SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 

2022    Dark Color Wheel Paintings, David Richard Gallery, New York
            Small Color Wheel Paintings and Studies, David Richard Gallery, New York
2021    Color Wheel + Tenebrae Paintings, David Richard Gallery, New York

2019    Six Movements, Scholes Street Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2017    Dream Garden, 57W57 Arts, New York, NY 
2015    The Passing Paintings, Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University
            Drawing, Studies, and Works on Paper, Kook Projects, New York
2014    Six Movements, Quick Center for the Performing Arts, Fairfield University
             21 Paintings, 1065 Sixth Avenue, curated by Ombretta Agrò Andruff
2013    Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, New Paintings, John Mendelsohn + Dana Gordon 
2012    Riverfront, Cambridge, MA, 2010 
             Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ 
2009    Root [Brooklyn], Brooklyn, NY 
2004    Perkinson Gallery, Milliken University, Decatur, IL 
2003    Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York 
1997    Penny Liebman Contemporary Art, New York 
1994    Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT 
1994    Nuyorican Poets Cafe, New York 
1988    Michael Walls Gallery, New York 
1983    Concord Gallery, New York 
1982    Hal Bromm Gallery, New York 
1977    Artists Space, New York 
1977    University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2023     In It For the Long Haul, Luchundfire, New York 
2022    The Persistence of Hope, Studio Artego, New York
            Passion and Ego: John Mendelsohn, Gahae Park, Robert Morgan, Studio Artego, New York
2018    Turbulence, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, New York, NY
2017    The Winter Show, 490 Atlantic, Brooklyn, NY
            Vibrant, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ

2016    Heliotrope Flat File, ODETTA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015    The Art of Invisibility, Religion and the Secular in Contemporary Art, Brown University
            Abundance, Donghwa Ode Gallery, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
2014    Artists in the Library, Mulberry St. Library, New York 
            Time Frames Marking Time, Westbeth Gallery, New York 
2013    There's Nothing Like Painting, 490 Atlantic Gallery, curated by Victor Kord 
2012    The Language of Form and Color, 750 Seventh Avenue, New York, curated by Ombretta Agrò Andruff 
             Cutting Edge, curated by Stefan Eins. Fashion Moda, Peekskill, NY 
             The Brucecennial 2012, New York 
2011    CREON Gallery @ KI, New York 
2010    Nature Calls, Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ 
             The Brucecennial 20I0, New York
2009     Forever Summer, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Platform Space 
2008     Boson Exotics, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ 
2007     Arch Space, New York 
2005     Spring Formal, OH+T Gallery, Boston 
2003     Drawing Conclusions II, NY Arts Gallery, New York 
1999     Harum Scarum, MCC Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York 
1997     The Whole World in One Small Painting, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York 
1996     Separate Tables, Helen Harwood Gallery, New York 
1993     Nine Artists from 14 Harrison St., curated by Edward Albee, Alphirst Gallery, New York 
1992     The 1.5 Show, organized by Muranushi and Lederman, New York 
1991     Take Five, Stephanie Theodore Gallery, New York 
1990      Somewhere, curated by Robert Mahoney, Lintas Worldwide, New York 
1989     Interiors, curated by Robert Mahoney, Bard College, Rhinecliff, NY 
1988     Sequential and Diaristic Drawings, Michael Walls Gallery, NewYork 
1987     Black and White, General Electric Gallery, Fairfield, CT, organized by the Art Advisory Service, Museum of Modern Art, NY 
              Landscapes: Real and Imagined, The Squibb Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 
1986     1976-1986, Ten Years of Collecting Contemporary American Art: Selections from the Edward R.Downe, Jr. Collection, 
             Wellesley College Museum, Wellesley, MA 
1985     Past and Future Perfect, Hallwalls, Buffalo 
             Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis 
1984     Venice Biennale, Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained: American Visions of the New Decade, U.S. Pavilion, 
             organized by The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York 
1982     Compassionate Images, curated by Paul Krainak, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis
             A Selection from the Hospital Drawings, P.S. 1, Queens, NY 
             Art and Anomie, Josef Gallery, New York 
1981     U.S. Art Now, Nordiska Kompanient, Stockholm, Sweden 
             The Edge of Night, Yves Arman Gallery, New York 
1979     Imitation of Life, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
1977     Artists Space, New York
1975     Michael Walls Gallery, New York
1972     Whitney Museum Art Resources Center, New York
1971     Independent Study Program Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

AWARDS 
2021    
Café Royale Cultural Foundation
1987    National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 
2014    Tree of Life Foundation                                                                                                                                           

EDUCATION
Columbia University, BA, 1971                                                                                                                                                      
Rutgers University, MFA, 1974 
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, 1971

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 
Albee, Edward, Nine Artists14 Harrison St. (catalogue), Alphirst Gallery, New York, 1993 
Docimo, Michelina, "Rise of the Riverkeeper, A Calling: The Work of John Mendelsohn", Dart 
International Magazine, Fall 2010, and http://miehelinadoeimo.eomlmyartobiography/2010/09/01 
Ellison,Lori, "John Mendelsohn: Shimmer and Blur”, Cabinet of Cabarets 
http://cabinetofcabarets.blogspot.com/2010/05/johnmendelsohn.html 
Gardner, James, "Fad Men: The Whitney Biennial Strikes Back", The Weekly Standard, May 7, 2012 
Hedberg, Lars Peder, U.S. Art Now, (catalogue), Stockholm, 1981 
Johnson, Ken, "John Mendelsohn at Michael Walls", Art in America, Jan. 1989 
…………, New York Times, September 19, 2003 
Kerlidou, Gwenael, "Earthly Delights in a Post-Apocalyptic World, dArt International Magazine, September, 2017
Klein, Ellen Lee, "Sequential and Diarist Drawings”, Arts Magazine, May, 1988 
Krainak, Paul, Compassionate Images (catalogue), Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 1982 
Lombardi, D. Dominck, "New Paintings at Sideshow Gallery", The Huffington Post, April 18, 2013, 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/d-dominick-lombardi/new-paintings-at-sideshow_b_3095651.html
Mahoney, Robert, "The Alice Paintings", Arts Magazine, Sept. 1988 

Mendelsohn, John, d’Art Magazine Auto Interview, www.dartmagazine.com/?p=2771
Mendelsohn, John, reviews and articles, Art Critical, dArt International, Sculpture Magazine, The Jewish Week, Cover Magazine, Artnet, Tussle Magazine
…………The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images, contributor, Taschen 
Naves, Mario, “John Mendelsohn: Dark Color Wheel Paintings at David Richard Gallery”, Whitehot Magazine, February 2023,
www.whitehotmagazine.com/articles/paintings-at-david-richard-gallery/5658
…………The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images, contributor, Taschen 
Pinero, James, "Gallery Chronicle", The New Criterion, May, 2013, 
http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Gallery-chronicals-7642
Raynor, Vivian, "'Real and Imagined Landscapes at the Squibb Gallery", New York Times, New Jersey Edition, July 19,1987 
Robinson, Waiter, Artnet Magazine (artnet.com), October, 1998 
Stroh, Suzanne, High Impact and The Downe Collection, 1976-1986, Ten Years of Collecting 
Contemporary Art (catalogue), Wellsley College Museum, Wellesley, MA, 1986 
Tucker, Marcia, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained: American Visions of The New Decade (catalogue), New Museum of 
Contemporary Art, New York, 1984 
Zimmer, William, "Artists Space", Soho Weekly News, Oct. 19, 1977 
…………"At Rutgers, Newark, An Exhibition of Unusual Self Portraits", New York Times, New Jersey Edition, July 19,1987