BIOGRAPHY
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Multifaceted artist Alexandria Mooney Jones, a.k.a. "The Firework Artist" discovered using fireworks to create artwork while in college and has since developed her own techniques and processes while working with the explosive and at times dangerous medium. She also works extensively in fused glass ranging from abstract to representational. Never one to settle on one medium her works stretch a broad-spectrum of materials from mosaics, encaustic, acrylics, and mixed media. The daughter of an art teacher, she was taught to see the potential for art in everything. She currently resides in Wisconsin with her husband Matt, daughter Indiana, dog Tundra, and two cats Gouda and Muenster.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My mother was the biggest influence in my life. She was an art teacher and taught me to look at everything with an artistic eye and see the potential in anything. Thanks to her, I have always been drawn to experimental mediums, assemblage, using discarded things and "thinking outside the box". When my mother passed away in 2005, after a lengthy battle with cancer, my world shattered. I struggled to find my voice as an artist. Creativity is such an emotional experience, one that my mother and I often shared, and we collaborated on many projects over the years. Having to deal with life without her was an early lesson in how uncontrollable life can be. This may contribute to why I am drawn to the uncontrollable tendencies of fireworks, which are the subject of my work. Sometimes fireworks do what I desire, and sometimes they don't. When they create unintentional marks, I must figure out how to incorporate these marks into my composition. You cannot erase a burn. It is my goal to make original works of art, using never before seen mediums and non-traditional techniques. I am attempting to control the typically uncontrollable. My work is at the mercy of explosives and fire. Fireworks, as a medium, represent the tension between celebration and trauma. Specifically, the trauma of explosion; a destructive force. The art pieces have bright, vibrant colors, but not a drop of paint has been used. The colors are left behind by the exploding fireworks. My artwork proves that there is beauty in the experimental, beauty in the unintentional, beauty in the uncontrollable, and sometimes even beauty in trauma. As I think it over, that really is the core of who my mother was. She always saw the beauty in everything and everyone. Art is beauty, and I hope my artwork makes my mother proud. RELEVANT WORKSHOPS
2022 Encaustic Workshop Minneapolis, MN 2015 Intro Glass Fusing & Solo Studio Time Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts Minneapolis, MN 2015 Intro Glass Blowing Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts Minneapolis, MN 2014 Studio Time under Sara Sally LaGrand Public Glassworks Lenexa, Kansas EDUCATION
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Missouri Columbia “Mizzou” |