Bio

Born 1939, Cleveland, Ohio. Resides in New York since 1985. Education, BFA and MA in Painting from Kent State University.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2009
The Jamaica Center for Arts, Jamaica, NY
2006
New England School of Art & Design, Suffolk University, Boston, Mass
2002
Howard Scott M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Howard Scott M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Howard Scott M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
Howard Scott M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Amalie A. Wallace Gallery, College of Old Westbury, S.U.N.Y., New York
1994
Howard Scott M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
1992
Howard Scott M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
1990
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, OH
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, IN
Miami University Art Museum, OH
1989
Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
Tomoko Liguori Gallery, New York, NY
1988
Tomoko Liguori Gallery, New York, NY
1987
The Art Association of Richmond, IN
1983
The Alternative Museum, New York, NY
The Columbus Museum of Art, OH

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2011
American Chambers: Post 90's American Art, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, S. Korea.
It's All Good: Apocalypse Now, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Harmony: Maum Gallery, New York, NY
2010
From then to Now: African-American Master Works, MOCA Cleveland, OH
Seeing Red, Crossing Art Gallery, Queens, NY
The Last Book, Luis Cammitzer, Zentral Bibliothek, Zurich, Switzerland
2009
Eye / World, Triple Candie Gallery, NY
New Prints 2009/Spring, International Print Center, New York
From Mao to Cows, Talalay Collection, MOMA Cleveland, OH
Each in Their Own Voice: African-American Artists in Cleveland, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, OH
2008
Kuf-Mold, Jan Colle Gallery, Gent Belgium
Charismatic Abstraction, Moira Dryer, Mike Cloud, Chris Martin, John L. Moore and Dona Nelson, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI
Cent: Drawings, DeFrost Galerie, Paris France
2007
Kuf-Mold, Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey, organized by Suzan Batu and Bill Doherty
Talking with my Friends, Y Gallery, Queens, NY
2006
On The Wall: An Exhibition of Drawings Directly on the Gallery Walls, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2005
Shadow Impressions, Reflections: John Moore, Karim Ghidinelli, Abezash Tamerat, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Drawn to Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Beyond Narcissus, organized by Soko Phay-Vakalis, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
The Gift: Building a Collection for the Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
Eviction Blues, Asian American Art Center, New York, NY
2004
Four Artists, New York: Patrick Olson Gallery, Plymouth, MI
In the Spirit of Martin: The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL
Prints from the Collection: The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL
2003
Twisting and Turning: An Exhibition of Contemporary Abstract Paintings, organized by Lilly Wei, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
2002
Queens International Exhibition, Queens Museum of Art, NY
Paintings, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
2001
Across The Pacific: Seoul Art Center, Seoul S. Korea also Daegu Art Center, S. Korea.
Six Artists'-Drawings, im n il Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1999
Selections From the Collection the Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
Unbottled: New York Water The Hammon Museum, North Salem, NY
1998
Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Chaos and Distortion, Space Untitled Gallery, New York, NY
Art by African Americans in the Collection of the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
1997
After the Fall: Aspects of Abstract Painting since 1970, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY
1996-7
Painting Abstract: Gregory Amenoff, John L. Moore, Katherine Porter, Boston University Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, IA
1996
Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ
Aspects of Abstraction, New Jersey State Museum, NJ
1995
America as Art: Two Centuries of Paintings, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
1993
Dream Singers, Story Tellers: An African-American Presence, Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan and the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ

Selected Public Collections:

Selected Bibliography:

2009
Desmett, Don, Charismatic Abstraction. Exhibition catalog, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, VA
2007
Toby Lewis. ArtWorks: The Progressive Collection
2006
Ausfeld, Margaret Lynne and Eldredge, Charles C., American Paintings from the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, AL
Gibans, Nina Freedlander, Creative Essence, Cleveland's Sense of Place, OH
Thurmer, Robert, and Mauersberger, George, On The Wall (exhibition catalogue) Cleveland State University Art Gallery, OH
2005
Guiliano, Charles,“In the Studio with John L. Moore,” BIG RED & SHINY: An Online Arts Journal For Boston, August 19,2005.
Drawn to Cleveland, (exhibition catalogue) Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, OH
Phay-Vakalis, Soko, Beyond Narcissus (exhibition catalogue), Dorsky Gallery, LI. City, NY
2003
Wei, Lilly. Twisting and Turning (catalog), Blue Star Contemporary Art Space, San Antonio, TX
2002
Johnson, Ken. Review Queens International, New York Times August 25, p. B32
Smith, Valerie. Queens International (catalog) Queens Museum, Queens, NY, p. 7.
2001
Ferrone, Julie. Intervista a John L. Moore, Art & Job Magazine, Italian Internet
Korot, Joyce. John L. Moore at M-13, Review, NY Arts Magazine, p. 89
1998
Heartney, Eleanor and Lee Yongwoo. Chaos and Distortion Catalog. New York, NY: Space Untitled.
Hinson, Tom. Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art (Catalog), CMA, Cleveland, OH
Johnson, Ken. Art Guide: Selective Listing, The New York Times, March 20 1998
Weld, Alison. Art by African Americans in the Collection of the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ: The New Jersey State Museum, 1998, 88-89
1997
Arthur, John. Painting Abstract, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. Art New England, (Feb.- Mar): 43, 52
Cotter, Holland. An Era Driven to Abstraction, The New York Times, April 11 1997
Morgan, Robert C. Between Modernism and Conceptual Art, London: McFarland and Co., 136-138
Taylor, Robert. Pushing the Bounds of Abstract Painting, Boston Globe, February 4 1997, E2
Wei, Lilly. After the Fall: Aspects of Abstract Painting Since 1970, Vols. 1, 2, (Catalog). New York, NY: Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, 1997, 81, 141
1996
Doezema, Marianne. Painting Abstract. Exhibition catalogue published by Mount Holyoke University. South Hadley, MA
Kotik, Charlotta. Art Now . Essay for John Moore exhibition brochure, published by the Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL
1995
Harrison, Helen A. John Moore, Amelia A. Wallace Gallery. New York Times, 1 October 1995, C22, L.I.
1994
McEvilly, Thomas. Dream Singers, Story Tellers. ArtForum. (March, 1994): 91
1993
Raynor, Vivien. Bringing Out the Works of So-Called 'Outsiders'. The New York Times, 28 November 1993, NJ16
1992
Cotter, Holland. John L. Moore, M-13 Gallery. New York Times, 27 May 1992, LC29
Heartney, Eleanor. John L. Moore at M-13. Art in America, 80, no 6 (June): 108-09.
Larson, Kay. The Painting Pyramid. New York Magazine, 25, no. 21, (May 25, 1992): 85.
1989
Brenson, Michael. John L. Moore. The New York Times, 24 November, 1989, C32.
Berlind, Robert. John L. Moore at Tomoko Liguori Gallery. Art in America, (October): 212-13.
Slivka, Rose C.S. From the Studio. East Hampton Star, 26 October, 1989, 11.
Brenson, Michael. Black Artists: A Place in the Sun. The New York Times, 12 March. 1989, C1 ff.
1988
Zimmer, William. John L. Moore. Exhibition brochure. New York, NY: Tomoko Liguori Gallery.
Brenson, Michael. John L. Moore. The New York Times, 18 March 1988, C29.
1987
Brenson, Michael. John L. Moore. The New York Times, 13 March 1987, C30.
Brenson, Michael. Newspaper Art Criticism. Art Criticism, 4, no. 1, 16-17.
1986
Liberty and Justice. Exhibition catalogue. New York, NY: Group Material and the Alternative Museum, 12, 31.
Zimmer, William. Natural Disaster Show Offers Samples of Creative Upheaval. The New York Times
Westfall, Stephen. John L. Moore. John L. Moore: New York. Exhibition catalogue, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, 1989, 7-11.

Awards:

1999
Anonymous Foundation Individual Artist Award
Joan Mitchell Fellowship, painting
1995
The Cleveland Art Prize
1994
New York Foundation Fellowship, painting
1989
New York Foundation Fellowship, painting
1987
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, painting
Ohio Arts Council, Fellowship, painting

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