John Ochs
Born: 1969
Lives and works in LaCrosse, WI
Education
1992 B.F.A., Minneapolis College of Art & Design, MN
One-Person Exhibitions
2018 "Dialogue" Blue Gallery, Kansas City,MO
2015 Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2014 The Late Show, Kansas City, MO
2009 Preston Contemporary Art Center, Mesilla, NM
2009 Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2008 Davis Art, Nashville, TN
2008 Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2006 Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2005 Spur Art, Woodside, CA
2004 Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO (courtesy of Jan Weiner Galley)
2002 Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO (courtesy of Jan Weiner Gallery)
The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
2000 Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1997 Johnson County Community College, Library Gallery, Overland Park, KS
1996 Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO
1995 Gallery V, Kansas City, MO
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2010 KC Collection, Kemper Collectors Fund, Kansas City, MO
2009 Summer Eyes/Summarize, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2008 Lyons Wier Ortt, Summer Salon, New York, NY
2008 Summer Eyes/ Summarize, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2007 Spur Projects, Portola, CA
2006 Contemporary Art Museum St.Louis Flatfiles, St. Louis, MO
Large Scale Abstraction, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Summer Eyes/ Summarize, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Abstractions From The Heartland, Daum Museum, Sedalia, MO
2005 Open Stables, Spur Projects, Portola, CA
Summer View, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Eyes/ Summarize, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2004 Scope London, London, England, Curated by Anna Ortt
Summer Eyes/ Summarize, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Scope L.A. Project, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Anna Ortt
Kansas City Flatfiles, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO, Curated by Raechell Smith
2003 Summer Show, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Summer Eyes / Summarize, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Subluna, Shaw Hofstra & Associates, Kansas City, MO, Curated by James Brinsfield
2001 Kansas City Flatfiles, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO, Curated by Raechell Smith
Sixteenth Annual Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Central Missouri State University,
Warrensburg, MO, Curated by Mark Spencer
Selected Group Exhibitions (continued)
2000 Beyond Bounds–Beyond Borders, Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, KS, Curated by Bruce Hartman
River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO, Juror Terrie Sultan, Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1999 KARMA, Joseph Nease Gallery, Kansas City, MO, Curated by James Brinsfield and Robin Trafton
1998 Beyond Bounds–Beyond Borders, Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, Overland Park, KS, Curated by Bruce Hartman
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1996 Recent Acquisitions, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
White Show, Gallery V, Kansas City, MO
1995 Four Men–Four Women, David Levik Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Public Collections
Advent International Corporation
American Century Investments, Kansas City, MO
Anglo Irish New York Corp., New York, NY
Blue Cross Blue Shield, Kansas City, MO
Columbia Bank, Leawood, KS
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Gunderson Dettmer, Boston, MA
H&R Bloch Headquarters, Kansas City, MO
Imagery Estate Winery, Benziger Artist Collection, Glen Ellen, CA*
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
Kansas City Business Committee for the Arts, Kansas City, MO*
Kansas City Collection, Kansas City, MO
LaCrosse Public Library, LaCrosse, WI
Livestock Exchange, Kansas City, MO
McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan, P.C, Kansas City, MO
On Your Mark Design Group, Overland Park, KS
Polsinelli, Washington D.C.
Polsinelli, San Francisco, CA
Polsinelli, Kansas City, MO
Security Benefits Group, Topeka, KS
Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
Sprint, Atlanta, GA
Sprint World Headquarters, Overland Park, KS
Sullivan and Worcester LLP, Boston, MA
Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
*Imagery also created a wine label featuring untitled (2002) as part of a series show casing contemporary artists; they tour the collection and offer an educational speaker series.
Professional Experience
Awards Selection Committee, Kansas City Business Committee for The Arts, 2005
Panelist, Art Scene 2005, Moderated by James Brinsfield, Jan Weiner Gallery, 2005
Featured Artist Lecturer, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, 2005
Featured Artist Lecturer, Intuition, Jan Weiner Gallery, 2000
Guest Lecturer, Intuition, Nelson-Atkins Young Friends of Art Lecture Series, 2000
Panelist, Realism vs. Abstraction, moderated by Kate Hackman, Jan Weiner Gallery
Printer’s Assistant, Vermillion Editions, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Publications
Art in America, September 2004
“Artist Forum #4 Explores John Ochs Show, ‘Intuition’ at Jan Weiner Gallery,” The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Young Friends of Art Newsletter, fall 2000
Donald Kuspit, Imagery: Art for Wine, Published by The Wine Apprec. Guild
James Brinsfield, Subluna, January 2002
Marcus Cain, “Re-Interpreting Worlds,” Review, June 2004
Donya Dickerson, “Four Men, Four Women: Abstract Painting at David Levik Gallery,” Forum Magazine, June 1995
Gentry Magazine, San Francisco, CA, April 2005 Edition
Kristen Gladsky, “’Four Men, Four Women‘ Views Genders in the Abstract,” Kansas City Star, 31 March 1995
Kate Hackman, “Using Intuition and Shellac,” Kansas City Star, 1 September 2001
Kate Hackman, “Celebrating Beauty,” Kansas City Star, 4 August 2000
Heather Lustfeldt, Art Papers Magazine, November/December 2000
James Martin, “John Ochs’ ‘From Mighty Ochs’ is a Good First Step,” Kansas City Star
James Martin, KC Collection Catalog, 2010
Colleen Maynard, Review Magazine, June 2008
New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, Western Competition Edition, 2004
Debra Peebles, “Both Sexes in Abstract,” PitchWeekly, 4 April 1995
Polsinelli, Kinetic, Highlights from the Polsinelli Art Colledtion, 2015
Preston Contemporary Art Center, Exihibit Catalog, 2009
Dana Self, “A Real Shellacking!” Pitch Weekly, 20 March 2008
Terrie Sultan, “Juror’s Statement,” 2000 River Market Regional Exhibition, exh. cat., 16 June 2000
The Las Cruces Bulletin, Preston Contemporary Art Center 2009
Alice Thorson, “KC Art Collecting’s Generation Next,” Kansas City Star, 10 August 1997
Alice Thorson, “Abstractions, Rich in Texture,” Kansas City Star, 27 September 1996
Robin Trafton, “New Direction,” Kansas City Star, January 2006
Robin Trafton, “Where the Sublime Meets the Everyday,” Kansas City Star, 22 January 2002
Robin Trafton, “Summer Eyes/ Summarize: Biennial 2004,” Kansas City Star, 2 July 2004
Susan White and Marilyn Mahoney, “An Artists’ Discussion of Scale,” Review, December 2003
Valerie Zell, “Varnishing Point,” Kansas City Star; 10 October 2003