Jason Willaford

Jason Willaford received his BFA from Florida State University where he studied under Jim Roche and Color Field painter Trevor Bell. After years as an encaustic painter in Marfa, Texas, he shifted his focus to vinyl-based constructions, which were exhibited in a solo exhibition at Oklahoma Contemporary in 2014. In the summer of 2015, Willaford participated in a residency at the former home and studio of Elaine de Kooning in East Hampton, NY and presented the resulting body of work in a solo show at Dallas Contemporary that fall. In 2019, Willaford was commissioned by Green Box Arts Festival in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado to create an outdoor billboard installation, joining artists like Spencer Finch who have also completed the project. His work can be found in over 200 private and the public collections, including Bloomingdales, Toyota, and Neiman Marcus, among others. He lives and works in Dallas, TX.

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