SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Dark Color Wheel Paintings, David Richard Gallery, New York
Small Color Wheel Paintings and Studies, David Richard Gallery, New York
2021 Color Wheel + Tenebrae Paintings, David Richard Gallery, New York
2019 Six Movements, Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Dream Garden, 57W57 Arts, New York, NY
2015 The Passing Paintings, Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University
Drawing, Studies, and Works on Paper, Kook Projects, New York
2014 Six Movements, Quick Center for the Performing Arts, Fairfield University
21 Paintings, 1065 Sixth Avenue, curated by Ombretta Agrò Andruff
2013 Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, New Paintings, John Mendelsohn + Dana Gordon
2012 Riverfront, Cambridge, MA, 2010
Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ
2009 Root [Brooklyn], Brooklyn, NY
2004 Perkinson Gallery, Milliken University, Decatur, IL
2003 Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York
1997 Penny Liebman Contemporary Art, New York
1994 Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
1994 Nuyorican Poets Cafe, New York
1988 Michael Walls Gallery, New York
1983 Concord Gallery, New York
1982 Hal Bromm Gallery, New York
1977 Artists Space, New York
1977 University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 In It For the Long Haul, Luchundfire, New York
2022 The Persistence of Hope, Studio Artego, New York
Passion and Ego: John Mendelsohn, Gahae Park, Robert Morgan, Studio Artego, New York
2018 Turbulence, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, New York, NY
2017 The Winter Show, 490 Atlantic, Brooklyn, NY
Vibrant, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ
2016 Heliotrope Flat File, ODETTA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 The Art of Invisibility, Religion and the Secular in Contemporary Art, Brown University
Abundance, Donghwa Ode Gallery, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
2014 Artists in the Library, Mulberry St. Library, New York
Time Frames Marking Time, Westbeth Gallery, New York
2013 There's Nothing Like Painting, 490 Atlantic Gallery, curated by Victor Kord
2012 The Language of Form and Color, 750 Seventh Avenue, New York, curated by Ombretta Agrò Andruff
Cutting Edge, curated by Stefan Eins. Fashion Moda, Peekskill, NY
The Brucecennial 2012, New York
2011 CREON Gallery @ KI, New York
2010 Nature Calls, Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
The Brucecennial 20I0, New York
2009 Forever Summer, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Platform Space
2008 Boson Exotics, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ
2007 Arch Space, New York
2005 Spring Formal, OH+T Gallery, Boston
2003 Drawing Conclusions II, NY Arts Gallery, New York
1999 Harum Scarum, MCC Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York
1997 The Whole World in One Small Painting, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York
1996 Separate Tables, Helen Harwood Gallery, New York
1993 Nine Artists from 14 Harrison St., curated by Edward Albee, Alphirst Gallery, New York
1992 The 1.5 Show, organized by Muranushi and Lederman, New York
1991 Take Five, Stephanie Theodore Gallery, New York
1990 Somewhere, curated by Robert Mahoney, Lintas Worldwide, New York
1989 Interiors, curated by Robert Mahoney, Bard College, Rhinecliff, NY
1988 Sequential and Diaristic Drawings, Michael Walls Gallery, NewYork
1987 Black and White, General Electric Gallery, Fairfield, CT, organized by the Art Advisory Service, Museum of Modern Art, NY
Landscapes: Real and Imagined, The Squibb Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
1986 1976-1986, Ten Years of Collecting Contemporary American Art: Selections from the Edward R.Downe, Jr. Collection,
Wellesley College Museum, Wellesley, MA
1985 Past and Future Perfect, Hallwalls, Buffalo
Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis
1984 Venice Biennale, Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained: American Visions of the New Decade, U.S. Pavilion,
organized by The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1982 Compassionate Images, curated by Paul Krainak, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis
A Selection from the Hospital Drawings, P.S. 1, Queens, NY
Art and Anomie, Josef Gallery, New York
1981 U.S. Art Now, Nordiska Kompanient, Stockholm, Sweden
The Edge of Night, Yves Arman Gallery, New York
1979 Imitation of Life, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
1977 Artists Space, New York
1975 Michael Walls Gallery, New York
1972 Whitney Museum Art Resources Center, New York
1971 Independent Study Program Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
AWARDS
2021 Café Royale Cultural Foundation
1987 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
2014 Tree of Life Foundation
EDUCATION
Columbia University, BA, 1971
Rutgers University, MFA, 1974
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, 1971
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Albee, Edward, Nine Artists14 Harrison St. (catalogue), Alphirst Gallery, New York, 1993
Docimo, Michelina, "Rise of the Riverkeeper, A Calling: The Work of John Mendelsohn", Dart
International Magazine, Fall 2010, and http://miehelinadoeimo.eomlmyartobiography/2010/09/01
Ellison,Lori, "John Mendelsohn: Shimmer and Blur”, Cabinet of Cabarets
http://cabinetofcabarets.blogspot.com/2010/05/johnmendelsohn.html
Gardner, James, "Fad Men: The Whitney Biennial Strikes Back", The Weekly Standard, May 7, 2012
Hedberg, Lars Peder, U.S. Art Now, (catalogue), Stockholm, 1981
Johnson, Ken, "John Mendelsohn at Michael Walls", Art in America, Jan. 1989
…………, New York Times, September 19, 2003
Kerlidou, Gwenael, "Earthly Delights in a Post-Apocalyptic World, dArt International Magazine, September, 2017
Klein, Ellen Lee, "Sequential and Diarist Drawings”, Arts Magazine, May, 1988
Krainak, Paul, Compassionate Images (catalogue), Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 1982
Lombardi, D. Dominck, "New Paintings at Sideshow Gallery", The Huffington Post, April 18, 2013,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/d-dominick-lombardi/new-paintings-at-sideshow_b_3095651.html
Mahoney, Robert, "The Alice Paintings", Arts Magazine, Sept. 1988
Mendelsohn, John, d’Art Magazine Auto Interview, www.dartmagazine.com/?p=2771
Mendelsohn, John, reviews and articles, Art Critical, dArt International, Sculpture Magazine, The Jewish Week, Cover Magazine, Artnet, Tussle Magazine
…………The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images, contributor, Taschen
Naves, Mario, “John Mendelsohn: Dark Color Wheel Paintings at David Richard Gallery”, Whitehot Magazine, February 2023,
www.whitehotmagazine.com/articles/paintings-at-david-richard-gallery/5658
…………The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images, contributor, Taschen
Pinero, James, "Gallery Chronicle", The New Criterion, May, 2013,
http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Gallery-chronicals-7642
Raynor, Vivian, "'Real and Imagined Landscapes at the Squibb Gallery", New York Times, New Jersey Edition, July 19,1987
Robinson, Waiter, Artnet Magazine (artnet.com), October, 1998
Stroh, Suzanne, High Impact and The Downe Collection, 1976-1986, Ten Years of Collecting
Contemporary Art (catalogue), Wellsley College Museum, Wellesley, MA, 1986
Tucker, Marcia, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained: American Visions of The New Decade (catalogue), New Museum of
Contemporary Art, New York, 1984
Zimmer, William, "Artists Space", Soho Weekly News, Oct. 19, 1977
…………"At Rutgers, Newark, An Exhibition of Unusual Self Portraits", New York Times, New Jersey Edition, July 19,1987
