Bio
Jonathan Anderson is an artist, art critic, and educator based in London and Los Angeles. In addition to his studio practice, Anderson's research and writing focuses on modern and contemporary art, with a particular interest in exploring its relations to religion and theology. He is the coauthor, with theologian William Dyrness, of the book Modern Art and the Life of a Culture: The Religious Impulses of Modernism (IVP Academic, 2016), and he has contributed to various books and journals, including essays on the work of John Cage, Francis Alÿs, Kris Martin, Rachel Whiteread, Wim Botha, and others. Professor Anderson is a regular speaker and lecturer, and has given presentations for the Theology, Modernity, and the Visual Arts project (Royal Academy of Arts, London), the Association for Art History (Courtauld Institute of Art, London), the Society for Christian Scholarship in Music (Yale University, New Haven), and the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art (Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles). He is currently working on a PhD at King's College London.
EDUCATION
| PhD candidate (dissertation in process), Theology and Religious Studies King's College London; London, UK |
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| 2004 | MFA, Studio Arts: Drawing and Painting California State University Long Beach; Long Beach, CA Distinguished Achievement Award for Creative Activity in Drawing & Painting |
| 2000 | BS, Studio Arts: Drawing and Painting Biola University; La Mirada, CA Torrey Honors Institute summa cum laude |
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
| 2006– |
Associate Professor of Art, Biola University; La Mirada, CA (tenured)
ARTS 107 Drawing 1 ARTS 108 Figure Studies 1 ARTS 319 Figure Studies 2 ARTS 308 Painting 2 ARTS 413 Painting 3 ARTS 116 History of Western Art 1: Prehistoric–Medieval ARTS 126 History of Western Art 2: Renaissance–Romanticism ARTS 315 Contemporary Art Trends: 1945–present BBST 465 Contemporary Art and Theology (co-taught) ARTS 410 Art History Travel Seminar: Italy ARTS 410 Art History Travel Seminar: London–Paris ARTS 100 IRIS Seminar: Film and Theology (co-taught) YMDT490 Torrey Honors Seminar: Theology of Spatial Relations |
| 2016–17 |
Executive Director, Center for Christianity, Culture, and the Arts, Biola University; La Mirada, CA
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| 2006 |
Adjunct Instructor, California State University Long Beach; Long Beach, CA
ART 383 Intermediate Life Painting |
| 2005 |
Adjunct Instructor, California State University Dominguez Hills; Carson, CA
ART 170 2D Composition ART 373 Life Drawing 1 |
AWARDS & HONORS
| 2016 |
Book of the Year Award of Merit in Culture and the Arts, Christianity Today, for Modern Art and the Life of a Culture, coauthored with William A. Dyrness
Top Ten Books of 2016, Image Journal, for Modern Art and the Life of a Culture, coauthored with William A. Dyrness |
| 2014 | Founder’s Award Alumnus of the Year, Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University |
| 2013 | Research Fellowship, Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity, R5 Visual Arts Seminar in South Africa: 10 American artists, 10 African artists, 2-week research seminar in Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2012 | Research Fellowship, Center for Christian Thought, "Christian Scholarship in the Twenty-first Century: Prospects and Perils," Biola University |
| 2011 |
Artist Residency, Whale & Star Studio, Miami, FL
Visiting Professor, Rivendell Sanctuary; two-week art history module in Florence, Italy |
| 2010 | Prism Award, highest award given by the Public Relations Society of America, given for the LA Metro’s "Through the Eyes of Local Artists" neighborhood projects, featuring Gardena (Jonathan Anderson), Little Tokyo, and USC/Expo Park HOW Magazine award for the LA Metro’s "Through the Eyes of Local Artists" neighborhood projects, featuring Gardena (Jonathan Anderson), Little Tokyo, and USC/Expo Park |
| 2004 | Distinguished Achievement Award for Creative Activity in Drawing & Painting, College of the Arts, California State University Long Beach |
| 2002 | Baker Foundation Scholarship |