John Newman

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discussion stick (in beige and browns), 2007. Blown glass, woven wicker, computer-generated laser-cut wood and masonite, painted terra cotta, and Ethiopian headrest, 24 x 15 x 14 inches.

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blue ribbon teardrop, 2008. Wood burl, blown glass, acrylic paint on acqua resin, wood putty, Japanese paper, papier mâché, foamcore, armature wire, and string, 14 1⁄2 x 15 1⁄2 x 9 inches

BIOGRAPHY

Most recent exhibition: "Instruments of Argument", New York Studio School Gallery, January 2009,

Reviewed by Roberta Smith, New York Times; Stephen Mueller, Art in America; Ben LaRocco, Brooklyn Rail


Over 40 one-person shows in galleries and museums in New York, Los Angeles, Munich, Dusseldorf, among others.


Numerous group exhibitions in galleries and museums including Whitney Museum, Brooklyn Museum, The Albertina, Walker Art Center, Tate Gallery, American Institute of Arts and Letters, among others.


Selected Public Collections: Museum of Modern Art; Metropolitan Museum; Whitney Museum; Brooklyn Museum; Yale Art Gallery; The Nasher Collection; Museum of Fine Arts Boston; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, among others.


Large Scale Public Commissions: City of Richmond, Virginia Public Art Program; Grounds for Sculpture, Mercerville, New Jersey; Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY; General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota, among others.


Grants and Residencies: Rome Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Gottlieb Foundation, Pollack-Krasner Foundation, NEA, NYFA, Irish Museum of Modern Artists' Work Programme, Yaddo, MacDowell.


Teaching: Yale School of Art, School of Visual Arts, New York Studio School, Virginia 

Commonwealth University, Colgate University, Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, among others.


Numerous visiting artist lectures in universities and museums in USA, Europe and Asia:

including American University in Beirut, American Academy in Berlin, Guggenheim Museum, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India among others


Bibliography: articles and reviews in New York Times, Art in America, Art News, Sculpture Magazine, among others.

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