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SOLO Artist
The KAC GFA
for March 2025
Mays JONES
Welcome to the KAC GFA SOLO Artist exhibition, a monthly rotation of talented artists from varying artistic disciplines who will share their unique visual perspectives and editorials to wider audiences.
The KAC GFA is happy to introduce Mays JONES, an American artist based in Cleveland and New York City and our KAC GFA SOLO Artist for March 2025.
Rocky Coast (2024)
charcoal and acrylic on sewn canvas
36 in. wide
Robed Figure (2024)
acrylic paint, house paint, oil stick on sewn canvas
20 × 20 in.
Wader (2024)
Oil stick and acrylic on sewn canvas
45 × 37 in.
Sitting Down (2025)
house paint, oil stick, printer paper (4 sheets), tape
22 × 17 in.
The Weight (2024)
oil stick and house paint on sewn canvas
63 × 66 in.
Collared Figure (2024)
oil stick and house paint on sewn canvas
46 × 24 in.
Late Evening (2024)
acrylic on sewn canvas
54 × 72 in.
Seated Figure (2024)
acrylic and oil stick on sewn canvas
62 × 41 in.
Seated Woman (2024)
oil stick, acrylic and housepaint on sewn canvas
62 × 44 in.
Morning (2025)
acrylic and oil stick on sewn canvas
64 × 55 in.
Movers (2025)
house paint, graphite, printer paper (4 sheets), tape
17.5 × 16.5 in.
Visitor (2024)
Acrylic and oil stick on sewn canvas
62 × 62 in.
Mays JONES
Mays JONES is a 23-year artist raised in both Phoenix, Arizona and Cleveland, Ohio.
Jones presently spends his time split 50/50 between Cleveland and New York City. Most of his artwork is in New York, while he makes most of it in Cleveland.
”I am a lover of art. I’m thinking, reading, and engaging with it. I’m exploring the freedom being an artist allows: making art is the best use of this freedom. Painting is my favorite form of art. With painting I confront intangible feelings in tangible space. The feelings I like to evoke are love, nature, and empathetic responses. These feel the most like truth.
Theoretical and ideological frameworks naturally arise around what I do, yet they remain symptoms—like trailing exhaust. My artistic feeling, followed through to its expression: that, is the engine.” — Mays Jones