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John Hardy was born in Tours, France. He spent his childhood in various
parts of the country including New York, Virginia, and North Carolina,
and later lived in Florida and Georgia. His travels outside the USA
include Europe, Greece, Egypt, Kenya, Uganda, the Caribbean Islands,
Panama, and Mexico. Hardy moved to New York City in 1975 where he lives
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Select Solo Exhibitions
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| 2006 |
“New Paintings,” DFN Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2003 |
“It’s up
to you, New York, New York,”Susan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| 2002 |
“Portraits,” Lizan Tops Gallery. Easthampton, NY |
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“The New Collections,” DFN Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2000 |
Undercroft Gallery, St. Anne’s
School, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1996 |
Brenda Taylor Gallery (two-person
with Joan Semmel), New York,
NY |
| 1994 |
Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich, CT |
| 1993 |
Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY
J.
Gibson/Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
Bologna-Landi Gallery, Easthampton, NY |
| 1991 |
Ratner Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1990 |
Haines Lundberg Waehler Architecture Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1989 |
MacIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| 1988 |
Cress Fine Arts Center, University
of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN
Huntington Museum, Huntington, WV
Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA |
| 1987 |
Georgia Museum of Art (two person),
Athens, GA |
| 1986 |
Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences,
Macon, GA |
| 1985 |
Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grange
College, GA |
| 1984 |
Armstrong Gallery, New York, NY
Tweed
Gallery, “The Wedding Show”, New York, NY |
| 1982 |
Stanley and Schenke Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Joanna
Dean Gallery (two person), New York, NY |
| 1979 |
Rice University, Houston, TX
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 1978 |
“The Human Figure in Contemporary Painting and Sculpture in
the U.S.”, Genesis Gallery,
New York, NY
Sardoni
Gallery, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
"The
Best of New York”
Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY |
| 1972 |
Aronson Midtown Gallery, Atlanta,
GA
Brentwood Gallery, Brentwood, CA |
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Select Group Exhibitions |
| 2007 |
New
York at Night,
DFN Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2005 |
10th Anniversary
Show,
DFN Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2004 |
NYC,
DFN Gallery, New York, NY
Springs
Annual Artists Invitational, Easthampton, NY |
| 2002 |
Tribeca Works on Paper Show, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
New York Artists, Swans Coachouse Gallery,
Atlanta, GA
New York, New York, Lizan Tops Gallery,
Easthampton, NY |
| 2001 |
By the Sea, Lizan Tops Gallery, Easthampton, NY
Winter Show, Lizan Tops Gallery, Easthampton,
NY |
| 2000 |
Private Worlds, Art in General, New York, NY
Summer
Show, DFN Gallery,
New York, NY |
| 1999 |
Artists' Studio Benefit Tour, Art in General, New
York, NY
By the
Sea, Lizan Tops
Gallery, Easthampton, NY
Works on Paper,
Lizan Tops Gallery, Easthampton, NY
Rutgers
Faculty and Friends,
Mason Gross, New Brunswick, NJ
Passion
of Paint, Richard
Anderson Gallery, New York, NY
Acquisitions 1999,
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Acquisitions 1999,
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Acquisitions
1999, Macon Museum
of Art, Macon, GA |
| 1997 |
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA |
| 1996 |
Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1989 |
Uddoh Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1988 |
Artists' Union, Kiev, Russia |
| 1986 |
Mattress Factory, Nexus, Atlanta,
GA |
| 1984 |
Die Techische Universitat, West Berlin, Germany
Armstrong Gallery, New York, NY
Tweed Gallery, Plainfield, NJ
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| 1983 |
Sid Deutch Gallery, New York, NY
Stephen
Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
Arbitrage Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1981 |
Arts For Living Center, Henry
Street Settlement, New York, NY |
| 1980 |
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC |
| 1979 |
National Collection of Fine Art,
Washington, DC |
| 1977 |
Genesis Gallery, New York, NY
Root Art Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY |
| 1976 |
Paul Kessler Gallery, Provincetown,
MA
Roko Gallery (three person), New York, NY |
| 1974 |
High Museum, Atlanta, GA
Le Moyne Foundation Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA |
| 1973 |
Dalton Galleries/Agnes Scott College (three person), Atlanta, GA
Piano Gallery, Hilton Head, SC
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Select
Collections |
Public
Brooklyn
Museum – New York, NY
High Museum -
Atlanta, GA
Mint Museum -
Charlotte, NC
National
Museum of American Art - Washington, D.C
Museum of
Western Virginia
Hunter Museum
of American Art - Chattanooga, TN
Morris Museum
of Art - Augusta, GA
Macon Museum
of Arts & Sciences - Macon, GA
U.S. State
Department - Washington, D.C.
Art in
Embassies Program
Georgia
Council of the Arts - Atlanta, GA
Greenville
County Museum - Greenville, SC
National
Museum of American Art
New York
Historical Society |
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University
Rockefeller Collection, Spellman College, Atlanta, GA
Columbia University Law School
Foster Gallery, Louisiana State University
Grey Art Gallery, New York University
Georgia State University Student Union
Georgia Institute of Technology Faculty Lounge
Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grange College
Museum of Art, University of Iowa
Sewell Gallery, Rice University
George Cress Art Center, University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga |
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Corporate
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison Law Firm, New
York, NY
Reader's Digest Lila Acheson Wallace Fund, White Plains, NY
Near North Agencies, Chicago, IL
Southerland Asbill & Brennan Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
Cousins Development Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Carter & Associates Real Estate, Atlanta, GA
Kilpatrick Cody Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
Kutak Rock Campbell Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
King &
Spalding Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
The Mead
Collection, Atlanta, GA |
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Private
Thum Collection, Dallas, TX
Wilber Collection, Sarasota, FL
Walter and Joan Mondale Collection
Birchfield Collection, Boston, MA
Charles Ackerman Collection, Atlanta, GA
Edwards/Waitzkin
Collection, Washington DC
Feder/Freidenbergs
Collection, New York, NY
Franceline
Prat Collection, Paris
Frances
Aronson Collection, Antibes & Atlanta, GA
James Dickey
Collection
Jimmy and
Roslyn Carter Collection
Kornfeld
Collection, Scarsdale, NY
Michelle Urry
Collection, New York, NY
Julius Gould
Collection, Lake Success, NY
Phillip
Walden, Capricorn Records, Nashville, TN
Ratner
Collection, Chicago, IL
Roger
Kennedy, Ford Foundation, New York, NY
Ronald and
Phyllis Katz Collection, Boulder, CO
Steed
Collection, Atlanta, GA |
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Grants |
| 1996-1997 |
Pollock Krasner Foundation |
| 1988 |
NEA Grant, West
Virginia Council of Art, "New Masters Workshop" |
| 1984 |
New York Foundation For The Arts
Grant |
| 1979 |
NEA Grant, Ann
Robinson Artists' Grants
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| 1973 |
NEH/Arts Seminar,
Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1972 |
Georgia Institute of Technology Alumni Foundation Grant
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| 1970 |
Georgia Council of the Arts |
| 1969 |
Atlanta Festival of the Arts |
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Visiting Artist/Critic |
| 1988 |
Huntington Museum, Huntington, WV |
| 1985 |
Savannah College of Art and Design |
| 1980 |
College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia State
University |
| 1979 |
Louisiana State University
Rice
University
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| 1978 |
Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| 1972 |
University of Cincinnati
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Teaching Experience |
| 1994 - 2002 |
St. Ann’s School, Brooklyn, NY - Adjunct Professor, Painting and Drawing
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| 1980 - 1983 |
New York University - Adjunct
Professor, Painting |
| 1970 - 1975 |
Georgia Institute of Technology -
Chairman, Visual Arts |
| 1963 - 1969 |
College of Architecture -
Professor, Painting, Drawing, and Foundation |
| 1957 - 1963 |
Georgia State University - Adjunct Professor, Painting and Drawing
Atlanta
School of Art - High Museum
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Bibliography |
| 2003 |
Cullum, Jerry “It’s
Up to you, New York,” Review Atlanta Journal, April |
| 2001 |
Long, Robert “Mystery and Skyline,” East Hampton, NY East Hampton Star,
October
Slide Lecture: Lamar Dodd Art
Center, LaGrange College, March |
| 2000 |
Budick, Ariella “The
Artful East End,” review; Photo, Newsday, July, New York
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| 1999 |
Slivka, Rose “By the Sea,” Review,
photo; East Hampton Star, July |
| 1993 |
Graves, Jack. “Point of View,” editorial. Easthampton, NY: The Easthampton Star,
August.
Slivka, Rose C.S. “Arts &
Letters,” review/photo. Easthampton, NY: The Easthampton Star,
June. |
| 1991 |
Artner, Alan G. “On
the Beach – John Hardy’s World A Desolate Place of the Self.” Chicago
IL: The Chicago Tribune, June. |
| 1989 |
Beck, Carol Graham. review/photo. Art Papers: Contemporary Art of the Southeast,
October. |
| 1988 |
“New Masters Workshop,”
essay/brochure/photo. Huntington, WV: Huntington Museum of Art,
March. |
| 1987 |
Klein, Ann. “Hardy’s Art is as Deep as the Pools He Paints,”
review/photo. Roanoke VA:
Roanoke Times & World News, October.
Keyes, Donald,
Curator of Contemporary Art, Georgia Museum. “Classic Scene, Georgia
Museum of Art review/photo. Athens, GA: Banner Herald/Daily News,
September
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| 1986 |
Fennelly, Larry.
“Museum of Arts and Sciences Offers a Lot to See,” review/photo.
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| 1985 |
“Hardy Art Exhibit to Open at Dodd
Gallery,” article/photo. LaGrange, GA: LaGrange
Journal, November. |
| 1984 |
Andrews, Benny (forward) and Heit, Janet (essay). John Hardy 1965 to 1985: A
Retrospective, cat. New York: New York Foundation for the Arts.
Slide Lecture:
College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, October.
“Exhibit Takes
Eclectic Look ay Weddings,” review/photo, Newark, NJ: Star-Ledger,
June.
Zimmer, William.
“Weddings Through the Eyes of Artists,” review/photo. New York: The
New York Times, June.
Corkery, Timothy.
“A Timely Subversion of Expectations.” New York: Armstrong Gallery
Publications, January.
Combs, Tram.
John Hardy, monologue/photo. New York: New York Arts Magazine,
January |
| 1982 |
“Nimrod Frazer House,” photo. Southern Accent, October.
Fox, Catherine.
“Georgia Artists Find roots as They Struggle in New York.” Atlanta, GA:
Atlanta Journal, May
Burnett, W.C.
“Exhibit Shows Results of Hardy’s Move.” Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Journal,
February |
| 1981 |
Warshaw, Renate Karlin. John Hardy: Exchanges IV, cat. June.
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| 1979 |
Slide Lecture: Louisiana State University, November.
Slide Lecture: Rice
University, March.
Winters, Harold.
"Hardy-Rothko Relationship." Houston, TX: The Rice Thresher,
March. |
| 1978 |
Combs, Tram. review. New York: Art in America, May/June
Pomfret,
Margaret. Review. New York: Arts, May.
Opening Celebration Poster,
"42nd Street Theatre Row." Presentation of commemorary poster
to Vice-President and Joan Mondale, May.
Slide Lecture: Wilkes
College, March.
Sterling, William. "John Hardy's Paintings." Wilkes-Barre, PA: Sordoni Gallerie Briefs,
March.
Betz, Margaret. "John Hardy,
Genesis Galleries." Review Art News, New York, February.
"Goings on About Town,"
Exhibition Review. New York: The New Yorker, January. |
| 1977 |
"Goings on About Town," Exhibition Review. New York: The New Yorker, March.
Burnett on art. "Pop Art
Symbolism." Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Journal/Constitution, January.
Woodhead, Henry, "Art in the
Office," review/photo. Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Journal/ Constitution,
March. |
| 1976 |
"Architect William
Howell/Home Improvement Ideas," photo of "Folk Hero". Good
Housekeeping, Spring. |
| 1975 |
Burnett on art. "John Hardy,"
article/photo. Atlanta GA: Atlanta Journal/Constitution,
December. |
| 1972 |
"Tech's John Hardy Shows
Paintings." Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Journal/Constitution,
January. |
| 1970 |
Burnett on art. "Pop Art
Symbolism." Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Journal, November. |
| 1967 |
Cater, Anne. "From Chaos, an
Exhibit." Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Journal, August. |
| 1962 |
"Look at Life," article/photo.
Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Journal, November. |
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