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ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | Jonathan Silver: Matter and Vision, plaster, bronze & drawing, Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY (May 12-June 30, 2022) |
| 2018 | Jonathan Silver: Drawings and Heads, curated by Marion Smit, The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture (December 8–January 20, 2019) |
| 2017 | Jonathan Silver, Rental Gallery, East Hampton, NY (July 1–25) |
| 2008 | Jonathan Silver: Sculpture, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY (March 11–April 12) |
| 1995 | Jonathan Silver: Heads, memorial exhibition curated by Michael Brenson, Sculpture Center, New York, NY (November 14–December 23) |
| 1992 | Jonathan Silver: Drawings, Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY (April 2–25) |
| Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Inc., Houston, TX | |
| 1991 | Sculpture by Jonathan Silver, Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY (September 4–October 12) |
| 1990 | Mary, Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1989 | Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA (January) |
| The Lower Room: An Installation, Sculpture Center, New York, NY (September 5–October 7) | |
| 1988 | Jonathan Silver: Recent Sculpture and an Installation, Chance Overthrown, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ (April 24–June 12) |
| Triangle Artist’s Workshop, Mashomack Fish and Game Preserve, Pine Plains, NY | |
| Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Inc., Houston, TX (December) | |
| 1987–88 | Jonathan Silver: Sculpture, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD (December 3–January 2) |
| 1987 | Jonathan Silver, Carlson Gallery, Bernard Center, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT (December) |
| Faulk Visiting Artist: Jonathan Silver, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Art Museum, Greensboro, NC (February 22 – March 15) | |
| 1986 | Jonathan Silver: Sculpture, 1976–1986, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY (November 1–December 20) |
| 1984 | Jonathan Silver: Sculpture, The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2020 | Alberto Giacometti, Herbert Matter, Matthew Monahan, Jonathan Silver, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY (November 14, 2019—March 7, 2020) |
| 2018 | Nicole Klagsbrun, Chelsea Showroom, New York, NY (May 2–6) |
| 2012 | Heads, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY (January 19–February 18) |
| 2011 | Summer Paper, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY (July 7–August 5) |
| 2008 | A Sculpture Show 2008 featuring Anthony Caro, Jon Isherwood, John Ruppert, Annette Sauermann, Jonathan Silver, Osami Tanaka, and John Van Alstine, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD (January 17–February 23) |
| 2006 | Five Sculptors: Peter Agostini, Christopher Cairns, Bruce Gagnier, Jonathan Silver, George Spaventa, organized by Alexis, Christopher and Nicholas Cairns, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA (March 31—April 30) |
| 2002 | Alfred H. Mauer and Jonathan Silver: An Installation, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York, NY (December 5–January 25) |
| 1993 | Summer Salon, Victoria Munroe Fine Art, New York, NY (July 8–August 13) |
| Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Inc., Houston, TX | |
| 1992 | On Paper, Sculpture Center, New York, NY (February 1–22) |
| American Institute Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (March 2–29) | |
| Apocalypse and Resurrection: Art Exhibit and Benefit for American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFar), curated by Douglas Maxwell, The Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY (April 23–May 2) | |
| 15th Anniversary Show, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD (opened in November) | |
| 1991 | Works by Joel Fisher, Cristina Iglesias, Jim Sanborn, and Jonathan Silver, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD (reviewed January 22; closed February 28) |
| Bronze, Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY (reviewed March 1992) | |
| Food Center Sculpture Park at Hunt’s Point, Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, Bronx, NY (reviewed March 8, closed in December) | |
| Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, CT (closed October 31) | |
| Selected Works, Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Inc., Houston, TX | |
| 1990 | Sculptors Draw the Nude, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY (March 20—April 18) |
| The Expressionist Surface, curated by Barbara C. Matilsky, Queens Museum, Queens, NY (June 9—August 26) | |
| National Academy of Design, New York, NY | |
| 1989 | IIème Biennale de Sculpture Monte-Carlo 89, Marisa del Re Gallery, Inc., Monte-Carlo, Monaco (March 25—September 30) |
| 1988–89 | Sculptures and Sculptors’ Drawings, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC (October 11—February 21) |
| 1988 | Views and Reviews: Sculpture by Anthony Caro, Joel Fisher, Arthur Gibbons, Reuben Nakian, and Jonathan Silver, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD (January 2—30) |
| American Baroque, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY (December) | |
| 1987 | Romanticism and Classicism, curated by Lenore Malen, The Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York, Bayside, NY (March 15-April 3) |
| 1986 | Heads: A Sculpture Show, curated by Jonathan Silver and Hilarie Johnston, The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY (January 2-February 14) |
| Art on Paper 1986: The 22nd Weatherspoon Annual Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC (November 16-December 14) | |
| 1985 | Group Drawing Show, The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY (reviewed January 25, closed February 8) |
| Twentieth Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition, The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY (May 2-31) | |
| Gallery Artists and Introductory Works of Grégoire Müller, Jonathan Silver, Harry Kramer, Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY (opened September 6) | |
| 1979 | Jonathan Silver and Christopher Cairns, The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY (opened September 2) |
| 1978 | Jonathan Silver and Christopher Cairns, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC (September 10-October 1) |
| 1976–77 | Christopher Cairns, Jonathan Silver: Sculpture, Gallery 4×10, New York, NY (December 14-January 1) |
| 1976 | Christopher Cairns, Bruce Gagnier, Jonathan Silver, Comfort Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA (March 27-April 25) |
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
City of Baltimore, Maryland, MD
Sid Singer, Mamaroneck, NY
The Southeastern Corporation, Atlanta, GA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
TEACHING POSITIONS
1981–92 New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY
1983–84 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1970–92 Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Montclair State College, Montclair, NJ
1966 Fall; 1967 Fall; 1968 Spring; 1969 Fall, Lecturer, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS BY JONATHAN SILVER
Review of Larry Rivers by Sam Hunter, The Print Collector’s Newsletter 1, no. 8 (July–August 1970), 67–69.
“A Sense of Human Motion,” ArtNews 73, no. 7 (April 1974), 81. Review of Peter Agostini exhibition at Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
“Giacometti: Frontality and Cubism,” ArtNews 73, no. 6 (Summer 1974), 40–42. Review of Giacometti exhibition at the Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY.
“Elie Nadelman: A Single Notion of Style,” ArtNews 74, no. 9 (November 1975), 70–72. Review of Nadelman retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
“Remaking the History of American Sculpture,” ArtNews 79, no. 6 (Summer 1976), 70–72. Review of 200 Years of American Sculpture at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, March 16–September 26, 1976.
Review of the Susan Rodgers exhibition at the Touchstone Gallery, New York, NY. Art World, May 1982.
“The Classical Cubism of David Smith.” ArtNews 82, no. 2 (February 1983), 100–103. Review of Smith exhibitions at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
“Christopher Cairns: Sculpture at New York Studio School,” Art World 30, no. 2 (November 1985). Review of Cairns exhibitions at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture and the Leslie Cecil Gallery, both in New York, NY.
“Giacometti on the Couch: A Biography,” ArtNews 85, no. 3 (March 1986), 43–44. Review of Giacometti: A Biography, by James Lord.
“William Tucker,” ArtNews 89, no. 1 (January 1990), 160. Review of William Tucker exhibition at the David McKee Gallery, New York, NY.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Christopher Cairns, Bruce Gagnier, Jonathan Silver, (Haverford, PA: Comfort Gallery, 1976), catalogue for exhibition of the same name at the Comfort Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, March 27–April 25, 1976.
William Zimmer, “Christopher Cairns/Jonathan Silver,” review of Cairns’s and Silver’s two-person exhibition at the Gallery 4×10, New York, NY, Arts Magazine 51, no. 8 (February 1977): 38.
Mona da Vinci, “Jonathan Silver,” review of Silver’s sculptures in a two-person show at Gallery 4×10, New York, NY, ArtNews 76, no. 4 (April 1977): 132.
Cynthia Nadelman, “Christopher Cairns and Jonathan Silver,” review of two-person exhibition at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY, ArtNews 79, no. 1 (January 1980): 162, 164.
Michael Brenson, “Art People: Studio School True to Itself,” New York Times, February 25, 1983, C18.
Barnaby Ruhe, review of Silver’s exhibition at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY, Art World, November, 1984.
Michael Brenson, “Art: Sculpture by Jonathan Silver,” review of exhibition at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY, New York Times, November 23, 1984, C34.
