John Schlesinger
mail: jschlesinger99@hotmail.com
blog: dearvolunteers.blogspot.com/
Grants, Fellowships and Residencies
John Armstrong Chaloner Rome Prize Fellowship in the Visual Arts, 2002
Peter S. Reed Foundation Award, 2002
Aaron Siskind Fellowship, 2000
Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, 1999
Evelyn Stefansson Nef Fellow, The MacDowell Colony, 1998
Aaron Siskind Fellowship, 1992
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1988
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1986
Minnesota State Arts Board Special Projects Grants, 1984, in collaboration with Dorit Cypis
Bush Foundation Fellowship, 1983
McKnight Fellowship, 1983
Residencies include:
The MacDowell Colony (5 stays)
Blue Mountain Center (3 stays)
Virginia Center for the Arts
Yaddo
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2017 AC Institute, New York, NY, Dear Volunteers, collaboration with Tra Bouscaren,
2016 Unsmoke Art Systems, Braddock, PA, Dear Volunteers, “You Doom Chunx” collaboration with Tra Bouscaren,
2016 Whittier College, Greenleaf Gallery, LA, Dear Volunteers, collaboration with Tra Bouscaren,
2016 Fort Mason Center for Art and Culture, San Francisco, “Metal Memory vs. Affect Horizon”, Dear Volunteers, collaboration with Tra Bouscaren
2016 Totally Rad Gallery, Berkeley, “Daft Affect”, Dear Volunteers, collaboration with Tra Bouscaren
2015 Pop-up installation, Philadelphia, Dear Volunteers, collaboration with Tra Bouscaren
2014 Untitled Installation, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
2013 Maureen’s Wholesale Flower Shop, “My Future Ex” , Dear Volunteers, installation with Tra Bouscaren
2012 Untitled Installation, The Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2003 American Academy in Rome, Front Gallery, Rome, Italy
2001 Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco
2001 Williamsburg Art NeXus, Brooklyn
1996 Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
1996 Julie Saul Gallery, “Writing Pictures”, New York (catalogue)
1995 “Fragmented Images” (three person exhibition), The Alternative Museum, New York
1994 The Tampa Art Museum, “Working the Blade: Jacob Kass/John Schlesinger”
1991 White Columns (White Room Installation), New York
1990 Camera Work, San Francisco
1990 Van Rooy Galerie, “David Schaefer/John Schlesinger” Amsterdam, The Netherlands (catalogue)
1989 Lieberman and Saul, New York
1989 De Zaak, Groningen, The Netherlands
1987 Jeffrey Neale Gallery, New York
1987 Thomas Barry Fine Arts (with Dorit Cypis), Minneapolis
1986 Jeffrey Neale Gallery, New York
1985 Eye: A Photography Gallery, San Francisco
1984 Chicago Film Makers, Chicago
1984 Daedalus Fine Art Acquisition, Minneapolis
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 “My Future Ex” installation at University of Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2012 “Singular Visions/Multiple Views”, curated by Lena Hyun, Hopper House, Nyack, NY
2012 “Untitled Exhibition” at Art on the Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
2011 “Vox VII” juried exhibition, Philadelphia
2011 “Hive/Cave”, Pageant, Philadelphia
2011 DCCA, “Duets”, Wilmington, DE
2006 ”Works on Paper, Arcadia University
2005 “Art Basel Miami Beach”, Lemon Sky Projects, Miami Beach, FL
2005 “Romania Redrawn”, Photo West Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 “Powelton Photographs”, Photo West Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 “Photography 21”, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, New Jersey
2002 “Snapshot”, Arcadia University, travels to Aldrich Museum
2002 “Gallery Artists”, Seraphim Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Group Exhibition, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 San Francisco Art Fair, Nikolai Gallery of New York, San Francisco, CA
2000 “Our Town”, Photo Gallery West, Philadelphia, PA
2000 “Because Sex Sells,” Nikolai Fine Arts, New York
2000 Berlin Arts Fair, Ubu Gallery of New York, Berlin, FDR
2000 “Yard Sale”, Downtown Arts Festival, New York City Lab School, New York
1999 “The Artist as Patron”, The Alternative Museum, New York
1998 “The Erotics of Denial”, E.S. Van Damm Gallery, New York
1998 “Beyond the Image…”, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis
1997 “Sex/Industry”, Stux Gallery, New York
1997 “Inside Out”, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
1997 “TwoFold”, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York
1997 Spot Gallery, New York
1997 “The Figure in the Landscape Revisited”, Montgomery Glasoe Gallery, Minneapolis
1996 “Out takes, Obscure Selections by Gallery Artists”, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
1994 “Don’t Leave Me This Way; Art in the Time of AIDS”, The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (Two installations/catalogue)
1994 Group Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago
1994 Group Exhibition, Julie Saul Gallery, New York
1994 Group Exhibition, Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York
1993 “Breda Photographica ‘93”, De Beyerd Institute, Breda, The Netherlands
1993 New York Artists, W-139 Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1993 The Amsterdam Art Fair, Kunstrai, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1993 “The Return of the Cadavre Exquis”, The Drawing Center, New York (travelling exhibition)
1992 “More Than One Photography: Work Since 1980 from the Permanent Collection”, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1992 Group Exhibition, Blum Helman Warehouse, New York
1992 “Voyeurism”, Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York
1992 “Cannibal Eyes”, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts (catalogue)
1992 “Addressing the Forbidden”, Brighton Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
1991 “The Body in Question”, Burden Gallery, New York (catalogue)
1991 “Moving Light”, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1991 “Erotic Desire”, Centrum Voor Fotographie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1990 “The Big Picture: Selections from the Permanent Collection”, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1990 “Wagner, Berman, Schlesinger”, Lieberman & Saul Gallery, New York
