BORNPortland, OregonLives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION1983 MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY1980 BS, (Painting), Portland State University, Portland, OR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS2021 “Ovals & Clusters,,” Elizabeth Harris, Gallery, New York, NY. Catalog.2019 “Hearts and Stems,” Studio 10, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY. Catalog.2016 “Beauties,” Grace Building. Lobby Installation, NY.2008 “Fancy Project,” Project Room, Islip Museum, NY. Catalog.2007 “Synthetic Pleasures,” Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ.2006 “A Summer Elixir,” Fenn Gallery, CT.2004 “Fancy,” Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY.2000 “Rondo: New Work,” Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY.1999 Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC. “Amatory Bodies,” Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa1997 Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY. Catalog1996 "New Drawings," Inform Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan. Catalog1993 "The Sculpture Court Project," Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY. Catalog.1993 LedisFlam Gallery, New York, NY.1993 Sculpture Center, New York, NY. Catalog.1992 "White Room Project," White Columns, New York, NY. Catalog. “Constructs, New Drawings,” Dansens Hus Gallery (The House of Dance Foundation), Stockholm, Sweden.1990 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA1989 Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA1989 "John Monti: Four Drawings," Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA1988 Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY1988 Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu, HI1987 Pence Gallery, Santa Monica, CA1986 Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY1985 Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS2017 “Out of the Box,” ille Arts Gallery, Amagansett, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS – Selected2019 “Thisness,” Felician University, NJ, Scott Reed, Curator. Catalog.2018 “Human Nature,” Arts Brookefield, Grace Building Lobby, NYC, Tom Kotik-Curator. “Clash of the Titans,” 108AG Projects Mexico City, John Thompson-Curator.2016 “Fish Tank,” LIU, Humanities Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Matt Freedman and Fintan Boyle-Curators. Catalog2015 "The Crayon Miscellany," OMI Fields Sculpture Park, Ghent, NY, Julie Ryan-Curator.2015 "This Color is for You," Blackburn 20/20 Gallery, Elizabeth Foundation, New York, NY, Bill Carroll-Curator.2014 “Nature’s Knot,” Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY, organized by John Monti. Catalog. “Art in Nature,” Greenwood Gardens, Short Hills, NJ, Karen Wilkin-Curator. “Process,” Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY. “Colored Formed,” Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Jim Osman-Curator. Catalog2013 “Lost or Not,” Art Helix, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, Bonnie Rychlak and Peter Hopkins-Curators. Catalog “Spiral Bound: Notebooks by Artists from New York,” Organized by Romanov Grave. Mooney Center Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY, Oct 27-Nov 17. “Silhouette,” Elizabeth Foundation, New York, NY, Bill Carroll-Curator.2011 “Signs on the Road,” Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY. Organized by Workroom G “Spiral Bound: Notebooks by Artists from New York and San Diego,” National University, La Mesa, CA, Romanov Grave and Joan Dart-Curators. “Twin Twin,” Perogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Matt Freedman-Curator.2009 “Summer Group Exhibition,” Metaphor Gallery, NYC. Gallery Gravura Brasileira, January 8 –31, 2009, São Paulo, Brazil. Belas Artes University Gallery, March 17 – 28, 2009, São Paulo, Brazil.2008 “Site Specifics '08,” Islip Art Museum, NY, Karen Shaw-Curator. Catalog. “Color in 3D: Found, Applied & Readymade,” Westport Arts Center, CT. Saul Ostrow-Curator.2006 “People I Know,” Thatcher Projects, New York, NY “No Lemons, No Melon,” David Krut Projects, New York, NY, Carrie Moyer & Shelia Pepe- Curators.
PUBLIC ART
2016 “Beauties,” Grace Bldg. Lobby Installation, NYC. Commission, Tom Kotik-Curator.2007 “Fancy for Boston”, Boston Children’s Hospital, MA, Commission, permanent installation.1996-97 “Changing Places," Metro Tech Center, Brooklyn, NY organized by Public Art Fund, Tom Eccles-Curator. Site-specific work.1999 “1999 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art ,” Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY. Commission. Site-specific work.1993 "The Sculpture Court Project," Museum of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY. Commission. Mary Murray- Curator. Site-specific work.
