John sketching in the studio, 2013.
Education
1971 – 1973
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
Painting courses
1970 – 1975
Philadelphia College of Art
Drawing and Painting courses
1964 – 1968
Dickinson College
B.A., English
Collections
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami, FL
Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
Melba Pearlstein, Haverford, PA
Abbie Dean, Haverford, PA
Lora Hersh, Short Hills, NJ
Alvin Abrams, Greenwich, CT
Solo Exhibitions
TandM Gallery, 2015, Philadelphia, PA
“The Word” 2013, The Westtown School, West Chester, PA
“Extreme Opposites” 2011, The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, PA
“Depth Perception” 2011, AxD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Painted Words, Tainted Logos” 2010, Type Directors Gallery, New York, NY
“Open to Interpretation” 2008, Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Rincliffe Gallery 2006, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
New Britain Museum of American Art 2005, New Britain, CT
Noyes Museum of Art 2004 , Oceanville, NJ
Recitation Hall Gallery 2001, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Mensa Regional Gathering 2001, Valley Forge, PA
Design Arts Gallery 1999, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Gallery 1987, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
“Light and Shade” 2022, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“Love” 2021, Exhibizone/Biafarin online exhibit
“Brushstrokes” 2020, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
“15th Annual California Open” 2020, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“6th Annual ARTSEE” 2019, State Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
“Open to Abstraction” 2019, (virtual), Santa Barbara, CA 2nd place award
Three small group shows2017, 2018, 2019 San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
“Earth Air Fire Water” 2015, Nails in the Walls Gallery, Metuchen, NJ
“Perception Shift” 2012, Stockton College, Stockton, NJ
“Word” 2012, The Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square, PA
Unruly Gallery 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“Transaction Analysis” 2009, Anne Arundel Community College Gallery, Arnold, MD
“Glass & Transparency” 2008, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA
“Perspectives” 2007, Union Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Experimenta — Catalysts!” 2005, Lisbon, Portugal
“Art Full Text” 2005, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA;
Art Center of Northern New Jersey 2005, New Milford, NJ
14th Annual Juried Show Ceres Gallery 2004, 6th National Juried Exhibition
“The Square Show” 2003, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
“Wavelength” 2003, Lynn Arts Gallery, Lynn, MA
“Modern Iconography” 2003, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Pleiades Gallery 2003, 21st Annual National Juried Exhibition, New York City
Viridian Artists Gallery 2003, Juried Show, New York, NY
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts 2003, New Milford, NJ
Smithtown Twp. Arts Council 2002, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, St. James, NY
“The Eye of the Beholder” 2002, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
Ceres Gallery 2002, National Juried Show, New York, NY
“The Art of Absence” Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
“Day or Night” 2001, Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ
Pleiades Gallery 2001, 19th Annual Juried Exhibition, New York City
Art Center of Northern New Jersey 2001, 9th Annual Juried Show, New Milford, NJ
Gallery 214 2001, 4th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Montclair, NJ
Touchstone Gallery 2001, 3rd Annual National Exhibition, Washington, D.C
Perkins Center for the Arts 2000, Works on Paper, Moorestown, NJ
Allentown Art Museum 2000, Annual Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA
William Penn Charter School 2000, Philadelphia, PA
Abington Art Center 1999, Annual Juried Show, Abington, PA
Arronson Gallery 1998, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
“AnnEx” 1996-2004, College of Design Arts, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
“Collaborations” 1995, Kamin Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
“Exhibition Ars (Dis)Symmetrica” 1993, International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry, Budapest, Hungary and Rome, Italy
Collections
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami, FL
Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
Melba Pearlstein, Haverford, PA
Abbie Dean, Haverford, PA
Lora Hersh, Short Hills, NJ
Alvin Abrams, Greenwich, CT
Solo Exhibitions
TandM Gallery, 2015, Philadelphia, PA
“The Word” 2013, The Westtown School, West Chester, PA
“Extreme Opposites” 2011, The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, PA
“Depth Perception” 2011, AxD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Painted Words, Tainted Logos” 2010, Type Directors Gallery, New York, NY
“Open to Interpretation” 2008, Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Rincliffe Gallery 2006, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
New Britain Museum of American Art 2005, New Britain, CT
Noyes Museum of Art 2004 , Oceanville, NJ
Recitation Hall Gallery 2001, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Mensa Regional Gathering 2001, Valley Forge, PA
Design Arts Gallery 1999, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Gallery 1987, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
“Light and Shade” 2022, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“Love” 2021, Exhibizone/Biafarin online exhibit
“Brushstrokes” 2020, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
“15th Annual California Open” 2020, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“6th Annual ARTSEE” 2019, State Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
“Open to Abstraction” 2019, (virtual), Santa Barbara, CA 2nd place award
Three small group shows2017, 2018, 2019 San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA
“Earth Air Fire Water” 2015, Nails in the Walls Gallery, Metuchen, NJ
“Perception Shift” 2012, Stockton College, Stockton, NJ
“Word” 2012, The Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square, PA
Unruly Gallery 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“Transaction Analysis” 2009, Anne Arundel Community College Gallery, Arnold, MD
“Glass & Transparency” 2008, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA
“Perspectives” 2007, Union Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Experimenta — Catalysts!” 2005, Lisbon, Portugal
“Art Full Text” 2005, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA;
Art Center of Northern New Jersey 2005, New Milford, NJ
14th Annual Juried Show Ceres Gallery 2004, 6th National Juried Exhibition
“The Square Show” 2003, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
“Wavelength” 2003, Lynn Arts Gallery, Lynn, MA
“Modern Iconography” 2003, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Pleiades Gallery 2003, 21st Annual National Juried Exhibition, New York City
Viridian Artists Gallery 2003, Juried Show, New York, NY
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts 2003, New Milford, NJ
Smithtown Twp. Arts Council 2002, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, St. James, NY
“The Eye of the Beholder” 2002, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
Ceres Gallery 2002, National Juried Show, New York, NY
“The Art of Absence” Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
“Day or Night” 2001, Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ
Pleiades Gallery 2001, 19th Annual Juried Exhibition, New York City
Art Center of Northern New Jersey 2001, 9th Annual Juried Show, New Milford, NJ
Gallery 214 2001, 4th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Montclair, NJ
Touchstone Gallery 2001, 3rd Annual National Exhibition, Washington, D.C
Perkins Center for the Arts 2000, Works on Paper, Moorestown, NJ
Allentown Art Museum 2000, Annual Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA
William Penn Charter School 2000, Philadelphia, PA
Abington Art Center 1999, Annual Juried Show, Abington, PA
Arronson Gallery 1998, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
“AnnEx” 1996-2004, College of Design Arts, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
“Collaborations” 1995, Kamin Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
“Exhibition Ars (Dis)Symmetrica” 1993, International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry, Budapest, Hungary and Rome, Italy
John sketching in the studio, 2013.
Education
1971 – 1973
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
Painting courses
1970 – 1975
Philadelphia College of Art
Drawing and Painting courses
1964 – 1968
Dickinson College
B.A., English
