Bio
Jon Duff (b. 1986, Oconomowoc, WI) received his MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2012, and his BFA from the University of Minnesota in 2008. He is a 2011 alum of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and he attended the Triangle Artists’ Workshop in 2012. After graduating from MICA, Duff was a finalist for the Janet and Walter Sondheim Award in 2012. His work has been exhibited internationally and has been featured in numerous publications including New American Paintings, ArtMaze, Ambit and JOIA Magazine. Duff is currently employed as the Exhibitions and Art Collection Curator at Adelphi University in New York while he also pursues independent curatorial projects.
Artworks available from the artist and through Mazel Galerie, GR Gallery, PaperView, Curina and BlueWash
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Born 1986, Oconomowoc, WI
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2012 — MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art
2008 — BFA, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities
Exhibitions
Solo
2021 — Discombobulated, ROY G BIV Gallery, OH
2020 — Ope!, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, BE
2016 — Panspermia on Amazon Prime, Current Space, MD
2014 — Radical Sabbatical, MINT Gallery, GA
2014 — Lowest Bidder, Bedford Gallery, VA
2009 — Jon Duff, 1419 Gallery, MN
Group
2023 — Eve Presents #3, Eve Leibe Gallery, UK
2023 — Scatter Terrain, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery at Lebanon Valley College, PA
2023 — Scatter Terrain, Julio Fine Arts Gallery at Loyola University, MD
2022 — Maximum Overdrive, Adelphi University, NY
2022 — Excelsior, Mazel Galerie, Brussels, BE
2022 — My Pet Ram, New York, NY
2022 — Instagram Live, 19 Karen Contemporary Art Space, Gold Coast, AU
2022 — Scatter Terrain, Penn State, PA
2022 — Spotlight Showcase, Arch Enemy Arts, PA
2022 — Artsin Square Online Exhibition
2022 — Fabulous Finds, 5-50 Gallery, NY
2021 — Summer Camp, GR Gallery, NY
2021 — Heatwave, Dodomu Gallery, NY
2021 — Fluff, Helios Fine Art, NV
2021 — Scatter Terrain, Ejecta Projects, PA
2021 — Look Who’s Coming to Dinner, Machines with Magnets, RI
2021 — Dreams and Their Edges, curated by John Seed, I Like Your Work Podcast
2020 — House of Mount Royal, MICA, MD
2020 — EXH 04, Floorr Magazine
2020 — Creatures, Beasts and Myths, Vacant Museum
2020 — The NOW Exhibition, A WAY Gallery
2020 — Paradice Palase, NY
2020 — Feeling Loopy, Treat Gallery / Foley Gallery, NY
2020 — Magical Thinking, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, CT
2020 — Objects, CICA Museum, Gimpo South Korea
2020 — Untitled 16, Soo Visual Arts, MN
2019 — Fresh Blood, PROTO GOMEZ, NY
2019 — Damaged Art, 98 Orchard, NY
2019 — BE. LONG, Dutoit Gallery, OH
2019 — 215|610 CONTEMPORARY, Curated by PAFA’s Contemporary Curator Jodi Throckmorton, Delaware County Community College, PA
2019 — Orchard Art Collective, PA
2019 — Topainterstopaintings Online Exhibition #2, Curated by Kurt Beers
2019 — Color, Curated by Jocelyn Miller, Assistant Curator at MoMA PS1, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, NY
2019 — Now Is The Future, Local Project, NY
2019 — GIFC, The Hole, NY
2019 — Greenpoint Gallery, NY
2019 — ImageOHIO 19, ROY B GIV Gallery, OH
2018 — GIFC, Fisher Parrish Gallery, NY
2018 — Undercurrent, Hunter College, NY
2017 — Unnatural History, Spartanburg Art Museum, SC
2017 — Dog and Pony Show, Area 405, MD
2017 — NOW: SEE US, HEAR US, Sediment Arts, VA
2016 — Paying Attention, Sediment Arts, VA
2016 — Spooky Action, Lazy Susan Gallery, NY
2016 — Fabled Mechanisms, Altered Esthetics, MN
2016 — Landscapes, BFP Creative, NY
2016 — Flat File: Year Three, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, NY
2015 — The Soul & The Pawn Shop, Sediment Arts, VA
2015 — Mind The Gaps, Sediment Arts, VA
