JOHN ZINSSER

           
2003            Theories: Abstract New York, LICK Ltd, Queens, NY (also: Ramsay Gallery, Chicago)
            Brooklyn on 57th St, Nohra Haime Gallery, NY, NY

1. ZenRoxy, curated by Ivan Vera, Von Lintel Gallery, NY

            Color, curated by Paul Rusconi, Sandroni/Rey Gallery, Venice, CA
Paintings and Sculpture, Maximilian Krips Galerie, Cologne, Germany

2001            15 Years of Painting, Stark Gallery
            Cinema Studies, curated by Aruna D’Souza, Lucas Schoormans, NY

1. Significant Pursuits: Paint and Geometry, curated by Robert Kingston and Phong Bui,

            Smack Mellon Studios, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
            The Tao of Painting: Principles in Monochrome, curated by Marina Zakarian,
            The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX (cat.)
            Deep Field Painting, Hunter College Art Gallery, curated by Michael Brennan (cat.)

1999            Dialogue (with Mark Sheinkman) ART Resources, NY
            Tang, Turner & Runyon, Dallas, TX
            Gridlocked, Rocket Gallery, London
            Abstraction, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago (four-person show
            with Daniel Reynolds, Rene Pierre Allain, Paul Campbell)
            New American Abstraction, Windows Gallery, Brussels (three-person
            show with David Row, Lydia Dona)
            One by One, Painting versus Drawing, Lintel & Nusser, Munich

1998            Monomania, Rocket Gallery, London

1997            A Reversal of Scale, Turner & Runyon, Dallas, TX
            Group Show, Green on Red, Dublin, Ireland
            Summer Show, Galerie Thomas von Lintel, Munich, Germany
            Works on Paper, Gallery S65, Aalst, Belgium

1996            Inaugural, Turner & Runyon Gallery, Dallas, TX
            Group Show, Todd Gallery, London, UK
            The Julian Pretto Collection, The Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT

1995            Julian’s Show, Littlejohn Contemporary, NY
            New York Paper Now, Galerie Thomas von Lintel, Munich, Germany
            Paperworks, Todd Gallery, London, UK
            Minimalist Strategies, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery
            Abstraction from Two Coasts, Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX
            N.Y. Abstract, Contemporary Arts Center, curated by Lew Thomas, New Orleans, LA,
            (cat.)

1994            Four Painters, Galerie S65, Aalst, Belgium
            Fractured Seduction, curated by Maia Damianovic, Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (cat.)
            New York Abstraction, Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO
            Color, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery

1993            Drawings, Galerie Weber, Muenster, Germany
            Works on Paper, Galerie Nachst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
            Abstraction: Continued, curated by Al Harris, University of Texas, Arlington, TX, (cat.)

1992            Group Exhibition, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
            Contemporary Surfaces, curated by Rick Ward, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery
            Kinder! macht Neues!, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany (cat.)
            Group Exhibition, Mars Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
            Slow Art: Painting in New York Now, curated by Alana Heiss, PS1 Museum, NY
            Abstract Painting Between Analysis and Synthesis, Galerie Nachst St. Stephan, Vienna,
            Austria  (cat.)

1991            Conceptual Abstraction, Sidney Janis Gallery, NY (cat.)
            The Vertical Flatbed Picture-Plane, Turner & Byrne Gallery, Dallas, TX
            Hybrid Abstraction, curated by Joshua Decter, Bennington College, Bennington, VT,
            Five Days, Thomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA
            Synthesis, John Good Gallery, NY

1990            Commodities Corporation Collection, curated by Sam Hunter, New Jersey State Museum, NJ
            A Question of Paint, curated by Charles Wright, Jr., Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
            Visiting Artists, Kent State University, Kent, OH
            Material Painting, curated by Julian Pretto, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL
            Invitational, Curt Marcus Gallery, NY
            Work on Paper, curated by Randy Alexander, Paula Allen Gallery, NY
            Process and Material, Julian Pretto Gallery, NY
            20th Anniversary Benefit, White Columns, NY

