Fine Art Bio
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 11:04AM
Jon Flaming (American, 1962-)
“I think Jon is doing some of the strongest work in Texas. I like very much his neo-regionalist style”
– Michael Grauer, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
Biography
1962 Born in Wichita, Kansas
1968 Family moved to Texas
1985 Graduated BFA from Texas State University
1993 - 2015 Jon Flaming Design
2015 -present Full-time Fine Art
Collection: Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Collection: Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
Collection: Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
Collection: Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
Collection: The San Angelo Museum of Fine Art
Collection: Budweiser Silver Eagle Collection, Houston, Texas
Collection: Private, Foundation and Institution
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Amon Carter acquires piece for permanent colletcion
Solo exhibition - Artspace111 - Fort Worth, Texas
Far West Show with Mark Maggiori (group show) - Arcadia Gallery - New York City
2023 Stetson does story on Jon Flaming art
Jon Flaming chosen as the official artist for the Texas Book Festival - Austin, Texas
2021 Solo Exhibit - Tyler Museum of Art
Tecovas Boot partners with Jon Flaming for story
D Magazine story on Jon Flaming
2020 Solo Exhibit - Westland at Museum of the Southwest - Midland, Texas
Solo exhibit - Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas - Modern Cowboy
LUXE Magazine article - by Shawn Gauthier
2018 Texas Music Magazine - feature article , multiple spreads
Cowboys & Indians Magazine feature (online)
Frisco Enterprise Newspaper feature
Source Magazine - feature article, multiple spreads
Group Show - Kennedy Art Gallery, Midland , Texas
Group Show/ featured speaker - Louise Hopkins Underwood Center
for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas
2017 Jon Flaming - Recent Work, A 2 person exhibit at William Reaves Fine Art in Houston
Painting included in book "Of Texas Rivers & Texas Art" by William Reaves & Andrew Sansom
2016 Solo exhibit at David Dike Fine Art entitled "Meat"
2014 "Oil on Canvas" show - Solo exhibit at David Dike Fine Art
Contemporary Texas Regionalists show, Turner House, Oak Cliff, Texas - William Reaves Fine Art
The Texas Aesthetic VII: Lone Star Heritage in Contemporary Texas Painting - William Reaves Fine Art
John Wayne Film Festival, Dallas, Texas (created art & branding for festival)
Artistic Impressions of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas
2013 Restless Hearts Exhibit - San Angelo Museum of Fine Art
Contemporary Western Art Exhibit - Stephen F. Austin University Show - Nacogdoches, Texas
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Invitational - Canyon, Texas
Birdston Valley Revival - Solo Exhibit - David Dike Fine Art
Cowboys & Indians magazine - feature article
KERA - Public radio feature story on Birdston Valley Revival project
Dallas Morning News feature article on Birdston Valley show
Hill Country Love Affair: Interpretations of the Texas Heartland - William Reaves Fine Art
The Texas Aesthetic VI: Lone Star Heritage in Contemporary Texas Painting - William Reaves Fine Art
2012 William Reaves Fine Art, Houston (group show – Texas Aesthetic)
William Reaves Fine Art, Houston (group show - West Texas)
2011 Texas Stampede – Group show, Insight Gallery, Fredericksburg, Texas
William Reaves Fine Art, Houston (group show – Texas Aesthetic)
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Invitational
David Dike Fine Art, Dallas - Solo exhibition - "Western Movie"
2010 William Reaves Fine Art – Solo exhibit (Roads Less Traveled – Jon Flaming’s Texas)
William Reaves Fine Art, Houston (group show – Texas Aesthetic)
Grace Museum – Bobbie & John Nau collection of Texas Art (Drawing on the Past)
Cole Art Center – Nac Collect show
2009 William Reaves Fine Art – Houston (group show)
A Texas Sampler – William Reaves Fine Art, Houston (group show)
Work featured on KERA public radio
2008 Cherry Spring Festival - (group show)
David Dike Fine Art – (group show)
William Reaves Fine Art – Houston (group show)
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Invitational
“The Business of Art” – (group show)
“Art in the Metroplex” – (juried show TCU)
2007 Cherry Spring Festival (group show)
David Dike Fine Art – (group show)
“Then and Now” show – Texas State University
2006 Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Invitational
David Dike Fine Art – (group show) September
David Dike Fine Art – (group show) February
Blue Star Gallery, Hico, Texas – (solo)
2005 David Dike Fine Art – (solo)
McKinney Avenue Contemporary - show entitled “Natural Disasters”
2004 Plano National Juried Show
2003 David Dike Fine Art – (solo)
2001 David Dike Fine Art – (solo)
1999 David Dike Fine Art – (solo)
Texas State University Exhibition – (solo)
1998 David Dike Fine Art – (solo)
1996 David Dike Fine Art – (solo)
1995 Ken Knight Gallery – (solo)
Literature
David Dike Fine Art auction catalog 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Print Magazine
Communication Arts Design Annual
Communication Arts Illustration Annual
HOW magazine
Society of Publications Annual
Society of Illustrators Annual
American Illustration Annual
Simpson Paper Show Annual
Minimal Graphics Book – Rockport Publishers
American Institute of Graphic Arts Annual
Graphis Design Annual
Graphis Logo Annual
Graphis Poster Annual
Print’s Best logos and letterheads annual
Step-by-Step Graphics magazine
Logo Lounge I, II, III, IV & V
Best letterheads & brochures – Rockport Publishers
Graphic Design USA
KERA Art & Seek (radio interview)
Clients
American Airlines
Blockbuster
Hewlett Packard
Hanes
The Dallas Zoo
Ronald McDonald House
Neiman Marcus
Chronicle Books San Francisco
Fortune Magazine
BYU
LA Times
Milton Bradley
Pizza Hut
FedEx Office
JC Penney
Pepsi
Sony
Peaceable Kingdom Press
Houston Chronicle
GlaxoSmithKline
Radio Shack
Samsung
Tyler Museum of Art
Yahoo!
