Java is an anti-disciplinary artist, curator, and scholar based in New York, working across sculpture, photography, installation, sound, and moving image. Their practice explores experimental image-making, haptics, and multi-sensory storytelling, transforming photographic surfaces into tactile encounters that engage touch, sound, and spatial experience. Jones investigates how memory and digital culture shape the way we engage images, challenging vision-centric modes of spectatorship.

Java holds an MFA in Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design and an MS in Fiction and Entertainment from SCI-Arc. They held a Technology Residency at Pioneer Works in 2023, participated in the PhotoVogue Festival, and co-curated exhibitions and programming for OpenAI in 2024. Jones was recently selected to present at the Studio Museum in Harlem's annual Museums as Systems symposium this June. Alongside their artistic practice, Jones works at the intersection of curation, communications, and public programming, developing conversations and experiences that bridge contemporary art, technology, and collective knowledge.