 About Sarinda Jones
Sarinda Jones currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sarinda’s minimalist approach gives her kilnformed work a contemporary feel and illuminates the simple beauty of glass. Her work is collected nationally and frequently commissioned.
Sarinda studied art history, photography, ceramics and fine art. Sarinda’s 2003 Pilchuck admission was based on a juried selection of student artwork. She studied with Mary White; San Jose University, San Jose, CA, Susan Balshor; Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle WA and Christy Corbett, Bullseye Glass Company, Portland, OR. ; Emphasis in kilnformed and casting techniques. Giles Bettison, Lino Tagliapietra influence her work.
Sarinda is an active member of the Glass Art Guild of Utah and in 2006 was nominated Chair of Public Relations Committee. Sarinda was awarded 2004 “Best of Show” at Patrick Moore Gallery and was an invited artist to the 2006 Utah Arts Festival. She is also a member of the Glass Art Society (GAS), an international organization whose purpose is to encourage excellence, to advance education, and to support the worldwide community of artists who work with glass.She is currently working with Bad Dog Rediscovers America, a children’s art institute in Salt Lake City to set up a teen apprenticeship program in kilnformed glass.
In her own words
“I use a phrase “ Left of Center” to describe the details in my work. This phrase is also used to describe the relationships of the visual line and emotional motivations.
Much of my work is a manifestation of the emotions and events surrounding my son’s hospital stay, early in his life. We all experience a time in our life when we have been uncertain of an outcome and recall that moment when time stands still, the tipping point. I try to capture that moment and condense the elements of my work to their essence: to a sense of space that has a concentration of spirit, character and physical presents.”
November 2007
Awards
Honorable mention for overall show
3rd Annual Glass at the Garden
November 2005
Red Butte Gardens, salt Lake City, Utah
Best of show
2nd Annual Gathering of Glass
June 2005
Patrick Moore Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Invited Artist
Utah Arts Festival
June 2006
Juried participant
Salt Lake City Downtown Alliance’s Farmers Market
2005, 2006 and 2007
Past Exhibitions
Utah Arts Festival
Park City Kimball Arts Festival
Utah Museum of Fine Art
Rose Wagner Art Center
Art Access II
Evergreen Gallery
Patrick Moore Gallery
The Unknown Gallery
Red Butte Gardens
The Green Ant
EarthGoods General Store
Positively 4th Street Music
Grand Galleries
Urban Blossom
Downtown Alliance Farmers’ Market
Palm Springs Museum of Fine Art
Community involvement
Glass Art Guild of Utah
Member Standing Chair of Public Relations, 2006
Glass Art Society
Member
Bad Dog Rediscovers America
Organizer, Teen Glass Apprenticeship Program
Public Art Commissions
Worked on commission to produce glass art for Utah Transit Authority TRAX (light rail) station, titled The Faces of Our Neighborhood, in SLC, UT, in 2005. Sarinda contributed work on kiln-formed glass that was inlaid into benches at the new station located at 900 South 200 West. |
