Samuel Levi Jones discusses the scope of his art practice through his methodology of deconstructing books and various frameworks of knowledge. Jones asks us to question the agenda of these structures, reflecting on their historical context, and their present-day impact and future change.

Samuel Levi Jones was born and raised in Marion, Indiana. Trained as a photographer and multidisciplinary artist, he earned a B.A. in Communication Studies from Taylor University, B.F.A. from Herron School of Art and Design (2009), and M.F.A. in Studio Art from Mills College (2012). Museum exhibitions include The Empire is Falling at The Contemporary Dayton, Dayton, OH; Left of Center at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indiana; Infinite Blue at the Brooklyn Museum, New York; Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Guiffrida Collection at the Smart Museum at the University of Chicago, IL; and Unbound, Studio Museum in Harlem. His work can be found in museum and public collections such as the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Fl; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA; The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY. He is the recipient of the 2014 Joyce Alexander Wein artist prize awarded by the Studio Museum in Harlem.