1990 “Photography: 1980’s—Discovery and Invention”, curated by J. Smith, Basel Art Fair, Switzerland
1990 “The Indomitable Spirit: Photographers and Friends United Against AIDS,” International Center for Photography, New York and Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (catalogue)
1990 “The Photography of Invention”, The National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (catalogue)
1990 “Sequence (Con) Sequence”, Bard College, Annandale, New York
1989 “Unbesehen”, Kampnagel 3, Hamburg, FDR
1987 “Poetic Injury”, Alternative Museum, New York
1987 “Recent Acquisitions”, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987 “This is Not a Photograph”, John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
1986 “Stills: From Cinema and Video into Photography”, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
1986 “The Real Big Picture”, The Queens Museum, New York
1985 “Wider Perspectives”, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
1985 “Figures, Spaces, and Structures, 1972-83”, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Publications and Reviews
Catalog, American Academy in Rome, two images, text, 2003
Art in America, “Artworld”, a description of Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, March, 2000, p. 158
Catalog, Biennale, Toscano, Italy
Pandemic: Facing AIDS, Umbrage Editions, edited and curated by Nan Richardson, Spring, 2003
New York Times, review of “Snapshots” at Aldrich Museum, by Sarah Boxer
NY Arts, ”Because Sex Sells.”, review by Jenni Sorkin, March 2002
Art Issues, “San Francisco e-Mail: Burtynsky, Schlesinger, Nimoy”, Mark Van Proyen, Summer, 2001
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, award catalogue, two photographs, 1999-2000
The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Picture Imperfect”, photos and article by Leaonard Boasberg, Jan. 31, 2000
Mediations, Illinois State University, two photographs, Spring, 1998
Art of the X Files, Chris Carter, one photograph, 1998
Art in America, “Writing Pictures” photo with review by Eileen Myles, p. 108, March, 1997
Art News, “The Image of the Hand” photo with article by Barbara Pollack, March, 1997
Writing Pictures, a catalogue by John Schlesinger, 24 pages, 14 photographs, includes text fragments from a number of writers, essay by Linda Yablonsky, 1996
The New York Observer, “Secret Codes: A Touch of Noir” review by A.D. Coleman, Sept. 30, 1996
Village Voice, an especially recommended selection, by Vince Aletti, Sept. 17, 1996
National Gallery of Australia Exhibition Catalogue, “Don’t Leave Me This Way: Art in the Time of AIDS”, essay by Ted Gott, 1994
Blind Spot, premier issue, four photographs, 1993
Village Voice, a Choice selection: “Off the Wall”, review by Vince Aletti, July 27, 1993
Art in America, “Complex Vision”, article by Paul Smith, (three photos) March, 1993
Future Safe, donated photographs in pamphlet about estate planning for artists with HIV, 1993.
White Columns Catalogue, “Update 92”, essay by Bill Arning, one photograph, 1992
Village Voice, a Choice selection: “Voyeurism,” review by Vince Aletti, March 3, 1992
MIT Catalogue, “Cannibal Eyes”, essay by Ron Platt, four photographs, 1992
Art News, “Wagner, Berman, Schlesinger”, photo with review by Richard Woodward, January, 1991
Perspektief #40, photographs, January, 1991
San Francisco Examiner, photo with review by David Bonetti, 1990
San Francisco Camerawork Quarterly, description of exhibition with photo, spring, 1990
Village Voice, a Choice selection: “Wagner, Berman, Schlesinger”, Vince Aletti, Oct. 13, 1990
Aperture, “The Body in Question”, ed. by Melissa Harris, one photograph, winter, 1990
“The Indomitable Spirit”, Photographers and Friends United Against AIDS, catalogue (cover photo), 1990
J. Schlesinger/D. Schafer: “Exhibition Catalogue”, pictures and essay, Van Rooy Galerie, Amsterdam, 1990
The Photography of Invention: Pictures of the 80’s by Joshua Smith, one photograph, 1989
Bomb Magazine, cover photograph, summer, 1988
Drukwerk De Zaak, #37, two photographs, 1988
Sequence (Con) Sequence, by Julia Ballerini, two photographs, 1988
Art News, review by Mary Haus, 1987
Aperture, #103, summer, five photographs, 1986
The New York Times, review by Andy Grundberg, July 11, 1986
New Art Examiner, review by William Horrigan, 1984
Selected Collections
American Academy in Rome
Allen Memorial Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Bill Arning, New York
Bonni Benrubi, New York
Blue Mountain Center
Henry Buhl, New York
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Carnegie Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Deutsche Bank, AG, FDR
Richard Flood, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Barry Friedman, New York
General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hamburg Kunsthalle, Hamburg, FDR
Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Lehigh University Gallery
The MacDowell Colony
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Irene Nikolai Fine Arts
Oberlin College Art Museum, Ohio
Princeton University, New Jersey
Aaron Siskind Foundation
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Tampa Art Museum
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Education and Professional Experience
BA University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Mn; Philosophy and Photography, 1980
BS University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Mn; Art Education, 1980
MFA University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, (Interdisciplinary Art), 2012
Certificate in Time Based Media, University of Pennsylvania, 2012
Associate Professor of Art,
SUNY Rockland Community College, Suffern. NY
Adjunct Teaching experience includes:
School of Visual Arts, (undergraduate and graduate)
Drexel University
Rice University
Visiting Artist and Lecture opportunities include:
Cooper Union, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Pratt, SVA, Ramapo, SUNY Purchase, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, University of Arizona, Tyler (Rome) and University of the Arts,