1989            Aspects of Painting, Julian Pretto Gallery, NY
            Nine Abstract Painters, White Columns, NY

Bibliography

2004            Gallery Chronicle, James Panero, The New Criterion, Oct. 2004

2003            Zwei Farben, stets voll Schwung und Gewicht: John Zinsser stellt in der Galerie S 65 aus,
             Von Jürgen Kisters, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 13/16 Februar, 2003
            John Zinsser: Neue Bilder, Galerie S 65, Köln, Reinhard Ermen, Kunstforum International,
            März-Mai, 2003
            Review, “Bible Studies”, Grace Glueck, The New York Times, June 27, 2003
            Review, “Bible Studies”, Aruna D’Souza, Time Out New York, July 24-31, 2003
            Driven to Abstraction, Amei Wallach, ARTnews, Nov. 2003

2002        Review (cross-referenced with Barnett Newman Retrospective), Walter Robinson, ArtNet magazine, April.

2000        For Hikers Seeking Art, Brooklyn Is a Left Bank, Holland Cotter, The New York Times, Dec. 15, 2000
            John Zinsser at Von Lintel and Nusser, Aruna D’Souza,  Art in America, Dec., 2000
            A Captivating Coat of not Many Colors, Charles Dee Mitchell, The Dallas Morning News,
            Feb. 5, 2000

1999        Krafte gegen neue Medien, Zehn zeitgenossische Kunstler in der Galerie von Lintel & Nusse', Erfle, A., Suddeutsche Zeitung, SZ extra, February 11
            Hier regiert die Vielfalt, Horny, Tinga Handelsblatt, February 11
            Artist Profile, Noema (Austria)

1997            John Zinsser at Pamela Auchincloss, Bill Arning, Art in America, Nov., 1997
            Review, Patricia C. Johnson, Houston Chronicle, Sept. 23, 1997
            John Zinsser at Pamela Auchincloss, Michael Brennan, ArtNet, Sept. 1997
            Review, Holland Cotter, The New York Times, June 6, 1997

1995            Review, The New Yorker, March 20, 1995
            Also of Note, Holland Cotter, The New York Times, March 24, 1995

1994            Hollywood Collects, ARTNews, March, 1995

1993            John Zinsser Repays Debt to Andy Warhol, David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, May 29, 1993

1992            Slow Art at PS1, Brooks Adams, Art in America, October, 1992
            Slow Art at PS1, Roberta Smith, The New York Times
            New York Fax, David Pagel, Art Issues, Sept./Oct.
            Contemporary Surfaces, Holland Cotter, The New York Times, August 7, 1992
            Life in the Abstract, Justin Sunward, Gay Chicago, May 21, 1992
            Zinsser Shows Respect for Materials, David McCracken, The Chicago Tribune, May 1, 1992
            John Zinsser: An Interview with Alisa Tager, Tema Celeste, Spring, 1992

1991            New York in Review, Terry R. Myers, ARTS, September, 1991
            John Zinsser (Interview), Cora Cohen, BOMB, Fall, 1991
            Review, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, July, 1991

1990            Material Painting/Roger Ramsay Gallery, Michael Bulka, Dialogue, November, 1990
            Four Artists Work in a Discreet Human Scale, David McCracken, Chicago Tribune, July,

1990            John Zinsser at Julian Pretto, Ken Johnson, Art in America, July, 1990
            New York in Review, Robert Mahony, ARTS

1989            The Next Generation, Alexandra Anderson, Smart, Oct., 1989

1988            Talk, the Lost Art, Douglas McGill, The New York Times, January 22, 1988

Public Collections
Mint Museum, Charlotte
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Richard Brown Baker Collection, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Sammlung Goetz, Munich

Corporate Collections
Progressive Companies
Pepsico
Pfizer
Brunswick
Commodities Corporation
Artpack, Zurich
Houston Industries
Winston & Strawn
Carmel Realty
Jones, Lang, Wooton
Billingsley Company

Publishing
John Zinsser co-founded Journal of Contemporary Art in 1988. He has written extensively for such publications as Art in America, ARTS, New Art International, Trans, ArtNet, Tema Celeste and ACME Journal. He is the author of Continuous Model: The Paintings of David Row (Edition Lintel). He is has been a Contributing Editor at Publishers Weekly, The Paris Review and The Brooklyn Rail.

Lectures/Visiting Artist
New School for Social Research; Institute of Fine Arts at New York University; School of Visual Arts; Cornell University; New York University; Parsons School of Design; Kent State University; Louisiana State University, New Orleans; Pratt Institute; University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Brooklyn College; Bennington College; U.C.L.A.; Art OMI; William Patterson State College; Dallas Museum of Art; CUE Art Foundation; Cooper Union; New York Public Library; Fordham University.

Art Resources Transfer, New York, NY