SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Thomas McCormick Gallery “New Work” Chicago, IL
2014 2001 Gallery “Resonance” Delaware, OH
Stevenson Gallery “Toxic Art” Chilicothe, OH
2013 Richard M. Ross Art Museum “Luminous” Delaware, OH
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts “emanate” Bridgehampton, NY
Thomas McCormick Gallery “arborescent” Chicago, IL
2011 OUSC Gallery “Unified Theory” Ironton, OH
2010 Thomas McCormick Gallery “current” Chicago, IL
2008 Thomas McCormick Gallery “Harbinger” Chicago, IL
2005 Thomas McCormick Gallery “Parts of a Whole” Chicago, IL
2004 Thomas McCormick Gallery “Athens Redux” Chicago, IL
2003 Elmhurst Art Museum “Skin Deep” Elmhurst, IL
2002 Elliot Smith Contemporary “Fabrication” St. Louis, MO
2001 Thomas McCormick Gallery “Unmedicated” Chicago, IL
Elliot Smith Contemporary “Tiny Secrets” St. Louis, MO
2000 Union League Club Gallery “Alta Vista” Chicago, IL
1999 Thomas McCormick Gallery “New Work” Chicago, IL
SELECTED OTHER EXHIBITIONS
2014 Manifest Gallery “International Drawing Annual” Cincinnati, OH
Dairy Barn Arts Center “Athens Paints” Athens, OH
Kennedy Museum of Art “Faculty Exhibition” Athens, OH
Dairy Barn Arts Center “Athens on paper” Athens, OH
Greer Museum “OU Painting Faculty” Rio Grande, OH
2013 New Artist Fair London with Broomstreet Gallery NYC London, UK
Athens Public Library “New Works” Athens, OH
Artist Relief Project “Sandy Relief” Online
2012 Affordable Art Fair Singapore with Broomstreet Gallery NYC Singapore
Openhouse Gallery “Big Lobby art” NYC, NY
Highland Park The Art Center “Fresh Abstraction” Highland Park, IL
Ritz-Carlton “Ultra Luxury” Chicago, IL
Kennedy Museum of Art “Faculty Exhibition” Athens, OH
2011 Dairy Barn Arts Center “pArt and Parcel” Athens, OH
Thomas McCormick Gallery “Art Chicago” Chicago, IL
(also in 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998)
2010 Thomas McCormick Gallery “Art Miami” Miami, FL
(also in 2009, 2008, 2007)
2009 Thomas McCormick Gallery “Dirty Dozen” Chicago, IL
Sandra Small Gallery “Narrative Figuration” Cincinnati, OH
2008 Sandra Small Gallery “Theatrical Figuration” Cincinnati, OH
Manifest Gallery “International Drawing Annual” Cincinnati, OH
Kennedy Museum “Faculty Exhibition” Athens, OH
Thomas McCormick Gallery “Gallery Selections” Chicago, IL
Manifest Gallery “Body of Work” Cincinnati, OH
2007 Elmhurst Museum “From Concept to Collection” Elmhurst, IL
Flint Institute of Arts “The Art of Collecting” Flint, MI
Xavier University Art Gallery “National Juried Exhibition” Cincinnati, OH
2006 Union League Club Gallery “Third Floor Gallery’s Greatest Hits” Chicago, IL
Gallery V “Au Revoir” Columbus, OH
Signs of Life Gallery “Views of the Heartland” Lawrence, KS
Majestic Gallery “OU Faculty Choice” Nelsonville, OH
Kennedy Museum “Faculty Exhibition” Athens, OH
2005 Gallery V “Confluence”(two person show) Columbus, OH
Tristan Gallery “Summer Show” Provincetown, MA
Signs of Life Gallery “Poetry and Art” Lawrence, KS
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts “The Elusive Landscape” New York City, NY
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts “San Francisco Int’l Art Expo” San Francisco, CA
Thomas McCormick Gallery “San Francisco Int’l Art Expo” San Francisco, CA
(also in 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000)
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts “Art LA” Los Angeles, CA
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts “Art Chicago: Art in the Park” Chicago, IL
2004 Kennedy Museum “Faculty Exhibition” Athens, OH
Seigfred Gallery “New Visions Exhibition” Athens, OH
Elliot Smith Contemporary “20th Anniversary Show” St. Louis, MO
2003 Contemporary Museum of Art “Escape from the Vault” Honolulu, HI
David King & Associates “Artful Investing” Lawrence, KS
(also in 2002, 2001, 2000)
2002 Elliot Smith Contemporary “Visions of Nature” St. Louis, MO
Elliot Smith Contemporary “Group Exhibition” St. Louis, MO
2001 Lyons-Weir Gallery “Snow-Globe Invitational” Chicago, IL
Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art “Artists/Alumni” Evanston, IL
Elliot Smith Contemporary “The Forest and the Trees” St. Louis, MO
2000 North Park Gallery “Shake the Coat Exhibition” Chicago, IL
Des Lee Gallery “Faculty Exhibition” St. Louis, MO
Des Lee Gallery “Landscape Show” St. Louis, MO
1999 Mitchell Museum “Faculty Exhibition” Mt. Vernon, IL
Steinberg Gallery “Faculty Exhibition” St. Louis, MO
1997 Northwestern Settlement House “Alumni Exhibition” Chicago, IL
Fine Art Gallery “Colfax Group Exhibition” Chicago, IL
Union League Club Gallery “Visual Arts Exhibition” Chicago, IL
Wood Street Gallery “Colfax Group Exhibition” Chicago, IL
Dittmar Gallery “MFA Thesis Exhibition” Evanston, IL
Newark Art Gallery “Road Art Show” Newark, OH
Dittmar Gallery “Graduate Exhibition” (also 1996) Evanston, IL
1995 Mongerson Wunderlich “Art Chicago” (also 1994) Chicago, IL
1994 Mongerson Wunderlich “Kansas Realist Show” Chicago, IL
COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2008- present “Planet Panorama I - II“ (with Drs. Sharma and Statler)
NASA Goddard Visitor’s Center Greenbelt, MD
Ottawa Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Ottawa, CANADA
Science Center and Planetarium University of Wollongong, AUSTRALIA
Bishop Museum Honolulu, HI
Discovery Center for Science and Technology Davis, CA
Connecticut Science Center Hartford, CT
Buffalo Museum of Science Buffalo, NY
Da Vinci Center Allentown, PA
Bradbury Science Museum Los Alamos, NM
Science Factory Children’s Museum and Planetarium Eugene, OR
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Chapel Hill, NC
Science Center of Iowa Des Moines, IA
Saint Louis Science Center St. Louis, MO
Imaginarium of Nevada County Nevada County, CA
Headwaters Science Center Bemidji, MN
Sidekurn Planetarium Nashville, TN
Science Center Ithaca, NY
Gheens Science Hall & Rauch Planetarium Louisville, KY
Indiana State Science Fair Indianapolis, IN
2008 AAS/ASP Annual Convention “Scale” (with Aspect Collective) St. Louis, MO
2007 Kennedy Museum of Art “Scale” (with Aspect Collective) Athens, OH
Seigfred Gallery “Rest” (with Stacy Asher) Athens, OH
Athens Public Library “Planet Panorama” (with Sharma and Statler) Athens, OH
EDUCATION
1997 MFA Painting Northwestern University Evanston, IL
1994 BFA Painting University of Kansas (Highest Distinction) Lawrence, KS
1988 AOS Illustration Pratt Institute New York, NY
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, HI
Mitchell Museum, Cedarhurst, IL
The Elmhurst Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Columbus Science Center, Columbus, OH
Citizens Bank, Boston, MA
Accenture Health, Chicago, IL
Rome Blanc, LLC
Twin Farms Inn, Barnard, VT
Calibre, IL
Hilton Corporation, TN
Emprise Bank, KS
Northwestern University College, Chicago, IL
Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Thomas Blackman & Associates, Chicago, IL
KCR Partnership, Columbus, OH
Aramark, Chicago, IL
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
2014 Huffington Post “18 Green Artists Who Are Making Climate Change And Conservation A Priority"
Ajazeera America TV Segment: “TechKnow” November
Northwestern Alumni Magazine “John Sabraw: “Toxic Artist” Summer
2013 New Scientist “Toxic sludge from polluted rivers turned into art” August
