Education
Photography, M.S. Illinois Institute of Technology, The Institute of Design. Chicago, IL.
Journalism, B.A. Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Solo Exhibitions
Jazz M. A. and T. Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
Looking Back/Moving Forward Howard Community College, Columbia, MD.
New Work Arlington County Board of Education, Arlington, VA.
Views of the Avenue Howard University Architecture and Planning Gallery, Washington, D.C.
The Avenue University of California Extension Center, University of California (Berkeley).
Couleur Photographie The Sumner School Museum and Archives, Washington, D.C.
The Avenue Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD.
The Avenue The Mayor’s Art Gallery. The District Building, Washington, D.C.
Personal Vision Aberdeen Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Hyde Park: A Sociological Document The Institute of Design, Chicago, IL.
Group Exhibitions
Members Show Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL. 2022
Visions in Black Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL. 2022
Sarasota Architecture Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL. 2021
Black Muse Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL. 2020
Boys on the Road, Images from Iceland and France M.A. and T. Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
I Am Montgomery College M.A.and T. Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD. Lowe House Office Building, Annapolis, MD.
Faces, M.A. and T. Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
A Lasting Vision, Photographs from the Institute of Design 1970-2001, Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Design, Chicago, IL.
Realizations, M.A. and T. Gallery, Montgomery College , Rockville, MD.
Rhythm & Blue, M.A.and T. Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
A Question of Color, John’s Hopkins University, Montgomery County Campus. Representad by VisArts, Rockville, MD.
Black and White Perspectives: Images from the Three Campuses of Montgomery College, M.A. and T. Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
Portraits of Life: Holocaust Survivors of Montgomery County, M.A. and T. Gallery (traveling nationally), Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
Montgomery County Farm Documentation Project, M.A. and T. Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
Free Within Ourselves: African-American Art from the Museum’s Collection. National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Hope in Our City: Anacostia, A Place of Spirit, Anacostia, VA.
Through the Looking Glass: The Work of African-American Fine Art Photographers In Washington, Washington Center for Photography, Washington, D.C.
Right Down To The Roots, The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD.
Participating Artist, The National Conference of Artists 1991 Photography Exhibition. The Charles Sumner Museum and Archives, Washington, D.C.
Kaleidoscope, The Smithsonian Anacostia Museum, Washington, D.C.
Participating Artist, Howard County African-American Artists. Howard Community College, Columbia, MD.
Visual Communication, The Charles Sumner Museum and Archives, Washington, D.C.
Your Shot, Our Show, The Tartt Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Selected Views: A Showing of Images by Local Black Photographers, Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD.
Landscape and Still Life Photography: Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection, The Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University. Hamilton, NY.
Washington - A City and Her People, Cultural Exchange Exhibition. U.S. State Department Art in Embassies Program.
Eight Varieties of Photographic Vision, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.
Editorial Photography, The Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.
The American Document, The Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago IL.
Collections
Albin O. Kuhn special collection, The Brian V. Jones Collection, University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Special Collections highlight: "Street Scenes & African American Churches of the D.C. area".
The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. https://americanart.si.edu/search?query=brian+v+jones
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.
The Gary M. Hofer Memorial Photography Collection. The Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University
Awards, Fellowships, Grants, Sabbaticals
The Jazz Musicians Project. Sabbatical Leave - Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
Outstanding Faculty Award. Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
Make It Happen Innovation Grant. Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
International Student Project. Sabbatical Leave. Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
Smithsonian Research Fellow. Paul Peck Humanities Institute, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
Individual Artist Award. Visual Arts: Photography, Maryland State Arts Council.
Montgomery County Farm Documentation Project. Montgomery College Foundation Award. Rockville, MD.
Grant Recipient Maryland Farm Preservation Project. America the Beautiful Fund.
Grant Recipient. Artists in Education Program. District of Columbia Commission on the Art and Humanities, Washington, D.C.
Grant Recipient. Artist Fellowship. District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, D.C.
Award Recipient. 1985 Black Creativity Juried Art Show. The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL.
Curatorial Projects
The International Student Project, M.A. and T. Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
The Art of the Portrait, M.A. and T. Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
Black and White Perspectives: Images from the Three Campuses of Montgomery College, M.A. and T. Gallery, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
Guest Lecturer & Workshops
Workshop Instructor & Guest Lecturer. Ansel Adams Legacy, The National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Workshop Instructor. Smithsonian’s 150th Birthday Celebration, The National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Workshop Instructor & Guest Lecturer. Polaroid Portrait Studio, The National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Workshop Instructor. The Urban Landscape, The National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Guest Lecturer. The Industrial Landscape in Dauerreotypes, The National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Guest Lecturer. James VanDerZee Photographer, The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Guest Lecturer. Berenice Abbott’s Photography, “Wednesdays at One” series. The National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Guest Lecturer. Career of a Professional African American Photographer, Smithsonian Institution Resident Associate Program, African-American Studies Center, Washington, D.C.
Workshop Instructor. Meatyard Reconsidered. National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Guest Lecturer. African-American Photography. The Corcoran Gallery of Art Lecture Series, Washington, D.C.
Guest Lecturer. Kaleidoscope. The Smithsonian Anacostia Museum.
Guest Lecturer. Perspectives on Harlem. The Avenue: Documenting a Community. National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Guest Lecturer. Black Culture: Through a Photographic Eye. The Sumner School Lecture Series.
Moderator & Presenter. Public Address in Urban Communities. Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Rochester, NY.
On-Site Coordinator. SPE Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Presenter, The Legacy of Black Photographers: Documenting the Visual World. The Society of American Archivists National Conference, St. Louis, MO.
Co-presenter. Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Houston, TX.
Presenter. “TAP ONE Project”. Bureau of School Attendance, Chicago Public Schools.
Presenter. United Black Fund of America, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Features & Publications
Special Collections highlight: "Street Scenes & African American Churches of the D.C. area". Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, Baltimore, MD. Published 2016.
Black Photographers: An Illustrated Bio-Bibliography, 1940-1988, D. Willis Thomas. Published 1989.