SCENOGRAPHY/ COSTUME DESIGNS
2017
Jodi Melnick, “MOAT,” River to River Dance Festival, sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Governor’s Island New York, NY. June 2017. (Set design.)
2012 Jodi Melnick, “Fancy,” Excerpt from “Solo, Deluxe Version,” Dance Under the Influence, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY. May 2012. (Costume and set design.) 1996 Iréne Hultman Dance, "Cascade," Altogether Different, The Joyce Theater, New York, NY (January '96) (Set-design.) 1992 Iréne Hultman Dance, "Red Cap," Danspace Project, St. Mark's Church, New York, NY (January '92), (toured: Dansens Hus (The House of Dance Foundation), Stockholm, Sweden, March 1992 (Set-design.) 1990-91 The Quartet, "Lies Revealed," Bessie Schønberg Theater, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY (November '90). Toured in '91: "Holland Festival," Nieuwpoort Theater, Ghent, Belgium; "New York Time Festival," De Meervart Theater, Amsterdam, Holland; Hebbel Theater, Berlin, Germany. (Set-design.) AWARDS / RESIDENCIES 2023 KinoSaito, Residency Fellowship, Verplanck, NY 2020 New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship Grant (sculpture + 1993, 1989)2016 Faculty Development Award, Pratt Institute (2013, 2003, 2008,1999)2010 Yaddo, Resident Fellowship, Saratoga, NY1996 The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant1995 New School for Social Research, Project Development Grant1993 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant Karuizawa Drawing Biennial 1993 Purchase Prize, Wakita Museum, Japan Sculpture Space, Residency, Utica, NY1991 Triangle Artists' Workshop, Residency, Pine Plains, NY1990 Yaddo, Resident Fellowship, Saratoga, NY1988 The Rockefeller Foundation, Resident Fellowship, The Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy1988 Yaddo, Resident Fellowship, Saratoga, NY1987 Pollock Krasner Foundation, Fellowship Grant The MacDowell Foundation, Resident Fellowship, Peterborough, NH1986 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship Grant1984 Edward Albee Foundation, Resident Fellowship1983 New York Artists in Residence Grant (NYS-AIR)1982 Graduate Fellowship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (and '81)1979 Lucille S. Welch Memorial Scholarship, Portland State University, OR COLLECTIONS American Telephone & Telegraph, New York, NYThe Anderson Collection, San Francisco, CAThe Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, ARThe Eli Broad Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CAThe Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NYThe Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, NYChase Manhattan Bank, NA, New York, NYThe Children’s Hospital of Boston, MAHonolulu Advertiser Collection, Irvine, CAThe Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IsraelThe McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TXThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYThe Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NYPerkins-Coie Corporation, Seattle, WAPortland Art Museum, Portland, ORPratt Institute, Brooklyn, NYThe Prudential, New York, NYSarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, TuscaloosaTaco Bell Corporation, Irvine, CAThe Wakita Museum of Art, Karuizawa, JapanWake Forest University, Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NCWeatherspoon Art Gallery, Dillard Collection, Greensboro, NCYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT BIBLIOGRAPHY: ARTICLES-REVIEWS 2017 Morgan, Robert C. “John Monti at Grace Building,” Sculpture, March 2017. p. 74. ill.Scherr, Apollinaire. “River to River festival, New York-mesmerizing, harrowing,”Financial Times, June 20, 2017. Ill. (set-design)Seibert, Brian. “Dance for the People (by the Pros) at the River to River Festival,” The New York Times, June 20, 2017. Ill (set-design) 2016 Cohen, David. “Beauties,” Grace Building. Lobby Installation, NYC ArtCritical, Featured Item from the List, September 2016. 2015 Boyle, Fintan and Nichols, Jennie. “No Crime Scene Here-Studio Visit with John Monti,” Romanov Grave, May 31, 2015. (web) 2013 Goodman, Jonathan. “John Monti, Beyond Irony,” Sculpture, December 2013. pp. 44-47. ill. 2012 Cover Feature-Costume Design: “Jodi Melnick’s Post-Modern Magic,” Dance Magazine, February, 2013 2007 Nilsen, Richard. “2 Diverse Sculptors, 1 must-see Show,” The Arizona Republic, November 25, 2007Schmerler, Sarah, “Beyond the Fence,” Village Voice, August 15-21, 2007. p. 52 2005 Boyce, Roger. “John Monti at Elizabeth Harris,” Art In America, January, 2005. p. 125. ill. 2004 Johnson, Ken. "Is Sculpture Too Free for Its Own Good," The New York Times, May 7, 2004, ill. 2000 Johnson, Ken. "Luscious," The New York Times, January 14, 2000.______ “Review,” The New York Times, May 12, 2000Lombardi,D. Dominick. “1999 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art,” Sculpture,March 2000. pp. 70-71. ill.Princenthal, Nancy. “John Monti at Elizabeth Harris,” Art In America, October, 2000. p. 166. ill. 1999 Zimmer, William. “Outdoor Sculpture With a Festive Air,” The New York Times,July 25, 1999 1998 Glueck, Grace. “Review,” The New York Times, January 2, 1998 Koplos, Janet. “John Monti at Elizabeth Harris,” Art in America, March, 1998. p.102. ill. 1997 Harnish, Anne. “Commissions,” Sculpture, May-June, 1997. Volume 16, Number 5, p. 17, ill. 1996 Gear, Josephine. ”Changing Places,” Review, November 1, 1996. p. 18 1994 Harnish, Anne. "Commissions," Sculpture, September-October, 1994. p. 36. ill.Nadelman, Cynthia. "Recent Drawings by Sculptors: A Common Language," Drawing, Vol. XVI, No. 2, July-August 1994. pp. 25-28. ill. 1993 Johnson, Ken. "John Monti at the Sculpture Center," Art in America, October, 1993. pp. 134-135. ill.Melrod, George. "Review," Sculpture, July/August 1993. p.56. 1992 Dunning, Jennifer. "Stories Told in Movement and Talk," The New York Times, January 21, 1992. (set design)Jowitt, Deborah. "The Singing Body," The Village Voice, February 4, 1992. (set design) 1991 Myers, Terry. "Triangle Artists' Workshop 1991: 10th Anniversary," Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, VT. 1991. Catalogue.______. "Western Agenda," Arts Magazine, September 1991. p. 74. ill.Reitstap, Ine. "Onduidelijke dans op Oorverdovende Handel," Nrc Handelsblad, Amsterdam, Holland. June 10, 1991. (set design)Sieben, Irene. "Wie figurinen einer fremden Epoche," Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin, Germany. August 23, 1991. p.13. (set design) 1990 Anderson, Jack. "Handels Alcina Adapted," The New York Times,November 8, 1990. (set design)Jowitt, Deborah. "Who's Whom?," The Village Voice, November 20, 1990. (set design)Smallwood, Lyn. "Garnet Puett and John Monti," The Seattle Weekly, January 17, 1990. 1988 Brenson, Michael. "Review," The New York Times, January 22, 1988.Klein, Ellen Lee. "Review," Arts Magazine, April 1988. p. 109.Miller, Charles V. "Only the Shadow Knows," Artforum, December 1988. pp. 98-99. ill. Morse, Marcia. "Sculptures Compel with Dual Statements," The SundayStar Bulletin and Advertiser, Honolulu, September 4, 1988. p. D-9. ill. Rantanen, Mari. "John Monti," Helsingin Sanomat, Finland. January 27, 1988. ill.Smallwood, Lyn. "Smart Art," The Seattle Weekly, June 22, 1988.Tsai, Eugenie. "John Monti," Arts Magazine, April 1988. p. 91. ill. 1987 Baker, Kenneth. "Minimalism and Runaway Wit," San Francisco Chronicle, July 11, 1987. p.38Christensen, Judith. "Moons, Elands and Oboes," Art Week, May 23, 1987. Volume 18, Number 20, p. 5, ill.Donohoe, Victoria. "Showing a Sideline of Sculptors: Their Drawings," Philadelphia Inquirer, June, 1987.Muchnic, Suzanne. "Review," The Los Angeles Times, May 1, 1987. 1986 Brenson, Michael. "Sculpture Breaks the Mold of Minimalism," The New York Times, November 23,1986.______. "Review," The New York Times, May 30, 1986. 1985 Brenson, Michael. "A Sculpture Revival All Around Town," The New YorkTimes, November 1, 1985. p. C-1 & C-27, ill.Levin, Kim. "Voice Choice," The Village Voice, May 21, 1985. Vol. 30, No. 21.Raynor, Vivian. "Abstract Relationships," The New York Times, July 5, 1985. p. C-21. BIBLIOGRAPHY: CATALOGS 2019 Hearts and Stems, Boyle, Fintan, Studio10, Brooklyn, NY. 2019. Catalog. Ill. 2016 Fish Tank, Freedman, Matt and Boyle, Fintan, LIU Humanities Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. 2016. Catalogue. ill. 2014 Nature’s Knot, Monti, John, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY. 2014. Catalogue. ill. 2008 A New York Drawing Collection at Work, 1991-2006, edited by Amy Eshoo, Yale University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-300-13539-8Site Specifics ’08, Cohalan, Mary Lou, Islip Art Museum, Islip New York. 2008. Catalogue. ill. 1999 Highlights from the Dillard Collection of Art on Paper, Dreisphoon, Douglas,Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. 