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John Recco
P.O. Box 145
5056 NY Route 7
Hoosick, NY 12089
518/686-5875
e-mail: jfrecco@localnet.com
www.johnrecco.com

                                             

EDUCATION

 

Columbia University , New York, NY

Master of Fine Arts , Honors Recipient

Massachusetts College of Art , Boston, MA

Bachelor of Fine Arts , Honors Recipient

        

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006

2005


2004

2003

2001

2000

 

1999

 

1998

1997

1995

1993

1992

1986

1985

"Sacred Greek Landscapes", Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT

"Sacred Greek Landscapes" The Maliotis Cultural Center, Hellenic College, Brookline, MA
"Sacred Greek Landscapes" The Whistler Museum of Art, Lowell, MA

"HOMAGE TO THE BEATLES", 40 Years Hence, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY

"PAINTINGS", Doreen Young Gallery, Simon's Rock College of Bard Great Barrington, MA

"REFLECTIVE TERRAIN" , Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY

"KITCHEN FIT", New Paintings, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
"MemoryScapes" , Recent Paintings, Taber Art Gallery, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
PAINTINGS , The Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY

"KITCHEN MUSCLE", LULU Gallery, Albany, NY
"RECENT PAINTINGS , The Pook Gallery, Walnut Hill School, Natick, MA
"KITCHEN MEMORY MUSCLE", Recent Paintings, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

"TWEAKED STILL LIFES", Kousevitsky Arts Center,   BerkshireCommunity College, Pittsfield, MA

"WARE ST. BLUES'' ,   Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure University, NY

"SELF   PORTRAIT   x 54", Children's Museum of the Arts, New York, NY                           

No. B.I.A. S GALLERY, North Bennington, VT         

No. B.I.A. S GALLERY, North Bennington, VT         

GALLERY 410, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA

PALM GALLERY , Brooklyn, NY

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

 


1998

 

1997

 

 

"Fantastic Visions of Nature", 3 man show, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY

"25 th Anniversary Exhibition", Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY

"Bouquet", Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY

"GIFT", Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY

Holiday Group Show, Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY

"Holiday Realities", Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY

Members Gallery, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region 1999
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
"Art at Steepletop"
The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY

Regional Arts/Regional Issues I: Painting, Curated by Mike Glier
No. B.I.A.S. Gallery, Bennington, VT
"Cheap Thrills", DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Spencertown Academy, Chatam, NY
Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Between Studios, Newer Artists," Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY
"Artists of the Mowhawk Hudson Region, University Art Museum,
S.U. N.Y. Albany, Albany, NY
"No Artificial Flavors", No.   B..I. A. S. Gallery, North Bennington, VT
"1997 Exhibition of Works on Paper", The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA

1996

 

 

 

1995

 

 

1994

1993


1991

1987

1985

1984

"Pulse- Works on Paper", No. B.I. A. S.   Gallery, North Bennington, VT
Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
"1996 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture", Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
"Northern Voices, The No Brow Traveling Medicine Show", The Christine Price Gallery and Fine Arts Center, Castelton State College, Castelton, VT
"No Sanitary Facilities", No. B.I.A.S. Gallery, North Bennington, VT
"60 th Exhibition by Artists of the Mowhawk Hudson Region", Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY

"Northern Voices, The No-Brow Traveling Medicine Show", AS 220 Gallery Providence, RI
"Continuity and Change", PSA Art Showcase V, New York, NY
"Stop The Rocks, Hoosick Area Artists", RCCA: The Arts Center, Troy, NY
"Roll Call" Summer Exhibition, No. B.I.A.S. Gallery, North Bennington, VT
2nd Annual New England Artists Conference, Mass.MOCA, North Adams, MA

Faculty Exhibition, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY

"A Whole Other Ball Game", Gallery 54, Cooperstown, NY
"Seeing the Object: A Tribute to George Nick", Massachusetts College of Art Boston, MA

Artists of Central New York 54 th Annual Exhibition, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY

"New Nature", White Columns, New York, NY

9 th Annual Small Works Show, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NYU, New York, NY

"New Artists, Mixed Media", Curated by Irving Sandler
The Gallery at 112 Greene St, New York, NY
"Select Works", Small Walls Gallery, New York, NY

HONORS AND AWARDS :

2003

2001

 


2000

1999

1998

1998


1985

1984

1981

Fulbright Grant : Greece

European Cultural Centre of Delphi , Greece , Artist-in-Residence
Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust Artist-in-Residence , grant from Lowell Arts Council and Massachusetts Cultural Council
NYFA S.O.S. Grant

New York State Council on the Arts DEC Individual Artists Grant

NYFA S.O.S. Grant

NYFA S.O.S. Grant

Yaddo Fellowship/Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
Millay Colony for the Arts, Fellowship / Residency, Austerlitz, NY

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture , Residency, Saltonstall Scholarship Award, Skowhegan , ME    

Helen R. Elser Scholarship Award, Richter Memorial Foundation Columbia University

