Field Trip: Artist Lecture - Jonathan Mandell

Field Trip: Artist Lecture – Jonathan Mandell
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
10:00 AM
Location: Bryn Mawr Film Institute* 824 Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA

*Optional small group tour of the artist’s studio in Bala Cynwyd following the lecture.

Jonathan Mandell is a fine art artist living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mandell’s talent lies in the
implementation of fundamental fine art concerns, such as perspective, color composition, and drawing
into the medium of mosaic. Utilizing such materials as glass shards, ceramic tile, semiprecious stones, minerals,
mirror, and marbles, Mandell creates wall-mounted panels, which evolve into what he calls, “tactile paintings”.
His grout lines act as drawing lines, bringing his imagery to life. The glass shards, instead of flat, are convex and
concave pieces. This allows for a study of the surface topography of the mosaic.

Mandell’s fine art mosaics can be seen on permanent display at the National Constitution Center, The National
Liberty Museum, The University of Pennsylvania, Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the McGraw Hill
Company in New York, Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and the Illinois Holocaust Museum
and Education Center in Skokie, Illinois, among other sites throughout the United States Note: One of his early
works is on display at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute!