Established 1994
Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk
Education
BFA University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
MA University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
MFA University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Selected Exhibitions
2015 Woodward Gallery, NYC
2014 “Sur-Real,” Group Exhibition, Woodward Gallery, NYC
2013 “Femalenergy 3,” Group Exhibition, Woodward Gallery, NYC “Print,” Group Exhibition, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2011 “Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk: Curious Sanctuary,” Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2010 “BIG Paper Winter,” featuring original works by Basquiat, Calder, DeKooning, Richard Hambleton, Franz Kline, Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, Warhol; Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2008 “Works on Paper,” Woodward Gallery at the Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY.
2007 “Free Play,” Islip Art Museum, curated by JudithPage, East Islip, NY.
2006 “Gallery Artists ‘06-’07,” Group Exhibition, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2005 “Wild at Heart,” Three Person Exhibition, Liz Hernandez Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
2005 “Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk: Somewhere in Time,” Solo Exhibition, Woodward Gallery, NY, NY.
2005 Winter Paper Seven,” Group Exhibition including works on paper by Jean Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, Richard Estes, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, and others,
Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2004 “Vote With Your Art,” at O.K. Harris Gallery, New York; Fundraising Campaign for Win Back Respect with Geroge Soros, and General Wesley Clark.
2003 “Paper Invitational VI,” Group Exhibition including works on paper by Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and others; Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2003 Hunstville Museum of Art, “Museum Auction and Gala,” February - March, Huntsville, AL.
2002 “Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk: Sacred Rites Editions Limited,” Solo Ehibition, Woodward Gallery, NY.
2002 “Paper Invitational V,” Group Exhibition including works on paper by Andy Warhol, Robert, Indiana, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and others; Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2001 “Paper Invitational IV,” Group Exhibition including works on paper by Ellsworth Kelly, Keith Haring, Robert Rauschenberg and others; Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
1997 “Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk: Seven Rites,” Solo Exhibition, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
1995 “Femalenergy,” Group Exhibition, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
1995 “Aesthetic Mystic,” Group Exhibition, Woodward Gallery (GOLA), New York, NY.
1995 “Artopia,” New York, NY.
1991 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA.
1982 Galerie Wentzel, Cologne, Germany.
1979 University of California, Berkeley, CA.
1976 Pyramid Gallery, Washington, DC.
Bibliography
“Brush Strokes and Body Shots,” The Villager, Gay City News, Chelsea Now, Downtown Express, October 5, 2011
Paintings featured on “Home by Novogratz,” HGTV, Hoboken Busy Bachelors, Episode HHBN-104H “Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk,” American Arts Quarterly, Spring 2011, p. 47-50, illustration.
ArtNews, Feb 2011 issue full page color illustration Anthony Haden-Guest, “The ArtNewspaper,” illustration. “Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk,” juxtapoz.com, March 9, 201
“TheLife of Women: Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk’s Portrayal of the Female Spirit,” www.cherrygirl.com, February 28, 2011
“This Week: Must-See Arts in the City,” WNYC Culture, wnyc.org, January 27, 2011
UnDo.net, 29/1/2011 issue, Feature with illustrations
ARTnews, February issue, 2011, Full color illustration p.4.
Art and Antiques, February issue, 2011, Full color illustration p.5. Juxtapoz, March issue, 2011, Full color illustration
Joe Bendik, “Paper Products,” Chelsea Clinton News, January 28, 2010, p. 12. Juxtapoz, “Old Friends,” January 2007, p. 16.
“Artnet Newsletter,” Featured Events section, December 15, 2006, Full color illustration and listing. Levi J. Long, “Gallery Owner Wild for Art,” Arizona Daily Star, September 29, 2005.
Juxtapoz, May/June issue, 2005, Full color illustration p.43. ARTnews, May issue, 2005, Full color illustration p.34. Juxtapoz, May/June issue, 2003, Full color illustration p.53.
The New York Times, Art & Leisure section SoHo listings, Sundays throughout May/June, 2003. Concrete Dreams, Critical essay by author Gerard Haggerty, regular contributor to ARTnews, 1998.
Selected Collections
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Chicago, IL.
Pyramid Gallery, Washington, DC.
Paige Collections, New York, NY.
Air Jamaica, New York, NY.
Alan Code Ltd., Los Angeles, CA.
Sheri Urquardt, New York, NY.
Dr. Clare McCarthy, KY.
Richard and Carol Kalico, NY.
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