Born in Pinckneyville, Kentucky, 1938

Education

1966–1968    Studied at Atlanta School of Art

1958–1962    Studied at Kansas City Art Institute

Awards and Grants

1986    National Endowment for the Arts Grant

1986    Awarded Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

1985    Awarded Robert C. Scull Foundation for the Arts Grant                                 

1967    Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grant for painting

One Man Shows

2014   John Tweddle, Curated by Alanna Heiss, Kayne Griffin Corcoran

2010    New Sculptures, El Farol, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sponsored by Brook Smith

2009    Drawings by John Tweddle, James Mayor Gallery, London

2006    Studio Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2004    Strehlgasse 20, Zurich, Switzerland, Sponsored by Michael Jewel

2000    Studio Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1999    John Tweddle: In Memory of Robert C. Scull, MoMA PS1, New York City

1995    Studio Show, Atlanta

1994    Studio Show, Santa Fe

1994    Zero One Gallery, Atlanta

1994    Nations Bank Plaza, Atlanta

1992    Trinity Gallery, Atlanta

1991    30 Year Retrospective, Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grange, GA

1989    Open Studio, Los Angeles

1987    Studio Show, Los Angeles

1985    Caroline Lee Gallery, San Antonio

1985    Texas Gallery, Houston

1983    Blum Helman Gallery, New York City

1976    Solway Gallery, New York City

1975    Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati

1974    Walter Kelly Gallery, Chicago

1973    James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angles

1973    The Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis

1972    LoGuidice Gallery, New York

1971    The Hellman Gallery, St. Louis

1970    David Whitney Gallery, New York

1968    Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York

1967    Illien Gallery, Atlanta

1967    Clark College, Atlanta

1966    14th Street Gallery, Atlanta

1965    Judith Alexander Gallery, Atlanta

1964    Adair Gallery, Atlanta

1963    State Line Gallery, Kansas City

Group Exhibitions

2022   Holiday, Art Sales & Research, Clinton Corners, New York

2022   Art Basel, The Mayor Gallery, London

2021   Summer Love, Art Sales & Research, Clinton Corners, New York

2021   Art Basel, The Mayor Gallery, London

2020   International Pop, The Mayor Gallery, London

2020   Anne Brown and John Tweddle: Outsider Artworks from 60s-70s, Art Sales & Research, Clinton Corners New York

2017   Make America Great Again: Works by Peter Saul and John Tweddle, Blondeau & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland

2017   Deadeye Dick: Richard Bellamy and His Circle, Curated by Judith Stein, Peter Freeman, New York, New York

2016   May Day Salon, Rose Burlingham Projects, New York, New York

2015   Georgia/Georgia, Curated by Annette Cone-Skelton, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta

2010   The Visible Vagina, David Nolan Gallery, New York, New York

2009   Exile on Main Street, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2002   Celebration Exhibition of the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta

1992    Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida

1992    Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina

1992    Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin

1992    Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan

1991    Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

1991    Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

1991    Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

1991    Center for Fine Arts, Miami, Florida

1987    “Texas Artists” James Corcoran Gallery, New York

1987    “Texas Artists” James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1986    “Blue Star Exhibition of San Antonio Artists”

1986    Gallery Collection, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York

1985    “Texas Currents” S.A. Art Institute, San Antonio

1985    Group Show, Texas Gallery, Houston

1984    “Landscape Painter” Ducal Palace (grand opening), Gubbio, Italy

1984    “New Narrative Painters” Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico

1983    “Recent Acquisitions” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1981    “Contemporary Paintings and Sculptures #1” Oil and Steel, New York

1980    “Image into Pattern” The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., MoMA P.S.1 New York

1973    “Homers” Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972    “Contemporary American Artist” The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis

1971    “Contemporary American Drawings” French and Co. Inc. New York

1970    “Summer Exhibition of painting and Sculpture” French and Co. Inc. New York

1969    The High Museum of Art, Atlanta

1969    “Arp to Artschwager” 3rd Annual Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York

1968    “NEA Grants to Southwest Artists” Witte Museum, San Antonio

1968    “Arp to Artschwager” 2nd Annual Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York

Periodical Publications Featuring John Tweddle

Art in America

Art News

Art Forum

Art Now

New Art Examiner

New York Times

Vogue

Houston Chronicle

San Antonio Express

Los Angeles Times

Chicago Tribune

Kansas City Star

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Atlanta Journal and Constitution

Books Featuring John Tweddle

Art Today

The Art Dealers

Exile on Main Street

50 Texas Artists  

Texas Currents

The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art

New Narrative Painting: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Public Collections

Blanton Museum of Art, Austin

Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Brook Smith Collection, Louisville, KY

High Museum of Art, Atlanta

Emory University, Atlanta

Georgia Art Commission, Atlanta

Atlanta School of Art, Atlanta

Fulton County Library, Atlanta

Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta

Morris Museum of Art, Atlanta

Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi

Southwest Museum of Art, Corpus Christi

Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City

Institute of Art and Urban Resources, New York

The Robert Scull Foundation, New York

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Saint Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis

Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grange, GA

Witherspoon Art Center, Greensboro, NC

Private Collections

New York: Robert Scull, Charles Cowles, David Whitney, Victor Ganz, Alanna Heiss, Richard Bellamy, Andy Warhol Estate, Joseph Helman, George Waterman, Robert Stearn, Howard Smagula

Los Angeles: James Corcoran, Paul Schimmel, Judy Sachar, Nancy Kattler

Atlanta: Judith Alexander, Ives Illien, Don Chapman, Marcyln Evans, John Lawrence

Kansas City: Dale Eldred, Richard Hollander

Chicago: Walter Kelly, Silverman Collection

Zurich: Bruno Bischoffburger, Michael Jewel

London: David Davies, James Mayor, Stephanie Scull

Other: Ronald Greenberg, St. Louis; Charles Gross, Oxford, MS; James Mitchener, Pipersville, PA; Olga Osborne, San Francisco; Dr. Greg Jackson, San Antonio; Rick Brainin, Van Nuys, CA; Peter and Eileen Norton, Santa Monica; Elizabeth Rowland, San Antonio; Brook Smith, Louisville, KY; Charlie Tweddle, Santa Cruz, CA