IBM
Scholastic Books
KERA Public Television
Harvard University
Running Press
Carnegie Mellon Foundation
Washington Post
La Quinta
Van de Kamps
American Institute of Graphic Arts
CFO Magazine London
National Geographic
Dell Computers
U.S. News
US Airways
Greyhound
Money Magazine
Hyundai Magazine
Trane
CompUSA
Yum! Brands
Microsoft
Arizona Jeans
Awards/Honors
AIGA Board of Directors
Dallas Society of Visual Communications Gold & Silver medals
Communication Arts Magazine – (Judged 2000 Design Annual)
Simpson Paper Show winner
Print show winner
Houston Art Directors Club medalist
Fort Worth Addy medalist
Graphis Show winner
AIGA Show winner
Graphic Design USA winner
Society of Illustrators winner
American Illustration winner
Communication Arts Illustration winner
Communication Arts Design winner
“I have followed Jon Flaming’s artwork for almost a decade now and collected works (paintings and sculptures) from his different artistic periods. Each period is unique yet cohesive with the previous period and each demonstrates his exceptional ability as an artist. Rarely does an artist exhibit such consistent quality as Jon has over the years. I look forward to his next show.” – Russell Tether, Russell Tether Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
“Jon is one of those special people that sees what the rest of us do not until he shows it to us. He has the uncanny knack of making something simple yet deep all at the same time. His paintings evoke an emotion of something we all remember somewhere or sometime in our lives. I have had Jon as a part of our team as our design person for branding. He has created many great logos for our different projects. All that said, he is even a better person than he is an artist, which is probably why is art is so great.” Brett Johnston, CEO, Urbana Communities
“Jon has single handedly transformed our company brand "The Paper People." He not only is a talented and fine artist, but he is a strategic thinker as well. We are very fortunate to have Jon Flaming in our community!” Don Clampitt, CEO, Clampitt Paper Company
“Dallas’s Jon Flaming documents rural Texas subjects utilizing classic regionalist style. His composition and subject matter bear comparison to those of the greatest of Texas regionalists including Everett Spruce, William Lester, Florence McClung or Alexandre Hogue.” – William Reaves, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas
“Jon Flaming is a great young artist whose abstracted representations of the Texas scene are colorful and painterly. His choice of subject matter is engaging, his compositions are elegant; and his regionalist style is reminiscent of the best from a bygone era. Like the regionalists working before him, Jon still sees farmers, ranch hands and tool pushers as subjects worthy of fine art. His pulse is attuned to meandering scenic back roads and his eye records the character and dignity of old farms strewn along the way. His paintings tell a Texas story.” William Reaves, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Jon’s design and illustration work is wonderful, but it was his fine art that captured my heart. I am a big fan of some of the Texas artists of the early to mid century, and while Jon admires and respects these same artists, he definitely has his own style. Jon captures the spirit of small towns in Texas as well as the culture and personality of the people. His figurative paintings remind me of another favorite Texas artist, David Bates, but Jon has his own definitive style. His bold strokes and use of rich color draw me to his work. His subtle comment on life and culture are found in the painting as well as his titles. I have since had the opportunity to see Jon's work at the 2008 Cherry Spring festival and to meet his cute wife, Kathy. She is equally as engaging and interesting as Jon and I hope to see them again this spring. Jon is as gracious and generous as he is talented. Not long after I met him, I was on the art acquisition committee for a fundraiser for my daughter's school and called him to ask for a small donation for our event. He gladly donated a beautiful painting and it was all I could do not to bid on it myself and bring it home with me! Ann Williams, author – Hill Country House blog
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