John Zinsser

1961
geboren in New York

 

1983
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

 

1988
Mitbegründer des "Journal of Contemporary Art"

 

Lebt und arbeitet in New York.

 

 

Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl)

 

2020
John Zinsser: ‘Homage/Homage’, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA

 

2019
John Zinsser: Off the Grid, Philip Slein Gallery, Saint Louis, MO, USA

 

2018
Oil Paintings, Minus Space, New York, USA

 

2017
Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA

 

2015
Graham Gallery, New York, USA

 

2014
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, Kalifornien, USA Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Graham Gallery, New York, USA

 

2013
recent paintings, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, USA

 

2012
feelings of knowing, mit Katrin Hotz, mitart Galerie, Basel, Schweiz
New Paintings, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, USA
New York Paintings, kunstgaleriebonn (jetzt Galerie Gisela Clement), Bonn

 

2011
Abstract Memory, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA Still Light, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA

 

2010
Recent Paintings, James Graham & Sons, New York, USA

 

2009
Art Dealer Archipelagos, James Graham & Sons, New York, USA

 

2008
Recent Works, James Graham & Sons, New York, USA

 

2006
Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA

 

2005
Galerie S65, Köln

 

2003
Bible Studies, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, USA Galerie S65, Köln

 

2002
Von Lintel Gallery, New York, USA

 

2001
Galerie S65, Aalst, Belgien

 

2000
Von Lintel & Nusser, New York, USA

 

1998
Galerie Thomas von Lintel, München
Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, USA
White Grid Variations, Galerie S65, Aalst, Belgien

 

1997
The Pavilion Series, Lawing Gallery, Houston, USA
The architecture of Color, Pamela Auchincloss Project Space, New York, USA

 

1996
John Zinsser, Galerie Thomas von Lintel, München
John Zinsser, Lawing Gallery, Houston, USA
Republic Tower Comission, Turner, Byrne & Runyon, Dallas, USA

 

1995
Galerie S65, Aalst, Belgien Stark Gallery, New York, USA

 

1994
Galerie Thomas von Lintel, München

 

1993
Galerie S65, Aalst, Belgien
Thomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, USA Elizabeth Koury Gallery, New York, USA Turner & Byrne Gallery, Dallas, USA

 

1992
Elizabeth Koury Gallery, New York, USA Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, USA

 

1991
Automatic Writing, Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, USA

 

1990
Thomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, USA Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, USA

 

1989
Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, USA

 

 

Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl)

 

2022
‘[SOME] Small Paintings and Works on Paper’, Larry Becker Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA, USA

 

2020
PATTERNS II, kuratiert von Michelle Grabner, Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Basel New Moon, Full Moon, Old Moon; New Moon..., Larry Becker Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA, USA
20/20, Philip Slein Gallery, Saint Louis, MO, USA

 

2019
By the light...: A SUMMER EXHIBITION, IN PHASES, Larry Becker Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA, USA

 

2018
Improvisations and Premeditations, Philip Slein Gallery, Saint Louis, MO, USA

 

2017
18: Six Artists, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA
New New York: Abstract Painting in the 21st Century, kuratiert von Debra Drexler and Liam Davis, The Curator Gallery, New York, USA

 

2016
Carrie Moyer/David Reed/John Zinsser, Dedalus Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
WestFarbe Paint vs. Color, Raum2810, Bonn
Contemporary Art from a Private Collection, kuratiert von Jan De Nys, CC Belgica, Dendermonde, Belgien
Thru The Rabbit Hole/Sideshow Nation IV, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA

 

2015
INTRO, Clement & Schneider (jetzt Galerie Gisela Clement), Bonn Re-Irascibles, Graham Gallery, New York, USA
New Moon, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA

 

2014
Real Estate, Ventana244, Brooklyn, New York, USA Some Artists, MINUS SPACE, Brooklyn, New York, USA

 

2013
Julian Pretto Gallery, als Kurator für MINUS SPACE, New York, USA
Under the Evening Light, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA Selected Gallery Artists, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, USA
The Silver Shore: From Seascape to Abstraction, Graham Gallery, New York, USA Summer Group Exhibition, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, USA
Woods, Lovely, Dark, and Deep, als Kurator für DC Moore Gallery, New York, USA Reason and Belonging: John Zinsser and Related Painters, kunstgaleriebonn (jetzt Galerie Gisela Clement), Bonn
Abstraction Rumination, The National Arts Club, New York, USA
NY Again, Gesso Artspace, Wien, Österreich