Smithsonian Magazine Toxic Runoff Yellow and Other Paint Colors Sourced from Polluted Streams
ArtNEWS Review: “John Sabraw: Arborescent” April
Serial Optimist Interview: “Artist John Sabraw” February
WOUB-FM NPR “Down to Earth: An Interview with Sustainable Artist John Sabraw” November
2012 Routes Magazine Article: John Sabraw “chroma” Volume 1 Issue 1
Perspective Magazine Article: John Sabraw “earth works” Spring Issue
2011 Clef Notes Review: John Sabraw “current” Winter Issue
WOUB Interview October
2010 ARTnews Announcement: “current” by John Sabraw October
WOUB Conversations with Kelee Reisbeck August
2009 Art Talk Chicago The Dirty Dozen at Thomas McCormick Gallery, Niki Gangruth September 11
Outlook Planting the Seeds for Change March 18
Columbus Dispatch Yearlong Global Events Mark Astronomy’s Past, Hail Future January 6
Outlook Planet Panorama March 10
WOUB Conversations with Kelee Reisbeck March 8
2008 Chicago Tribune John Sabraw at McCormick Gallery, Alan Artner February
Manifest Gallery Catalogue: Body of Work January
Manifest Gallery Catalogue: International Drawing Annual April
2007 Columbus Dispatch Art project draws on science to push limits of perspective, Statler July
Ohio Today By the way, this time a glimpse at interesting research… Spring
Perspectives Article: At a glance: The Big Time (backcover) Spring/Summer
Athens Messenger Article: Feeling Small? (front page) May
Athens News Article: Exhibit provides a lot of space May
Outlook Article: SCALE exhibition at the Kennedy… May
Times Leader Online Article: SCALE Leaves viewers star struck May
Speakeasy Online Article: Professor puts universe to SCALE May
OU homepage website SCALE Universal art by Sabraw and Aspect collective July
2006 The Post Article: Scale November
Kansas Alumni Magazine Announcement: New Work by John Sabraw September
Outlook Article: School of Art Faculty Showcase Diverse Work January
Perspectives Article: Art in Motion, Dorr Autumn/Winter
2005 Columbus Dispatch Review: Two distinct looks at Nature, Hall October
Artery Magazine Article: Faculty Spotlight, Huy Fall
City Scene Magazine Publication: A splash of color November/December
2004 Chicago Reader Review: Outstripping their Influences, Camper October
The Post Article: Art Professor Impresses, Adapts, Leff November
Art Letter Review: Athens Redux, Klein October
2003 Elmhurst Press Article: Bodies in Parts, Mahajan December
Artist’s Magazine Article: The Glamorous Life, Moore January
Union League Club of Chicago Art Collection Catalogue: Closet Formalism, Richter
2002 St. Louis Post Dispatch Review: Fabrication, Daniel October
Artist’s Magazine Announcement: Portrait Finalist Winner December
Cadenza Review: Fabrication, Rubin September
Union League Club Annual Report Article: On the Cover June
2001 St. Louis Post Dispatch Review: Tiny Secrets, Smith March
Northwestern University Alumni Exhibition Catalogue: Artists/Alumni Summer
Northwestern University Magazine Alumni Artists Create New Visions Summer
Cadenza Article: The Dope without the Dealer… November
Washington University Art Works Biography of a new faculty Winter
2000 ARTnews Announcement: New Paintings by John Sabraw May
Exhibition Catalogue San Francisco Art Exposition January
1999 Chicago Reader Article: Escape from the Image Glut, Camper February
New Art Examiner Review: John Sabraw at McCormick, Thodos May
Journal Munchen Article: Kulture & Kunst: Ansichten Zur Kunst, Hettlage Fall
1998 Gallery Catalogue Thomas McCormick Works of Art Spring
1997 ARTFORUM Announcement: Colfax Group Exhibition May
1989 Children’s Book I wouldn’t be scared, John Sabraw Orchard Books
