Aimee Jones - International Plaza Paradise I & II

www.aimeejonesart.com

Aimee Jones is a visual artist and educator currently working in St. Petersburg, Florida. She earned her MFA and graduate certification in Women and Gender Studies in 2022 at the University of South Florida. She recently was granted the 2023 Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist grant, was a finalist for the Carlos Malamud Prize in 2022, has exhibited throughout the US and internationally, and was a participant in the HANNAC Can Borni Residency in Barcelona. She specializes in painting the human figure transformed in both domestic and botanical landscapes while researching feminist theory and invasive plant species. After studying advertising in Texas, she moved to Italy to study under a ceramic artist specializing in Italian tile painting. From there, she moved to Madrid for 3 years to be an educator and has been creating work as a response to her life experiences and research since.