Sold Lot #15 John Gall Surreal Etching on Paper "Knowledge Seeker with his Joys"

John D. Gall etching on paper entitled "Knowledge Seeker with his Joys". Outsider punk art, surrealism influence. Highly detailed and fantastical. Signed in the plate lower left recto. Original studio label on verso.
Nicely framed under glass in wooden frame.
Framed size measures 13" x 11".
Condition: No damage noted.
Bio:
John D. Gall was born in 1943 at St. Louis, MO. John is married and has resided in North Carolina since 1970.
Current contact information:

John D. Gall
106 Avonwood Drive
Jamestown, NC 27282
phone: 336-740-0040c 336-292-2057h
email: johngallartist@gmail.com
website: johngallart.com

Membership and Associations:

Southern Graphics Council
Mid-America Print Council
The Print Consortium
Center for Visual Arts (Greensboro)
Associated Artist of Winston-Salem (Exhibiting Artist)
Printmakers of North Carolina

Art involvement:

Work as preparator for the Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, NC.
Active aa a visiting artist to various educational institutions, providing lectures and demonstrations.
Teach relief and intaglio printmaking at Guilford College, Greensboro, NC part-time as needed.

Education:

Miami-Dade Junior College (1964-65), Miami, FL
Guilford College (1989-92), Greensboro, NC

Exhibitions History/ Achievements:
Solo Exhibitions:

2019 Invited to exhibit at "The Gallery" at River Landing ,Colfax, NC. 35 prints, drawings, and paintings shown.

2016 More than 15 new oil paintings "New Paintings by John D Gall" exhibited at Derurk Gallery.

2014 One person painting show, Strange Fiction, at Adam Cave Fine Art, Raleigh, NC. The show was in
connection with Catherine Thornton, representing sculpture. 16 new oil paintings were exhibited.

2013 Invited to exhibit at Delurk Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC, as one of three one person shows: Nonsense and Fantasy, Works by John D. Gall.

2012 One person show, Truth and Fantasy, one of five solo shows in conjunction with The Vocabulary of Printmaking: Its Origins and Techniques,exhibited at the Waterworks Visual Arts Center,Salisbury, NC.

2012 One person show, John Gall: Selections from Twenty Years, at The Theartre Arts Galleries, High Point, NC

2009 One person show, Fables and Fantasy, at Adam Cave Fine Art, Raleigh, NC. Mixed media works on paper and
original prints were exhibited.

2009 One person show at the University of West Georgia, Bobick Gallery: Facts, Fables, and Fantasy-The Realm of Knowledge Seekers. Intaglio and relief prints and mixed media works on paper were exhibited. Demonstrations and a gallery talk were given in conjunction with the exhibition.

2006 One person show at UNC-Wilmington. On view at the Warick Center, the “UNCW-Presents” show includes 25 works of both intaglio hand pulled prints and mixed media works on paper. The show was entitled: “Human Equations”- Prints and drawings.

2006 One person show at the Theatre Art Galleries, High Point. Fourteen etchings and fourteen works on paper from 1996 through 2006 were exhibited.

2006 Invited to show at the Moring Art Center, Asheboro, NC. Exhibited prints and drawing in connection with sculpture artist, William Donnan.

2004 One person show held at Triad Stage, a satellite gallery of the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art. The show was entitled Human Equations- The Series. The exhibited works were intaglio prints.

2004 One person show at Waddell Art Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College, Loudoun Campus, Sterling, VA. A selection of intaglio prints from the Human Equations series created from 1994 thought 2004 wereexhibited. Work was purchased for the school’s permanent collection.

2004 One person show at the Eastern Standard Gallery, Greensboro, NC. An exhibition of 25 mixed media works on paper entitled: The Botanicals were exhibited. The series featured trees, flowers, shrubs, weeds, and other botanicals within a few hundred feet of my studio, incorporating scientific symbols.

2001 One person show at Reinhardt College, Waleska, GA. Approximately 35 intaglio prints and mixed media drawings were exhibited. A Gallery talk was given. Work was selected for the permanent collection of the college.

1997 One person show, Pressure Sensitive, Elliott University Galleries, UNCG, Greensboro, NC. Etchings from two series were exhibited.

1995 One person show, Italy and Beyond, Theatre Arts Gallery, High Point, NC. Approximately 30 intaglio prints from the Italian series and the Souls series were exhibited.

1992 One person show, Mindscapes, Elliott Center Gallery, UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.
New mixed media works on paper.

Selected Group Shows (recent only):

2021 Invited for exhibit in the Winter Show at the Green Hill Center for NC Art

2020 A featured artist at Delurk Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC. Curated by Chad Beroth

2017 Work selected for the Center for Visual Art's members show. Juror: Edie Carpenter, Curator, Green Hill Center. Awarded 2nd place.

2016 Work selected for all members juried show, Center for Visual Artists, Greensboro, NC. Juror:
Emily Stamey, Curator of Exhibitions, Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG.

2015 Invited to exhibit with 3 other printmakers at the In Focus gallery, in the Green Hill Center, Greensboro, NC

2015 Featured in ArtGuide magazine (August 2015). Article: Dualism in Surrealism.

2015 Work selected for the 2015 US Figure Skating Championships poster competition semi-finalist exhibition at the Greensboro Coliseum complex.

2014 Invited to exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Art, in the drawing show, Line, Touch. Trace.
curated by Edie Carpenter, curator at the Green Hill, Greensboro, NC, and Jennifer Dasal, Associate Curator for Contemporary Art, NCMA, Raleigh, NC. Thirteen artists were selected for the show.

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