2014 — Seeking Space, Be Electric, NY
2014 — Live Amateurs, MINT Gallery, GA
2013 — Body Dirt, The Refrigerator Artspace, VA
2013 — From Joy To Terror, Delaware Center For Contemporary Art, DE
2013 — From Joy To Terror, School 33, MD
2012 — Sondheim Finalist Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
2012 — A-Tent-ion, Artscape, MD
2011 — Strength In Numbers, Scope Miami, FL
2011 — Reformation, ME
2011 — The Crunch, City Arts, MD
2010 — Valley Peasant, MD
2010 — Waste/Loss, Gallery 500, MD
2010 — Foot in the Door 4, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN
2009 — Walls Were So Last Year, 1419 Gallery, MN
2008 — Minneapolis Center For Photography, MN
2007 — UMN Scholarship Exhibition, Regis Art Center MN
Residencies
2012 — Triangle Artists' Workshop
2011 — Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Awards and Recognition
2020 — 2nd Place Juror's Choice Award, Paradice Palase
2019 — Juror's Choice Award, 215|610 CONTEMPORARY
2014 — Best In Show, Live Amatuers, MINT Gallery
2013 — Barbara Bishop Emerging Artist Award
2012 — Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Finalist
2011 — MICA Graduate Research Grant
2010 — Mt. Royal Graduate Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art
2007 — Katherine E. Nash Studio Art Scholarship, Katherine E. Nash Foundation
2004 — Jim Dowd Scholarship, Jim Dowd Foundation
2003 — Rod Rahn Scholarship, Rod Rahn Foundation
Press
2020 — Jon Duff Makes a Case For More Is More, Everyday Monkey
2019 — The Chaotic Paintings of Jon Duff, Mobi Spirit
2019 — Booooooom
2019 — The Strangeness of Structure, The Citizen (Curatorial Mention)
2019 — Jon Duff’s Paintings, Play Junkie
2019 — Coby Kennedy Art World Inquisition, White Hot Magazine, (Curatorial Mention)
2016 — We Went to Baltimore, Art F City
2015 — 8 Artists to Watch from the 2015 Bushwick Open Studios, Hyperallergic
2012 — The Omitted CP Sondheim Review, There Were Ten Tigers
2012 — State of The Art, Baltimore City Paper
2012 — Discussion With The 2012 Sondheim Finalists, BmoreArt
Publications
2022 — Entheoscope Magazine, 3rd edition
2021 — Scatter Terrain, Ejecta Projects
2020 — Archive 01, Saint Maison Gallery
2020 — Friend of the Artist, Volume 11
2020 — Tomorrow’s Talent, Booooooom
2018 — ArtMaze Mag: Spring Issue 7
2017 — NOW: SEE US, HEAR US
2016 — Ambit Magazine, Issue 226
2016 — Making History Bushwick
2015 — The Soul & The Pawn Shop
2013 — New American Paintings, No. 105
2012 — Skowhegan Print Publication, SENSORIUM
Interviews
2020 — Curina
2020 — JOIA Magazine
2019 — Young Space
2013 — Pursuit of Purpose: Artist Jon Duff
2012 — Oconomowoc Enterprise
Teaching Experience
2021—22 Adjunct Instructor at Merrimack College, Art History and Studio courses
2021—22 Instructor at PI Art Center, Art History and Studio courses
2012—14 Lecturer at Longwood University, Art History and Studio courses
2010—12 Teaching Intern at MICA, Art History and Studio courses
2007—10 Art Instructor University of Minnesota, Youth Programs
Curatorial Experience
2017—Present Exhibitions and Art Collection Curator, Adelphi University, NY
2014—2017 Registrar and Exhibition Design, Joshua Liner Gallery, NY
2012—2014 Gallery Manager/Adjunct Instructor, Longwood University, VA
2008—2010 Art Curator, 1419 Gallery, MN
Selected Curated Exhibitions and Accomplishments
2019 — Strangeness of Structure, String Room Gallery, Wells College, NY (Install Photos)
2019 — Coby Kennedy, Empire of Mythology, Adelphi University, NY
2018 — Amy Brener, Flexi-Shields, Adelphi University, NY
2018 — The Strangeness of Structure, Adelphi University, NY
2018 — Jonathan Latiano, Extinction is a Slow Spectacle, Adelphi University, NY
2018 — Rafaëlle Roy, Kreyon Bondye Pa Gen Gonm, Adelphi University, NY
2014 — Thornton Dial, Across Boundaries, Longwood University, VA
2014 — Walls Are So Last Year, 1419 Gallery, MN