Jonathan Anderson is an Assistant Professor of Drawing and Painting in the Art Department at Biola University. He is also a graduate of the Torrey Honors Institute.

Bio

Needs to be refined--all info from http://www.jonathanandersonpaintings.com

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, CA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

06-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 – April

LECTURES/PUBLIC SPEAKING

08 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, December

Conference 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 Christ

PUBLICATIONS

"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