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Kathleen Manton-Jones, ISEA

 

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Manton-Jones, ISEA
First name
Kathleen
Display Name
Kat Manton-Jones
 

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United States
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Arizona
Display Nearest Municipality
TUCSON
 

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ISEA Volunteer History
2026 Innovations Symposium planning
 

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Social Media Links
katlasjourney.com
Instagram: katmantonjones
YouTube: @katlasjourney
 

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Solstice Almanac
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Artwork Title 2
Tectonic Plate Movement
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Universe Unfurling
Artist Biography Highlights
Kat Manton-Jones is a self-taught mixed media artist. She is a Saguaro Fellow in the Southern Arizona
Watercolor Guild; a member of PaperWorks, Raices Taller, and Tubac Center of the Arts. She teaches
watercolor and mixed media at SAWG and TCotA.

She is currently serving on the ISEA Innovations Symposium committees for 2026 in Tubac, Arizona and
2029 at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Ironwood Gallery in Tucson, Arizona. In November 2025,
she gave an ISEA Artist Innovations talk, “Directionally Challenged – Wandering Blissfully”. She is a 2022
ISEA scholarship recipient and used the funds to offset a 2023 Arquetopia Artist-in-Residence in
Urubamba Peru.
Artist CV Highlights
Presentations: PaperWorks – The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Artists, 2025, “Katlas Journeys”
ISEA - Artist Innovations Talk, 2025. "Directionally Challenged, Wandering Blissfully"

Teaching: Southern Arizona Watercolor Society “Let’s Experiment!”, 2025

Grant/Scholarship Recipient: Jewish Community Foundation Arts Heritage Fund in recognition of Janet
Ann Tifft, Grants 2024

Selected Awards Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild:
 “Pivotal Moment” – Honorable Mention, Experimental Show, 2025
 “Blowing Bubbles” – Award of Merit, Experimental Show, 2024
 “Aspen Country” – Award of Merit, Lasting Impressions, 2023

Selected Publication: Kempa, Rick. Truths of the Trail. An Imprint of Deep Wild Journal, 2024. – Cover &
black & white illustrations
Artist Statement
I have been painting since 2000 and have gained valuable knowledge through workshops, classes, books,
videos, experimentation, and practice. I primarily paint watercolor on Yupo but also paint on paper and
create collage, and assemblage works. Common themes in my work are Biodiversity, Night Skies, and
Unmaps. Experimentation is what makes creating fun; I play with new color combinations, textures, or
techniques to keep it fresh and expand my skills. As a result, my art is continually evolving.
Art Media
  • Collage
  • Mixed media
  • Watercolor

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