Jonathan SELIGER
(New York, 1955)
Jonathan Seliger is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY and Columbia County, NY. His objects are comprised of painted bronze and a variety of other metals, painted canvas constructions, works on paper and outdoor painted metal commissions; his sculptures range in scale from the hand-held, table-top, pedestal, wall and floor presentations, to the monumental.
Merging interests in the lineages of Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art and Trompe L’Oeil, his subjects span iconic haute-couture shopping bags and ubiquitous, throwaway commercial packaging such as milk, juice and Chinese takeout containers, high and vernacular graphic design. He draws inspiration from ephemera, the signs and detritus of everyday contemporary living and seeks to find poetry in the desirable, the discardable and the familiar.
He has had over 30 solo shows around the world and has participated extensively in group exhibitions. His works are included in many prominent public and private collections, having exhibited his work domestically and internationally in commercial galleries, not-for-profits and museums for more than 25 years.
SOLO SHOWS
2022
Sho+1, Tokyo, Japan
Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2017
“Disappearing Fabric,” McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2011
Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
“Desir: Objects of Desire,” Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2010
“The Hard Way,” Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Spoils,” Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2009
“The Archeological Future,” Palazzo Re Enzo, Bologna, Italy
2006
“Now & Then”, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
“Born to Shop”, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
2004
“Politeness Counts”, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
(traveled to The Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY)
2003
“Spree,” McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Arthur Rogers Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002
“As Is,” Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
“Some Bags,” Steven Vail Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2001
“Floor Model,” The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College
“Personal Shopper,” Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy
Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
1999
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Galleria Carla Panicali, Rome, Italy
1997
Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Atle Gerhardsen Gallery, Oslo, Norway
1996
Bravin Post Lee, New York, NY
Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden
Studio la Citta, Verona, Italy
1995
Anders Tornberg, Stockholm, Sweden
Tom Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA
1994
John Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Craig Cornelius, New York, NY
GROUP SHOWS
2023
CrossWords, Osart Gallery, Milan
“Group Show 2023 WINTER,” Sho + 1, Tokyo, Japan
2022
“Illusion of Reality,” FOAM Contemporary, Tokyo, Japan (Organized by Sho Satake)
2021-2024
“The Art of Food,” Curated by Olivia Miller, Curator of Collections, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson.
Traveling Exhibition, venues and dates as follows:
Oct 24 – Mar 20, 2022 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson
Aug 31 – Dec 4, 2022 Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art/PSU, Portland, OR
Feb 2 - May 22, 2023 Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
June 15 – Sept 28, 2023 Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Nov 2023 - March, 2024 Baker Art Museum, Naples, FL
August 20 – Spring, 2024 Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at WSU, Pullman, WA
2022
“Inside & Outside of Pop,” Sho + 1, Tokyo, Japan
2020
“American Century,” Culture Place, Curated by Erin Dorn, Houston, TX
“Tree Line: Edge Of Energy & Habitat,”Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2019
“Ornament: Ho-Hum All Ye Faithful 3,” BravinLee Programs, NY, NY
“40th Anniversary Show,” Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, CA
“Pulled in Brooklyn,” International Print Center New York, curated by Roberta Waddell and Samantha Rippner
2018
“Figure & Image,” Tasende Gallery, La Jolla, CA
“Paper/Print: American Hand Papermaking, 1960s to Today,”
International Print Center New York, Curated by Susan Gosin and Mina Takahashi
“Group Show,” Galerie Nichido, Tokyo, Japan
“Sculpture,” Galerie de Bellefeuille, Toronto, Canada
“Rose Ocean: Living With Duchamp,” The Frances Young Tang
Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
“Throughlines,” Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
“Summertime Picks,” Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2017
The Bunker, Beth Rudin DeWoody Foundation, West Palm Beach, FL
Sculpture Group Show, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada
“30 Year Anniversary Show,” Tasende Gallery, San diego, CA
“Relatives,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Tamarind Salon, University of New Mexico, Alberquerque, NM
2016
“Color Coded,” Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
La Finestra Sul Cortile, “Works from the Panza and Berlingheri
Collections,” Curated by Luca Massimo Barbero, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy
2015
I Like America, The Schaufler Foundation, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
La Percezione del Futuro: La Collezione Panza a Perugia, Palazzo della Penna and Galeria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Perugia, Italy
The Triumph of Love: Beth Rudin DeWoody Collects, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
2014
One Work, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2013
Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles, University Of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
Lifelike, Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ
Lifelike, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Lifelike, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2012
Lifelike, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 24, 2012–Fall 2013. Exhibition to travel. (Catalogue)
Lifelike, New Orleans Museum of Art (catalogue)
Americana, Grey Area, New York, NY
A Golden Time of Day, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
The Fields Sculpture Park Annual Exhibition, OMI International Arts Center, Ghent, NY
ACRIA Benefit Exhibition and Print Commission Curated by Michael Cunningham
2011
Scritture, Galleria Bonomo, Bari, Italy, opened December 16, 2011
GDP: Gross Domestic Product: Work by Jonathan Seliger and Yuken Teruya, The Cartin Collection, Boston, MA
American Dream, Galleria Valentina Bonomo Roma, Rome, Italy
2010
"State of Mind: Selections from the Panza Collection," Lucca Center for Contemporary Art, Lucca, Italy
"Thrice upon a time," Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden
“Under the Influence of Art & Fashion,” Frederick R. Wiseman Foundation, Malibu CA
2009
“Small Works,” McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Dieu Donne, New York, NY
2008
“Bloodline The Evolution of Form”, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
"Text Messages," Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY
Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
“Creative Time Celebration for Beth De Woody,” New York, NY
2007