H. Munsel Award, Massachusetts College of Art

 

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

  Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, 41 East 57 th Street, 13 th FL, New York, NY


RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2004 Fulbright Foundation of Greece- Greek Fulbright selection panelist
Millay Colony for the Arts - review panelist



REVIEWS OF WORK, ARTICLES, PRINT MEDIA DISPLAY

 

Gallery and Studio , N.Y., NY, page 16, February/March 2004

Timothy Cahill, Still Life with Ringo, The Albany Times Union , January 25, 2004

Nancye Tuttle, The Hellenic Voice , December 2004

Art Now Gallery Guide , pg. 63, February 2004

Nancye Tuttle, The Lowell Sun , December 4, 2003

Art + Auction , February, 2004

Bea Peterson, The Eastwick Press , January 16, 2004

ARTFORUM , February, 2004

Stephanie Coyne, The Lowell Sun, Saturday, December 1, 2001

Timothy Cahill, Williams Alumni Review, Fall/Winter, 2001

Jennifer Callender, Bennington Banner , Thursday, June 21, 2001  

Christine Temin, The Boston Globe , Wednesday, July 26, 2000

Mary Bagg, The Valley Advocate , June 15, 2000

Owen Findsen, The Cincinnati Enquirer , Friday, September 10, 1999

William Jaeger, Albany Times Union , Sunday, June 15, 1997

Randall Howe, Berkshire Week , September 4, 1997

Dale Kolenberg, The Troy Record , April 15, 1995

P. Stitelman, Bennington Banner , October 14, 1993

Jonas Kover, Utica Observer Dispatch , October 14, 1991

Phyllis Braff, The New York Times, January 13, 1985

Will Grant, "Gigantism of Scale", ARTSPEAK , New York, September 16, 1985

"Two Collections in Which Realism Reigns", New York Newsday , Tuesday, May 28, 1985

"New Artists, Mixed Media", ARTSPEAK , New York, January, 1984

" MFA Candidates Exhibit", Columbia University Record , February, 1984


EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

 

"1997 EXHIBITION OF WORKS ON PAPER", Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Introduction by Jerry Saltz, Contributing Editor, Art In America

"1997 ARTISTS OF THE HUDSON MOWHAWK HUDSON REGION", University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York,

Introduction by Dan Cameron, Senior Curator of the New Musum of Contemporary Art, NY, NY

"1996 ARTISTS OF THE HUDSON MOWHAWK REGION", The Albany Institute of Art and Art History; Intro.by Jock Reynolds, Curator of the Addison Museum, Philips Academy, Andover, MA

"1996 EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE" Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Introduction by Dan Cameron, Senior Curator of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

"CONTINUITY AND CHANGE", PSA ART SHOWCASE V, The Public Securities Association, New York, NY, Introduction by Louis Finkelstein

"SEEING THE OBJECT; A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE NICK", Massachusetts College of Art, Alumni Gallery, Boston, MA.

"ARTISTS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK 54 th ANNUAL EXHIBITION", Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, NY. Introduction by Sidney L. Waller  


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004

 

 

1999

 


1997


1996-97

 


1996

 


1995

 

 


1994-95


1988-90

 

1986-87


1984

Athens School of Fine Arts , Athens, Greece
Visiting Artist

Bennington College July Program , Bennington, VT
Painting

Berkshire Community College , Pittsfield, MA
Figure Painting, Drawing I and Drawing II
Williams College , Williamstown, MA
Drawing Course: Abstracting From Nature

Marlboro College , Marlboro, VT
Introduction to Drawing, and Advanced Drawing Tutorial

Bennington College , Bennington, VT
Painting, Studio Foundation and Graduate Painting Seminar
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts , North Adams, MA
Visiting Lecturer; Drawing, Beginning and Advanced

Williams College , Williamstown, MA
Visual Arts Course, "Art Road Trip"
Bennington College , Bennington, VT
Painting, Introductory and Intermediate

Williams College , Williamstown, MA
Visiting Artist, Drawing for M. Glier and A. Podmore
Bennington College , Bennington, VT
Intermediate Painting and Advanced Drawing
Albany Institute of History and Art , Albany, NY
Figure Drawing and Clay Modeling from the Figure

RCCA: The Arts Center , Troy, NY
Beginning Watercolor and Pen and Ink Drawing

Albany Institute of History and Art , Albany, NY
Introductory and Advanced Painting, Introductory and
Advanced Drawing, and Drawing from the Collection

Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY
Drawing and Painting

City College of New York , New York, NY
2-Design for Art Educators and Painting

                                   

VISITING ARTIST

1999

1998


1997

 

1995

1990

Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Berkshire Community College , Pittsfield, MA                               
Williams College, Williamstown, MA

St. Bonaventure University , St. Bonaventure, NY
Berkshire Museum
, Pittsfield, MA
Massachusetts College of Art , Boston, MA

Williams College , Williamstown, MA

Middlebury College , Middlebury, VT
Gustavus Adolphus College , St. Peter, MN

 

            

 
 



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