Bio
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Jonathan Mess studied art at the University of Toledo and received a BFA in studio art at the University of Montana. In 1999, Jonathan moved to the western foothills of Maine, where he taught art at Leavitt Area High School. In 2004, he was commissioned to create a major installation at the Bates Mill Complex for the Governor’s Conference on Maine’s Creative Economy.
Jonathan left Maine in 2006 to pursue an MFA at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He completed his degree in May of 2008 and returned to Maine to explore the MidCoast region. Jonathan currently teaches art at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle.
Recent exhibitions include Traces: New Work by Jonathan Mess at Two Point Gallery in Portland, Maine, Make•Shift at Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs in Long Island City, New York, and Fertile Ground at Santa Fe Clay for NCECA’s Critical Santa Fe Symposium.
