biography
Jonathan Janson was born in South River, New Jersey in 1950. He received a
degree in fine arts at the Rhode Island School of
Art in Providence, Rhode Island in 1972. He also participated in the European
Honors Program, in Rome, Italy 1972. After a brief stay in the United States he returned
to Rome where he has lived and worked for 30 years. His paintings have been shown in
important international galleries such O.K. Harris Works of Art and in major art museums.
He returns regularly to the United States and is the author of a number of web sites
concerning the seventeenth-century painting master Johannes Vermeer.
He paints interiors in oils and the American urban landscape in watercolors. A web site
is dedicated to his landscape
watercolors .
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museums
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, U.S.A.
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Orlando Museum of Art
Orlando Florida, U.S.A.
solo exhibits
| 2007 |
Galleria 44, Turin, Italy |
| 2006 |
Galleria IL Basilisco, Genoa, Italy |
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Galleria dell Incisione, Brescia, Italy |
| 2004
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Galleria Ibiscus, Ragusa, Italy |
| 2002 |
Galleria dell Incisione, Brescia, Italy |
| 1999
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Gam Galerie d'Arte, Montecarlo |
| 1999 |
Galeria d'Arte Il Paracelso,
Bologna, Italy |
| 1998 |
Galleria Don Chisciotte,
Rome, Italy |
| 1995 |
O.K. Harris Works of Art,
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. |
| 1992 |
O.K. Harris Works of Art,
New York, N.Y., U.S.A |
| 1992 |
Galleria Don Chiosciotte,
Rome, Italy |
| 1990 |
O.K. Harris Works of Art,
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. |
| 1988 |
Galleria Il Narciso,
Rome, Italy |
| 1986 |
O.K. South, Miami,
Fla., U.S.A. |
| 1986 |
O.K. Harris Works of Art,
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. |
| 1985 |
Gallerie Lieve Hemel,
Amsterdam, Holland |
| 1985 |
Gallerie Alain Blondel,
Paris, France |
| 1984 |
Galleria Il Nuovo Fanale,
Genova, Italy |
| 1984 |
Galleria Astrolabio,
Messina, Italy |
| 1984 |
Galleria Il Narciso,
Rome, Italy |
| 1984 |
Galleria Forni,
Bologna, Italy |
| 1984 |
Galleria Arte 33,
Avellino, Italy |
| 1982 |
Gallerie Alain Blondel,
Paris, France |
| 1982 |
Galleria Davico, Turin,
Italy |
| 1982 |
Galleria Il Naviglio,
Milan, Italy |
| 1981 |
F.I.A.C. (Galleria Forni),
Paris, France |
| 1981 |
Expo Arte (Galleria Forni),
Bari, Italy |
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Galleria Il Narciso,
Rome, Italy |
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group shows
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Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy |
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MusicArte, Galleria Stefano Forni, Italy |
| 2006 |
Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy |
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2005-06 |
Mito Auto Moto 2, Bologna, Italy |
| 2005 |
20
x 20, Galleria Ibiscus, Ragusa, Italy |
| 2005 |
Milano Città Viva, Galleria Entroterra, Milan, Italy |
| 2005 |
Sui Generi Paesagginpo, Le Muse, Andria, Italy |
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20
x 20, Galerie Beukers, Rotterdam, Olanda |
| 2004 |
Realisme 05, De Beurs Voor Hedendaagse Figuratie, Galerie Beukers,
Amsterdam, Olanda |
| 2004 |
Gamiel, Janson, Ortona, Sesia, Galleria Ibiscus, Ragusa, Italy |
| 2003 |
Città, Galleria Forni, Bologna, Italy |
| 2003 |
Morbidamente Donna, Galleria Jannone, Milan, Italy |
| 2002 |
I Love New York, O.K. Harris Works of Art,
N.Y., U.S.A. |
| 2000 |
Group Show, O.K.Harris Works of Art, New York,
N.Y., U.S.A. |
| 1999 |
Il Divenire e Ombra, Fermo, Italy |
| 1999 |
XXVI Premio Sulmona, Sulmona, Italy |
| 1998 |
XXV Premio Sulmona, Sulmona, Italy |
| 1998 |
XXXI Premio D'Arte Contemporanea
Vasto, Vasto, Italy |
| 1997 |
I Buddenbrook e Roma, Galleria Don
Chisciotte, Rome, Italy |
| 1996 |
Works on Paper, Contemporary Realist
Gallery, San Fransisco, Ca., U.S.A. |
| 1995 |
Street Seens, The Ediface
Complex, New Works from O.K. Harris, Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, Ky., U.S.A. |
| 1994 |
Collectors Choise, Center for the Arts,
Vero Beach, Fla., U.S.A. |
| 1992 |
City Explorations of Urban Enviroment,
Courthouse Cultural Center, Stuart, Fla., U.S.A |
| 1991 |
The Heart of America: The O.K. Harris
Collection, Dada Building, Fukoka City, Japan |
| 1991 |
Motion as Mataphor: The Automobile in Art,
Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, Va., U.S.A. |
| 1990 |
A Small Bite of the Apple: 79th Annual
Exhibition, Randolf-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Va., U.S.A. |
| 1990 |
Contemorary Painting and Sculpture from the
Center College, Norton Center, Center College, Danville, Ky., U.S.A. |
| 1988 |
Tortue is O.K.,Tortue Gallery, Santa
Monica, Ca., U.S.A. |
| 1987 |
The Hot Center: Contemporary Art Selected
by Ivan Karp, Nortan Center for the Arts, Center College, Danville, Ky., U.S.A. |
| 1987 |
Il Museo dei Musei, Palazzo Strozzi,
Florence, Italy |
| 1987-1986 |
The Sturman Collection, Twentieth Century
Works on Paper, Tuscon Art Museum, Tuscon, Az., U.S.A. |
| 1986 |
The American Landscape, Ben Shahn
Galleries, William Patterson College, Wayne, N.J., U.S.A. |
| 1986 |
Andrews University, Berrian Springs, Mi.,
U.S.A. |
| 1985 |
Realism: Contemporary Americans,
Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, Tx., U.S.A. |
| 1984 |
F.I.A.C., Gran Palais, Paris France |
| 1984 |
Obbietivo Immagine, Galleria Forni,
Bologna, Italy |
| 1983 |
Tre Realisti, Galleria Il Gabbiano,
Rome, Italy |
| 1983 |
Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea,Gasparo Salò,
Salò, Italy |
| 1983 |
Il Labirinto Italiano, Museo
Archeologico di Grosseto,Grosseto, Italy |
| 1983 |
Espressioni dell' Arte d'Imagine
Contemporaneo, Galleria Lo Scudo, Verona, Italy |
| 1982 |
XVI Mostra di Pittura "Ciuffeno",
Comune di Ciuffeno, Italy |
| 1982 |
La Ruota del Presente, Galleria
Comunale, Jesi, Italy |
| 1981 |
Estate 81', Galleria Il Naviglio,
Venice, Italy |
| 1981 |
Espressioni dell' Arte Contemporanea,
Centro Culturale Alaska, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
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