John Torreano
BORN
1941 Flint, Michigan
RESIDES
New York City
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EDUCATION
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| 1967 |
MFA Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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| 1963 |
BFA Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
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FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
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| 2002 |
The Nancy Graves Foundation Grant |
| 1997 |
School of Education Research Challenge Fund, “Painting in the Round,” New York University, New York, NY |
| 1994 |
Artist in Residence, Andersen Ranch, CO |
| 1991 |
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship |
| 1991 |
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship Foundation |
| 1989 |
National Endowment for the Arts |
| 1982 |
National Endowment for the Arts |
| 1979 |
Creative Arts Service Program |
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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| 2004 |
“John Torreano Paintings,” Feature Inc., New York, NY |
| 2003 |
Center Galleries, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI |
| 2002 |
“John Torreano, Panel Paintings and Wall Balls,” Feature, Inc., New York, NY |
| 2001 |
“Columns,” Kimbal Hall, New York University, New York, NY
“Installation,” Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY
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| 2000 |
Feature Inc., New York, NY
Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY
Willoughby Sharpe Gallery, New York, NY
Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1999 |
"John Torreano Retrospective", Johnson Community College, Overland Park, KS
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Portland College of Art, Portland, OR |
| 1997 |
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
“Gargoyles and Gals”, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York, NY |
| 1996 |
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
Johnson County Community College, Gallery of Art, Overland Park, KS |
| 1995 |
“Torreano and Chihuly,” The Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
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| 1994 |
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1992 |
"John Torreano, Metaphors and Oxymorons", Hypo Bank, New York, NY
Helander Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1990 |
Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI |
| 1989 |
Shea and Baker Gallery, New York, NY
"John Torreano, Natural Models and Material Illusions", The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. |
| 1988 |
"Diamonds, Vases and Flowers", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
"John Torreano, Gems, Stars and Perpetual Trackings", Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
"Paintings, Sculptures, Flowers", Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinatti, OH
"100 Diamonds", Jamie Wolff Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1987 |
Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1986 |
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1985 |
Baskerville and Watson Gallery, New York, NY
Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1984 |
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI |
| 1983 |
Hamilton Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1981 |
Young - Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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| 2004-05 |
"Painting the Town Red," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Pilchuck 20 Exhibition," Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
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| 2004 |
“From Folk to Funk: Selections from the Robert A. Lewis Collection,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
“A Very Liquid Heaven, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
“All that Glitters,” Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
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| 2003 |
“January White Sale”, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
“25th Anniversary Celebration, Arthur Roger Gallery, New York, NY
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Fresh! A Summer Exhibition of Glass,” Heller Gallery, New York, NY
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| 2002 |
“New Acquisitions from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection,” The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL
Galerie Susanne Hojriis, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
The Work Space, New York, NY
Gerald Peters Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
The Art Museum of Florida International University, Miami, FL
“9/11: Abstract Art,” Studio 18 Gallery, New York, NY
“9/11,” The Rochester Museum of Art, Rochester, MN
“In Context: Pattern in Contemporary Printmaking,” Zimmer Art Museum, The State University of Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ
SOFA Chicago 2002, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
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| 2001 |
Reflections: 15th Anniversary Show, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago 2001, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Artists of SOFA, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
“From the Ashes,” The Fireplace room, New York, NY
“All That Glitters,” Paul Zoubok, New York, NY
“Enn Goed in de Weg Staande Tafel a table standing perfectly in the way,”Galerie Van Gelder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“Shoes or No Shoes?” Het Museum Voor Schoene Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium
“Donut Shop Four,” Whatcomb Museum, Bellingham, WA
“Space Oddity?” Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“Another, once again, many times more,” Feature, Inc., New York, NY
“Salad Days,” Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY
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| 2000 |
SOFA Chicago 2000, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL |
| 1999 |
Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
| 1998 |
Feature Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1997 |
"Edge of Chaos," curated by Torreano, Fotuhi Cramer Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1996 |
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Getting Physical", Johnson County Community College of Art, Overland, KS |
| 1995-6 |
"Painting Outside Painting", 44th Corcoran Biennial of Contemporary American Painting, |
| 1995 |
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.,
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Dale Chihuly and John Torreano", Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX, |
| 1994 |
Arthur Rogers Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 1993 |
"Fall Into the Abstract", Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1991 |
"Cruciformed: Images of the Cross since 1980", Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
"Glass: Material in the Service of Meaning", Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
"Pleasure", Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
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| 1990 |
"With the Grain: Contemporary Panel Painting", Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
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| 1989 |
"American Pop Culture Today III", Laforet Museum, Harajuki, Japan
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| 1988 |
"Artschwager - His Peers and Persuasion", Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
"Computers and Art", IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York, NY
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| 1987 |
"Faux - Arts: Surface Illusions and Simulated Materials in Recent Art", LaJolla Museum of Contemporary Art, LaJolla, CA
"Computers and Art: Image Processing", Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
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| 1986 |
"Sculpture/Aspen", The Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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| 1985 |
"American Abstract Painting", Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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| 1984 |
"Five Painters in New York", Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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| 1983 |
"The New Sculpture", Hamilton Gallery, New York, NY
"John Torreano, Daisy Youngblood", Laumeier Sculpture Park, St.Louis, MO
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| 1982 |
"The Americans: Collage", Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
"Energie - New York", Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France |
| 1981 |
"The New Spiritualism", Oscarrson Hood Gallery, New York, NY |
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