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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Lanoue Fine Art – solo exhibition, Boston Massachusetts
2008 New Zones – solo exhibition, Calgary, Canada
Fay Gold Gallery – solo exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
2007 Lanoue Fine Art – solo exhibition, Boston, Massachusetts
Zeitgeist Gallery – solo exhibition, Nashville, Tennessee
2006 Fay Gold Gallery – solo exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
Blue Gallery – solo exhibition, Kansas City, Missouri
2005 New Zones – solo exhibition, Calgary, Canada
Cumberland Gallery – solo exhibition, Nashville, Tennessee
Museum Works Gallery – "Defining Nature", group exhibition, Los Angeles, California
2004 Fay Gold Gallery – solo exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
2003 Volunteer State College – solo exhibition, Gallatin, Tennessee
The Etherton Gallery – invitational group exhibition, Tucson, Arizona
2002 Blue Gallery – solo exhibition, Kansas City, Missouri
New zones Gallery – group exhibition – Calgary, Canada
The Lowe Gallery – solo exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
2001 Side by Side – Group Invitational, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1999 Yeiser Art Center – solo exhibition, Paducah Kentucky
1995 Cheekwood Museum of Fine Art – Two Beauties, solo exhibition, Nashville Tennessee
AWARDS
2001 Christoph Merian Foundation – Artist in Residence, Weil Am Rhein, Germany
1997 Christoph Merian Foundation – Artist in Residence, Arlesheim, Switzerland
1996 Tennessee Arts Commission – Individual Artist Fellowship, Nashville, Tennessee
ARTFAIRS
2008 AIPAD – New York, New York
2006 Art-212 Contemporary Art Fair – New York, New York
Art Chicago – Chicago Illinois
2005 Scope Art Fair – Miami, Florida
AAF Contemporary Art Fair – New York, New York
Art Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
2005 San Francisco International Art Exposition – San Francisco, California
2004 AAF Contemporary Art Fair – New York, New York
Art Chicago – Chicago Illinois
2003 San Francisco International Art Exposition – San Francisco, California
2002 Art Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
San Francisco International Art Exposition – San Francisco, California
2001 Boston International Fine Art show – Boston, Massachusetts
Miami International Art Fair - Miami, Florida
2000 Boston International Fine Art Show – Boston, Massachusetts
COLLECTIONS
Terminus, Atlanta, Georgia
King and Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia
Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, Georgia
Sprint PCS Communications Company, Kansas City, Missouri
Coral Energy Incorporated, Calgary, Canada
Progress Energy Incorporated, Raleigh, North Carolina
Monarch Incorporated, Atlanta, Georgia
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dollar General Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS
Ridley, Jim, Critics Picks, Nashville Scene, September 2007
LaFerriere, Catherine, John Folsom: Recent Works, ArtScope Magazine, Setpember 2007
Cole-Miller, Julie, Southern Accents, September-October 2006
Hoppen, Stephanie, "Picture Perfect: Collecting Art and Photography, 2004 London:
Aurum Press Limited.
Architectural Digest, "Art across America", May 2003
Ryesky, Helen, "Painterly Landscapes at Pentimenti", Art Matters, November 2000
Wall, Donna Dorian, "At Home in the Landscape", Southern Accents,
Sept.-Oct.2000, P114
New American Paintings, June - July 2000
Smith, Terri, Plus Four, Art Papers, March – April 2000
EDUCATION
1990 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois,
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Cinema and Photography
2009 Lanoue Fine Art – solo exhibition, Boston Massachusetts
2008 New Zones – solo exhibition, Calgary, Canada
Fay Gold Gallery – solo exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
2007 Lanoue Fine Art – solo exhibition, Boston, Massachusetts
Zeitgeist Gallery – solo exhibition, Nashville, Tennessee
2006 Fay Gold Gallery – solo exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
Blue Gallery – solo exhibition, Kansas City, Missouri
2005 New Zones – solo exhibition, Calgary, Canada
Cumberland Gallery – solo exhibition, Nashville, Tennessee
Museum Works Gallery – "Defining Nature", group exhibition, Los Angeles, California
2004 Fay Gold Gallery – solo exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
2003 Volunteer State College – solo exhibition, Gallatin, Tennessee
The Etherton Gallery – invitational group exhibition, Tucson, Arizona
2002 Blue Gallery – solo exhibition, Kansas City, Missouri
New zones Gallery – group exhibition – Calgary, Canada
The Lowe Gallery – solo exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
2001 Side by Side – Group Invitational, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1999 Yeiser Art Center – solo exhibition, Paducah Kentucky
1995 Cheekwood Museum of Fine Art – Two Beauties, solo exhibition, Nashville Tennessee
AWARDS
2001 Christoph Merian Foundation – Artist in Residence, Weil Am Rhein, Germany
1997 Christoph Merian Foundation – Artist in Residence, Arlesheim, Switzerland
1996 Tennessee Arts Commission – Individual Artist Fellowship, Nashville, Tennessee
ARTFAIRS
2008 AIPAD – New York, New York
2006 Art-212 Contemporary Art Fair – New York, New York
Art Chicago – Chicago Illinois
2005 Scope Art Fair – Miami, Florida
AAF Contemporary Art Fair – New York, New York
Art Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
2005 San Francisco International Art Exposition – San Francisco, California
2004 AAF Contemporary Art Fair – New York, New York
Art Chicago – Chicago Illinois
2003 San Francisco International Art Exposition – San Francisco, California
2002 Art Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
San Francisco International Art Exposition – San Francisco, California
2001 Boston International Fine Art show – Boston, Massachusetts
Miami International Art Fair - Miami, Florida
2000 Boston International Fine Art Show – Boston, Massachusetts
COLLECTIONS
Terminus, Atlanta, Georgia
King and Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia
Fulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, Georgia
Sprint PCS Communications Company, Kansas City, Missouri
Coral Energy Incorporated, Calgary, Canada
Progress Energy Incorporated, Raleigh, North Carolina
Monarch Incorporated, Atlanta, Georgia
Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dollar General Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS
Ridley, Jim, Critics Picks, Nashville Scene, September 2007
LaFerriere, Catherine, John Folsom: Recent Works, ArtScope Magazine, Setpember 2007
Cole-Miller, Julie, Southern Accents, September-October 2006
Hoppen, Stephanie, "Picture Perfect: Collecting Art and Photography, 2004 London:
Aurum Press Limited.
Architectural Digest, "Art across America", May 2003
Ryesky, Helen, "Painterly Landscapes at Pentimenti", Art Matters, November 2000
Wall, Donna Dorian, "At Home in the Landscape", Southern Accents,
Sept.-Oct.2000, P114
New American Paintings, June - July 2000
Smith, Terri, Plus Four, Art Papers, March – April 2000
EDUCATION
1990 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois,
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Cinema and Photography
John Folsom (b. 1967) is a mixed media artist born and raised in Paducah, Kentucky. He received his
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinema and Photography from Southern Illinois University. His work deals
primarily with the way in which images of landscape are used or fictionalized to present a personal sense
of place . Folsom’s photographic paintings have been widely exhibited for the past 10 years and can be
found in many collections worldwide.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinema and Photography from Southern Illinois University. His work deals
primarily with the way in which images of landscape are used or fictionalized to present a personal sense
of place . Folsom’s photographic paintings have been widely exhibited for the past 10 years and can be
found in many collections worldwide.