Jason Bly resides in Wichita Falls, TX where he is Assistant Professor  of Art at Midwestern State University, teaching painting and drawing  since 2017.  He is a board member for the Texas Association of Schools  of Art and contributes to their conferences held annually in Texas.   

Previous experience includes teaching at Southern Illinois University  Edwardsville (2009-2017) and Lewis and Clark Community College  (2009-2017).  Bly also served as Director of Exhibitions at the  Edwardsville Arts Center (2013-2017).  His paintings have been shown in  solo, invitational, and juried shows.  He holds his MFA in painting from  SIUE and MA and BA degrees in painting and printmaking at Eastern  Illinois University.        

In his current work, Bly creates oil paintings that explore the  connections between technology, simulation, and the everyday experience.  Traditional paintings methods are used to mimic graphic design  sensibilities combined with realistically painted objects from life.  Through layering several thin layers of oil, a trompe l’oiel technique  renders an environment of imagery related to the multitude of visual  stimuli which we encounter everyday.    

website:  www.jasonbly.com    

instagram: jblyart