"Sylvan Lake, Dusk" 2005,
oil on canvas 18" x 26"
JOHN BEERMAN
born: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1958
Education:
1982 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
1980 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2003Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
2002 Weber Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2001 Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, TX
David Beitzel Gallery, New York
2000 Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
1999 Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
David Beitzel Gallery, New York
1998 Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
1997 David Beitzel Gallery, New York
David Beitzel Gallery, New York
1996 Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
1995 David Beitzel Gallery, New York
1994 Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
1993 Peden Gallery, Raleigh, NC
David Beitzel Gallery, New York
1992 Peden Gallery II, Raleigh, NC
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1991 Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
1990 Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
1989 Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
1988 Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1987 Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
1986 Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions:

2004 "Under the Influence" Rockland Center for the Arts
2003 " Landscape Painting" Mira Mar Gallery, Sarasota,Florida
2002 "Collecting At Century's End: Selections from The Maslow Collection," Sordoni Art Gallery,Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
2000"Summer Group Exhibition," David Beitzel Gallery, New York
1999 "Summer Group Exhibition," David Beitzel Gallery, New York
1998 "Divining Nature," Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1997 "New Horizons," Meredith Long Gallery, Houston, TX
"Summer Group Exhibition", David Beitzel Gallery, New York
1996 "Realism After Seven A.M.," The Hopper House, Nyack, NY
"Changing Horizons: Landscape on the Eve of the Millennium," Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
"Today," Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
1995 "Rocklandia," Hopper House, Nyack, NY
"Heaven on Earth," Bachelier-Carsonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
"Printmaking in America, Collaborative Prints and Presses, 1960-1990," Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
"American Academy Invitational Exhibition," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
"Into the Nineties: Prints from the Tamarind Institute," Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
"Monotypes," Marlborough Gallery, New York
"Art on Paper," Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
"Paintings form New Jersey Collections," New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit NJ
1994 "Inspired by Nature," Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
"The Nature of Beauty," Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
"Summer Print Show," Mezzanine Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1993 "Seeing the Forest Through the Trees," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
"The Rockland Connection '93: Realities," Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
1992 "Art and Nature," Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
"20th Century Prints on the East End," Rene Fotouhi Fine Art, East Hampton, NY
"The National Perception," The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
1991 "Black & White Prints," Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
"The Art of Monoprint," Kornbluth Gallery, Fairlawn, NJ "American Narrative Painting and Sculpture: The 80's," Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY
"Landscape Prints," Peden Gallery II, Raleigh, NC
"Summer Group Exhibition," Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
1990 "Children in Crisis: A Group Exhibition of Rocking Horses," Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
"Group Show," Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
"Harmony and Discord: American Landscape Today," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1989 "Intaglio Printing in the 80s'," Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
"Romance and Irony," Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Australia
"Landscape Constructions," Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Landscape Re-Viewed: Contemporary Reflections on a Traditional Theme," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
"Re-Presenting Landscape," New York Studio School, New York
"A Certain Slant of Light," Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
"Artists of the 80s': Selected Works from the Maslow Collection," Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes-Barre, PA
"The Vinalhaven Press: Selected Prints 1984-89," Museum of Art Bates College, Lewiston, ME
"The Ljubljana Biennale 18: International Biennial of Graphic Art," Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
1988 "The 1980s': A New Generation," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
"Land," ACA Galleries, New York
"Group Show," Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Drawings," Reynolds-Minor Gallery, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
"Imprimature," Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
"Vinalhaven Press," Members Gallery, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
"Mezzanine Gallery," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
"Prints and Drawings Council Exhibition and Sale," Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
"The Power of Drawings," Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
1987 "Paintings," Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
"The New Romantic Landscape," Whitney Museum of American Art, Stamford, CT
"Art Against AIDS," Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
"The Vinalhaven Press 1984-1986," Condeso-Lawler Gallery, New York
"Landscape in the Age of Anxiety," Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
"Group Show," Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986 "The Manor in the Landscape," Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
"Mainly on the Plane," Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
"Landscape in the Age of Agony," Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
"Vinalhaven Press 1984-1986," Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
"Print Review 1983-85," Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
"Public and Private: American Prints Today," The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
"Juried Exhibition," The National Academy of Design, New York
"The Back Room," Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Group Exhibition," Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York
1985 "New Prints by 20 Artists," Mary Ryan Gallery, New York
"Selections from the Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios," Grolier Club, New York
"Art on Paper," Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1984 Guild Hall Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY
Selected Bibliography:
2002 D. Dominick Lombardi. "Solitude and Changing Moods," The New York Times, Westchester Edition, August 4.
1999 Ken Johnson. "Art Guide," The New York Times, March 26
1998 Linda Johnson Dougherty. "Divining Nature," Art Papers, September 23 Geoff Edgers. "Landscapes, past and presence," The News and Observer, June
1996 Vivian Raynor. "Surviving Realism in Celebration of Hopper," The New York Times, November 24 "An Artists Studio," Country Living, October
Ed Bumgardner. "Landscape Artist Tries to Capture the Magic," Winston-Salem Journal, March 24
Frances MacDougall. "Landscapes of the Mind," Southern Accents, March-April
1995 Dixie Keller. "John Beerman's Inner World," Rockland Review, October 18
Anthony Crisafull. "John Beerman," Cover, May
1994 Jacqueline Humphrey. "Art on Paper," Greensboro News and Record, November 25
Vivien Raynor. "The Sublime, the Modern and the Literal in Views of the Land," The New York Times, November 13
Leigh Pressley. "A Living Archive," Greensboro News & Record, November 13
"Profile: Hudson River Editions," The Print Collector's Newsletter, May-June
"Technique, aesthetics make duo show worth a look into Somerhill Gallery," The Herald-Sun, April 24
Alexandra zu Knyphausen. "Pferde, Die Hilfe Bringen," Hamburger Abendblatt, January 29
1993 Chuck Twardy. "The Hills Are Alive," News and Observer, November 19
Linda Johnson. "Inside Viewing Outside," Spectator, November 11
Jonathan Goodman. "John Beerman," ArtNews, November
Vivien Raynor. "On the Sense and Sensibility Of Rockland County Artists," The New York Times April 11
1992 Vivien Raynor. "A Curator's Eye for Imagery...," The New York Times, May 31
1991 Vivien Raynor. "30 Contemporary Take Over a Rockland Hunting Lodge," The New York Times, September 29
Vivien Raynor. "A Show of Works that Define or Simply Allude to Landscapes," The New York Times, October 13
Max Halperen. "John Beerman's Twilight Mysteries: The New Romantic Landscape at NCMA," The Arts Journal, April
"Art Museum Showcase Beerman," Chapel Hill Newspaper, February 28
Tom Patterson. "Seeing Anew: John Beerman's Landscapes are Stunning," Visual Arts Winston-Salem Journal, March 31
Jacqueline Humphrey. "Beerman's Paintings Worth Trip to Raleigh," Greensboro News & Record, March 29
Rubel Romero. "Watch This Space," Spectator, February 28
Laura Murphy. "Regaining an Unknown, Perhaps Lost Treasure," Cue, March 14
John W. Coffey II. "Finding the Forgotten Landscape Paintings by John Beerman," NC Museum of Art
"Art that Moves the Child and Everyone," The New York Times, January 31
Steven Litt. "Painter's Vision Encompasses Big Views, Big Spaces, Big Places. DREAMSCAPES," The News and Observer, March 1
Abe Jones Jr. "Artistic Snapshots," The Greensboro News and Record, March 31
Laura Murphy. "Regaining an Unknown, Perhaps Lost, Treasure," The Chapel Hill Newspaper, March 14
Vivien Raynor. "A Chance to Learn About Intaglio and to Enjoy It," The New York Times, January 20
Frederick R. Brant. Harmony and Discord: American Landscape Today, VA Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
1990 Henry Gerrit. "John Beerman at Lorence Monk," Art In America, June
Nancy Grimes. "John Beerman," Art News, April
Trudy Hansen. "An Interview at Hudson River Editions with Sylvia Roth, Mary Seibert and John Beerman: Intaglio Printing in the 80's," Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum , New Brunswick, NJ, 1990
1989 "Romance and Irony in Recent American Art"
Lawrence Cambell. "Re-Presenting Landscape at the New York Studio School," Art in America, November
Peter Boswell. "Landscape Re-Viewed: Contemporary Reflections on a Traditional Theme," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Michael Brenson. "Straightened Landscapes of a Post-Modern Era," The New York Times, January 13
Chris Waddington. "Is Modern Art Rediscovering Tradition?" U.S. Art, December
Beth Crichlow. "The Vinalhaven Factor," Down East, July
Kelly Pryor. "Back to Nature," Avenue, February
Naomi Vine. "A Certain Slant of Light: The Contemporary American Landscape," February
"Artists of the Eighties: Selected Works from the Maslow Collection"
Vivien Raynor, "Landscape in the Age of Anxiety at Lehman: Coming to Grips," The New York Times, April 25
1988. Susan Boettger. "Re-Presenting Landscape," The New York Studio School
1987 Review. The Print Collector's Newsletter, March/April
Timothy Cohrs, "John Beerman," Arts Magazine
"The Romantic Landscape," The Whitney Museum of Art, Stamford, CT
Timothy Cohrs, "Group Show," Arts Magazine, February
1986 Richard Schlagel. "Contextual Realism," Paragon House Vivien Raynor. "Print Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum," The New York Times, February 21
Timothy Cohrs. "Prints," Arts Magazine, April
Michael Brenson. "Juried Exhibition at National Academy," The New York Times, April 25
Gary Indiana. "Landscape Today," The Village Voice, December 16
Review. Print Collector's Newsletter, November/December
1985 "Art on Paper"

Public Collections:

Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Burroughs Welcome, NC
Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
Chemical Bank, New York
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dow Jones and Company Incorporated, New York
Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine, MA
GE Corporation, Fairfield, CT
GlaxoSmithKline, NC
General Mills, Minneapolis, MN
Governor's Mansion, Raleigh, NC
Green Point Bank, Flushing, NY
InterMetro Industries, Wilkes Barre, PA
Henry Kaufman & Co., New York
Johnson & Johnson, NJ
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Morgan Stanley, New York
Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
Nomura Securities, New York
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, MA
Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH
Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, NY
Shearson Lehman Hutton, New York
South East Bank of Florida, Miami, FL
St. John's Museum, Wilmington, NC
St. Luke's Hospital, New York
Time Warner, Inc., New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC