2025 MFA - Glass - The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wi (Current)
2022 BFA - Art & Design concentration in Sculpture & Dimensional Studies, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
EDUCATION (Individual classes and intensives)
2018 Jewelry & Small metals(4CR) -ART216 - College of Marin, Kentfield, California
2017 Jewelry & Small metals (4CR) - ART116 - College of Marin, Kentfield, California
ADV. CERAMICS (4CR) -ART270- College of Marin, Kentfield, California
CCAD Pre-College program (4CR) - Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
SOLO OR DUO EXHIBITIONS
2024 SHEDSKIN (Solo MFA Qualifier exhibit) - Art Lofts Gallery, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2023 F U T U R E B O D Y (One work w/ Lauren Aria) - Art Lofts Gallery, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2022 Distorted Perception (Senior Thesis) - NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Some Kind of Heaven - Backspace Gallery, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Total Tolerance - Backspace Gallery, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
THIRD DIMENSION - Kohler art Library, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Two Week’s Notice - Art Lofts Gallery, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Sixth Decade of UW Glass- Art Lofts & Backspace Galleries, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2022 SEE ME - an LGBTQ+ Art Exhibition - River Arts Center, Prairie Du Sac, WI
You Could Not Have Dreamed This. - Art Lofts Gallery, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Occupied QuAC - Turner Gallery, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Constructing Identity - Turner Gallery, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2020 Foraged Stories - Material Poetics class - NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2019 Across the Street: Alfred University and Alfred State - Cohen Gallery, Alfred, NY
ITERATIONS: BFA Foundations Exhibition - NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2017 CCAD Pre-College program show - Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
AWARDS & GRANTS
2024 Pilchuck partner scholarship
2023 Glass Art Society: Detroit - Eddie and Angela Bernard Award
2021 Dean’s List - NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
APEX Research grant - NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2018 Ceramic grant - NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2018-21 Jonathan Allen Scholarship - NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Pollen Volume 3 - Student Publication Curated by Mia Modifferi and Trey Millward
CURATION
2023 F U T U R E B O D Y - Lauren Aria - The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wi
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024 Instructor of record (Spring ART100) - 3 sections - The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wi
2023 Instructor of record (Fall ART100) - 3 sections - The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wi
Graduate TA - Summer neon intensive - The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wi
2021 Undergraduate TA - Neon: Light & Mixed Media, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2020 Short-Term Undergraduate TA - Intro to glass blowing, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
WORK EXPERIENCE
2023 Installation and Artist assistant to Windgate-Lamar Fellow Lauren Aria, Madison, Wi
TA-IS - Woodshop and Foundry Technician - The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wi
2021 Neon Fabricator for MFA candidate Mollie McKinley- NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Art Handler - Photosynthesis - Turner Gallery Catwalk, Alfred, NY
Art Handler - Vignettes:The Times we didn't Share Together -Turner Gallery, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2021 Work Study Glass Studio -NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2020 Work Study Glass Studio -NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2019 Art Handler - Girls Girls Girls curated by Simone Ferguson - Turner Gallery, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Installation and Artist assistant to MFA Candidate Andrés Monzón - NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2018 Work Study Ceramics - The Grinding room, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Born in Glendale, California and raised in Marin County, California, Jonah Figueroa-Daley b.2000 received his BFA in Art and Design with a focus in sculpture and Dimensional Studies at the NYSCC at Alfred University in 2022. Figueroa-Daley pursues his art with an interdisciplinary mindset. Working with glass, fibers and other unconventional materials, he creates objects and installations on reflected experiences focusing on the relationship to the body and skin. Currently Jonah Figueroa-Daley is working in Madison, Wisconsin as the Glass MFA Candidate at The University of Wisconsin- madison and is expecting to graduate in 2025.