Jonathan Allmaier
Born 1979
Lives and works in New York, NY
Installation view, The Howling Wind, James Fuentes Essex, New York, 2021
Installation view, The Howling Wind, James Fuentes Essex, New York, 2021
Installation view, Bump Paintings and Key Key Paintings, James Fuentes, New York, 2014
Installation view, Bump Paintings and Key Key Paintings, James Fuentes, New York, 2014
Installation view, Bump Paintings and Key Key Paintings, James Fuentes, New York, 2014
Installation view, Pointing Paintings, Bump Paintings, and Key Paintings, James Fuentes, New York, 2012
Untitled (Green and Blue Bumps), 2014. Oil on canvas. 79.5 x 75 inches
Untitled (Five Points), 2014. Oil on canvas. 99 x 67 inches
Untitled (Many Points), 2014. Oil on canvas. 71 x 97 inches
Untitled (Pink and Orange Bumps), 2014. Oil on canvas. 103 x 69 inches
Untitled, 2013. Oil on canvas. 87.75 x 67 inches
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Born 1979
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
2007
MFA Painting, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
2003
BA Visual Art with Honors, Brown University, Providence, RI
BA Philosophy, Brown University, Providence, RI
2006
Rome Art Theory Program, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy
2002
Painting and Etching, Lorenzo deʼMedici Art Institute, Florence, Italy
2001
Painting and Drawing, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2000
Drawing, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
The Howling Wind, James Fuentes Annex, New York, NY
2014
Bump Paintings and Key Key Paintings, James Fuentes, New York, NY
2012
Pointing Paintings, Bump Paintings, and Key Paintings, James Fuentes, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Buddy System, Deanna Evans Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2017
New New York, curated by Liam Davis and Debra Drexler, Curator Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Feed the Meter, curated by Wallace Whitney, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Luxembourg
New New York, curated by Debra Drexler, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu
Love Child, curated by Eleanna Anagnos, Ortega y Gasset, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Let’s Get Physical, curated by Rick Briggs, Ventana 244, Brooklyn, NY
A Pinch of Saffron, A Dash of Vermouth, Curated by Ted Gahl, Dodge Gallery, New York
DNA: Strands of Abstraction, Curated by Paul Sinclaire, Loretta Howard, New York
A country road. A tree. Evening., Curated by Sean Robert FitzGerald, FJORD,
Philadelphia, PA
Victory for All, Curated by Paulina Pobocha, The Ice Box, Philadelphia, PA
LOVE, The Willows, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
The escape from the banal everyday life to the world of the ideal, NURTUREart, Brooklyn,
NY
TEMPERATURE, Projekt 722, Brooklyn, NY
MIC : CHECK, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Magic Hand!, Curated by Joshua Abelow, Art Blog Art Blog, New York, NY
Purple Nurple, Pioneers of Inspiration, Brooklyn, NY
Lifelong Painting: Allmaier, McCaddon, Friedman, Mt. San Antonio College, Los Angeles
Itʼs All Good!!, Apocalypse Now, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Visual Phrasing, Therese Maloney Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
FAWC Visual Fellows Invitational, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center,
Provincetown, MA
The Urban Situation, Curated by John Baber, Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, New York
2010
Small Works Show, Curated by Russell Calabrese and Julie Bills, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn,
NY
Half Invisible, Pioneers of Inspiration, Brooklyn, NY
Cocktails & Dreams, Laundromat Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Portable Caves, HKJB, Long Island City, NY
Happy Hour, Expand The Room, New York
thanks.frank., Elkins Estate, Elkins Park, PA
Itʼs a Wonderful 10th, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015
“Jonk Kënschtler mat engem immense Culot.” Radio 100,7 Aktuell, Sept 29
Vaks, Zahar, “Love Child,” Staring At The Wall, July 10
2014
“Colors Rule,” Brown Alumni Magazine, March/April
“SFAQ Pick: Bump Paintings and Key Key Paintings,” San Francisco Arts Quarterly Online, March
2013
Cornish, Sam, “DNA: Strands of Abstraction”, Abstract Critical, July 17
Halasz, Piri, “Summer Sizzler”, From the Mayor’s Doorstep, July 19
Benjamin Lind Krarup, “Jonathan Allmaier”, Five Questions, May 21
Michael Rutherford, “Jonathan Allmaier and Painting-Culture”, Painter’s Bread, Feb 7
2012
“Exhibition Reviews: Jonathan Allmaier,” The New Yorker, September 17
Halle, Howard, “Top Five Shows,” Time Out New York, August 8
Kimball, Whitney, “Four Shows: NYC,” New American Paintings, September 21
Rooney, Kara, “The escape from the banal everyday life to the world of the ideal,” The
Brooklyn Rail, December 12
Siegel, Miranda, “Editor’s Pick,” New York Magazine, September 17
“Top Five,” The Two Percent, September 17
2011
Bromirski, Martin, “Magic Hand!” Anaba, September 14
Petras, Meghan, “Magic Hand!” MEP, September 13
Butler, Sharon, “Fall Preview for Painters,” Two Coats of Paint, September 7
“Jonathan Allmaier,” interview, Standard Interview, April 13
Horner, James, “ʻNow You See Itʼ Review of Magic Hand!,” New York Examiner,
September 11
Kimball, Whitney, “September Preview,” Art Fag City, September 6
Horner, James, “A Diverse Look at Urban Life,” Review of Urban Situation, New York
Examiner, February 21
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Brown University, Providence, RI
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL