Helen Jones holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art. She spent many years in Oregon, where she established Pine Island Press, a small press specializing in publishing photography and art zines. Incandescent, PIP's primary publication, is a bi-annual zine showcasing emerging photographers working with color analog film. Helen's aesthetic is one of things built up unintentionally and of imprints left behind. Her photographs explore interactions between people and places. She never misses a chance for a road trip, dislikes rust in her cast iron, and salts just about everything. She can be found on Instagram at @helenjonesphotographs.
Exhibitions
• Retracing the Rubicon, Visual Arts Center, Austin, Texas, September-December 2024
• (Im)possible worlds, LA KunstTURM, Mulhouse, France, September 2024
• 14th Annual Photobook Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts, June-August 2024
• Traces: A Zine and Artbook Show, Field Projects Gallery, New York, New York, May 2024
• Homecoming 2022-23 Biennial, RIT City Arts Space, Rochester, New York, December 2023
• The Remaining Time works by Helen Jones and Ania Safko, Shed-Shows, Austin, Texas, May 2023
• Dewpoint, slideshow hosted by The Humid, Athens, Georgia, October 2022
• To light and then return, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, North Carolina, September 2022
• Deeper Roots Than Reason, Contra/Common, Bee Cave, Texas, July 2022
• Bag Lunch, UnSmoke Systems Artspace, Braddock, Pennsylvania, July 2022
• Painted Hooves, Visual Arts Center, Austin, Texas, May 2022
• Mirror Drama, Visual Arts Center, Austin, Texas, February 2021
• Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2019
• Open Juried Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, Vermont, March 2018
• Off The Fridge, the Photographic Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts, February 2016
• All Visual Boston Slideshow, Spectacle, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, January 2013
Online
• Too Tired Project, A Testament to Loss, May 2024
• Zone Zine, October 2023
• Photographers on Photographers: Helen Jones in Conversation With Robert George, Lenscratch, August 2023
• Photographers on Photographers: Helen Jones in Conversation With Barbara Bosworth, Lenscratch, August 2022
• Nowhere Diary, July 2021
• Lenscratch Student Prize, 26 to watch, July 2021
• Don't Smile, Earth Mother/Mother Earth, April 2020
• From Here On Out, October 2019
• Fstop Magazine, Land, Sea, Air, Issue #90, Interview, August 2018
• Ain’t-Bad, February 2018
• Uncertain Magazine, Issue 2, January 2018
• Float Magazine, December 2017
• Vermont Center for Photography Instagram Takeover, August 2016
• C41 Magazine, November 2016
• TMP, Issue 5, The American Highway: An Exquisite Corpse, July 2016
Publications
• Photo Trouvée Magazine Issue 16, April 2025
• The Remaining Time exhibition catalog, May 2023
• Bag Lunch exhibition catalog, July 2022
• Painted Hooves exhibition catalog, May 2022
• To light and then return, Self Published, 2022
• Subjectively, Objective Monthly Monograph Magazine Issue 11, July 2018
• Stripes of light, Self Published / Pine Island Press, 2018
• Good Days Gone Cold Days, Pine Island Press / Half-Stop Press, 2015
Artist Talks and Residencies
• Stove Works Artist Residency, Chattanooga, TN, August 2025 (upcoming)
• Virtual Artist Talk, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin Texas, September 2024
• Photobook Austin, conversations with photographers, Austin Texas, May 2023
• 2022 Studio Art MFA Thesis Colloquium / Archival Practices: Duration and Document, Visual Arts Center, Austin Texas, May 2022
• Imagine Butte Resource Center Residency, Butte Montana, April 2018
Relevant Projects and Experience
• Pine Island Press, Founder, 2010 – Present
• Lecturer, University of Texas Photography & Media Department, Austin, Texas, 2023
• Incandescent, a color film zine, Founder / Editor, 2010 – 2022
Exhibitions
• Retracing the Rubicon, Visual Arts Center, Austin, Texas, September-December 2024
• (Im)possible worlds, LA KunstTURM, Mulhouse, France, September 2024
• 14th Annual Photobook Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts, June-August 2024
• Traces: A Zine and Artbook Show, Field Projects Gallery, New York, New York, May 2024
• Homecoming 2022-23 Biennial, RIT City Arts Space, Rochester, New York, December 2023
• The Remaining Time works by Helen Jones and Ania Safko, Shed-Shows, Austin, Texas, May 2023
• Dewpoint, slideshow hosted by The Humid, Athens, Georgia, October 2022
• To light and then return, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, North Carolina, September 2022
• Deeper Roots Than Reason, Contra/Common, Bee Cave, Texas, July 2022
• Bag Lunch, UnSmoke Systems Artspace, Braddock, Pennsylvania, July 2022
• Painted Hooves, Visual Arts Center, Austin, Texas, May 2022
• Mirror Drama, Visual Arts Center, Austin, Texas, February 2021
• Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2019
• Open Juried Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, Vermont, March 2018
• Off The Fridge, the Photographic Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts, February 2016
• All Visual Boston Slideshow, Spectacle, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, January 2013
Online
• Too Tired Project, A Testament to Loss, May 2024
• Zone Zine, October 2023
• Photographers on Photographers: Helen Jones in Conversation With Robert George, Lenscratch, August 2023
• Photographers on Photographers: Helen Jones in Conversation With Barbara Bosworth, Lenscratch, August 2022
• Nowhere Diary, July 2021
• Lenscratch Student Prize, 26 to watch, July 2021
• Don't Smile, Earth Mother/Mother Earth, April 2020
• From Here On Out, October 2019
• Fstop Magazine, Land, Sea, Air, Issue #90, Interview, August 2018
• Ain’t-Bad, February 2018
• Uncertain Magazine, Issue 2, January 2018
• Float Magazine, December 2017
• Vermont Center for Photography Instagram Takeover, August 2016
• C41 Magazine, November 2016
• TMP, Issue 5, The American Highway: An Exquisite Corpse, July 2016
Publications
• Photo Trouvée Magazine Issue 16, April 2025
• The Remaining Time exhibition catalog, May 2023
• Bag Lunch exhibition catalog, July 2022
• Painted Hooves exhibition catalog, May 2022
• To light and then return, Self Published, 2022
• Subjectively, Objective Monthly Monograph Magazine Issue 11, July 2018
• Stripes of light, Self Published / Pine Island Press, 2018
• Good Days Gone Cold Days, Pine Island Press / Half-Stop Press, 2015
Artist Talks and Residencies
• Stove Works Artist Residency, Chattanooga, TN, August 2025 (upcoming)
• Virtual Artist Talk, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin Texas, September 2024
• Photobook Austin, conversations with photographers, Austin Texas, May 2023
• 2022 Studio Art MFA Thesis Colloquium / Archival Practices: Duration and Document, Visual Arts Center, Austin Texas, May 2022
• Imagine Butte Resource Center Residency, Butte Montana, April 2018
Relevant Projects and Experience
• Pine Island Press, Founder, 2010 – Present
• Lecturer, University of Texas Photography & Media Department, Austin, Texas, 2023
• Incandescent, a color film zine, Founder / Editor, 2010 – 2022