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Jonathan Brooks is an award winning Photographer/Visual Artist, whose work has been exhibited in Miami, NYC, Amsterdam, France, Germany, Greece, Scotland, and the UK.
Brooks’ recent work was just awarded the Coral Gables Museum's inaugural acquisition prize as they begin to collect art, and is being considered for Art In Public Places projects in Miami Shores. and the Miami-Dade county Civil and Probate Courthouse acquisition program.
The Visual Artist will have his Palmas Y Cafe exhibit at the beginning of 2023 at The First National Bank of South Miami's Wirtz Gallery. And is thrilled to announce his acceptance of exhibit into The University of Michigan’s Gifts of Art Exhibition Program at Michigan Medicine for the 2022/23 exhibit year at the U-M Rogel Cancer Center March 13 - June 2, 2023.
Brooks worked for Eastman Kodak during their transition from analog to digital. His photographs have been published in numerous magazines, anthologies, and periodicals. And his Photos have been featured in major movies (Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates, and Uncle Drew), the Emmy nominated short film series celebrating the 50th anniversary of National Endowment for the Arts- United States Of Art, and television shows (Oprah Network's David Makes Man, Bravo TV's reality show Southern Charm, The CW's The Vampire Diaries, and Germany’s Only Love Counts).
Brooks’ palm, botanical, and street images have been used as set decor on The Oprah Winfrey Network’s coming -of-age drama series David Makes Man, from Oscar-winning Moonlight co-writer Tarell Alvin McCraney and starring The Cosby Show’s Phylicia Rashad. His No Vacancy image has also been set decor in cast member Seth Rose’s home on Bravo TV’s Southern Charm reality show. And images from his Palm series were used as set decor in the 2018 Summer motion picture Uncle Drew starring NBA superstar Kyrie Irving’s Pepsi commercial character.
Brooks has participated in the prestigious Artist In Residency at the Deering Estate for their 2016-2017 cycle. Also in 2017, he attended his second Creative Capital Foundation's Professional Development Program Workshop, a partnership with the Florida Department of Cultural Affairs. The foundation began as an initiative of the Andy Warhol Foundation and invests in artists who shape the future. It was funded by The National Endowment for the Arts.
In 2016, Brooks' work was included in the Emmy nominated 50th Anniversary video highlighting the impact of National Endowment for the Arts and he was part of the At Home With Art Exhibit at the Miami Home And Remodeling Show as one of their Ambassador Artists. That same year his work was used as decor in a 20TH Century Fox film starring Anna Kendrick and Zac Efron, and in 2015 displayed at The Louvre last summer.
His SKULL Series was featured on the I Could Never Love Like That episode of the CW Network's hugely popular award winning series The Vampire Diaries in 2015. And you can find some of his art at West Elm, Pottery Barn Teen, and Minted.
Brooks graduated magna cum laude with a BS degree double major in Advertising and Fine Art Photography and a minor in Marketing from the University of Miami. His studies in graphic design and architecture, and extensive backgrounds in the fashion industry and music industry have also helped to influence his work. He has numerous photography exhibitions to his credit and is currently working on his next.
His image Over The Rainbow was one of Digital Photo Magazine's Your Greatest Street Scenes 2018 and was awarded the Best In Show 2014 Photo Of The Year at the inaugural Miami Photo Salon Festival during Miami's prestigious Art Week. At the beginning of the same week, his image Love Floats won Talenthouse's Creative Invite "Photograph your perfect moment of love,“ where it was featured on the exciting German TV primetime show 'Nur die Liebe zählt' (Only Love Counts), hosted by German SAT.1 Television.
In July 2013, his photography was featured on one of the biggest billboards in Time Square, taking over the entire 25-story-tall massive digitally animated billboard. And at the end of 2013, as a Top Ten Finalist in Digital Photo Pro and HD Video Pro Magazine's 7th Annual Emerging Pro Still and Motion Competition, where he finished his first short film 5 SKULLS on a then yet to be released to the market Red camera.
He also the author of the self-published The True Cuba book that was funded on Kickstarter.com.
Jonathan Brooks is an award winning Photographer/Visual Artist, whose work has been exhibited in Miami, NYC, Amsterdam, France, Germany, Greece, Scotland, and the UK.
