Heather Jones received her BA in Art History, University of Cincinnati College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning in 1999 and she is a candidate for an MA in Art History, University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning. In 2015 Jones published the book, Quilt Local: Finding Inspiration in the Everyday. New York: Abrams. The artist exhibits both internationally and nationally, and besides her 2019 Black Rock Senegal residency with Kehinde Wiley, in 2024, she participated in Master Class: The Business of Art Making with Mickalene Thomas and Jasmine Wahi. Jone’s work is included in the public collections of the Columbus Museum of Art, OH, Speed Museum, Louisville, KY, Fidelity Investments Corp. Art Collection, Boston, MA, Mary and Al Shands Collection, Louisville, KY, Sara and Michelle Vance Waddell Collection, Cincinnati, OH, Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH, and Black Rock Senegal, Dakar, Senegal among numerous others.