1999. Catalogue. ill. 1997 Suspended Instants, Block, Holly, Art in General, New York. Catalogue. ill.John Monti, Goodman, Jonathan, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York. 1997. Catalogue. ill. 1996 MMC Gallery: Exhibitions 1995-1996, Harris, Karen L., Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York, NY. 1996. Catalogue. ill. 1994 John Monti, The Sculpture Court Project, Murray, Mary, Museum of Art,Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY. 1994. Brochure. ill.National Drawing Invitational, Wolfe, Townsend, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR. 1994. Catalogue. ill. 1993 John Monti," Sculpture Center, Gear, Josephine, New York. 1993. Catalogue. ill.Karuizawa Drawing Biennial 1993, Shunsuke, Kijima.," Karuizawa, Japan. 1993. Catalogue. ill.55 Ferris Street III, Taylor, Frederieke S. Brooklyn, NY. 1993. Catalogue. ill. 1992 White Columns Update 1992, Arning, Bill. White Columns, New York. 1992. Catalogue. ill. 1991 Western Agenda, Butler, Connie. Artists Space, New York. 1991. Catalogue. ill. 1989 Sculpture '89: Recipients from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Berstein,Roberta, University Art Gallery, State University of New York, Albany, NY. 1989. Brochure. ill. 1989 The Emerging Figure, Weber, Bruce and Dreisphoon, Douglas. The Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL. 1989. Catalogue. ill 1985 Affiliations: Recent Sculpture and its Antecedents, Decter, Joshua and Lurie,David, Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County, Stanford, CT. 1985. Catalogue. ill.Working in Brooklyn: Sculpture, Kotik, Charlotta, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. 1985. Catalogue. ill. 1984 Painting and Sculpture Today, 1984, Ferrulli, Helen. Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN. Catalogue. ARTIST LECTURES / CRITIC / JUROR / CURATOR 2020-2016 Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, Utica, NY Advisory Committee. 2019 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (and 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008,2006, 2005, 2003, 2001,1998.) Lecture/critic. 2018 Sculpture Space, Utica, NY Guest Juror and Selection Committee for 2019 Artist in Residence Awards. 2014 Nature’s Knot, Luise Ross Gallery, Dec. 13 thru Jan. 17, 2015. Curator.Kent State University, Kent, OH. Blossom lecture/critic.New York Academy of Art, New York, NY. Critic. 2013 Kent State, Visiting Artist Studio Lecture.New York Studio Residency Program, (AICAD), Brooklyn, NY. Lecture/critic. 2007 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Lecture/critic. 2006 Rhode Island School of Design, RI. Lecture/critic.Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. Lecture/critic. 2005 West Virginia Division of Culture, Juror, “Design, Sculpture & Installation” for the WV Fellowship Grant Program. 2004 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Lecture. 2003 University of Pennsylvania Academy, PA. Lecture/critic. 2002 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI. Lecture/critic. 2000 University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Falk Visiting Artist. Lecture/critic. 1999 University of Pennsylvania Academy, PA. Lecture/critic. 1998 Public Art Fund, New York, NY. Selection committee member for “In the Public Realm”Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. Lecture/critic. 1996 School for the Visual Arts, New York, NY. Lecture/critic.Rhode Island School of Design, RI. Lecture/critic. 1994 Barnard College, New York, NY. Lecture/critic.Sculpture Center at Roosevelt Island, New York, NY. Juror of sculpture competition.Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Lecture. 1993 The Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY. Lecture/critic.The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Lecture/critic.Portland State University, Portland, OR. Lecture/critic. 