 

2012
Fabulists, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, USA
To Be Looked at..., Close to... (Summer Love), Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA
Paper Band, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, USA
Summer Group Show, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, USA
Summer Group Show, James Graham & Sons, New York, USA
Conceptual Abstraction, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, USA Paved Paradise, DC Moore Gallery, New York, USA

 

2011
Papier/Paper, kunstgaleriebonn (jetzt Galerie Gisela Clement), Bonn
Still Light, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA
Summer Salt, kuratiert von Ingrid Dinter, The Proposition, New York, USA
70 Years of Abstract Painting – Excerpts, kuratiert von Stephanie B. Simmons, Jason McCoy, New York, USA

 

2010
Same: Difference, kuratiert von Julien Robson, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, USA
Consider the Oyster, kuratiert von Ingrid Dinter, James Graham & Sons, New York, USA This Cool, Larry Becker Contemporary, Philadelphia, USA

 

2009
Assemblage Abstract, Dinter Fine Art, New York, USA

 

2008
Color Climax, kuratiert von Joe Fyfe and Priscilla Caldwell, James Graham & Sons, New York, USA
Peace, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA

 

2007
Inaugural Show, James Graham & Sons, New York, USA
Surfacing Now: Joe Fyfe and John Zinsser, JG | Contemporary, (at flow, Miami Beach), USA
Monochrome Painting: Some Versions from Ad Reinhardt to Present, CardwellJimmerson Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Horizon, kuratiert von David Humphrey, EFA Gallery, New York, USA
Who Is Afraid of Art?, Galerie S65, Aalst, Belgien
The War is Over, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA

 

2006
About Light, Gallery Lelong, New York, USA
Squared, kuratiert von David Gibson, Educational Alliance, New York, USA Langsame Bilder, Galerie Ulrich Müller, Köln
Five Years Cologne, Galerie S 65, Köln
Walpole’s Leap, kuratiert von Rebecca Shea, 499 parkavenue, New York, USA The Independents, kuratiert von Judith Selkowitz, 499 parkavenue, New York, USA

 

2005
Armored, kuratiert von Rene Allain, Planet Thailand, Brooklyn, New York, USA

 

2004
The Flag Project, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, USA
Dialogue: Abstract, kuratiert von Gayle Ruskin White, Exhibition Space 13, New York, USA
Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie S65, Köln
Under the Influence, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, USA

 

2003
Theories: Abstract New York, LICK Ltd, Queens, New York, USA (und / also: Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, USA)
Brooklyn on 57th St, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, USA
ZenRoxy, kuratiert von Ivan Vera, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, USA
Color, kuratiert von Paul Rusconi, Sandroni/Rey Gallery, Venice, USA
Paintings and Sculpture, Maximilian Krips Galerie, Köln

 

2001
15 Years of Painting, Stark Gallery, New York, USA
Cinema Studies, kuratiert von Aruna D’Souza, Lucas Schoormans, New York, USA Significant Pursuits: Paint and Geometry, kuratiert von Robert Kingston and Phong Bui, Smack Mellon Studios, DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York, USA
The Tao of Painting: Principles in Monochrome, kuratiert von Marina Zakarian, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, USA
Deep Field Painting, kuratiert von Michael Brennan (Katalog), Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, USA

 

1999
Dialogue (two-person, with Mark Sheinkman), ART Resources, New York, USA Tang, Turner & Runyon, Dallas, USA
Gridlocked, Rocket Gallery, London, Großbritannien
Abstraction, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, USA
New American Abstraction, Windows Gallery, Brüssel, Belgien
One by One, Painting versus Drawing, Galerie Von Lintel & Nusser, München

 

1998
Monomania, Rocket Gallery, London, Großbritannien

 

1997
A Reversal of Scale, Turner & Runyon, Dallas, USA Group Show, Green on Red, Dublin, IRL
Summer Show, Galerie Thomas von Lintel, München Works on Paper, Gallery S65, Aalst, Belgien

 

1996
Inaugural, Turner & Runyon Gallery, Dallas, USA
Group Show, Todd Gallery, London, GB
The Julian Pretto Collection, The Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, USA

 

1995
Julian’s Show, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, USA
New York Paper Now, Galerie Thomas von Lintel, München
Paperworks, Todd Gallery, London, GB
Minimalist Strategies, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, USA
Abstraction from Two Coasts, Lawing Gallery, Houston, USA
N.Y. Abstract, Contemporary Arts Center, kuratiert von Lew Thomas, New Orleans, USA

 

1994
Four Painters, Gallery S65, Aalst, Belgien
Fractured Seduction, kuratiert von Maia Damianovic, Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL New York Abstraction, Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, USA
Color, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, USA

 

1993
Drawings, Galerie Weber, Münster
Works on Paper, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Wien, Österreich
Abstraction: Continued, kuratiert von Al Harris, University of Texas, Arlington, USA

 

1992
Group Exhibition, John Good Gallery, New York, USA
Contemporary Surfaces, kuratiert von Rick Ward, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, USA Kinder! macht Neues!, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Köln
Group Exhibition, Mars Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Slow Art: Painting in New York Now, kuratiert von Alana Heiss, PS1 Museum, New York, USA
Abstract Painting Between Analysis and Synthesis, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan, Wien, A (Katalog)

 

1991
Conceptual Abstraction, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, USA
The Vertical Flatbed Picture-Plane, Turner & Byrne Gallery, Dallas, USA
Hybrid Abstraction, kuratiert von Joshua Decter, Bennington College, Bennington, USA Five Days, Thomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, USA
Synthesis, John Good Gallery, New York, USA

 

1990
Commodities Corporation Collection, kuratiert von Sam Hunter, New Jersey State Museum, USA
A Question of Paint, kuratiert von Charles Wright, Jr., Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York, USA Visiting Artists, Kent State University, Ohio, USA
Material Painting, kuratiert von Julian Pretto, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, USA Invitational, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, USA
Work on Paper, kuratiert von Randy Alexander, Paula Allen Gallery, New York, USA Process and Material, Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, USA
20th Anniversary Benefit, White Columns, New York, USA

 

1989
Aspects of Painting, Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, USA Nine Abstract Painters, White Columns, New York, USA

 

 

Sammlungen

 

Richard Brown Baker Collection, New Haven, USA Sammlung Goetz, München
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, USA
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartfort, USA Collection Akin Gump, New York, USA
Collection Artpack, Zürich, Schweiz
Collection Billingsley Company, Dallas, USA
Collection Brunswick, Lake Forrest, USA
Collection Carmel Reality Company, Carmel-by-the-Sea, USA Collection Commodities Corporation, Princeton, New Yersey, USA Collection Houston Industries, Houston, USA
Colllection Jones, Lang, Wootton, Philadelphia, USA
Collection Newberger Lehman Brothers, New York, USA Collection Pepsico, Dallas, USA
Collection Pfizer, New York, USA
Collection The Progressive Companies, Parsipanny, USA Collection Winston & Strawn, New York, USA

 

 

Bibliografie (Auswahl)

 

2013
Pepe Karmel, The Golden Age of Abstraction: Right Now, ARTnews, April
Lilly Wei, Conceptual Abstraction at Hunter College/Times Square, Art in American Februar

 

2012
Emily Nathan, Paved Paradise at DC Moore, ARTnews, November
Jessica Baran, John Zinsser at Philip Slein, Riverfront Times, St. Louis, 4. Oktober Rachel Heidenry, Zinsser Brings Bold Strokes to Philip Slein, St. Louis Beacon, 1. Oktober
Thomas Kliemann, Wenn Elefanten träumen, General-Anzeiger Bonn, 20. März Carl Belz, In and Around Monochrome, Left Bank Art Blog, 12. März
Jean Manuel Beauchamp, In Conversation with John Zinsser, NY ARTS, März

 

2011
Kliemann, Thomas, Kunstgaleriebonn (jetzt Galerie Gisela Clement): Auf dem Experimentierfeld, General-Anzeiger, Bonn
Newhall, Edith, Paint and Pencil, Philadelphia Inquirer, 6. Februar
Rice, Robin, The Thinker: John Zinsser’s Abstract Memory, City Paper, Philadelphia, 9. Februar
Roalf, Peggy, Abstraction: Informers and The Informed, DART, Design Arts Daily, 20. April

 

2010
Cohen, David, John Zinsser at James Graham & Sons, Artcritical.com, 1. Januar Frank, Peter, Haiku Review: Consider the Oyster, Huffington Post, 28. Oktober John Zinsser, Galleries-Uptown, The New Yorker, 4. Januar

 

