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SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITS/EVENTS
Scenes from ‘Exodus’, Pt. 1, drawing-based video screened at the 2017 U.S. Super 8 mm Film and Digital Video Festival, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Roadway, Solo Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA, 2015
Ravenswood Art Walk, Jack Kraig Studio, Chicago, IL, 2009
John Minkoff: Paintings and Pastels, Optima Horizons Gallery, Evanston, IL, 2007
Mystery Spot, John Minkoff and David Hannon, Mitchell Place Gallery, Muncie, IN, 2006
Recent Paintings and Pastels, Lyon College, Batesville, AR, 2002
John Minkoff: Paintings, University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2001
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2000
GROUP EXHIBITS
The Handmade Print, CAC Merchandise Mart Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2010
Poetry Scores Invitationals, various venues, St. Louis, MO, 2008, '09, '10, ‘11
17th Annual Juried Exhibition, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, Juror: Paul Resika, 2009
Works on Paper, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, Juror: Margaret Hawkins, 2007
Hoobellatoo Invitational, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2006
Feet Here, Mind Wandering, Line Drive Gallery, Evanston, IL, 2005
Under the Influence, Line Drive Gallery, Evanston, IL, 2005
Faculty Shows, Harper College, Lake Forest College, Evanston Art Center, 2001-10
Pastel National 2002, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, Juror: Wolf Kahn, 2002
58th Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, 2002
2000 Pound Gorilla, juried exhibition, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, 2000
Living with Television, juried exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL, 1997
PUBLICATIONS
“The Bible: Drawings, Part 1”, 24 page, 4-color risograph book, self-published, 2021
Drawing published in “What If You Stuck Out Your Tongue And Never Put It Back In” #6, 2020
“Corn Liquor and Other Pictures”, full-color book of images, self-published, 2011
Images featured on W5ran.com, 2010
Art Writing published at Sharkforum.org, 2006
EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Art History, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, 2022-present
Instructor, Drawing, Art History, Art Appreciation, Essex County College, Newark, NJ, 2013-present
Instructor, Figure Drawing; Basic Drawing; Art History, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ, 2013-present
Instructor, Drawing I; Design I; Introduction to Arts, Harper College, Palatine, IL, 2002-2012
Instructor, Drawing and Painting, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, 2001-2012
Instructor, Painting I, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1999-2000
Juror, Evanston Art Center, "Abstraction"(student exhibition) 2011
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts Degree, painting, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, painting and drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,1997
Bachelor of Arts Degree, English Literature, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1990
Study in Painting and Drawing, International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy,1998
Study in Painting and Drawing, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, 1990-2
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Teaching Fellowship, Indiana University, 1999-2000
COLLECTIONS
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN/Private Collections, Bloomington, IN; Lincolnshire, IL; Evanston, IL; Highland Park, IL; Niles, IL; Minneapolis, MN; Baltimore, MD; St. Louis, MO