Jonathan Crow
b. 1971, Toledo, OH Based in Santa Clara, CA
Education:
2003 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Department of Film & Video, Valencia CA
Solo Exhibitions:
2026 Cul-de-Sac, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2024 Water and Wine, Lo-fi Wines, Los Alamos, CA
2023 Land on Fire, Lo-fi Wines, Los Alamos, CA
2015 Veeptopus, The Hatchery Press Gallery, Los Angeles
Selected Group/Juried Exhibitions:
2026 America, American Stories: Revolution to Rockwell, Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbrige MA 6
63rd Stockton Art League National Juried Exhibition, Haggin Museum, Stockton CA
Futbol: The Art of the Game, Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Delicious, Studio Gallery, San Francisco
2025 Greater Bay Area Open, New Museum, Los Gatos
What Beauty Is For…,Shoh Gallery, Berkeley
Delicious, Studio Gallery, San Francisco
SF Noir, Studio Gallery, San Francisco
Pacific Artistry Showcase, Society of West Coast Artists, San Bruno CA
2024 Joy, Arc Gallery, San Francisco
103rd Anniversary Exhibition, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto
Tiny, Studio Gallery San Francisco
Boundaries, New Museum, Los Gatos
Showstoppers, 2358MRKT Gallery, San Francisco
Salon at the Triton Museum of Art, Triton Museum, Santa Clara
City Streets, Studio Gallery, San Francisco
Interiors, Studio Gallery, San Francisco
2023 Salon at the Triton Museum of Art, Triton Museum, Santa Clara CA
Delicious, Studio Gallery, San Francisco
Summer Program, Shoh Gallery, Berkeley
2022 Colors, Marin Society of Artists, San Raphael
Tiny, Studio Gallery, San Francisco
2021 Pure Paint, Art Benicia, Benicia, CA
California Open 2021, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles
All About Women, Marin Society of Artists, San Raphael
2020 De Young Open, De Young Museum, San Francisco CA
Justice, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato CA
PANIC, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley
2021?, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
California Open, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles
Celebration of Art 2020, Marin Society of Artist, San Raphael
Left Coast, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato CA
Expressions, Marin Society of Artist, San Raphael 2020
Awards and Residencies:
2026 Chalk Hill Artist Residency, Healdsburg, CA
2025 First Prize -– Greater Bay Area Open, New Museum, Los Gatos, CA
Honorable Mention - Pacific Artistry Showcase, Society of West Coast Artists, San Bruno
2023 Chalk Hill Artist Residency, Healdsburg, CA
2020 First Prize – Expressions, Marin Society of Artist, San Raphael
First Prize – 2021? – ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
Selected Press:
Content Magazine: Jonathan Crow: Where Nostalgia Meets Art, Politics and The Self 18.2 Spring 2026
48 Hills: His Suburban Idylls Teem with the ‘Uncanny Magic of the Exceptionally Unexceptional’ (Jan. 23, 2026)
Content Magazine: Artist Profiles 12.4 Autumn 2020
The New York Times: Beto O’Rourke in Candle Wax. Ted Cruz in Acrylic. Meet the Crafters Who Love Politics (Nov 2. 2018)
BuzzFeed: This Guy Draws Octopuses On Portraits Of Vice Presidents (Jan. 12, 2016)
Huffington Post: RIGHT NEXT DOOR: Jonathan Crow, Artist, Writer, Filmmaker, Teacher, Coffee Enthusiast, Dad, Creator of “Veeptopus” (Feb 24, 2015)
Boingboing: Portraits of every U.S. vice president in history but with an octopus on their head (Feb. 4, 2015)
iO9: Silly Portraits Of Each US Vice President With An Octopus On His Head (Oct. 17, 2014)
Publication:
2017 The Veeptopus Book – Funded a successful Kickstarter campaign