Brooks’ recent work was just awarded the Coral Gables Museum's inaugural acquisition prize as they begin to collect art, and is being considered for Art In Public Places projects in Miami Shores. and the Miami-Dade county Civil and Probate Courthouse acquisition program.
The Visual Artist will have his Palmas Y Cafe exhibit at the beginning of 2023 at The First National Bank of South Miami's Wirtz Gallery. And is thrilled to announce his acceptance of exhibit into The University of Michigan’s Gifts of Art Exhibition Program at Michigan Medicine for the 2022/23 exhibit year at the U-M Rogel Cancer Center March 13 - June 2, 2023.
Brooks worked for Eastman Kodak during their transition from analog to digital. His photographs have been published in numerous magazines, anthologies, and periodicals. And his Photos have been featured in major movies (Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates, and Uncle Drew), the Emmy nominated short film series celebrating the 50th anniversary of National Endowment for the Arts- United States Of Art, and television shows (Oprah Network's David Makes Man, Bravo TV's reality show Southern Charm, The CW's The Vampire Diaries, and Germany’s Only Love Counts).
Brooks’ palm, botanical, and street images have been used as set decor on The Oprah Winfrey Network’s coming -of-age drama series David Makes Man, from Oscar-winning Moonlight co-writer Tarell Alvin McCraney and starring The Cosby Show’s Phylicia Rashad. His No Vacancy image has also been set decor in cast member Seth Rose’s home on Bravo TV’s Southern Charm reality show. And images from his Palm series were used as set decor in the 2018 Summer motion picture Uncle Drew starring NBA superstar Kyrie Irving’s Pepsi commercial character.
Brooks has participated in the prestigious Artist In Residency at the Deering Estate for their 2016-2017 cycle. Also in 2017, he attended his second Creative Capital Foundation's Professional Development Program Workshop, a partnership with the Florida Department of Cultural Affairs. The foundation began as an initiative of the Andy Warhol Foundation and invests in artists who shape the future. It was funded by The National Endowment for the Arts.
In 2016, Brooks' work was included in the Emmy nominated 50th Anniversary video highlighting the impact of National Endowment for the Arts and he was part of the At Home With Art Exhibit at the Miami Home And Remodeling Show as one of their Ambassador Artists. That same year his work was used as decor in a 20TH Century Fox film starring Anna Kendrick and Zac Efron, and in 2015 displayed at The Louvre last summer.
His SKULL Series was featured on the I Could Never Love Like That episode of the CW Network's hugely popular award winning series The Vampire Diaries in 2015. And you can find some of his art at West Elm, Pottery Barn Teen, and Minted.
Brooks graduated magna cum laude with a BS degree double major in Advertising and Fine Art Photography and a minor in Marketing from the University of Miami. His studies in graphic design and architecture, and extensive backgrounds in the fashion industry and music industry have also helped to influence his work. He has numerous photography exhibitions to his credit and is currently working on his next.
His image Over The Rainbow was one of Digital Photo Magazine's Your Greatest Street Scenes 2018 and was awarded the Best In Show 2014 Photo Of The Year at the inaugural Miami Photo Salon Festival during Miami's prestigious Art Week. At the beginning of the same week, his image Love Floats won Talenthouse's Creative Invite "Photograph your perfect moment of love,“ where it was featured on the exciting German TV primetime show 'Nur die Liebe zählt' (Only Love Counts), hosted by German SAT.1 Television.
In July 2013, his photography was featured on one of the biggest billboards in Time Square, taking over the entire 25-story-tall massive digitally animated billboard. And at the end of 2013, as a Top Ten Finalist in Digital Photo Pro and HD Video Pro Magazine's 7th Annual Emerging Pro Still and Motion Competition, where he finished his first short film 5 SKULLS on a then yet to be released to the market Red camera.
He also the author of the self-published The True Cuba book that was funded on Kickstarter.com.
About Creative Capital
Creative Capital has awarded $35 million to 579 groundbreaking artists nationwide through funding, counsel and career development services. Their Professional Development workshops have empowered nearly 10,000 creative minds to strengthen their careers and enrich their communities.
