JOHN CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
Awards:
Traveling Fellowship, Tufts University, 2017
Professional Development Award, Framingham State College,
Framingham, Massachusetts
A.R.T Fund, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, 2001
A.R.T.Fund, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, 2006
A.R.T.Fund, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, 2016
Visiting Artist:
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
The Boston Museum School, Boston, Massachusetts
DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Workshops – Art New England at Bennington College (1987-1988-1991-1999)
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 It's Only Temporary, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston,MA
2019 Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston,MA
2017 Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston,MA
2006 Arthur Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College
2004 The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Massachusetts
2003 The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art
1999 Kingston Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1989 Mills Art Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1988 Hoyle Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1987 Framingham State College, Framingham, Massachusetts
1981 Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, New York
1979 Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, New York
1978 Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2020, Through The Month of August, AreaCode Art Fair
2019/2020 Fuller Craft Museum, Human Impact:Stories From the Opioid Crisis
2019 Attleboro Museum of Art, Opposites
2018 Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston,MA, Breathe & Matter
2016 room83 Spring, Facsimile, Curated by John Christian Anderson, Watertown, MA
2015 Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro VT
2014 room83spring, Watertown, MA
2011 Framingham State University
2008 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts
2006 artStrand, Eleven+Eleven, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2004 DNA Gallery, Invitational, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2004 The Cherrystone Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts
2004 Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, 18th Drawing Show
2003 Cherry Stone Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts
2002 New Arts Gallery, Summer 2002, Litchfield, CT
2001 Tufts University, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, MA
2000 New Arts Gallery, “Boston in Bantam,” Bantam, CT
1999 DNA Gallery, “Escape,” Provincetown, Massachusetts
1999 New Arts Gallery, Bantam, Connecticut
1998 Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts
1997 Kingston Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1991 “Toys By Artists,” DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
1990 Sixth Triennial Exhibition, Fuller Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
1989 “Sculpture on the Edge,” DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
1988 “Bits and Pieces,” Brockton Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts
1988 “Assemblage and Construction,” Danforth Museum
Framingham, Massachusetts
1987 Artist Foundation at City Place, Boston, Massachusetts
1987 University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
March 1985 Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1985 Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
1984 Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
1983 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1982 University of Texas, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery
1981 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
1980 “Young Artists Show,” Provincetown Art Association
and Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts
1980 “John Christian Anderson, Fred Sandback,” Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts and the Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, New York
Selected Bibliography:
Cate McQaid, The Boston Globe, Weekend Galleries, Dec 20 , 2019
Cate McQaid, The Boston Globe, Sunday Arts, July 25, 2004
Wes Mills: Arts Media, October 199
Fran Kaplow: Art New England, February 1985
Michael Leja: Art in America, July-August 1978
Eleanor Munro: Art New England, October 1980
Eugene Narrett: Art New England, July-August 1988
Harold Olejarz: Arts, November 1978
Lois Tarlow, Featured Artist: Art New England, July-August 1987
Robert Taylor: Boston Globe, December 11, 1980
Judy Feins Wasserman: Equal Times, August 14, 1978
Mara Witzliung: Art New England, June 1987
William Zimmer: Soho News, December 20, 1979
Commonwealth Review, Featured Artist, May 1989
Nancy Stapen, The Boston Sunday Herald, July 2, 1989
Education:
M.F.A., Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts - 1985
Boston University, Program in Artisanry, Graduate School
of Furniture Design - 1981
B.F.A. in Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,
California - 1972
Film Festivals:
Ideas:10 The Digital Narrative
Emily Carr University, Vancouver British Colombia, Oct, 2010
Santa Cruz Film Festival, Santa Cruz, California, May 2008
Utopia Film Festival, Maryland, October 2007
Santa Cruz Film Festival, Santa Cruz California, May 2006:
“DARGONTOOSAY” 3min30seconds, 2005/06
“La Vision” 5 min.50seconds 2005/06
SOWA Film Festival, Boston, Massachusetts, May 2006:
“DARGONTOOSAY” and “La Vision”
Selected Collections:
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Scott Bennett, Litchfield, Connecticut
Ms. Gaye Breakstone, New York, New York
Justin Ebersman, New York, New York
Pres. Ehman, Boston, Massachusetts
Mr. And Mrs. Martin Falk, Waban, Massachusetts
Mr. Robert Freidus, New York, New York - Commission
Index Group, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
Narinjan Khalso, Medway, Massachusetts
Mr. Robert Laplant, Boston, Massachusetts
Norman and Legh Raben, Boston, Massachusetts
Ms. Anne Columbia Lester, Brookline, Massachusetts
Dr. Robert Slott, London, England
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts - Commission
Bob and Blaikie Worth, New York, New York
Fuller Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
Index Group, Inc., San Francisco, California
Bill and Nancy Osgood, Brookline, Massachusetts
Robert Dunlop, Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Saul Levin, Washington, D.C.
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Karen Moss and Dennis Livingston, Brookline, Massachusetts