Michael Brenson, “Group Drawing Show,” review of group exhibition at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY, New York Times, January 25, 1985, C24.
Michael Brenson, review of Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY, New York Times, May 24, 1985, C21.
Michael Brenson, “Heads,” review of group exhibition, curated by Jonathan Silver and Hilarie Johnston, at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY, New York Times, January 31, 1986, C32.
Michael Brenson, “A Fall Art Scene That’s Bristling with Energy: Genteel SoHo Is Still a Vital Center of Activity,” SoHo gallery round-up that includes a review of Silver’s exhibition at Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY, New York Times, November 7, 1986, C26.
Art on Paper 1986: The 22nd Weatherspoon Annual Exhibition, (Greensboro, NC: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, 1986), catalogue for exhibition of the same name at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, November 16–December 14, 1986.
Michael Brenson, “Sculpture Breaks the Mold of Minimalism,” New York Times, November 23, 1986, H1, H23.
Susan Gill, “Jonathan Silver,” review of Silver’s exhibition at the Gruenebaum Gallery, ArtNews 86, no. 2 (February 1987): 139–40.
Jed Perl, “Jottings along the way,” includes review of Silver’s exhibition at the Gruenebaum Gallery, New Criterion 5, no. 7 (March 1987): 19–20.
Lenore Malen, Romanticism and Classicism (Bayside, NY: Queensboro Community College, 1987): 28-29, catalogue for exhibition of the same name, Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York, Bayside, New York, March 15–April 3, 1987.
Lynne Ambrosini, interview with Jonathan Silver, in Rodin: The Cantor Gift to the Brooklyn Museum (New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1987): 37-41. Catalogue for exhibition of the same name published in connection with the opening of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery at the Brooklyn Museum.
Michael Brenson, “Rodin’s Heroic Figures in an Analytic Age,” New York Times, August 23, 1987, section 2, 7.
John Dorsey, “The Sculpture of Survival: Classic Forms Convey Modern-day Message,” review of Silver’s exhibition at C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Sun, December 3, 1987, 1C, 11C.
John Dorsey, “Religious Impulse Shapes Silver’s Sculptural Vision,” review of Silver’s exhibition at C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Sun, December 23, 1987, 1B, 4B.
William Zimmer, “Erudite Sculpture in Montclair,” review of Silver’s exhibition at Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, New York Times, (New Jersey Edition), May 29, 1988, NJ8.
Pedro Cuperman, American Baroque (New York: Holly Solomon Gallery, 1988): 17-19, 34 (Spanish translation: 77-78, 88), catalogue for exhibition of the same name at the Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY, December 1988.
Triangle Artists’ Workshop, 1988 (Pine Plains, NY: Triangle Arts Association, 1988), catalogue for the exhibition of the work of artists participating in the Triangle Artists’ Workshop at Mashomack Fish and Game Preserve in Pine Plains, NY, 1988.
John Dorsey, “Venus Sculpture Slashes Niche at Charles Center,” review of Silver’s Birth of Venus in Hopkins Plaza, Charles Center, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Sun, January 31, 1989, 1C, 2C.
Jean-Louis Prat, IIème Biennale de Sculpture Monte-Carlo 89 (Monte-Carlo and New York: Marisa Del Re Gallery, 1989): 63. Catalogue for exhibition of the same name, organized by New York’s Marisa del Re Gallery, in collaboration with Société des bains de mer for Les Printemps des arts de Monte-Carlo Casino, Monte-Carlo, Monaco, March 25–September 30, 1989.
Donna Harkavy, Jonathan Silver: The Lower Room, an Installation (New York: Sculpture Center, 1989), catalogue for exhibition of the same name at the Sculpture Center, September 5–October 7, 1989.
Michael Brenson, “A Tableau Invoking the Netherworld,” review of Silver’s exhibition at the Sculpture Center, New York Times, September 8, 1989, C22.
Lisa Holst, “Jonathan Silver: Sculpture Center,” Review of Silver’s exhibition at the Sculpture Center, ArtNews 88, no. 9 (November 1989): 169–70.
Eileen Myles, “Jonathan Silver at Sculpture Center,” review of Silver’s exhibition at the Sculpture Center, Art in America 78, no. 1 (January 1990): 157.
