Jon Widman
(Korean, b.1972)
Education
1994 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Lives and works in New York, NY
Selected Solo Exhibition
2013 Taka Ishii Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2012Jon Widman: REMIX, Gallery EM, Seoul
2010Jon Widman: A Short Time Before Goodbye, Gallery em, Seoul
2009 Jon Widman, Taka Ishii Gallery, Kyoto
2008Jon Widman: Past Due, Gallery em, Seoul
2006Cruel Library, Gallery Sora, Tokyo
2004The Death of Cuties, Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL), New York
Selected Group Exhibition
2011Painters, PKM gallery, Seoul
2009 ‘The Drawing Room’, Mireille Mosler, New York, NY
‘Quiet Moment’, Gallery Em, Seoul, South Korea
2007 ‘Memento Mori’, Mireille Mosler, New York, NY
2005The General’s Jamboree, Guild & Greyshkul, New York
Paintings, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
2004InvisibleBirds,Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
2003Inside the Whale, Gasser & Grunert, New York
#19, Champion Fine Art, Brooklyn
2001Small, Museum Editions, New York
Wattage & Friendship, Muller DeChiara, Berlin
SupErimposition, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
2000Winter Paper, Catherine Moore Fine Art, New York
The Pierogi Flatfiles, Block Art Space, Kansas City
1999In Tense, Videoland Art Space, New York
Size Matters, Gail Gates, Brooklyn
Road Show, DFN Gallery, New York
A Roomwith a View, Sixth @ Prince Fine Art, New York
Portrait Show, Jorgensen Gallery, New York
1998Stocking Stuffer, Earl McGrath Gallery, New York
Tight: Sphinteric Arhatship, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York
The Art Exchange Show:Wait Station, Showroom, New York
Event Horizon, Showroom, Santa Fe
1997 Group Exhibition, Life, New York
Pow Wow, Life, New York
1996Lines, 407, New York
The Art ExchangeShow, Arena, New York
The Art ExchangeShow, “Snafu,”407, New York
Reviews
‘Jon Widman_Remix’ Public Art, Nov. 2012, P.128
‘Jon Widman + Swarovski’ Vogue Nippon, May 2010, p.32
Esquire, Title Page, Feb. 2009, p.252
‘Past Due’, Monthly Art Magazine, Nov. 2008
‘Past Due’, Misulegye, Nov., 2008, p.189
‘Jon Widman,’ Frieze Art Fair, Yearbook 2006-7
‘Jon Widman,’ Ryuko Tsushin, May 2006, vol. 515, pp. 141-146
Akiko Ichikawa, ‘Creative Couples,’ Japanese Bazaar, October 2005, p.142
Ryuko Tsushin, April 2005, vol. 502, p. 138
Marie Claire, No.23, April 2005, p.125
LIVING DESIGN, No.40, March 2005, p.109
Honigman, Ana Finel, ‘Jon Widman,’ Tema Celeste, No.108, March/April 2005, pp.76-77
Isono, Nobue, ‘Jon Widman,’ New York Ateliers, 2005, pp.110-113
‘Art Decoration,’ Elle Décor, No. 71, April 2004, p. 106
‘Invisible Birds,’ Ryuko Tsushin, February 2004, vol. 488, p. 134
‘Asahi Shimbun,’ ‘Invisible Birds,’ January 8, 2004
‘Invisible Birds,’ Weekly PIA, January 2004, no. 1034
‘The Art Salon,’ The Blowup, June 2003
Berwick, Carly, ‘Animal Magnetism,’ Art News, April 2002, p. 36
Cotter, Holland, ‘Art in Review,’ New York Times, July 6, 2001
‘Site Specific,’ Interior Design, No. 10, 2001, p. 230
Hunt, David, ‘Wattage and Friendship,’ ex. cat. from Muller DeChiara, 2001
Hunt, David, ‘Art,’ Time Out New York, November 4-11, 2000, p. 67
‘Paint and Pattern,’ Smock, Premiere Issue 2000
Fulcher, Dawn, ‘Previews,’ Contemporary Visual Arts Magazine, Issue 22, 1999, p. 91
Collection
MoMA, New York