Jon Neuse - Artist, Teacher

JON NEUSE / RÉSUMÉ

RESUME

ABOUT THE ARTIST I have been working as a full-time artist since 1990. I'm currently working on a series of paintings based on my travels in Texas, Greece and Iceland. My dedication to teaching art began in 1963 when I taught art in Afghanistan as a Peace Corps Volunteer. For over forty years I have been teaching art and communication skills to adults throughout the United States and internationally.

My work is in collections at Texaco, Unisys Corporation, United Parcel Service, Dayton-Hudson Corporation, Piper Jaffray, Campbell Mithun, Hamline University, North Dakota State University, and numerous others.

My latest work has been abstract: black and white or black with limited color. Using only black and white requires working with relationships that have to be tight and precise--a visual equivalent to walking a tightrope. The addition of limited color creates other challenges in keeping balance. Maintaining harmony between visual elements is the challenge and joy of my work.

Playfulness, experimentation and judgement are the principles behind my art. I begin all work whimsically not knowing exactly how it will look in the end. I experiment to make the visual relationships taut and constantly judge whether or not formal artistic elements are resolving themselves into lasting relationships.

My imagery is drawn from remembered landscape. I complete my work in the studio relying on memories of places and events where I have lived and visited. As a teacher I have taken groups of artists on one or two week painting workshops in Greece, Iceland and France. Those experiences certainly have provided me with imagery. However, the greatest sources for my work are my childhood home in the Hill Country of Texas and Afghanistan where I served in the Peace Corps.

It is difficult to make abstract art, because, as I see it, there are no--nor should there be--rules for how to proceed. I love to see something I have completed but it is the process in reconciling the relationships between line, mass, color, value, and subject that most intrigue me.

Contact one of the galleries on the Galleries page for further information.

EDUCATION
MFA    University of Minnesota            1987
MA      University of Minnesota             1977
MDiv   United Theological Seminary   1972
BA       Elmhurst College                       1967

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2005   Ashford University
            Clinton, Iowa
2005   Finlandia University
            Hancock, MI
2005   Southern Theater
            Minneapolis, MN
2004   Circa Gallery
            Minneapolis, MN
2004   Minnetonka Center for the Arts
            Wayazata, MN
2003   Missouri Western State College
             St. Joseph, MO
2003   Weisman Art Museum
            Minneapolis, MN
2000   Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art
            St. Joseph, MO
2000   Winona State University
            Winona, MN
1998   Indian Hills Community College
            Ottumwa, IA
1998   Truman State University
            Kirksville, MO
1998   DuPage Children's Museum
            Wheaton, IL
1997   Abeline Texas University
            Abeline, TX
1997   Eleonore Austerer Gallery
            San Francisco, CA
1997   Highland Community College
            Highland, KS
1996   Missouri Western State College
            St. Joseph, MO
1996    University of Minnesota
            Morris, MN
1996   College Of Art and Design
            Minneapolis, MN
1996   Art Institute for the Permian Basin
            Odessa, TX
1996   University of Arkansas
            Fayetteville, AR
1995   North Dakota State University
            Fargo, ND
1994   University of Arkansas
            Little Rock, AR
1994   University of Nebraska
            Kearney, NE
1994   Tarleton State University
            Stephenville, TX
1994   Chadron State College
            Chadron, NE
1994   Katherine Nash Gallery
            Minneapolis, Minnesota
1993   Art Institute of Pittsburgh
            Pittsburgh, PA
1993   Northern State University
            Aberdeen, SD
1993   Eleonore Austerer Gallery
            San Francisco, CA
1992   Luther College
            Decorah, IA
1991   University of Northern Iowa
            Cedar Falls, IA
1990   Hamline University
            St. Paul, MN

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JON NEUSE
2003

"Untitled
2003
Watercolor
17 x 15 inches

"Two Houses and a Hat
2003
Monotype
38 x 25 inches

"How to Make a Sculpture (Cover)
2003
Monotype
12 x 10 inches

PUBLIC PLACEMENTS
Broadway Video Entertainment, NY, NY
Bruno and Gray, Minneapolis, MN
Chrysalis, A Center for Women, Minneapolis, MN
Cosmopolitan Bank, Chicago, IL
Dain-Bosworth Investors, Minneapolis, MN
Macys, New York, NY
First Bank of Oak Park, Oak Park, IL
First Banks of Minneapolis, MN
Friedman, Solomon, Bloom Parish, Chicago, IL
GATX, Chicago, IL
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
Hewitt Company, Minneapolis, MN
Martin-Brower, Chicago, IL
Midwest Importers, Bloomington, MN
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Realty Assets, Minneapolis, MN
Reinhart & Anderson, Minneapolis, MN
Security State Bank of Bemidji,MN
Swanson, Martin & Bell, Chicago, IL
Texaco, Houston, TX
Tria Orthopedic Center, Minneapolis, MN
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR>
Unisys Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
United Parcel Service, New York, NY
Waggoner Law Office, Minnesota

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Seven European Workshops,Three workshops in France, two each in Iceland and Greece
Studio Workshops, Minneapolis, Monotype, Painting, Color Theory, Watercolor
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Faculty: Watercolor, Abstraction, Collage
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN, Workshop: Monotype
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN, Workshop: Printing and Clay
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Adjunct Faculty: Painting, Drawing, Color
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Workshop: Making Monotypes
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, Workshop: Monotype
Stout State University, Menominee, WI, Lecture: The Monotype Print
Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD, Lecture: Exhibition Works
University of Northern Iowa, IA, Workshop: The Monotype
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, Drawing and Painting
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Panel: Four Perspectives on the Landscape
Plymouth Congregational Church, MN, Panel: Contemporary Art
Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN, Community Faculty: Communications
Anoka-Ramsey Community College, MN, Faculty: Developmental Reading
Inver Hills Community College, Inver Hills, MN, Faculty: Developmental Reading
Peace Corps:Afghanistan, Teacher: Art, English, Physical Education

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