Juan Gomez Biography

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American, born in Colombia. 1970.

Lives and works in New York City.

 

Education:

 

1998    B.F.A in Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, NY

Degree with honors

 1995   Art Students League, NY

 

Solo Exhibitions:

 

2009    ÒJuan Gomez,Ó Charlie Horse Gallery, NY

2006    ÒJuan Gomez,Ó Cue Art Foundation, NY

1999    ÒJuan Gomez,Ó Turner and Runyon Gallery, Dallas, TX

1998    ÒJuan Gomez,Ó Audiello Fine Arts, NY

 

Group Exhibitions:

 

2009    ÒA Dry Run,Ó Charlie Horse Gallery, NY

2007    ÒContemporary Art At The Colby College Museum Of Art: Gifts from the Alex Katz Foundation,Ó Waterville, Maine

"Invitational Exhibition Of Visual Arts,Ó American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY

2005    ÒErotic Drawing,Ó Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT

ÒErotic Drawing,Ó Diverse Works, TX

2002    ÒAIM 22,Ó Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY

ÒOct 2002,Ó  Momenta, Brooklyn, NY

ÒParis-Brooklyn,Ó Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris

2001    ÒDiversity Plus,Ó Visual Arts Museum, Jeronimo Elespe, Toland Grinnell, Evan Izer, Kiichiro Muto, Anna Sew Hoy, Banks Violette, NY

1999    ÒSome Romantics,Ó Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, NY

1998    ÒCrossing Lines,Ó Art in General, NY

ÒMoon to Moon,Ó Audiello Fine Arts, NY

ÒKiichiro Muto and Juan Gomez,Ó Visual Arts Gallery, NY

 

Articles And Reviews:

 

Kunitz, Daniel. "Goulash by Committee." The New York Sun, Arts And Letters, March 15,

2007

Berwick, Carly. "Wall Hole, Blossoms Delight in Art Academy's Invitational Show,"

Bloomberg News, Muse Arts, March 9, 2007

Cohen, David. "The Greats In The Galleries," The New York Sun, Arts And Letters,

December 28, 2006.

Johnson, Ken. Review, The New York Times, Friday March 3, Art in Review, 2006

Cohen, David. ÒJuan Gomez,Ó The New York Sun, Arts And Letters, February 9, 2006

Genocchio, Benjamin. ÒErotic Goes Mainstream,Ó New York Times. May 8, 2005

Baumgardner, Jeana. ÒMomenta Art.Ó Zingmagazine, issue 18, Winter/Spring, p.288,

2003

McCabe, Bret. ÒSerpentine Similar.Ó The Met, December 22, p. 39, 1999

Corn, Alfred. Review, Art in America, No. 5, May, p.158, 1999

Angeline, John. Review, Art Nexus, No.31, February-April, p.125, 1999

Hoban, Phoebe. ÒThe Mod Squad,Ó New York Magazine, Jan 11,p.36, 1999

Cotter, Holland. The New York Times, Friday July 3, Weekend Section E, p.33, 1998

Chambers, Christopher. Review, NY Arts, July/August, p.39, 1998

 

Monographs and Catalogues:

 

Juan Gomez: A Painter Of Differences. Essay and poem by Vincent Katz. New York: Cue Art

Foundation, 2006

Contemporary Erotic Drawing. Essays by Stuart Horodner, Sue Taylor, and Wayne

Koestenbaum. Connecticut: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 2005

Artists in the Marketplace. AIM 22. New York: Bronx Museum, 2002

Diversity Plus. Introduction by Jeanne Siegel. New York: Visual Arts Museum, 2001

Crossing Lines. Essay by Lilly Wei. New York: Art in General, 1998

 

Other Publications:

 

Zingmagazine, Rhythm, Curated Project, Spring 2007, NY

Zingmagazine, Share, Curated Project, volume 3, Autumn 1999, NY

 

Grants and Awards:

 

American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, The Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Foundation Award, 2007

American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, Art Purchase, 2007

Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, Studio Program,2001

School of Visual Arts, New York, Stacey Sussman Traveling Award, 1998

School of Visual Arts, New York, Presidential Award, 1997

Art Students League, New York, Merit Scholarship, 1994

 

Public Collections:

 

Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts

Brunswick ME, Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Denver, CO, Dikeou Collection
New York, NY, Hispanic Society Of America

Rockland, ME, Farnsworth Art Museum

Waterville, ME, Colby College Museum of Art

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