Artist News Update Recent Publication Seven of John Dilg's paintings are reproduced in the book of poetry Die neue Sicht der Dinge gedichte by Timothy Donnelly. My paintings are incidental images, essential in the history of a life, formed within a pictographic language. In concert with the titles, these images both recollect and recompose important memories that, though personal in premise, could be applicable to anyone. My paintings strive to identify archetypes that represent, among other things, our resignation to the mystery of undiscovered sources and propose that, since nature has been misplaced, the “natural” is always unnatural. -John Dilg
Education 1969 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, B.F.A. in Painting 1971-1972 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India, Fulbright Scholar Selected Awards, Grants and Fellowships 1997, 1991, 1986, 1980 University of Iowa Faculty Development Grant 1981-1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Artist's Fellowship 1981 Ragdale Foundation Residence Fellowship 1979, 77, 73 Yaddo Foundation Residence Fellowship 1971-1972 Fulbright Grant to India Selected Recent One Person Exhibitions 2008, 04 Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO 2007, 01, 00 Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY Selected Recent Group Exhibitions 2010 Melbourne, Australia; TCB Art 2009 New York, NY; Luise Ross Gallery, Pretty, Strange 2008 Miami, FL; Art Miami 2007 Winston-Salem,NC; Selections from Luise Ross Gallery, Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University Normal, IL; Illinois State University, Normal Editions New York, NY; Luise Ross Gallery, RARE BIRDS 2006 Iowa City, IA; University of Iowa Museum of Art New York, NY; Moti Hasson Gallery, Twist it Twice New York, NY; Luise Ross Gallery, Fun! 2005 New York, NY; Luise Ross Gallery, New Location New York, NY; Andrea Rosen Gallery, A Selection of Works from the Luise Ross Gallery 2004 New York, NY; Kraushaar Galleries, Foliage Collaborations Luxbooks, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2008, Book: "Die neue Sicht der Dinge", Collaboration with poet Timothy Donnelly, reproduction of seven paintings; Natural Wonder cover. Recent Literature Johnson, Ken. Review: John Dilg. The New York Times, 24 March, 2000. Lockwood, Wes. Reviews: Patient Process. New Art Examiner,   May-June, 2001, p.101. Leffingwell, Edward. Review: John Dilg. Art in America, June 2002, p. 125. Public Collections Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Villafames, Spain Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Illinois State University, Normal, IL University of Missouri, St. Louis Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA Rockford College, Rockford, IL Jenner and Block, Chicago, IL Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles, CA Continental Illinois National Bank, Chicago, IL Harris Bank, Chicago, IL First Federal Savings and Loan, Iowa City, IA Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, IA Selected Visiting Artist and Lecturer Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA Connecticut College, New London, CT Stanford University, Stanford, CA University of Chicago, Chicago, IL University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Yale University, New Haven, CT