1992 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. Lecture/critic.The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Lecture/critic.The University of Akron, School of Art, Akron, OH. Lecture/critic.New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY. Lecture/critic.City College of New York, NY. Lecture/critic. 1991 New York University, New York, NY, Critic.State University of New York at Albany, NY. Lecture/critic. 1988 The Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Center, Bellagio, Italy. Lecture.St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. Lecture.Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Lecture. 1987 Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. Lecture/critic.Art Council of Richmond, VA. Juror of annual sculpture invitational. PANELS / SYMPOSIA 2007 Survivor: An Artists' Opportunity Workshop, DAC (Dumbo Arts Council), Brooklyn, NY. Moderator. Panel: Martha Wilson of Franklin Furnace, representatives of New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. 2005 Artist & Gallery Relations, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Panelist. 2003 A Sculpture Forum: Perspectives on Sculpture Today, Faculty Presentations & Discussion, Memorial Hall, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.Organizer & Moderator. Panel: Erik Levine, Michael Ashkin, Sheila Pepe, Marsha Pels, Martine Kaczynski. 1999 Sculpture Symposium, for NYC Area Members of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Organizer and Moderator. Participating Schools: Maryland Institute College of Art, Cooper Union, Hunter College, University of the Arts, Corcoran School of Art, Parsons School of Design. 1996 Conversations with the Artists, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. Panelist with Lawrence Fane, Niki Ketchman, Monroe Denton, Charlotta Kotik. Buzz McCall as Moderator. 1989 The Emerging Figure, Norton Gallery of Art, Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY. Panelist with Petah Coyne and Judith Shea. Douglas Dreisphoon-Moderator. 1985 Working in Brooklyn: Sculpture, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Panelist Donald Lipski and Judy Phaff w/Charlotta Kotik as moderator. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Professor of Fine Arts, Tenured, Graduate Program, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Jodi Melnick, “Fancy,” Excerpt from “Solo, Deluxe Version,” Dance Under the Influence, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY. May 2012. (Costume and set design.) 1996 Iréne Hultman Dance, "Cascade," Altogether Different, The Joyce Theater, New York, NY (January '96) (Set-design.) 1992 Iréne Hultman Dance, "Red Cap," Danspace Project, St. Mark's Church, New York, NY (January '92), (toured: Dansens Hus (The House of Dance Foundation), Stockholm, Sweden, March 1992 (Set-design.) 1990-91 The Quartet, "Lies Revealed," Bessie Schønberg Theater, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY (November '90). Toured in '91: "Holland Festival," Nieuwpoort Theater, Ghent, Belgium; "New York Time Festival," De Meervart Theater, Amsterdam, Holland; Hebbel Theater, Berlin, Germany. (Set-design.) AWARDS / RESIDENCIES 2023 KinoSaito, Residency Fellowship, Verplanck, NY 2020 New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship Grant (sculpture + 1993, 1989)2016 Faculty Development Award, Pratt Institute (2013, 2003, 2008,1999)2010 Yaddo, Resident Fellowship, Saratoga, NY1996 The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant1995 New School for Social Research, Project Development Grant1993 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant Karuizawa Drawing Biennial 1993 Purchase Prize, Wakita Museum, Japan Sculpture Space, Residency, Utica, NY1991 Triangle Artists' Workshop, Residency, Pine Plains, NY1990 Yaddo, Resident Fellowship, Saratoga, NY1988 The Rockefeller Foundation, Resident Fellowship, The Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy1988 Yaddo, Resident Fellowship, Saratoga, NY1987 Pollock Krasner Foundation, Fellowship Grant The MacDowell Foundation, Resident Fellowship, Peterborough, NH1986 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Fellowship Grant1984 Edward Albee Foundation, Resident Fellowship1983 New York Artists in Residence Grant (NYS-AIR)1982 Graduate Fellowship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (and '81)1979 Lucille S. Welch Memorial Scholarship, Portland State University, OR COLLECTIONS American Telephone & Telegraph, New York, NYThe Anderson Collection, San Francisco, CAThe Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, ARThe Eli Broad Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CAThe Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NYThe Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, NYChase Manhattan Bank, NA, New York, NYThe Children’s Hospital of Boston, MAHonolulu Advertiser Collection, Irvine, CAThe Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IsraelThe McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TXThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYThe Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NYPerkins-Coie Corporation, Seattle, WAPortland Art Museum, Portland, ORPratt Institute, Brooklyn, NYThe Prudential, New York, NYSarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, TuscaloosaTaco Bell Corporation, Irvine, CAThe Wakita Museum of Art, Karuizawa, JapanWake Forest University, Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NCWeatherspoon Art Gallery, Dillard Collection, Greensboro, NCYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT BIBLIOGRAPHY: ARTICLES-REVIEWS 2017 Morgan, Robert C. “John Monti at Grace Building,” Sculpture, March 2017. p. 74. ill.Scherr, Apollinaire. “River to River festival, New York-mesmerizing, harrowing,”Financial Times, June 20, 2017. Ill. (set-design)Seibert, Brian. “Dance for the People (by the Pros) at the River to River Festival,” The New York Times, June 20, 2017. Ill (set-design) 2016 Cohen, David. “Beauties,” Grace Building. Lobby Installation, NYC ArtCritical, Featured Item from the List, September 2016. 2015 Boyle, Fintan and Nichols, Jennie. “No Crime Scene Here-Studio Visit with John Monti,” Romanov Grave, May 31, 2015. (web) 2013 Goodman, Jonathan. “John Monti, Beyond Irony,” Sculpture, December 2013. pp. 44-47. ill. 2012 Cover Feature-Costume Design: “Jodi Melnick’s Post-Modern Magic,” Dance Magazine, February, 2013 2007 Nilsen, Richard. “2 Diverse Sculptors, 1 must-see Show,” The Arizona Republic, November 25, 2007Schmerler, Sarah, “Beyond the Fence,” Village Voice, August 15-21, 2007. p. 52 2005 Boyce, Roger. “John Monti at Elizabeth Harris,” Art In America, January, 2005. p. 125. ill. 2004 Johnson, Ken. "Is Sculpture Too Free for Its Own Good," The New York Times, May 7, 2004, ill. 2000 Johnson, Ken. "Luscious," The New York Times, January 14, 2000.______ “Review,” The New York Times, May 12, 2000Lombardi,D. Dominick. “1999 Biennial Exhibition of Public Art,” Sculpture,March 2000. pp. 70-71. ill.Princenthal, Nancy. “John Monti at Elizabeth Harris,” Art In America, October, 2000. p. 166. ill. 1999 Zimmer, William. “Outdoor Sculpture With a Festive Air,” The New York Times,July 25, 1999 1998 Glueck, Grace. “Review,” The New York Times, January 2, 1998 Koplos, Janet. “John Monti at Elizabeth Harris,” Art in America, March, 1998. p.102. ill. 1997 Harnish, Anne. “Commissions,” Sculpture, May-June, 1997. Volume 16, Number 5, p. 17, ill. 1996 Gear, Josephine. ”Changing Places,” Review, November 1, 1996. p. 18 1994 Harnish, Anne. "Commissions," Sculpture, September-October, 1994. p. 36. ill.Nadelman, Cynthia. "Recent Drawings by Sculptors: A Common Language," Drawing, Vol. XVI, No. 2, July-August 1994. pp. 25-28. ill. 1993 Johnson, Ken. "John Monti at the Sculpture Center," Art in America, October, 1993. pp. 134-135. ill.Melrod, George. "Review," Sculpture, July/August 1993. p.56. 1992 Dunning, Jennifer. "Stories Told in Movement and Talk," The New York Times, January 21, 1992. (set design)Jowitt, Deborah. "The Singing Body," The Village Voice, February 4, 1992. (set design) 1991 Myers, Terry. "Triangle Artists' Workshop 1991: 10th Anniversary," Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, VT. 1991. Catalogue.______. "Western Agenda," Arts Magazine, September 1991. p. 74. ill.Reitstap, Ine. "Onduidelijke dans op Oorverdovende Handel," Nrc Handelsblad, Amsterdam, Holland. June 10, 1991. (set design)Sieben, Irene. "Wie figurinen einer fremden Epoche," Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin, Germany. August 23, 1991. p.13. (set design) 1990 Anderson, Jack. "Handels Alcina Adapted," The New York Times,November 8, 1990. (set design)Jowitt, Deborah. "Who's Whom?," The Village Voice, November 20, 1990. (set design)Smallwood, Lyn. "Garnet Puett and John Monti," The Seattle Weekly, January 17, 1990. 