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Lillian Heidenberg Fine Art

Brooklyn / Southampton / Bal Harbour

John Wesley

(American, 1928–2022)

untitled (breasts) by john wesley

John Wesley

Untitled (Breasts), 1998

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untitled (woman on back) by john wesley

John Wesley

Untitled (Woman on Back), 1993

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Biography

Timeline

1928
Born: in Los Angeles, CA
1946 - 1950
Studied at Los Angeles City College and at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1976
Guggenheim Fellowship
1989
National Endowment for the Arts Grant
1998
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Purchase Award
2004
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Purchase Award
2005
Skowhegan Award for Artistic Achievement, Medal in Painting
2006
The Armory Show, Flagship Artist
Skowhegan Medal for Artistic Achievement in Painting, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME

Exhibitions

2009
"Naked", John Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
"Cheep!", El Sourdog Hex, Berlin, Germany
"John Wesley: Question of Women", Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY (solo)
2008
"Tracings: From the 1960's On", Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY
"People", Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
Waddington Galleries, London, UK
"There is Desire Left (Knock, Knock) – 40 Years of Fine Arts from the Mondstudio Collection", Kunstmuseum Berne, Switzerland
"Question of Woman", Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY (solo)
2007
"The Bumsteads," Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY (solo)
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Two Years," The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"Equal, That Is, To The Real Itself," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
2006
"John Wesley Retrospective: Works on Paper 1960-2005," Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany
"R. Crumb, Roy Lichtenstein, John Wesley," Galerie Hyundai, Seoul, South Korea
2005
"Don’t Eat My Eagle: Paintings from the 1960’s", Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY
"John Wesley Retrospective: Works on Paper 1960-2005", Krefeld Kunstmuseen, Krefeld, Germany (solo)
"After Cezanne," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
"On Paper: Drawings from the 1960’s to the Present," Daniel Weinberg, Los Angeles, CA
"It’ll Cost You…," Artek Contemporaries, New York, NY
"POP," University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
"Tete a Tete," Greenberg Van Doren, New York, NY
"Surface", Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY
2004 - 2005
"Disparities and Deformations: Out Grotesque", SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
"Don't Eat My Eagle: Paintings from the 1960s", Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY (solo)
2004
"Recent Paintings: 2000-2004 / Drawings from the 1960’s," Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Paintings on Paper," Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
"Funny Cuts- Cartoons and Comics in Contemporary Art," Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
"The Big Nothing," Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
"Line," Hines Gallery at West 52, New York, NY
"International Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
"Figurative Work on Paper by 20th Century Masters," The Elkon Gallery, New York, NY
2003
"New Paintings," Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY
"Paintings on Paper," Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Funny Papers," Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
"New Paintings," Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
"New Paintings", Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY
"Time and Again," Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Presidential Suite," Nassau County Museum of Art, NY
"New York Painting & Sculpture," Wall Street Rising, New York, NY
Fredericks Freiser Gallery, New York, NY
2001
"John Wesley Love’s Lust," Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (solo)
Onnasch Austellungen, Berlin, Germany
"Pop Art: US/UK Connections 1956-66," The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
"The 'W' Show," Museum of Dole, Dole, France
"Locating Drawing," Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX
"Les Annes Pop," Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France

Literature

2007
The Bumsteads. New York: Fredericks & Freiser, 2007 (catalogue)
2006
Myers, Terry R. John Wesley: A Collection. New York: Zwirner and Wirth, 2006 (catalogue)
2004
Disparities & Deforamations: Our Grotesque, curated by Robert Storr. Sante Fe: Site Santa Fe, 2004 (catalogue)
2000
Heiss, Alanna. John Wesley: Paintings 1961-2000 (1st ed.). New York: Distributed Art Publishers, 2000
POP thru OUT. Cheonan, South Korea: Arario Gallery, 2003 (catalogue)
English (US)

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