John NEWSON

Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, 1970

Lives and work in New York

SOLO SHOW

  • 2015
    • Marc Straus, New York
  • 2013
    • “Bestiary”, Marc Straus, New York
  • 2012
    • “Crescendo”, The Richard J. Massey Foundation for the Arts and Sciences,
      New York
  • 2011
    • “Nocturne Paintings” /
    • “Motifs and Methods”, Patrick Painter, Santa
      Monica, CA (monograph:
    • “John Newsom, Allegories of Naturalism”)
  • 2010
    • John Newsom: New Paintings, Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York
      (catalogue)
    • 2009
    • Beyond the Horizon, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica (catalogue)
    • 2006
    • Allegory of Nations, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2004
    • Black Widow Paintings, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (Catalog)
    • Backyard Bliss, New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston, TX
  • 2002
    • New Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2001
    • Recent Paintings, Leyendecker Gallery, Tenerife, Spain
    • Meeting Place, Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2000
    • Natural Selection, Margrett Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1999
    • Brushfire, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery (project space), New York, NY
  • 1998
    • SANCTUARY (100 Bird Paintings), Greene Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 1997
    • Recent Drawings, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1996
    • Recent Paintings, 407 Gallery, New York, NY
    • New Work, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY

GROUP SHOW

  • 2017
    • Back to the ShackMeliksetian | BriggsLos Angeles, CAUSA
  • 2016
    • Der Funke Soll In Dir SeinGalerie JudinBerlinGermany
    • Der Funke soll in Dir seinSalon DahlmannBerlinGermany
    • Rinus Van de Velde & John NewsomPatrick Painter Inc.Santa Monica,
      CAUSA
  • 2015
    • “Late Harverst” The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada
    • “Rogue Arena”, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey
  • 2014
    • “Xigue-Xigue”, Marc Straus, New York
    • “All the Best Artists are My Friends”, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City,
      New Jersey
  • 2013
    • “Prints & Paper”, The Richard J. Massey Foundation for the Arts and
      Sciences, New York
  • 2012
    • “Estate”, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
    • “Printed Histories: 16 Years of Print Portfolios”, Exit Art, New York
  • 2011
    • “An Instance Of Vibration”, The Bowery Hotel, New York
    • “Outer Space”, Exit Art, New York
  • 2010
    • “Blood, sweat tears” Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain
    • “in.flec.tion” – HVCCA – Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
  • 2008
    • ArtBasel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida
      Frieze Art Fair, London
    • Pop-Auge und die ewigen Quatschkommonden
      ArtBasel, Basel, Switzerland
    • The Armory Show, New York.
  • 2007
    • Size Matters: XXL-Recent Large Scale Paintings, Hudson Valley Center for
      Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
    • “Versus” Carlos Matter, Amy Myers, John Newsom, Arnulf Rainer. Mike
      Weiss Gallery, New York
    • “Pop Art 1960-2000”, Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan
    • Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
    • Hachioji Yume Art Museum
      Paradise, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica
    • ARCO 2007, Leyendecker Gallery, Madrid
  • 2005
    • Contemporary Voice: The Contemporary American Art from Misumi
    • Collection,Tottori Prefectural, Museum, Osaka, Japan
    • Entourage, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
    • Hope, Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York, NY
  • 2004
    • The Night of Olana, Ace Gallery, New York, NY
    • Tango, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
    • For the Birds, Untitled (Space) Gallery, New Haven, CT
  • 2003
    • Wandering Library, (in cooperation with The Peggy Guggenheim Museum,
      Venice, Italy) The International Artists’ Museum, Venice, Italy
    • Thatcher, The Blue Gallery, London, England
    • Spring Into Action, The Guggenheim Museum, New York
    • Country Mouse/City Mouse, Space 101 Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by
      David Hunt
  • 2002
    • NYC, Momus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
      Proper Villains, Untitled (Space) Gallery, New Haven, CT
    • New York in Texas, New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston, TX
    • The Dubrow Biennial, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY
    • Welcome to the Playground of the Fearless, (in cooperation with Deitch
      Projects, New York), Entropy, New York, NY
    • Subject Matters, Kravits/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2001
    • Solicitous Elders, Greene Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
    • The Jericho Project, The New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY
  • 2000
    • GROUNDZERO:01, 129 Lafayette, New York, NY
    • DRAWN, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
    • Na’er Do Wells, DNA Studios, New York, NY
  • 1999
    • Beach Party ’99, Andreas Binder Gallery, Munich, Germany
    • Size Matters, Gale Gates et al., Inc., New York, NY.
    • Na’er Do Wells, 330 W. 38th St., New York, NY
  • 1998
    • Stocking Stuffers, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
    • Pets, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
    • For the Birds, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
      Gallery Artists, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
    • Gallery Artists, Sixth @ Prince Fine Art, New York, NY
    • Waitstation Showroom, Santa Fe, NM
    • Misanthropes, 519 Broadway, New York, NY
  • 1997
    • Absolut Secret, Gulbenkian Galleries, The Royal College of Art, London,
      England
    • Gallery Artists, Ira Stehmann Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
    • American Painters, Andreas Binder Gallery, Munich, Germany
    • New Art from New York, P-inc. Gallery, London, England
    • Comic Inspirations, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York, NY
  • 1996
    • SNAFU, 407 Gallery, New York, NY
    • Gallery Artists, ARENA, New York, NY
    • Summer Group Show, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1995
    • Iconic Narrator/Singular Narrative Paintings, (with Chuck Agro), Earl
      McGrath Gallery, New York, NY
    • Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians Gallery, New York, NY
    • Salons des Tree, Belvedere Castle, New York, NY
    • NATURAL (New Drawings), ARENA, New York, NY
      New York
    • Painting and Sculpture, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1994
    • Sports Show, Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY
    • Eleven, The Union League Club Gallery, New York, NY
    • Gallery Artists, Rosenburg Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1993
    • The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY