1970 Born in Hutchinson, Kansas
Lives and works in New York City
EDUCATION
1994 MFA, New York University, New York
1992 BFA, The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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
2004
Black Widow Paintings, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York (Catalogue)
Backyard Bliss, New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston
2002
New Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York
2001
Recent Paintings, Leyendecker Gallery, Tenerife, Spain
Meeting Place, Silverstein Gallery, New York
2000
Natural Selection, Margrett Gallery, New York
1999
Brushfire, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery (project space), New York
1998
SANCTUARY (100 Bird Paintings), Greene Gallery, Geneva
1997
Recent Drawings, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York
1996
Recent Paintings, 407 Gallery, New York
New Work, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1995
Iconic Narrator/Singular Narrative Paintings, With Chuck Agro, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Frieze Art Fair, London
Pop-Auge und die ewigen Quatschkommonden
Deutsche und Amerikanische Kunst seit 1999 (German and American Art since 1999) (curated by Andre Butzer), Patrick Painter Inc., Los Angeles
Faces and Figures (Revisited), Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York
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
Paradise, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica
Vs., Mike Weiss Gallery, New York
Pop Art 1960's – 2000's, Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan; traveling to the
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art and the Hachoiji Yune Art Museum,
Japan
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
Hope, Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York
2004
The Night of Olana, Ace Gallery, New York
Tango, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York
For the Birds, Untitled (Space) Gallery, New Haven
2003
Wandering Library, (in cooperation with The Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy) The International Artists' Museum, Venice
Thatcher, The Blue Gallery, London
Spring Into Action, The Guggenheim Museum, New York
Country Mouse/City Mouse, Space 101 Gallery, New York (curated by David Hunt)
2002
NYC, Momus Gallery, Atlanta
Proper Villains, Untitled (Space) Gallery, New Haven
New York in Texas, New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston
The Dubrow Biennial, Kagan Martos Gallery, New York
Welcome to the Playground of the Fearless, (in cooperation with Deitch Projects, New York), Entropy, New York
Subject Matters, Kravits/Wehby Gallery, New York
2001
Solicitous Elders, Greene Gallery, Geneva
The Jericho Project, The New York Academy of Sciences, New York
2000
GROUNDZERO:01, 129 Lafayette, New York
DRAWN, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas
Na'er Do Wells, DNA Studios, New York
1999
Beach Party '99, Andreas Binder Gallery, Munich
Size Matters, Gale Gates et al., Inc., New York
Na'er Do Wells, 330 W. 38th St., New York
1998
Stocking Stuffers, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York
Pets, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York
For the Birds, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Gallery Artists, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York
Gallery Artists, Sixth @ Prince Fine Art, New York
Waitstation Showroom, Santa Fe
Misanthropes, 519 Broadway, New York
1997
Absolute Secret, Gulbenkian Galleries, The Royal College of Art, London
Gallery Artists, Ira Stehmann Gallery, Hamburg
American Painters, Andreas Binder Gallery, Munich
New Art from New York, P-inc. Gallery, London
Comic Inspirations, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York
1996
SNAFU, 407 Gallery, New York
Gallery Artists, ARENA, New York
Summer Group Show, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York
1995
Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians Gallery, New York
Salons des Tree, Belvedere Castle, New York
NATURAL (New Drawings), ARENA, New York
New York Painting and Sculpture, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
1994
Sports Show, Roger Smith Gallery, New York
Eleven, The Union League Club Gallery, New York
Gallery Artists, Rosenburg Gallery, New York
1993
The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York