Jonathan Jones

Jonathan Jones is a Sydney-based artist and researcher of the Wiradyuri and Kamilaroi Nations of southeast Australia. He works closely with community to create a range of projects that talk to both the historical and contemporary. His projects are grounded in research and work with local Aboriginal Elders and community members to tell local stories from the southeast region. Jonathan has exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2019 he presented the curated exhibition Bunha-Bunhanga: Aboriginal Agriculture in the Southeast at Tarnanthi festival, Art Gallery of South Australia and Museum of Economic Botany. In early 2020 he created the site-specific ephemeral artwork untitled (maraong manaóuwi) at the Hyde Park Barracks, presented by Sydney Living Museums and Art & About Sydney. Jonathan received the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship in the field of visual arts in 2018. Jonathan is a researcher at Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney.