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John Sonsini
Download Printable PDF (60 K)1950 Born in Rome, NY
1975 B.A. - California State University, Northridge
Lives and works in Los Angeles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 ACME., Los Angeles (6/5-7/3/10)
Portraits from Los Angeles, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan (3/22-4/22/10)
2008 John Sonsini – New Paintings, ACME., Los Angeles (4/26-5/24/08)
2007 John Sonsini: Paintings and Drawings, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA (10/5-11/2/07)
John Sonsini, Cheim & Read, New York (1/10-2/10/07)
2006 John Sonsini – New Paintings, ACME., Los Angeles (1/7-2/4/06)
2005 John Sonsini – New Paintings, Anthony Grant, Inc., New York (3/8 – 4/16/05)
Cerca Series: John Sonsini, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
2003 Portraits, ACME., Los Angeles (9/6-10/4/03)
2002 John Sonsini – Recent Paintings, ACME., Los Angeles (9/10-10/5)
2000 Gabriel, ACME., Los Angeles (7/8-8/12/00)
1999 Gabriel, New Paintings, Dan Bernier Gallery, Dan Bernier, Los Angeles
1997 Photographs of John Sonsini, Tom Finland Gallery, Los Angeles
1995 Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1986 Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles
1983 Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles
1982 Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Think Pink, curated by Beth Rudin deWoody, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Disquieted, Portland Art Museum, Oregon (2/20-5/16/10)
Private Display, New York Academy of Art, New York (1/20 – 3/26/10)
The Human Touch, Joclyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (1/9 – 4/18/10)
2009 Posture, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (4/2-2/26)
With You I Want to Live, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL (4/18-10/12/09)
2008 The Sum of Its Parts, Cheim & Read, New York (1/8-2/2/08)
Other People, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2006 Twice Drawn, Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (3/11/06-6/4/06)
Art on Paper 2006, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC (11/5/06-1/28/07)
Selected Paintings – Los Angeles, Pasadena City College, Pasadena
2005 Plip, Plip, Plipity, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles (9/10-10/8/05)
2004 About Painting, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Singing My Song, ACME., Los Angeles (2/14-3/20/04)
SPF, Self-Portraits, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Rogelio, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2003 ACME. @ Inman, Inman Gallery, Houston
Intimates, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002 L.A. Post Cool, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Nude + Narrative, P.P.O.W., New York
Representing L.A., Frye Art Museum, Seattle
2001 Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
1999 Portraits from L.A., Robert V. Fullerton Museum, California State University, San Bernardino, CA
Painting: Fore and Aft, ACME., Los Angeles
Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles
1996 Rosamund Felson, Santa Monica, CA, curated by Michael Duncan
1994 LAX the L.A. Biennial, Otis Gallery, Los Angeles
1992 Contemporary Figure, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA, curated by Peter Frank
1990 Feminine/Masculine, Christopher John Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1986 Issues, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles
1985 Contemporary Monotypes, Security Pacific Plaza, Los Angeles
Paintings/Invitational Candidate Exhibition, America Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
Perspectives, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA
1984 Pastels, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles
Seventeen Self Portraits, Occidental College, Los Angeles
No Finish Line, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles
From Los Angeles, Eason Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1983 Figure Fascination, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles
Monoprints from Angeles Press, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles
1982 Domestic Relations, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles
Four L.A. Painters, The American Gallery, Los Angeles
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 Rubin, Edward, "With You I Want to Live," D'art International, Fall.
Trelles, Emma, "Locksley-Shea Collection at Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
Bradner, Liesi, "Quite a Crowd," Los Angeles Times, January 4, F2.
2008 Pagel, David, "Day Laborers in a New Line of Work," Los Angeles Times, May 9, E17.
Wood, Eve, "John Sonsini at ACME," Artillery, July/August.
2007 Biel, Kim, "John Sonini," Art Ltd., West Coast Art & Design, Sept.
Woodard, Josef. "John Sonsinin at Atkinson Gallery," Santa Barbara Seasons, Fall, pp. 74-9.