1988 Brenson, Michael. "Review," The New York Times, January 22, 1988.Klein, Ellen Lee. "Review," Arts Magazine, April 1988. p. 109.Miller, Charles V. "Only the Shadow Knows," Artforum, December 1988. pp. 98-99. ill. Morse, Marcia. "Sculptures Compel with Dual Statements," The SundayStar Bulletin and Advertiser, Honolulu, September 4, 1988. p. D-9. ill. Rantanen, Mari. "John Monti," Helsingin Sanomat, Finland. January 27, 1988. ill.Smallwood, Lyn. "Smart Art," The Seattle Weekly, June 22, 1988.Tsai, Eugenie. "John Monti," Arts Magazine, April 1988. p. 91. ill. 1987 Baker, Kenneth. "Minimalism and Runaway Wit," San Francisco Chronicle, July 11, 1987. p.38Christensen, Judith. "Moons, Elands and Oboes," Art Week, May 23, 1987. Volume 18, Number 20, p. 5, ill.Donohoe, Victoria. "Showing a Sideline of Sculptors: Their Drawings," Philadelphia Inquirer, June, 1987.Muchnic, Suzanne. "Review," The Los Angeles Times, May 1, 1987. 1986 Brenson, Michael. "Sculpture Breaks the Mold of Minimalism," The New York Times, November 23,1986.______. "Review," The New York Times, May 30, 1986. 1985 Brenson, Michael. "A Sculpture Revival All Around Town," The New YorkTimes, November 1, 1985. p. C-1 & C-27, ill.Levin, Kim. "Voice Choice," The Village Voice, May 21, 1985. Vol. 30, No. 21.Raynor, Vivian. "Abstract Relationships," The New York Times, July 5, 1985. p. C-21. BIBLIOGRAPHY: CATALOGS 2019 Hearts and Stems, Boyle, Fintan, Studio10, Brooklyn, NY. 2019. Catalog. Ill. 2016 Fish Tank, Freedman, Matt and Boyle, Fintan, LIU Humanities Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. 2016. Catalogue. ill. 2014 Nature’s Knot, Monti, John, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY. 2014. Catalogue. ill. 2008 A New York Drawing Collection at Work, 1991-2006, edited by Amy Eshoo, Yale University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-300-13539-8Site Specifics ’08, Cohalan, Mary Lou, Islip Art Museum, Islip New York. 2008. Catalogue. ill. 1999 Highlights from the Dillard Collection of Art on Paper, Dreisphoon, Douglas,Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. 1999. Catalogue. ill. 1997 Suspended Instants, Block, Holly, Art in General, New York. Catalogue. ill.John Monti, Goodman, Jonathan, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York. 1997. Catalogue. ill. 1996 MMC Gallery: Exhibitions 1995-1996, Harris, Karen L., Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York, NY. 1996. Catalogue. ill. 1994 John Monti, The Sculpture Court Project, Murray, Mary, Museum of Art,Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY. 1994. Brochure. ill.National Drawing Invitational, Wolfe, Townsend, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR. 1994. Catalogue. ill. 1993 John Monti," Sculpture Center, Gear, Josephine, New York. 1993. Catalogue. ill.Karuizawa Drawing Biennial 1993, Shunsuke, Kijima.," Karuizawa, Japan. 1993. Catalogue. ill.55 Ferris Street III, Taylor, Frederieke S. Brooklyn, NY. 1993. Catalogue. ill. 1992 White Columns Update 1992, Arning, Bill. White Columns, New York. 1992. Catalogue. ill. 1991 Western Agenda, Butler, Connie. Artists Space, New York. 1991. Catalogue. ill. 1989 Sculpture '89: Recipients from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Berstein,Roberta, University Art Gallery, State University of New York, Albany, NY. 1989. Brochure. ill. 1989 The Emerging Figure, Weber, Bruce and Dreisphoon, Douglas. The Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL. 1989. Catalogue. ill 1985 Affiliations: Recent Sculpture and its Antecedents, Decter, Joshua and Lurie,David, Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County, Stanford, CT. 1985. Catalogue. ill.Working in Brooklyn: Sculpture, Kotik, Charlotta, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. 1985. Catalogue. ill. 1984 Painting and Sculpture Today, 1984, Ferrulli, Helen. Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN. Catalogue. ARTIST LECTURES / CRITIC / JUROR / CURATOR 2020-2016 Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, Utica, NY Advisory Committee. 2019 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (and 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008,2006, 2005, 2003, 2001,1998.) Lecture/critic. 