 United States Census. The city is the county seat of Grant County. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the ...

, into an African-American family. Jones is related (great nephew, through marriage) to Abraham S. Smith, one of the two men publicly lynched in 1930 in Marion, Indiana. He attended

Taylor University Taylor University is a private, interdenominational, evangelical Christian university in Upland, Indiana. Founded in 1846, it is one of the oldest evangelical Christian universities in the country. The university is named after Bishop William ...

(B.A. degree in communications studies); Herron School of Art and Design (B.F.A. degree 2009 in photography); and

Mills College Mills College at Northeastern University is a private college in Oakland, California and part of Northeastern University's global university system. Mills College was founded as the Young Ladies Seminary in 1852 in Benicia, California; it was ...

(M.F.A. degree 2012 in studio art). His first solo exhibition, ''Samuel Levi Jones: Left of Center'' (2019) at the

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. Jones work is included in public museum collections including the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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(LACMA).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Samuel Levi 1978 births Living people African-American painters People from Marion, Indiana Taylor University alumni Herron School of Art and Design alumni Mills College alumni Assemblage artists 21st-century African-American people

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