2006 Wood, Eve, "John Sonsini," artUS, March-April
2005 Duncan, Michael, "The Faces of Work," Art in America, Dec 2005
Jalon, Allan, "Out of the Shadows", Los Angeles Times, July 24, E27 & E34
Pincus, Robert L., "Face Time", San Diego Union-Tribune, March 31
Johnson, Ken. "John Sonsini at Anthony Grant", New York Times, March 25, p. B29
2003 Pagel, David. "Family, friends, other 'Intimates'", Los Angeles Times, August 29, p. E18-19.
2002 Goldman, Ed. "Art Talk", KCRW 89.9 FM, September.
Cooper, Bernard. "In the Raw", Los Angeles Magazine, December, p. 124-128, illus.
Wood, Eve. "It's All About the Gaze", Artnet.com – http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/wood/wood10-7-02.asp
2000 Goldman, Ed. "Art Talk", KCRW 89.9 FM, July.
Bradley, Myrium. "The Collaborators John Sonsini and his Model, Gabriel", art connoisseur, Volume , #4
1999 Duncan, Michael. "L.A. Portraiture: Post Cool", Art in America, October
Pagel, David. "Every Face Tells a Story", Los Angeles Times, December
1996 Duncan, Michael. "John Sonsini at Dan Bernier", Art in America, March
1995 Muchnic, Suzanne. "John Sonsini", Art News, April
Pagel, David. "Solitary Pleasures?", Los Angeles Times, December
1994 Duncan, Michael. "L.A. Rising", Art in America, December
Ayers, Anne. LAX Catalogue
1993 Rawlins, Dorrit. "Nasty", Catalogue essay
1991 Frank, Peter. "Go Figure", New Portraits Catalogue essay
1990 O. Clarke, Orivlle. "John Sonsini", Southern California Home & Garden, No. 3
1986 Muchnic, Suzanne. "John Sonsini", Los Angeles Times, October
1985 Clarke, Orville. "John Sonsini: The Look of Los Angeles", L.A. Reader, May
1984 Baitz, Jon Robin. "Latin Connection", L.A. Reader, May
Wolf, Leslie. "Seventeen Self-Portraits", LA Weekly, March
Wolf, Leslie. "No Finish Line", LA Weekly, July
1983 Wilson, William. "John Sonsini", Los Angeles Times, September
Delgado, Michael. "John Sonsini", L.A. Weekly, September
Knight, Christopher. "Monoprints from Angeles Press", L.A. Herald Examiner, May
1982 Muchnic, Suzanne. "John Sonsini", Los Angeles Times, September
Muchnic, Suzanne. "Domestic Relation", Los Angeles Times, June
Drohojowska, Hunter. "Four L.A. Painters", L.A. Weekly, April
PUBLICATIONS
2009 Lippman, Irvin M., The Collection of Gordon Locksley & George Shea, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
2008 Dini, Jane. The Male Portraits of John Sonsini, Santa Barbara City College
2007 Grove, Jeffrey. John Sonsini, Cheim & Read, New York, catalogue
2005 Berry, Ian, John Sonsini: New Paintings, Anthony Grant Inc., New York
2001 Made in California Now: Art, Image and Identity 1900 – 2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
2000 Fuglie, Gordon L. Representing LA, Pictorial Currents in Southern California Art, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
1999 Ianco-Starrels, Josine. Portraits From L.A., Robert V. Fullerton Museum Catalogue
1998 Lucie-Smith, Edward. Adam, The Male Figure In Art, Rizzoli
Leddick, David. The Male Nude - 100 Year History, Benedict, TASCHEN
GRANTS & AWARDS
2004 COLA Fellowship, City of Los Angeles, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Birmingham Museum of Art, MI
The Broad Family Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
Eccles Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson County Community College,
Overland Park, KS
The Saatchi Collection, London
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York