Jonathan Marquis: Something To Hold: The Glacier Drawing Project
September 3 2024 - December 7 2024
The Glacier Drawing Project by Jonathan Marquis is a long-term endeavor to draw and bear witness to all of Montana's glaciers before a warming climate melts the ice beyond recognition. Alpine glaciers are the lifeblood of the Northern Rockies. Each year, the artist visits new glaciers, revisits others, and often draws from mountain summits that grant glimpses into some of Earth's most iconic and intact wildland geographies. The drawings explore a personal connection with glaciers through color, mark-making, and careful attentiveness. The Glacier Drawing Project is the only on-site, hand-drawn visual record of the fifty-nine named glacial features in Montana's Crown of the Continent and Greater Yellowstone ecosystems.
Jonathan Marquis
Jonathan Marquis is a multidisciplinary artist and mountaineer seeking immersive experiences with wildland terrain to consider climate change and more-than-human geographies. His investigations of the landscape began as an endeavor to draw all the remaining glaciers in the state of Montana. He has since covered thousands of miles on foot in isolated locations, translating his encounters with glaciers through drawing, painting, alternative photographic processes and video.
Marquis received his Master of Fine Arts and Art History from the University of Arizona. He launched the Glacier Drawing Project on Kickstarter and has displayed his works across the United States and abroad, including The SFO Museum, the Center for Visual Arts in Denver, The Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, the Missoula Art Museum, and the University of Arizona Museum of Art. Marquis is an arts educator at Pima Community College and The University of Arizona. He splits his time in Missoula, Montana, and Tucson, Arizona.
For more information, visit www.jonathanmarquis.com or on Instagram @jonathanbmarquis.