john watson/resume

Born Indianapolis, IN.  Lives and works in Saint Louis, MO.

Education

2001
Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1997
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture; Cum Laude, Honors
Webster University, St. Louis, MO

Solo Exhibitions

2008  
Better Now Than They Once Was
Hemphill Fine Arts, H-Street Installation, Washington, DC
John Watson: New Work
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
2006
Kranzberg Exhibition Series: John Watson/Andrea Green

Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis, MO
John Watson: Always Find A Way
Hemphill, Washington, DC
John Watson: New Work/ Drawings and Small Sculpture
Philip Slein Gallery, Saint Louis, MO
That's the Way (_________) Go (installation)
Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005
John Watson: Small Town
Howard County College, Columbia, MD
2004
John Watson: Drawings
Greenbelt Art Center, Greenbelt, MD
2002
John Watson: New Work
School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008  
Contruction/Deconstruction
William & Florence Schmidt Art Center, Belleville, IL
17 on 29
Metropolitan Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Take Away
Ellen Curlee Gallery
2007  
Amass
Boots Contemporary Art Space, Saint Louis, MO
Urban Shelter
LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Perspectives
Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
ArtDC
Washington, DC 
(re)Turn
East Central College, Union, MO
2006
Small Scale Work

Philip Slein Gallery, Saint Louis, MO
Continuous Constructions
Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA
International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition
University of Hawaii, Traveling (catalog)

2005
Construct, Assemble the Parts
Jacoby Art Center, Alton, IL
Fresh
Philip Slein Gallery, Saint Louis, MO (review)
Blackburn College, Dedication
Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL
Three Sculptors
Hunt Gallery, Saint Louis, MO

2004
Opening on 14th Street
(review)
Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
Trawick Prize (catalog)
Creative Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Surplus (review Sculpture Magazine)    
Baltimore, MD

2004
Signal 66 Summer Show
Signal 66, Washington, DC
Death
Area 405, Baltimore, MD
Anonymous
Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran,
Gallery at Flashpoint, Washington, DC  

2003 
Faculty Exhibition
Maryland College of Art and Design
Space; Blue
Washington, DC

2002    
The Drawing Show
Sweetboyprojects, Los Angeles, CA
Insert: Soil
Seattle, WA 

2001
Fresh
(essay)
Arts 901, Washington, DC
Urban Primitive
Wohlfarth Gallery, Washington, DC
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
University of Maryland, College Park,

Assistant Professor: Sculpture: Webster University-Saint Louis, MO

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