jonathan anderson
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EDUCATION
04 Master of Fine Arts: Drawing and Painting California State University Long Beach; Long Beach, CA 00 Bachelor of Science Biola University; La Mirada, CA 98 Roehampton Institute University of Surrey; London, England 96-00 Torrey Honors Institute Biola University; La Mirada, CAPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE06-present Assistant Professor of Art, Biola University; La Mirada, CA ARTS 107: Drawing 1 ARTS 108: Figure Studies 1 ARTS 126: Survey of Western Art History 2 (Renaissance through Romanticism) ARTS 315: Contemporary Art Trends ARTS 319: Figure Studies 2 ARTS 410: Art History Seminar: Interterm Study Abroad Trip to Italy YMDT 490: Torrey Honors Institute Seminar: The Theology of Space 04-07 Manager of Contemporary Arts for ((Echo)) Long Beach (non-profit arts organization, founded 2004); Long Beach, CA 06 Curator, Systematics: Theologies of Complexity, group show, Werby Gallery, CSULB; Long Beach, CA; March Adjunct Professor, California State University Long Beach; Long Beach, CA ART 383: Intermediate Life Painting 05-06 Adjunct Professor, Biola University; La Mirada, CA 05 Adjunct Professor, California State University Dominguez Hills; Carson, CA ART 170: 2D Composition ART 373: Life Drawing I
Curator, Memorability, group show, Koo’s Art Gallery; Long Beach, CA; June – July
Curator, A Sacred Discontent: A Traveler’s Guide to the Apocalyptic, group show, Platform West Gallery; Long Beach, CA; March – AprilLECTURES/PUBLIC SPEAKING08 Conference Presenter, "Impasse: A Meditation on Representational Painting," Fire and Ice: Literary Paradox and the Search for Truth, Western Region Conference on Christianity & Literature, Biola University, May Sysposium Moderator, On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art, Biola University Art Symposium; La Mirada, CA, March Moderator for two panel discussions: 1. "Vocation and the Artist of Faith": Daniel A. Siedell, Rachel Hostetter Smith, Roger Feldman 2. "On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art": James Elkins, Daniel A. Siedell, Rachel Hostetter Smith, Christina Valentine, Karen Kleinfelder 07 Conference Presenter, "Value-Laden Places: Contemporary Art and Liturgical Sensitivities," Zeitgeist: Literature and the Arts in the Formation of Culture, Biola University; La Mirada, CA, December Context Lecture Series, Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University, April - March 1. The Theology of Space: Thinking Through Art History 2. Deconstruction and the Contemporary Problem of Evil 3. Thinking Through: Place and Christian Faith 4. Tabernacle: The Role of Space and Place in Biblical Thought 5. Visual Theology: Rembrandt on the Body and the Problem of Sin 06 Conference Presenter, "Embodied Thinking: A Meditation on the Meanings of Visual Space," Zeitgeist: Literature and the Arts in the Formation of Culture, Biola University; La Mirada, CA, DecemberConference Presenter, "Darkness and Inversions: A Meditation on Caravaggio's Cerisi Chapel," The Problem of Evil: A Conversation Between a Philosopher, a Poet, and a Painter, Biola University; La Mirada, CA, December Visiting Lecturer, summer travel course in Business and Society: "Consumerism, Hyperreality-Creation, and the Commodification of Everything," Professor Andrew Gustafson, Creighton University (Omaha, NE); Los Angeles, CA, May Context Lecture Series, Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University, April - March 1. Undoing the Picture: Art-Making in the Twentieth Century 2. Light and Matter: The Theology of Pictorial Space in Medieval and Renaissance Art 3. A Meditation on the Deep: Enlightenment and the Romantic Vision 4. And the Word Was Made Flesh: An Unfinished History of the Image of ChristPUBLICATIONS
"Theology and Artistic Vocation: A Reciprocal Intersection," A Curious Match Made in Heaven: Biolart at 35, La Mirada: Biola UNiversity, 2008. "Embodied Thinking: A Meditation on the Meanings of Visual Space," (revised), Atelier (September 2007): 21-27. "Embodied Thinking: A Meditation on the Meanings of Visual Space," SEEN: CIVA Journal, VI.3 (Fall 2006): 15-20. Book Review: "Illuminating Luke: The Public Ministry of Christ in Italian Renaissance & Baroque Painting by Heidi J. Hornik & Mikeal C. Parsons," SEEN: CIVA Journal, VI.2 (Summer 2006): 22-23.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)
Shirle Gottlieb, “Memories Are Made of This,” The Long Beach Press Telegram, U-Entertainment section, June 16, 2005 "There’s an ((echo)) in Long Beach,” The Gallery, Volume 2, Number 6, June 2005 Shirle Gottlieb, “The Human Form in All Its Diversity,” The Long Beach Press Telegram, May 27, 2005 A Meditation On Noble Intentions , MFA Project Report, CSULB Library, 2003 *Shirle Gottlieb, “Art Students Go to the Edge and Over,” The Long Beach Press Telegram, May 21, 2003 Glenn Zucman, Body::Mined Digital Catalog, CD Rom, December 2002 *Pepe LaRue, “Fireworks and Other Fantastic Sights,” The View from the Hill, July 16, 2002 *Carrie Davis, “Senior Shows Displayed Until End of Semester,” The Biola Chimes , May 2000