Barbara C. Matilsky, The Expressionist Surface: Contemporary Art in Plaster (Flushing, NY: The Queens Museum, 1990): 34-35, catalogue for exhibition of the same name at the Queens Museum, Flushing, NY, June 9–August 26, 1990.
Michael Brenson, “Plaster as a Medium, Not Just an Interim Step,” review of The Expressionist Surface: Contemporary Art in Plaster at the Queens Museum, New York Times, July 13, 1990, C23.
Michael Brenson, “Sculpture Garden Yields Bumper Crop,” review of group exhibition at the Kouros Gallery Sculpture Center, Ridgefield, Connecticut, New York Times (Connecticut Edition), September 16, 1990, CN26.
Walker Art Center: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection (Minneapolis, MN and New York: Rizzoli International Publications and the Walker Art Center, 1990): 553.
John Dorsey, “Sculpture Show Themes: Death, Disintegration—and Continuity,” review of four-person sculpture exhibition at the Morton Street and Charles Street spaces of the C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Sun, January 22, 1991, 1D, 8D.
Michael Brenson, “Sculpture Borne by the Earth and Lighted by the Sky,” review of group exhibition at the Food Center Sculpture Park at Hunt’s Point, Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, Bronx, NY, New York Times, March 8, 1991, C30.
Gerrit Henry, “Jonathan Silver at Victoria Munroe,” review of Silver’s exhibition at the Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, NY, September 4-October 12, ArtNews 90, no. 9 (November 1991): 135.
Robert Taplin, “Jonathan Silver at Victoria Munroe,” Art in America 79, no. 11 (November 1991): 148–49.
Peggy Cyphers, review of Silver’s exhibition at Victoria Munroe, Arts, 66, no. 4 (December 1991): 79–80.
Selected Works (Houston, TX: Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Inc., 1991), catalogue for exhibition of the same name.
Douglas Dreishpoon, “New Bronze Sculpture,” review of group exhibition at Frumkin/Adams, New York, NY, ArtNews 91, no. 3 (March 1992): 136.
Douglas Dreishpoon, “Jonathan Silver: Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York,” review of Silver’s exhibition at the Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, Sculpture 11, no. 2 (March–April 1992): 68–69.
Apocalypse and Resurrection: Art Exhibit and Benefit for American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFar) (New York: Gallery Three Zero, 1992), catalogue for exhibition of the same name curated by Douglas Maxwell, at Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY, New York, April 23–May 2, 1992.
Roberta Smith, “Jonathan Silver, 54, a Sculptor Known for Mixing Forms, Dies,” New York Times, July 13, 1992, B9.
John Dorsey, “In Presentation of Works, Artistry Anew,” review of 15th Anniversary Show at the C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Sun, November 5, 1992, 9E.
Michael Brenson, Jonathan Silver: Heads (New York: Sculpture Center, 1995) catalogue for memorial exhibition of the same name, curated by Michael Brenson, Sculpture Center, New York NY, November 14–December 23, 1995.
Pepe Karmel, “Jonathan Silver: ‘Heads’,” review of Silver’s exhibition at the Sculpture Center, New York Times, December 1, 1995, C32.
Nancy Princenthal, “Jonathan Silver at the Sculpture Center,” Art in America 84, no. 3 (March 1996): 101.
Cynthia Nadelman, “Jonathan Silver: Sculpture Center,” ArtNews 95, no. 4 (April 1996): 135–36.
Five Sculptors: Peter Agostini, Christopher Cairns, Bruce Gagnier, Jonathan Silver, George Spaventa (Haverford, PA: Haverford College, 2006), catalogue for exhibition of the same name, organized by Alexis, Christopher, and Nicholas Cairns, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, March 31–April 30, 2006, 14-17.
Cindy Kelly, Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore: A Historical Guide to Public Art in the Monumental City (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011): 8, 41.
Coleen Fitzgibbon, Jonathan Silver, Infidel in the Studio (New York, NY: LES Press, 2017).
Marion Smit, Michael Brenson, and Virginia Budny, Jonathan Silver: Drawings and Heads (New York: The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, 2019), catalogue for exhibition of the same name, curated by Marion Smit, The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture December 8–January 20, 2019.
FILM
Jonathan Silver: Infidel in the Studio. Directed by Coleen Fitzgibbon, 1992–2017.