LIVES AND WORKS IN NEW YORK CITY AND MERIDA, YUCATAN MEXICO
1947 BORN SCHENECTADY, NY USA
1969 BA DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, ART/ENGLISH
1972 MA UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, CERAMICS
1972 FOUNDS LAKE PLACID SCHOOL OF ART WITH ASSOCIATES
1981 VISITING ARTIST IN CERAMICS AT OHIO UNIVERSITY
1985 MOVES TO NEW YORK CITY, STOPS WORKING IN CLAY, STARTS PAINTING
2003-2007 STOPS PAINTING AND PURSUES ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROJECTS ON FIRE ISLAND AND IN MEXICO
2004 MOVES TO MERIDA, YUCATAN, MEXICO TO DESIGN AND RESTORE A 17TH CENTURY SPANISH COLONIAL HOME
2007 BEGINS PAINTING AGAIN
TEACHING
1986-2003 PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, NEW YORK, NY
1983-1985 WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, MORGANTOWN, WV
1981-1983 OHIO UNIVERSITY, ATHENS, OHIO
1972-1981 LAKE PLACID SCHOOL OF ART, LAKE PLACID, NY
1969-1970 THE VERSHIRE SCHOOL, VERSHIRE, VT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1997 LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, One Person Show
1993 CATHEDRAL ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, New York, NY, Order Out of Chaos
1992 LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, One Person Show
1991 LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, One Person Show
1990 LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, One Person Show
1987 SOHO CENTER FOR VISUAL ARtS, New York, NY, Sculpture
1986 DULUTH ART INSTITUTE, Duluth, MN, One Person Show
1982 CARL SOLWAY GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH, One Person Show
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 LA CLINICA ARTE CONTEMPORANEO, Merida, Mexico, John R. Thompson / Emilio Said
2003 LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York NY, Summer Show
2001 LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York NY, Wet
1998 FORUM KONKRETE KUNST/Galerie AM Fischmarkt, Erfurt, Germany, "immerzeit"
LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, Winter Group
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New York, NY, Small Works
1996 ACP VIVIAN EHRLI GALLARY, Zurich, Switzerland, Anniversary Show
LUISE ROSS GALLEARY, New York, NY, Extensions
FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF LONG ISLAND, Hempstead, NY, Heat Exhaustion
1995 LUISE ROSS GALARY, New York, NY, 90's Abstraction
CHAMPTION INTERNATIONAL GALLERY, Stamford, CT, Paintings on Wood
NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, New York, NY, Irrational Landscapes
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON, Binghamton, NY, Irrational Landscapes
ART INITIATIVES, New York, NY, Material Verité
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New York, NY, Faculty Leave Show
1993 ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock, AK, Collectors Drawing Show
1992 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Miami, FL, Surface Tension
LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, Transparency
ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock, AK, Collectors Drawing Show
VERO BEACH CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Vero Beach, FL, Collectors Show
METRO PICTURES GALLERY, Freedom of Expression '92 New York, NY
1991 WEATHERSPOON GALLERY, University of NC, Greensboro, NC, Work on Paper
1990 WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Philip Morris Building, New York, NY,
Champion Plaza, Stamford, CT, With The Grain, Contemporary American Panel Painting
ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock, AK, Collectors Drawing Show
1989 LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, The Case for Plywood
SCHAFLER GALLERY/PRATT INSTITUTE, New York, NY, Brooklyn, NY, Poetry and Process
ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock, AK, Collectors Drawing Show
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN GALLERY, New York, NY, Small Works
1988 RASTOVSKI GALLERY, New York, NY, Drawings
GABRIELLE BRYERS GALLERY, New York, NY, Works on Paper
ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock, AK, Collectors Drawing Show
1987 THE DRAWING CENTER, New York, NY, Selections 38
LUISE ROSS GALLERY, New York, NY, Drawings: 1987
ART INSTITUTE OF BOSTON, Boston, MA, Artquest
ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Little Rock, AK, Collectors Drawing Show
1986 A.I.R. GALLERY, New York, NY, Group Invitational
1985 GALVESTON ARTS CENTER, Galveston, TX, Emerging Artists Series
STIFEL ARTS CENTER, Wheeling, WV, Contemporary Art
1984 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, El Paso, TX, 3 Dimensions
CARL SOLWAY GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH, 3D Painting
LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART, Long Beach, CA, International Art Competition
1983 DAYTON INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, Dayton, OH, Selections
CARL SOLWAY GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH, Gallery Artists
1982 NEW GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Cleveland, OH, Ohio Selections l
HUNTINGTON GALLERIES, Huntington, WV, Work on Walls
OHIO FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS, Columbus, OH, Two Person Show
1981 DELMAR COLLEGE, Corpus Christi, TX, 15th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show
DOWNEY MUSEUM OF ART, Downey, CA, Westwood Clay National
MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Memphis, TN, Paper and Clay Exhibition
1978 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS, New York, NY, Young Americans II
1976 UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS, Irving, TX, 2nd National Print Invitational
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
1992 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1989 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1988 NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, New York, NY, Artists Fellowship, Sculpture
1986 ARTISTS SPACE, New York, NY, Grant for Exhibition Aid
1982 ARTPARK, Lewiston, NY, Residency
COLLECTIONS
WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, New York, NY
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO., Newark, NJ
CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CO., Stamford, CT
JP MORGAN, New York, NY
SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN & CO., New York, NY
ABADY, LUTTATI, KAISER, SAURBORN & MAIR, New York, NY
ST. PAUL STAMP WORKS, St. Paul, MN
PONDEROSA FOODS CORP., Dayton, OH
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Irving, TX
REVIEWS, ARTICLES, WORK APPEARING IN ARTICLES*
ARTICULO 7, La Clinica, Ano 1, Num19, 12/10/2008
DIARIO DE YUCATAN,
THE NEW YORK TIMES, John R. Thompson, Paintings on Spandex, Grace Glueck, 4/11/97
MENNINGER PERSPECTIVE, Menninger at a Glance, page 28, numbers 3-4, 1997*
THE SCIENCES, Blast Off, page 45, 7/98
SUNDAY MAIL, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dare to be Different, Meera Murugesan, 2/2/97
NEW STRAITS TIMES, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Moving Away from Usual..., Kamalia Abdullah, 1/14/97
NASSAU HERALD, The Heat's On..., Jane Shapiro, 8/22/96
THE SCIENCES, Quanta, page 8, 1/94*
ART IN AMERICA, John R. Thompson at Luise Ross, Lawrence Campbell, 1/92
COVER MAGAZINE, Romancing the Wood, Jonathan Goodman, 5/90
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Painters Are Embracing Wood, Vivien Raynor, 4/29/90
THE NEW YORK NATIVE, Certain Slants of Light, David Hirsh, 5/90
THE ADVOCATE AND GREENWICH TIMES, Stamford's Whitney "Goes With The Grain", Janet Koplos, 3/25/90