EDUCATION 2015 MFA University of Miami-Miami, FL Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fellowship in Painting 2009 BFA Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA Double Major: Painting/ Art History; Graduated with both Honors and Distinction in each major EXHIBITIONS Solo Exhibitions/ Two Man Shows 2021 Acid Summer, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC Only Natural, Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Virtual Exhibition 2019 Liminal Spaces, Greenwood Center for the Arts, Greenwood, SC Jena Thomas: Solo Exhibition, Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Stamford, CT 2017 Liminal Landscapes, Solo Exhibition, Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Stamford, CT 2016 New Narratives, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC Jena Thomas: Solo Exhibition, Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Stamford, CT 2015 Thesis Exhibition, Wynwood Gallery, Miami, FL Artificial Oasis @The Projects: Contemporary Art Space, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2014 Manmade Summer, Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Stamford, CT 2013 Jena Thomas: Solo Exhibition, Green Monkey, Miami, FL Group Exhibitions and Fairs 2021 New Faces, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon, NC Curbside, Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Virtual Exhibition 100 Miles, Bascom Center for the Arts, Highlands, NC 2020 State of the Art II Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AK Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL Whitmyer IP Financial Group, Commercial Installation, Stamford, CT 2019 Faculty Exhibition, Milliken Art Gallery, Spartanburg, SC Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA 2018 Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL South Caroline ETV Exhibition, Palmetto Curatorial Project, Columbia, SC 30th Anniversary Exhibition, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC 701 CCA Prize Finalist Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX Art Hamptons, Long Island, NY (Be)come a Collector, Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Stamford, CT Art Fields, Mosaic Gallery, Lake City, SC 2017 Faculty Exhibition, Milliken Art Gallery, Spartanburg, SC 30th Anniversary Gala, Bruce Museum, Greenwhich, CT 4th Annual Collegiate Invitational Art Exhibition, Spartanburg, SC. 2016 701 CCA Prize Finalist Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC Art Hamptons, Long Island, NY Art Context, New York, NY Art Miami, Miami, FL Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL 2015 Building Culture Equity, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT Bastions, Wynwood Gallery, Miami, FL 2014 5, Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Stamford, CT PULL, Wynwood Art Space, Miami, FL Seafair, Miami International Art Fair, Miami, FL 63rd Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL 52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, South Florida Cultural Center Water is Life, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Masters Candidates Exhibition Finalist Exhibition, Young Painters Competition, 2014, Miami University, Oxford, OH Miami International Art Fair (MIA), Miami, FL Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, FL You Are Here, Armory Art Center, December 21st- February 1st, 2014, West Palm Beach, FL 2013 Home, Grin Event Space and Gallery, Providence, RI New Works, University of Miami CAS Gallery, Coral Gables, FL 62nd Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL 6th All Media Juried Biennial, Hollywood Arts and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL Annual Juried Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL Art Palm Beach, International Art Fair, West Palm Beach, FL Miami International Art Fair (MIA) Sea Fair: The Mega Yacht Venue, Miami, FL Salon d’Refuses, CAS Gallery, Miami, FL 2012 5th Annual Canes Fair, Wynwood Project Space, Miami, FL Incoming MFA Show, CAS Gallery, Miami, FL |