CV (Selection)

Born 1973, Slidell, LA
Lives and works in Northhampton, MA

Education

2007

MFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

1999

BFA, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX

Solo Exhibitions

2021

calm clamor ringing sonorous, James Fuentes.Online

2020

Wentrup Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2019

silence sounding sumptuous, James Fuentes, New York

Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles (with Richard Hawkins)

2018

cymbals of sleep uncurtain the night, James Fuentes, New York

2017

botanic haunting soft-static, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL

Wished-for wilds, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK

2016

CHORUS CLAMORS SULTRY, Wentrup, Berlin, Germany

riot rose summary, Almine Rech, Brussels, Belgium

2015

sudden thunder some motley sea, Hagiwara Projects, Tokyo, Japan

Sultry Spells Rapture, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles

serene raving radiant, James Fuentes, New York

2014

tides must exalt, James Fuentes, New York

stellar crash the sea, Carl Freedman, London

2012

starry sudden without blares, Shane Campbell, Chicago, IL

serenest riots away, Carl Freedman, London, UK

Duskbright Bellows, Richard Telles, Los Angeles

2011

Damned Sparkling Pomp, James Fuentes, New York

Ribordy Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland, alongside Stephen G. Rhodes project room
solo exhibition

2010

Much Pretty Reverie, James Fuentes, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2021

Almine Rech, New York

EXPEDITION, Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, Vermont

2020

INTERIORS: hello from the living room, 1969 Gallery, New York

Parts & Labor, Beacon, New York

2019

Group show, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland

Contemporary Landscape, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago

2018

Group show, Le Consortium, Dijon, France

2015

The Shell (Landscapes, Portraits & Shapes), a show by Eric Troncy, Almine Rech, Paris

2014

Don’t Look Now, curated by 247365, Zach Feuer, New York

L'Almanach, Le Consortium, Paris

Inside Arrangement, Mary Mary, Glasgow, Scotland

All a tremulous heart requires, ZieherSmith, New York

2011

American Exuberance, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL

Six Pack, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles

Impossible Vacation, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO

Bibliography

2019

"John McAllister 'silence sounding sumptuous' at James Fuentes, New York," Mousse Magazine, November

Jill Krasny, "To the Max," Domino Magazine, Summer

2018

Alex A. Jones, "JOHN MCALLISTER: cymbals of sleep uncurtain the night," The Brooklyn Rail, April

Milbrath, Claire. “John McAllister at James Fuentes,” Editorial Magazine, March 22

Grabner, Michelle. “Chicago Reviews: John McAllister,” Artforum, January 1

2017

Tarmy, James. “How to Succeed as an Artist without Relying on ‘The Art World,’” Bloomberg, December 13, 2017.

Jason E. Smith, Robert Harrist Jr., and Richard Hawkins, John McAllister / Objects And Images In Recent Paintings, James Fuentes, New York.

2014

Pocaro, Alan "Review: New Image Painting/Shane Campbell Gallery." Newcity Art, September 13, 2014

Russeth, Andrew. “My Kind of Town: A Breeze Through Chicago in 9 Brief Reviews." Artnews, September 24 ,2013.

2013

Eric Troncy, “Point de vue – John McAllister,” Numero Magazine, December 2013

2011

Roberta Smith, “Damned Sparkling Pomp”, The New York Times, October 2011

2010

Charlotte Burns and Emily Sharpe, “NADA dealers have a beachfront ball,” The Art
Newspaper, December

Richard Hawkins, “Top Ten,” Artforum, November

“John McAllister, Much Pretty Reverie,” Time Out New York art blog, June

Public Collections

Rubell Family Collection, Miami
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

Awards

2007

Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant

1999

Michael Frary Endowed Scholarship in Painting

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