2018 Sculpture Space, Utica, NY Guest Juror and Selection Committee for 2019 Artist in Residence Awards. 2014 Nature’s Knot, Luise Ross Gallery, Dec. 13 thru Jan. 17, 2015. Curator.Kent State University, Kent, OH. Blossom lecture/critic.New York Academy of Art, New York, NY. Critic. 2013 Kent State, Visiting Artist Studio Lecture.New York Studio Residency Program, (AICAD), Brooklyn, NY. Lecture/critic. 2007 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Lecture/critic. 2006 Rhode Island School of Design, RI. Lecture/critic.Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. Lecture/critic. 2005 West Virginia Division of Culture, Juror, “Design, Sculpture & Installation” for the WV Fellowship Grant Program. 2004 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Lecture. 2003 University of Pennsylvania Academy, PA. Lecture/critic. 2002 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, MI. Lecture/critic. 2000 University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Falk Visiting Artist. Lecture/critic. 1999 University of Pennsylvania Academy, PA. Lecture/critic. 1998 Public Art Fund, New York, NY. Selection committee member for “In the Public Realm”Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. Lecture/critic. 1996 School for the Visual Arts, New York, NY. Lecture/critic.Rhode Island School of Design, RI. Lecture/critic. 1994 Barnard College, New York, NY. Lecture/critic.Sculpture Center at Roosevelt Island, New York, NY. Juror of sculpture competition.Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Lecture. 1993 The Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, NY. Lecture/critic.The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Lecture/critic.Portland State University, Portland, OR. Lecture/critic. 1992 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. Lecture/critic.The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Lecture/critic.The University of Akron, School of Art, Akron, OH. Lecture/critic.New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY. Lecture/critic.City College of New York, NY. Lecture/critic. 1991 New York University, New York, NY, Critic.State University of New York at Albany, NY. Lecture/critic. 1988 The Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Center, Bellagio, Italy. Lecture.St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. Lecture.Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Lecture. 1987 Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. Lecture/critic.Art Council of Richmond, VA. Juror of annual sculpture invitational. PANELS / SYMPOSIA 2007 Survivor: An Artists' Opportunity Workshop, DAC (Dumbo Arts Council), Brooklyn, NY. Moderator. Panel: Martha Wilson of Franklin Furnace, representatives of New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. 2005 Artist & Gallery Relations, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Panelist. 2003 A Sculpture Forum: Perspectives on Sculpture Today, Faculty Presentations & Discussion, Memorial Hall, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.Organizer & Moderator. Panel: Erik Levine, Michael Ashkin, Sheila Pepe, Marsha Pels, Martine Kaczynski. 1999 Sculpture Symposium, for NYC Area Members of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Organizer and Moderator. Participating Schools: Maryland Institute College of Art, Cooper Union, Hunter College, University of the Arts, Corcoran School of Art, Parsons School of Design. 1996 Conversations with the Artists, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. Panelist with Lawrence Fane, Niki Ketchman, Monroe Denton, Charlotta Kotik. Buzz McCall as Moderator. 1989 The Emerging Figure, Norton Gallery of Art, Edith C. Blum Art Institute, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY. Panelist with Petah Coyne and Judith Shea. Douglas Dreisphoon-Moderator. 1985 Working in Brooklyn: Sculpture, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Panelist Donald Lipski and Judy Phaff w/Charlotta Kotik as moderator. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Professor of Fine Arts, Tenured, Graduate Program, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
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