2009
Ballantine, Sandra, Now Showing: Art Dealer Archipelagoes, The New York Times-The Style Blog, 24. November
Haden-Guest, Anthony, Mapping the Art World, The Daily Beast, Art Beast, 24. Dezember
Kaplan, Steven, John Zinsser: Art Dealer Archipelagoes, aus dem Blog von Steven Kaplan: What Goes Around, 26. November
Keith, Kelsey, Down the Rabbit Hole with Artist John Zinsser, FlavorPill, 30. November Smith, Roberta, Uptown Art Mingles with Architectural Gems, The New York Times, 4. Dezember

 

2008
Buhmann, Stephanie, John Zinsser Recent Work, The Brooklyn Rail, März Leffingwell, Edward, John Zinsser at James Graham & Sons, Art in America, Oktober Maine, Stephen, Brand Boosters, The New York Sun, 6. März

 

2007
Marzo, Cindi Di, The Possibilities of Paint: An Interview with John Zinsser, Studio International, GB, Februar

 

2004
Panero, James, Gallery Chronicle, The New Criterion, Oktober

 

2003
Ermen, Reinhard, John Zinsser: Neue Bilder, Galerie S 65, Köln, Kunstforum International, März
Glueck, Grace, Review, Bible Studies, The New York Times, 27. Juni
Kisters, Jürgen, Zwei Farben, stets voll Schwung und Gewicht: John Zinsser stellt in der Galerie S 65 aus, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 13. Februar
Souza, Aruna D’, Review, Bible Studies, Time Out New York, 24. Juli
Wallach, Amei, Driven to Abstraction, ARTnews, November

 

2002
Robinson, Walter, Weekend Update, ArtNet, April

 

2000
Cotter, Holland, For Hikers Seeking Art, Brooklyn Is a Left Bank, The New York Times, 15. Dezember
Johnson, Ken, Deep Field Painting at Leubsdorg Art Gallery, The New York Times, 10. März
Mitchell, Charles Dee, A Captivating Coat of not Many Colors, The Dallas Morning News, 5. Februar
Souza, Aruna D’, John Zinsser at Von Lintel and Nusser, Art in America, Dezember

 

1999
Erfle, Anne, „Kräfte gegen neue Medien, Zehn zeitgenössische Künstler in der Galerie von Lintel & Nusser, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 11. Februar
Horny, Tinga, Hier regiert die Vielfalt, Handelsblatt, 11. Februar

 

1997
Arning, Bill, John Zinsser at Pamela Auchincloss, Art in America, November Brennan, Michael, John Zinsser at Pamela Auchincloss, ArtNet, September Cotter, Holland, Review, The New York Times, 6. Juni
Johnson, Patricia C., Review, Houston Chronicle, 23. September

 

1996
Schwabsky, Barry, Art at Work, The New York Times, 21. Juli

 

1995
Cotter, Holland, Also of Note, The New York Times, 24. März Review, The New Yorker, 20. März
Hollywood Collects, ARTNews, März

 

1993
Pagel, David, John Zinsser Repays Debt to Andy Warhol, Los Angeles Times, 29. Mai

 

1992
Adams, Brooks, Slow Art at PS1, Art in America, Oktober
Cotter, Holland, Contemporary Surfaces, The New York Times, 7. August
McCracken, David, Zinsser Shows Respect for Materials, The Chicago Tribune, 1. Mai Pagel, David, New York Fax, Art Issues, September/Oktober
Smith, Roberta, Slow Art at PS1: From New York Painters, Work That Takes Time, The New York Times, 1. Mai
Sunward, Justin, Life in the Abstract, Gay Chicago, 21. Mai
Tager, Alisa, John Zinsser: An Interview with Alisa Tager, Tema Celeste, Frühling.

 

1991
Cohen, Cora, John Zinsser (Interview), BOMB, Herbst Myers, Terry R., New York in Review, ARTS, September Smith, Roberta, Review, The New York Times, 12. Juli

 

1990
Bulka, Michael, Material Painting/Roger Ramsay Gallery, Dialogue, November Johnson, Ken, John Zinsser at Julian Pretto, Art in America, Juli
Mahony, Robert, New York in Review, ARTS
McCracken, David, Four Artists Work in a Discreet Human Scale, Chicago Tribune, Juli

 

1989
Anderson, Alexandra, The Next Generation, Smart, Oktober

 

1988
McGill, Douglas, Talk, the Lost Art, The New York Times, 22. Januar