JOHN ESPINOSA
Born 1966, Bogota, Colombia
Lives and works in Los Angeles

Education
2001 Yale University School of Art, MFA, Sculpture
1998 New World School of the Arts, Miami


Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
The Forest (Glass Delusion) Charest-Weinberg, Miami, FL

2008
Dead Reckoning, Sandroni Rey (Project space), Los Angeles, CA

2007
Odd Sympathy, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA

2006
John Espinosa, Fredric Snitzer, Miami, FL

2004
Standing Still While We Move Across Land, MOCA, Miami, FL

2003
Stump Hallucination, Rare, NY

1999
Fantastic Adventures, Fredric Snitzer, Miami, FL


Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Between Here and There, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
The Golden Ass, Annie Wharton, Los Angeles, CA

2009
Xtra Xtra, organized by Jed Caesar, China Art Objects, LA

2008
Human Resources, The Company, LA
Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition, Sandroni Rey, LA
Zero Zone, Curated by David Hunt, Tracy Williams Ltd., NY
Manmade, Curated by Daneva Danby, Claremont University, Claremont, CA
Pivot Points II: New Mythologies, Curated by Bonnie Clearwater, MOCA, Miami, FL
LatinoLatino, Curated by Raffaella Guidobono, Palazzo della Vicaria, Italy

2007
Confluence: A Collaboration (with Jiae Hwang), Fredric Snitzer, Miami, FL
M*A*S*H, Curated by Omar Lopez Chahoud, The Helena, New York, NY

2006
The Aleph, Curated by Nu Nguyen, Sandroni Rey, Los Angeles, CA

2005
All the Pretty Corpses, Curated by Hamza Walker, Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
Little Odysseys, Curated by Nicelle Beauchene, Marianne Boesky, New York, NY
O’ The Games We Play, Curated by Tyler Emerson, Fredric Snitzer, Miami, FL

2004
Incantations, Curated by Nicelle Beauchene, Metro Pictures, NY
Miami Nice, Curated by George Lindemann, Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Anacapa: The Changing Landscape, Nathan Larramendy, Ojai
Axxxpresssunizm, Curated by John Russell, Vilma Gold, London — Alice Day, Brussels

2003
Deserted High Desert Test Sites II, Curated by Martha Otero, Joshua Tree
Draw! Draw! Draw!, Fredric Snitzer, Miami
Florida Focus, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Curated by Denise Gerson, Key Largo
Between Art and Life, Curated by Peter Boswell, Miami Art Museum
Paradise City, SaltWorks, Atlanta

2002
Champion, Curated by Sheldon Lapierre, Zinc, Stockholm
Interplay, Patrick Charpanel/ Silvia Karman-Cubina, San Juan Museum of Art –The Moore Space, Miami
Out of the ground into the sky, Curated by Jeff Kopp and David Kordansky, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY

2001
NeverNever Land, Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Florida Atlantic University — Museum of Contemporary Art, Tampa
It doesn’t matter if it’s true as long as they believe it, Curated by William Cordova, NFA Space, Chicago
Humid, Curated by Dominic Molon, The Moore Space, Miami Design District
The Miami Connection, Curated by Nate Cassie, Bluestar Artspace, San Antonio
Wattage & Friendship, Curated by David Hunt, Muller/DeChiara, Berlin

2000
Publikulture, Curated by Ginger Gregg, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art
Travels in Hyperreality, Curated by Bonnie Clearwater, MOCA, Miami
Young Miami, Curated by Amy Capellazo, Wooster Projects, NY
Whipper Snapper, Kavi Gupta (Vedanta), Chicago
F/X, Audiello Fine Art, New York, NY
Departing Perspectives, Curated by Fred Snitzer, Espirito Santo Building, Miami


Selected Museums & Public Collections

New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York (Altoids Collection)
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Miami Art Museum, Miami