“Ultrasonic International” Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“French Kiss,” curated by Rob Wynne, JGM Gallery, Paris, France
“Bushels, Bundles, and Barrels”, Superfund Investment Center, New York, NY
2006
“The Food Show: The Hungry Eye”, Chelsea Art Museum, NY
“Plug,” Sister Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Transitional Objects: Contemporary Still Life”, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
“East Meets Pop”, Nathan A. Bernstein Gallery, New York, NY
“Black Panther Rank and File”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco CA
2005
“Maximum Flavor,” Atlanta College of Art Gallery, GA
"Shrangri-la," Dieu Donne Paper mill benefit, New York, NY
“Passport to the Art World,” organized by The New Yorker
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Benefit, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
“The Whole World is Rotten: Free Radicals and the Gold Coast Slave Castles of Paa Joe”, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
“Young Visionaries”, Nassau County Museum of Art
2004“Masters of Illusion: 150 Years of Trompe l’Oeil in America”, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
“A Charge to Keep”, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
“Cleanliness”, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
“About Painting”, The Tang Teaching Museum & Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
“Colored Pencil”, K.S. Art, New York, NY
“New Projects”, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY
“Hot House”, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY
2003
“The Recurrent, Haunting Ghost: Reflections of Marcel Duchamp in Modern and Contemporary Art”, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, New York
“Pop Thru Out,” Arario Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
“The Flag,” Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY
“Ballpoint Inkling,” K.S. Art, curated by Geoffrey Young, New York, NY
“The Cat Show,” ACME, Los Angeles, CA
"Publisher’s Spotlight: Dieu Donne," Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston MA
2002
“Reality Check--Painting in the Exploded Field: Selections from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection”, curated by Matthew Higgs, California College of Arts and Crafts, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
“Presidential Suite,” Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
“Untitled, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
“Made in USA,” Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
“Beyond the Pale,” Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, Purchase, NY
“Family,” The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
“Toys II,” Kagan Martos Gallery, New York, NY
“Made in the USA,” Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
“What’s Hot and New in 2002: A Print and Photography Exhibition” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2001
“I Love NY” benefit exhibition, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
“Multiple Personalities,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“New Artists Projects,” Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY
“Bogus Counterfeit Images and Contemporary Art,” Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
“Starry Night,” Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
International Biennale of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2000
Studio La Citta, Verona, Italy
“The Perpetual Well: Contemporary Art From the Collection of the Jewish Museum”
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
“Simultaneous”, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
International Print Center, New York, NY
“Recent Gifts from Eileen & Peter Norton”, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
“Tamarind: 40 Years”, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
“The Perpetual Well: Contemporary Art From the Collection of the Jewish Museum”, exhibition will travel to:
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville, FL,
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
1999
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
“Post Pop”, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
“Live From New York”, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Showroom”, Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
“The Conversation”, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
“Matter of Time”, Dorsky Gallery, curated by Andrew Perchuk, New York, NY
“Live from New York”, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
“The Farm Show”, CSPS, Cedar Rapids, IA
“Showroom”, Art Center of the Capitol Region, curated by Ian Berry, Troy, NY
1998
Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY
“Laissez-Faire”, Printed Matter, New York, NY
“Blooming”, Karen McCready Fine Art, New York, NY
“The Everyday Sublime”, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
“Benefit Show”, White Columns, New York, NY
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Food”, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Benefit for Bang on a Can”, GAGA, New York, NY
1997
“A private View”, Kent Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Damon Brandt and Craig Cornelious
“Word and Image/Word as Image”, Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, curated by Trudy Hansen
“Normatic”, One Great Jones, New York, NY, curated by David Humphrey
“Stepping Up”, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, England
“Onomatopoeia”, Studio la Citta, Verona, Italy
“The Packaged Vernacular”, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996
“20” x 15”,” Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY
Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, MI
“Subversive Domesticity”, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
“Alice’s Looking Glass”, Apex Art, New York, NY, curated by Mary Beyt
“Benefit Show”, White Columns, New York, NY
“Selections from the Panza Collection”, Trento Museum, Trento, Italy
1995
Oddi Bagnoli, Rome, Italy
“Still Life-Portrait-Landscape”, Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY
“Other Choices Other Voices”, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
“Wheel of Fortune”, Lombard Fried Gallery, New York, NY
1994
“Serial”, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“De-Pop”, Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, curated by Sandra Antelo-Suarez
“Red Windows”, Barney’s, New York, NY
Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
“New from New York”, Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN, curated by Paul Morris
“Site Seeing”, Bardamu Gallery, New York, NY
“Benefit Show”, White Columns, New York, NY
“For Appearance Sake”, Horodner-Romley, New York, NY, curated by Saul Ostrow
“Reveillon”, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
1993
“BOMB Benefit”, Fawbush Gallery, New York, NY
“Transient Decor: Room 311”, Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY, curated by Saul Ostrow “Media Message”, Wooster Gardens, New York, NY, curated by Vik Muniz
1992
“Writing on the Wall”, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
“Mssr. B’s Curio Shop”, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY, curated by Saul Ostrow
“Benefit Show”, White Columns, New York, NY
“Group Show”, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
“Ecstasy Shop”, Dooley Le Capellaine, New York, NY
“Invitational ’92”, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
1991
“Ornament”, John Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY