Meet the Artist

Jaron Anthony Overton is an eccentric, yet serious, digital artist and graphic designer from Hampton, Virginia. His obsession with the stars gave him the path as a novice photo manipulator of creating a story of him escaping reality. He now wishes to prove that imagination is the greatest power an artist can inherit by taking part in that story.

 

Fun Facts

  • Received his pseudonym "Jaronimo" from his speech teacher at age 5.
  • His logo is a fan-made Zodiac sign
    • An abstract mixture of "J" and "R"
    • "Jaronimo the Renegade"
  • Met his first celebrity in person
    • Veronica Taylor (former voice of Pokémon protagonist Ash Ketchum)
  • Once dressed as a steampunk in an anime convention.

 

Education

  • Virginia Peninsula Community College (2012-2017)
    • Associate's for Computer Engineering (dropped)
    • Associate's for Graphic and Media Design (Cum Laude)
    • Certificate for Advanced Video
  • Christopher Newport University (2018-2020)
    • Bachelor's for Studio Arts
    • Photography Minor (dropped)
    • Art History Minor
    • Graphic Design Minor

 

Exhibitions

  • Leap for the ARTS, Rawls Museum Arts (February 2020)
    • Path to the Big Star
    • Lunar Ascend
  • ArtCNU Senior Thesis Exhibition, Christopher Newport University (May 2020)
  • ArtCNU Alumni Exhibition, Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center (October - December 2021)
    • Stargazer's Lake
    • Freedom Perigee
    • Sunburst Sauna

 

Volunteer Work

  • Virginia Peninsula Community College
    • Beauty and the Beast Broadway Musical (December 2017)
      • Art Department

 

Hobbies

 

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