Artist John U. Abrahamson

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Below you will find my resume for my Fine Art career.

Education:

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1982
Field Studies:

"Serengeti Plains of Tanzania" Tanzania, Africa 1982

"European Cultures" American Institute for Foreign Study. Spain, Switzerland, England, Italy, and France 1979

Television Appearances:

"SFLIVE" Public access Cable, air-date February 10th, 2000. Interview regarding "One Night Stand" show at the SOMA Art Gallery.

"Sex Bytes, 2.5" Home Box Office (HBO), first air date August 29th, 1997. Mini documentary following my work from concept to execution.

"Inside City Limits" BayTV, subsidiary of NBC. First air date October 1996. Feature/interview regarding my work and my involvement in the "Art Hell" exhibition at the ARTwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

Grants:

"Change Inc. Artist Grant," 1995 Board of directors included Robert Rauschenberg, David White, Bradley Jeffries, James Rosenquist, Theodore Kheel, and Denise LeBeau. Established in 1970 by Robert Rauschenberg.

Public and Private Collections:

Public:

Museu del Erotica (Museum of Erotic Art), Barcelona, Spain. "The Torments of the Vampire" oil on paper.

Private:

Steven Pieczenik, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under Henery Kissinger, Cyrus Vance, and James Baker. Best selling novelist. Four works of oils on canvas in collection.

Museum Exhibitions

1999
"Small Works" Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
"Art Equinox: A Regional Survey of Contemporary Art" Curator: Gregory W. Bell, Associate Curator and Exhibition Designer at the Tacoma Art Museum, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
1996
"Angeli" Riverside Art Museum, Group show. Riverside, CA
1994
"New American Talent" Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Group show. Austin, Texas
1993
"Loss and Remembrance" Riverside Art Museum, Group show. Riverside, CA
The Fine Arts Institute of San Bernardino County Museum Group show. Redlands, CA
"Daylight Fantasy, The Night's Dark Side" Riverside Art Museum Group show. Riverside, CA
Crocker Art Museum Group show. Sacramento, CA
1992
The Fine Arts Institute of San Bernardino County Museum Group show. Redlands, CA
1990
"Classic Elements" Group show. Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.
1989
"Sacred Symbols/New Visions" Group show. Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2000
"John U. Abrahamson, Recent Paintings"Circle Elephant Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
"Power and Pain" Club Twilo, New York, NY
1994
"The Dark Works" John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993
"In the Beginning...." Project Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
1992
John Thomas Gallery Santa Monica, CA
1991
Gallerie Sloan Scottsdale, AZ
John Thomas Gallery Santa Monica, CA
1986
New Horizons Gallery Atlanta, GA
Wallscapes Gallery Atlanta, Ga.
1985
Multicultural Arts Gallery San Diego, CA

Group Shows:

2008
"Carnivora" Traveling exhibition and book, C-POP Gallery, Detroit MI L'Imagerie Gallery Los Angeles, CA
"The Dirty Show" Detroit, MI
"Transgression" Paul Booth's Last Rites Gallery, New York, New York

2005
"Fetish Artists" Echo Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004
"One Night Stand" ARTworksf, San Francisco, CA
"Art Soup" ARTworksf, San Francisco, CA

2000
"SKIN" Reflected Images, San Francisco, CA
"Artrotica Y2K" Oakland Art [dot] Com, Oakland, CA
"One Night Stand" SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Year 2000 Exhibition" Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA
1999
"Working from the Figure" Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
"1999 All Media Exhibition" Beckstand Art Gallery, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
"St. John's Religious Art Festival" Goethe Hall, St. John's Lutheran Church, Sacramento, CA
"3-Dimensional Contemporary Exhibition" San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
1998
"Surrealism and Fantasy" at the ARTwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"One Night Stand" at the SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Show at Mamone Galleries, San Francisco, CA
1997
"Art Hell" at Gallery OBoy, San Francisco, CA
"Skin Deep" at the Bridge Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Six" Inaugural show at the Belcher Studios Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Similar Differences" at the SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group show at the Mamone Galleries, San Francisco, CA
"First" Inaugural exhibition at the Todd Kaplan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996
"Artist's Toys" ARTwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Art Hell" ARTwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"One Night Stand" ARTwork Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"After Midnight" Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1995
"New Directions '95" Barrett House Gallery, Hudson River Valley,   Mattew Drutt,  Associate Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
"Love in a Taxing Time" John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994
Project Art Gallery, Group show, Vancouver, B.C.
1993
"Persistence of the Human Image" Art Space Gallery, Fresno, CA
"Victim(izer)s" John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"The Realm of Surrealism" San Francisco State University, San Francisco,CA
"Contemporary Artists of the Northwest" Boise State University, Boise ID
Oklahoma State University, Group show. Stillwater Oklahoma
"Issues of Color and Gender" Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas
1992
"Scene & Unseen" Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, N.M.
John Thomas Gallery Two person show. Santa Monica, CA
The Art Institute of San Diego Group show. San Diego, CA.
School of Bayonne Group show. New York, N.Y.
1991
Art Institute of Southern California, Two person show and lecture series. Laguna Beach, CA
Religious Art Festival" Santa Monica, CA
Recent Classical Encounters" IMC Gallery, Irvine, CA
1990
"Oppression: 4 Voices" John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Enigmatic Messages" John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
John Thomas Gallery Two person show. Santa Monica, CA
Gallerie Sloan Two person show. Scottsdale, AZ
1989
Artworks Gallery Group show. Riverside, CA
"Art Dealers Invitational" Brand Library, Glendale, CA
John Thomas Gallery Group show. Santa Monica, CA
John Thomas Gallery Group show. Fullerton, CA
1988
Art Institute of San Diego Group Show. San Diego, CA
John Thomas Gallery Group show. Fullerton, CA
G. Lea Gallery Three person show. Orange, CA
1986
"Atlanta Gallery Association Exhibition" Atlanta, GA
New Horizons Gallery Three person show.Atlanta, GA
1985
Art Institute of San Diego Group show. San Diego, CA