John O'Connor

John J. O'Connor born in Westfield, MA and received a Master of Fine Arts and Master of Art History from Pratt Institute in 2000.  He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in the summer of 2000.

Selected recent exhibitions include:

(2006): One Hundred Days in Year (solo) Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Collection 2006, curated by Bob Nickas, Rodolphe Janssen Gallery, Brussels, Belgium; Pierogi Leipzig, Germany;  (2005): Greater New York, PS1/MOMA; Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen Gallery, NY; Safn Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland  (2004): Queens International, Queens Museum, NY; Andy Warhol Museum, PA; Art Basel, Miami, FL; Fear of an Abstract Planet, King Fisher Projects, NY; (2003): Spare, OH+T Gallery, MA; High and Inside, Marlborough Gallery, NY; Random Order, White Columns, NY; New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY; Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA; Soo Visual Arts, Minneapolis, MN; Art Center of South Florida, FL; Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA; Pierogi Presents, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA; Detonation, Anthology Film Archives, NY.

His work was reproduced in the exhibition catalog for the Queens International show and Greater New York. His work has been reviewed and/or reproduced in numerous publications, including the New Yorker, New York Times, Art in America, New York Sun, Brooklyn Rail, and the Village Voice. 

O'Connor has taught art and art history at Princeton, New York University and Pratt Institute. Also, he was a visiting artist at Brigham Young University.

O'Connor's work is represented in the collections of the New Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.