Jonathan Thunder infuses his personal lens with real-time world experiences using a wide range of media. He is known for his surreal paintings, digitally animated films and installations in which he addresses subject matter of personal experience and social commentary. Jonathan is an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Ojibwe and makes his home and studio in Duluth, Minnesota.

He has attended the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico and studied Visual Effects and Motion Graphics in Minneapolis at the Art Institute International. His work has been featured in many states, regional, and national exhibitions, as well as in local and international publications. Thunder is the recipient of a 2020-21 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award for his risk taking in painting. Since his first solo exhibit in 2004, he has won several awards for his short films in national and international competitions.