DonChristian Jones is an artist, musician, and director whose work spans painting, performance, installation, and social practice. Rooted in themes of collective memory, place-making, and imagined futurities, his practice often transforms alternative and public spaces into immersive, collaborative environments. Jones’ early years creating murals inside Rikers Island and other carceral institutions ground his work in both aesthetic experimentation and civic urgency. In 2020, he founded Public Assistants Inc.—a mutual aid network and community design studio that reimagines sites for care and as creative infrastructure.
Jones has presented work and performed at institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA PS1, Rauschenberg Residency on Captiva, as well as Hauser & Wirth, The Shed, and The Rhodes House. In 2024 to 2025, DonChristian became the inaugural Adobe Creative Resident at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.