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Biography

The paintings of John Blee have been exhibited in New York (at the Andre Emmerich Gallery), in Boston, and Washington, DC. Outside of the US his work has been shown in New Delhi and Moscow, and he will have a show in Paris in 2008 at Jane Roberts Fine Art. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as well as the Museum of Modern Art in Yerevan, Armenia. Studying with Helen Frankenthaler was very important to the genesis of his painting. He writes on art for the Georgetowner and teaches at the Art League in Alexandria, VA.

Selected One Person Shows

     2011 Ralls Collection, Georgetown, Washington, DC
     2011 Jane Roberts Fine Arts, Paris, France
2008 Jane Roberts Fine Arts, Paris, France
2007 R Street Gallery, Washington, DC
2005 Susan Calloway Fine Art, Washington, DC
2003 Spectrum Gallery, Washington, DC
1999 Norman Hurst Gallery, Washington, DC
1995 NAC International, Washington, DC
1994 Ogilvy& Mather, New York, NY
1991 Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY
  Cultural Center, Nievgy-Novgorod, USSR
1990 Spaso House, Moscow, USSR
1981 Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC
1978 Glen Echo Gallery, Washington, DC
1966 Roosevelt House, New Delhi, India

Selected Group Shows

     2011 Ralls Collection, Georgetown, Washington, DC
2009 Aaron Gallery, Washington, DC
2008 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
  R Street Gallery, Washington, DC
  Aaron Gallery, Washington, DC
2006 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2005 Sightllines, Washington, DC
2004 Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
  Aaron Galleries, Chicago, IL
  Jane Roberts Fine Arts, Paris, France
2003 Art League, Alexandria, VA
2000 Courtyard Gallery, Washington, DC
1999 Courtyard Gallery, Washington, DC
1998 Museum of Fine Arts School, Boston, MA
1990 American Prints, Red Chamber, Lenin Library, Moscow, USSR (later, throughout USSR)
1989 Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow, USSR
  “Prisoners of Art,” COLAB, New York, NY
1988 “Myth,” Mokotoff Gallery, New York, NY
1987 M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
  Spaso House, Moscow, USSR
  Lintas Worldwide, New York, NY
  “Imagism,” Outer Limit Gallery, New York, NY
  “Romantic Science,” One Penn Plaza, New York, NY
  “Art Across the River,” Outer Limit Gallery, New York, NY
  "Sculpture Today," State Capitol, Hartford, CT
1986 Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Art Expo-83, Washington DC
1982 Glen Echo Gallery, Washington, DC
1981 Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC
  Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
1980 Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC
  Government Services Administration, Washington, DC
1979 Jack Rasmussen Gallery, Washington, DC
  The Art Barn, Washington DC
1975-8 Glen Echo Gallery, Washington, DC
1972 André Emmerich Gallery, New York NY

Awards

1973 & 74 Residencies at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY

Bibliography

Bright, Daryl. “Angels,” (exhibition catalogue). 1991.

Brown, Carolyn. "Review," Washington Calendar Monthly, July, 1978.

Douglas, Charlotte. “John Blee” (exhibition catalogue). Essay in English translated into Russian by David Matlock. Moscow, USSR: Spaso House, 1990.

Forgey, Benjamin. "Review," Washington Star, April, 1981.

Hooton, Bruce. "John Blee Paintings," Art/World, October, 1988.

Matlock, David. "John Blee" (exhibition catalogue), 1981.
"Imagism"(exhibition catalogue), 1987.

Phillips, Renee. “John Blee” Manhattan Arts, April/May, 1991.

Rayman, Abby Wasserman. "Review," Montgomery Journal, June, 1978.

Richard, Paul. "Review," Washington Post, April, 1981.

Seeny, Lynn. "The Outer Limit Gallery," The New Common Good, June, 1987.

Shaw-Eagle, Joanna. "Art Patrons Draw," The Washington Times, February 12, 2006.

Westfall, Stephen. "Romantic Science" (exhibition catalogue), 1981.

Museum Collections

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Museum of Modern Art, Erevan, Armenia

Cultural Foundation of Russia, Moscow, Russia

Public Collections

Sarah Biontino Consultants, Brussels, Belgium

Banker's Trust Company, New York, NY

Budd Larner Gross Pacillo Rosenbaum Greenberg Sade, New York, NY

J. D. Welsh and Associates, New York, NY

Education

M.A. (Painting), Hunter College, New York, NY.
Studied with Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Morris, and Robert Motherwell

B.F.A. (Painting), Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD.
Studied with Robert Moskowitz     LINK

 

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