Bio / CV
Jules Buck Jones is an artist living and working in Wimberley, TX. Jones creates large scale paintings and drawings of abstracted flora and fauna. The work showcases a range of interests in the natural sciences, local ecologies, and geological time. He employs various modes of imagery, layering expressive, atmospheric landscapes, with more graphic renderings to achieve depth and suggest the passing of time.
Jules recently completed a large commission of 8 large-scale paintings to be placed at Texas State University’s new Esperanza Hall at the Round Rock Campus. He is also working on a permanent installation for Hobby International Airport in Houston, set to be installed this winter. Jules teaches painting and drawing at TX State University, in San Marcos, with a focus on drawing, wet media, risograph printing.
EDUCATION
2011 - Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2005 – 2008 - The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Art and Art History Department
Master of Fine Arts, May 2008
Major: Studio Arts / Painting
2000 – 2005 - Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Painting and Printmaking Department
Bachelor of Fine Art
Major: Painting and Printmaking
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Flex Space TX State Galleries, Current Time, San Marcos, TX
2025 David Shelton Gallery, Rivernacular, Houston, TX
2024 Project ART, Feedback Forest, Wimberley TX
2023 Conduit Gallery, As Above, So Below, Dallas TX,
2022 Gray Duck, Circles and Cycles, Austin TX
2021 ArtSpace111, Swallow The Frog, Fort Worth, Texas
Conduit Gallery, The Sea, Eventually, Dallas Texas
2019 Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Future Fossils, Beaumont, TX
COMMISSIONS
2026 TX State University Systems, Esperanza Hall, Round Rock, TX
Houston Airports, Hobby International Airport, Houston, TX
2025 City of Anna Texas Community Public Library, Anna, TX
2021 Federal Reserve Bank of Texas, San Antonio, TX
2017 The Line Hotel, Austin, TX
2016 Austin City Limits Music Festival Poster, Austin TX
The Contemporary Austin’s Camp Contemporary design, Austin, TX
Waller Creek Creek Conservancy Creek Show, Austin TX
Wild Basin Creative Research Center, Austin, TX
2013 Gensler Architecture Firm, Houston, TX
Dell’s Children Hospital, Austin, TX
TX Biennial, Austin, TX
2009 City Of Austin, Balcones Canyonland Preserve, Austin, TX
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2017 The Wool Factory, Barcelona, Spain
2016 Seacoast Science Center, Rye, NH
Pentaculum, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
2013 Hotbox, Austin, TX
The Light House Works, Fishers Island, NY
2011 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Bouy, Kittery, ME
2009 AIRIE, Everglades National Park, FL
Artist In Residence In Everglades
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
2026 Really Small Museum, Plague, Austin, TX
Art Space, Flight, Wimberley, TX
2025 DORF Gallery, Dog Days, Austin, TX
2024 Waterloo Green Way, Creek Show, Austin, TX
2022 Visions West – Spellbound, Bozeman, MT
All The Sudden – “Tails” Companion Species Exhibition, Austin, TX
2021 CoLab Projects – A Wished For and Welcome Guest, Austin, TX
2020 Inman Gallery – Animal Crossing, Houston, TX
2019 Terminal 136 – Tooth and Nail, San Antonio, TX
2017 MASS Gallery – MASS +1, Austin, TX
CoLab Projects / Demo Gallery – Good Mourning Tis of Thee, Austin, TX
East Austin Studio Tour, Animal Facts Club, Austin, TX
Austin Nature and Science Center, Animal Facts Club, Austin, TX
Camacho Activity Center, Animal Facts Club, Austin, TX
Museum of Human Achievement, Sports, Austin, TX
PUBLICATIONS
2025 Rivernacular, Self Published.
2019 WILD, Cattywampus Press
2014 Animal Animal, Monofonus Press
2013 Shit Owls Eat, self-published
2010 Everglades, Monofonus Press
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
2026 Hobby International Airport, Houston Airports, Houston, TX
2026 Mccombs Business School, University of Texas
2026 Texas State University System, Esperanza Hall, Round Rock, TX, (Summer 2026)
2025 City of Anna Texas Community Public Library, Anna, TX
2021 Federal Reserve Bank of Texas, San Antonio, TX
2019 Art Museum of South East Texas, Beaumont, TX
2018 Dell’s Children Hospital, Austin, TX
2017 The Line Hotel, Austin, TX
2010 Fidelity Investments, Dallas, TX
2009 Everglades National Park, FL
2008 Balcones Canyonland Preserve, Reicher Ranch, City of Austin, Austin, TX
2008 Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 – 2025 Associate Professor of Instruction
Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
2012 – 2023 Lecturer
Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
2018 – 2023 President - MASS Gallery, Non Profit, Austin, TX
2011 – 2016 President - MASS Gallery Non Profit, Austin, TX
2006 Founding Member, MASS Gallery Art Collective, Austin, TX
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2020 City of Austin CORE Funding Grant
2019 City of Austin CORE Funding Grant
2017 The Kindle Project, Makers Muse Award
City of Austin CORE Funding Grant
2016 City of Austin CORE Funding Grant
2015 City of Austin CORE Funding Grant
2012 Austin Critic’s Table Awards - Best Visual Artist – Nominee
2011 Austin Chronicle’s Best Visual Artist
2008 Austin Chronicle’s Top 10 Artists