About The Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
The Florida Division of Cultural Affairs is Florida's state arts agency. The Division promotes arts and culture as essential to quality of life for all Floridians. These diverse resources include arts in education, local arts agency, state service organization, theater, dance, folks arts, literature, media arts, museum, multidisciplinary, music, sponsor/presenter, and visual arts programs and projects.
About The University of Michigan’s Gifts of Art Exhibition Program
The University of Michigan’s Gifts of Art Exhibition Program is one of the first and most comprehensive arts in medicine programs nationwide, Gifts of Art brings the world of art & music to Michigan Medicine. During times of stress and illness, the arts have the power to nurture and engage. Gifts of Art programs utilize the arts to assist and enhance the healing process, reduce stress, support human dignity and renew the spirit.
About The National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation.
About The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the popular book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith. The series premiered on The CW on September 10, 2009.
The pilot episode attracted the largest audience for The CW of any series premiere since the network began in 2006. The first season averaged 3.60 million viewers and the show has received numerous award nominations, winning four People's Choice Award and many Teen Choice Awards.
About West Elm
West Elm (stylized as west elm) is an upscale retail store that features contemporary furniture designs and other housewares. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. There are currently 59 stores across 25 states in the United States, the Canadian provinces of Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec, as well as Puerto Rico, London, and Sydney, Australia. Customers are able to shop in-store, online, or through a catalog by calling a toll free number.
West Elm was founded in 2002 and the catalog was released in 2003.
About The Wirtz Gallery
The Wirtz Gallery at the First National Bank of South Miami is a public art gallery featuring month-long exhibits by local, national, and international artists.
The Wirtz Gallery was opened in 1983 in memoriam to Arthur M. Wirtz, past Chairman of the Board of the First National Bank of South Miami.
The mission of the Wirtz Gallery is to provide a professional setting for all levels of artists to display and sell their artwork, with no fee due to the gallery. It provides the public with the opportunity to enjoy art of all types of media.
About Miami Photo Salon
Miami Photo Salon is the first photo exclusive juried fine art photography art fair during Miami's prestigious art week. Foot traffic between visiting art fairs bring in thousands of visitors, both from the local community and international tourists.
Miami Photo Salon is a Festival created by the nonprofit Cuban American Phototheque Foundation.
About Talenthouse
Talenthouse brings brands together with artists who create content that connects with people.
Major brands on Talenthouse include: Absolut, adidas, BCBG, bing, Coca-Cola, Dolce & Gabbana, Glaceau VitaminWater, HP, Intel, Kleenex, Microsoft, Nikon, Nine West, Nokia, P&G, Samsung, Sony, Spotify, Virgin Mobile, Volkswagen and more. Celebrated talent projects include: A$AP Rocky, deadmau5, Eric Clapton, Paloma Faith, Tom Ford, Lady Gaga, Nas, Stan Lee, Paul McCartney, Linkin Park, Rankin, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, and U2, among others.
Talenthouse was co-founded in 2009 by Co-CEOs Amos Pizzey and Roman Scharf. The privately held company is funded by prominent investment groups including ProSiebenSat.1, Reliance Entertainment, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, 3TS Cisco Growth Fund, as well as high-profile individuals including Chris DeWolfe, William Lauder, Brett Ratner, Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, Jean Pigozzi and Gerard Butler. Talenthouse headquarters are located in Los Angeles, California, USA, with offices in New York and London.
About Nur die Liebe zählt (Only Love Courts)
Nur die Liebe zählt (Only Love Courts) is a widely popular and top German TV show that ran from 1993 to 2011 on German SAT.1 and returned to air in Germany in December 2014.
About Kickstarter
Kickstarter helps people fund creative projects and is the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Kickstarter has been featured in NPR, CNN, The New York Times, Time, BBC, and Wired.
About The True Cuba Book
The True Cuba is a book by author Jonathan Brooks and was funded on Kickstarter. It was inspired by the controversial book Vamos a Cuba (Let's Go to Cuba) that was pulled from the public school's library system by the Miami-Dade School Board in 2006 for its inaccurate portrayal of Cuba and whose legal battle ended on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009.
