Jon Bellona is a sound artist and educator who specializes in digital technologies.

Jon’s work has been shown in concerts, festivals, and galleries across North America and Europe, including the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.; SPRING/BREAK Art Show in NYC; Kyma International Sound Symposium (KISS); New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME); Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS); and International Computer Music Conference (ICMC).

Jon has received awards through the Mozilla Community Gigabit Fund, the National Science Foundation, the Oregon Community Foundation Creative Heights Grant, the Jefferson Trust, the Oregon Arts Commission, the University of Oregon Center for Environmental Futures, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Jon has served as a University of Virginia Presidential Fellow in Data Science, an Environmental Resilience and Sustainability Fellow, and an Art & Environmental Action Scholar. Jon studied composition with Samuel F. Pellman, Matthew Burtner, Ted Coffey, Jeffrey Stolet, and Judith Shatin, earning degrees at the University of Virginia (Ph.D., M.A.), University of Oregon (M.Mus.), Hamilton College (B.A.) and Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (Dip.). Jon is a Senior Instructor I of Audio Production at the University of Oregon and is a co-director of Harmonic Laboratory, an interdisciplinary arts collective focused on art and technology collaborations.


AWARDS

Accessible Oceans: Exploring Ocean Data Through Sound, National Science Foundation, Award 2115751 2019.09.01
Excellence in Remote Teaching Award for Spring 2020, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 2020.12.03
Confidant(e) Live Album, Student Art Fund, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 2014.01.08
Art & Environmental Action Scholarship ($10,000), OpenGrounds & Jefferson Trust, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 2013.12.05
Graffiti, commissioned by (sub)Urban Projections, Eugene, OR 2011.11.16
CCS Hall of Distinction, Clinton, NY 2011.11.13
3rd place, The Snow, (sub) Urban Projections, Digital Arts Festival, Eugene, OR 2011.11.10
College Key, Run For The Fallen, Hamilton College 2009.05.13
Key to the City, Run For The Fallen, Pinckneyville, IL, 2008.07.27
Excellence Coin, Run for the Fallen, Fort Irwin (General Pittard - Army) 2008.06.14

PRESS

#Carbonfeed, Bowdoin College, New Brunswick, ME 2015.04.23
CDM [Harmonic Laboratory], (sub)Urban Projections, Hult Center, Eugene, OR 2015.04.02
Eyewash Festival: Jon Bellona, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 2015.02.10
#Carbonfeed, Sustainability at University of Virginia 2014.08.29
#Carbonfeed, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 2014.08.29
Balls Out, Eugene Weekly, Eugene, OR 2014.05.08
New 2014 Arts Fellows!, UVa Student Council Announcement 2014.01.01
Four Corners, Daily Emerald, Eugene, OR 2013.05.30
Four Corners, Eugene Weekly, Eugene, OR 2013.05.23
Art Shorts, Eugene Weekly, Eugene, OR 2011.11.10