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Krista Mardane Jones, better known as Jonesy was born in Dallas, Texas in 1973 and soon after moved to Bangkok, Thailand where she learned Thai and English at the same time. She is a world traveler and has lived in Central America, Texas, Oahu, San Francisco, Columbus, Ga and over the past decade has planted her roots in Atlanta, GA.
Jonesy studied Fine Art at University of Texas at Arlington and gained her BFA at Columbus State University in Photography and Painting. After taking on an internship as an Assistant Art Director she began a 13 year career in Graphic Design. Recently, Jonesy has embraced art entrepreneurship full-time and provides services in photo editing/retouch, graphics, illustration, paintings and murals. She is affiliated with AIGA, WonderRoot, Graphic Artist Guild, Alternate Roots and C4 Atlanta where she graduated from Ignite and HATCH programs. Some of her clients include Atlanta BeltLine, Unscripted Way, Sustainable Wellness, Aquarius Magazine, Brandshake Creative, Precision Performance Atlanta, Expression Chiropractic, Hales Photography, Virtually Staging Properties, KGA Creative, City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs, ThinkGreatly, Barry Lee Art, Shannon Willow Art, Third & Urban, Lake Claire Community Land Trust and Living Walls.
She is currently working on a large body of work call "Pulling Light from the Darkness" which includes several series that focus on self-expression, freedom from oppression, empowerment, LGBTQI advocacy and intersectional feminism. She is a mixed media artist that uses animal imagery, patterns, self-portraiture and figurative elements to express observation of the human experience.