also translated in Japanese by Tuttle Mori Agency 1990
LECTURES/PANELS/VISITING ARTIST
2014 Artist Lecture Wexner Center (online), Columbus, OH
Artist Lecture Sagan National Colloquium on Water, Ohio Wesleyan University
Artist Lecture Dairy Barn, Athens, OH
Artist Workshop COSI – Toxic Art, Columbus, OH
2013 Artist Workshop COSI – Chemistry Day, Columbus, OH
Artist Lecture Sagan National Colloquium on Climate Change
Artist Lecture Science Café “Why Artists and Scientist Should Get Together” OU
2011 Artist Lecture Art and Sustainability, OUSC Gallery, Ironton, OH
Visiting Artist University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2009 Presenter Greening of the Campus VIII KEEP Project on Sustainability in the Curriculum
Artist in Residence East Elementary, Funded by Ohio Arts Council Grant, Dairy Barn Arts Center
2008 Presenter KEEP Project on Sustainability, Ohio EPA and Faculty Session, OU
Panelist AAS/ASP Symposium Workshop: Capturing Public Interest in Astronomy through
Art & Music, St. Louis, MO. (Fellow Panelists: Dr. Frank Summers, Space Telescope
Institute, Dr. Jose Salgado, Adler Planetarium, Dr. Mangala Sharma and
Dr. Thomas Statler, Ohio University Astrophysical Institute)
Visiting Artist University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2007 Juror “China through your eyes” International Juried Exhibition
Artist Workshop & Lecture Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH
Artist Lecture School of Theatre Ohio University, Athens, OH
Visiting Artist Lecture Merimac College, St. Louis, MO
Artist Lecture The Aesthetic Technologies Lab, Ohio University, Athens, OH
2006 Visiting Artist University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI
Gallery Talk Signs of Life Gallery Lawrence, KS
2005 Juror All Ohio Arts Show OSU Mansfield, OH
Regional Juror Ohio Governor’s Youth Arts Awards, Columbus, OH
Artist Lecture Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH
2004 Visiting Artist Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
Artist Lecture Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, OH
2003 Artist Lecture Elmhurst Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Visiting Artist Ohio University, Athens, OH
Visiting Artist Webster University, St. Louis, MO
2002 Guest Juror Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2001 Visiting Artist Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO
Visiting Artist Ethical Society, St. Louis, MO
2000 Panelist North Park University, Chicago, IL
1999 Artist Lecture Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1995 Artist Workshop Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Artist Workshop Jones Residential College Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Artist Workshop The Anne Ponce Studio, Evanston, IL
1993 Visiting Artist Writers and Artists Conference, Lawrence, KS
1990 Artist Workshop Impact NYC: Homeless Youth Project, NYC, NY
CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION
2014-Present Professor of Art , Chair of Painting+Drawing Ohio University School of Art, Athens, OH
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2007-2014 Associate Professor of Art Ohio University School of Art, Athens, OH
2003-2007 Assistant Professor of Art Ohio University School of Art, Athens, OH
2005-2007 Foundations Coordinator Ohio University School of Art, Athens, OH
2000-2003 Assistant Professor of Art Washington University School of Art, St. Louis, MO
1999-2000 Full time Lecturer Washington University School of Art, St. Louis, MO
1996-1997 Instructor Northwestern University College, Evanston, IL
1996-1997 Teaching Assistant Northwestern University, Evanston, IL