Johnnie Winona Ross
Bear’s Ears Seeps, 2018

Education
1973
MFA, University of Illinois
1971
BFA, Washington University
Solo Exhibitions
2018
S E E P line, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2017
S E E P line, Charlotte Jackson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2015
Johnnie Winona Ross: Traces, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Johnnie Winona Ross: S E E P, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Traces: Johnnie Winona Ross, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Johnnie Winona Ross, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
2008
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
DeepCreek Seeps, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas
2007
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004
Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2003
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Parks Gallery, Taos, NM
Elins Eagle-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002
Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2000
Jaquelin Loyd Contemporary, Ranchos de Taos, NM ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
1999
Marta Hewitt, Cincinnati, OH
1997
ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
1996
Roswell Art Museum, Roswell, NM
1995
ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
1992
R.H. Love Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991
Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
1990
Bess cutler Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
1988
Barridoff Gallery, Portland, ME
1986
Stux Gallery, New York, NY
1981
Stux Gallery, New York, NY
1980
Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX
1979
Donnelly Gallery, Boston, MA
1977
Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX
1975
Roswell Art Museum, Roswell, NM
1974
Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA; exhibition catalog
2019
Summer Group, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2017
RAiR@50, Roswell Museum of Art, Roswell, NM
Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views, Heritage Museums and Gardens, Sandwich, MA
Treasure Hunt, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Purple Haze, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2016
The Last Picture Show, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
True to Form: A Group Show, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Continuum: Art-As-Art, The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
2015
Group Matrix, Stux + Haller, New York, NY
2014
Finn, again!, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY/p>
2013
Essence/Quintessence, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Geometry of Longing, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
The Art of Renewal, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Cumulous Skies: The Enduring Modernist Aesthetic in NM, Santa Fe Arts Council, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2012
Concurrence, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Paper Rocks Scissors, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Connections, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
Spectrum, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2010
New Arrivals: Works from the Collection, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Nexus, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Landscape as Grid, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
In Context, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
The Point of Convergence, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
New Acquisitions, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM
Continuum, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
William Shearburn Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008
Important Work from the Permanent Collection, Harwood Museum, Taos, New Mexico
Confluence, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Collaborations, Portland Museum of Art; Portland, Maine
Barry Whistler Gallery; Dallas
15th Anniversary Show, Parks Gallery; Taos
2007
Prints from the Permanent Collection, 1968 – Present, The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Creation, Education, and Collaboration, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Pulse London, London, UK
Beyond the Gift of Time, Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
Living with Art, 47 Modern Masters from the Chris Burmeister Collection, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
ART20 2007, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
f&c/r&r, Foley and Cox, New York, NY
Home Away from Home, Vanderbilt Hall, New York, NY
New Editions from Tamarind Institute, Addison Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006
ART20 2006, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Site Unseen 4, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Digital Art: 2006 - Prints Video Audio, Farrell Fischoff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
White II, Howard Scott Gallery, New York, NY
Compendium, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2005
2005 World Calligraphy Biennale of Jeollabuk-do, Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do, Jeonbuk, Korea
Focal Point, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Scope London, London, England
Fresh, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
Barry Whistler Gallery, Marfa, TX
Art Toronto 2004, Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
Constant Aesthetic 2004, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Scope New York, New York, NY
Fresh, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
InsightOut, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Narrative Abstraction, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Site Unseen for Site, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2003
Narrative Abstraction, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Coda, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Contemporary Art/Taos (Curated by Douglas Dreishpoon), The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
Works on Paper, EVO Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Extreme Landscape, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Constant Aesthetic 2003, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago 2003, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Project Marfa, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
Residence Retrospective, Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM
Known and New, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, D.C.
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
2002
Surfaced, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001
Art Chicago 2001, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Something New, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2000
Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
1999
Abstract and Artifact, Jaquelin Loyd Gallery, Ranchos de Taos, NM
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
1998
A. J. Bueche Fine Art, Northeast Harbor, ME
Landscape, Nielson Gallery, Boston, MA
Maine Grid/Visual Counterpoint, Maine Coastal Artists, Maine
Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1997
Synergy, Robert Clements Gallery, Portland, Me
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
A. J. Bueche Fine Art, Northeast Harbor, ME
1996
New England Triennial, Fuller Art Museum, Boston, MA
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
1995
Summer Group, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Sense of Place, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Objects of Influence, Baxter Gallery: MECA, Portland, ME
1993
On the Edge: Forty years of Maine Painting, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
Inaugural Exhibition, Gleason Fine Art, Portland, ME
1992
Symphony of Prosperity, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
Beyond isms: Abstraction Again, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
On the Edge: Forty Years of Maine Painting (curated by Theodore Wolff), Maine
Coast Artists, Rockport ME & University of Maine, Presque, ME
Salon, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
Transcendence (curated by F. Koslow), Newton Art Center, Boston, MA
1991
Beyond Geometry, Maine Cost Artists, Rockport, ME
ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME
Forms of Abstraction, Akin Gallery, Boston, MA
1990
Gallery Artists, Bess cutler Gallery, New York, NY
1989
In the Process, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Small Works, Akin Gallery, Boston MA
Invitational, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
1988
Abstractions, Maine Cost Artists, Rockport, ME
1987
Group, Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Three, Bridgewater Gallery, New York, NY
Transvision, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
1986
Shape of Abstraction, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Review/Preview, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Adams and Middleton Gallery, Dallas, TX
1983
Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX
1982
Four Artists, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
1981
Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX
1980
Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
1979
Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
Public Collections
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Fidelity Investments Collection, Boston, MA
Greenburger Collection, New York, NY
Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM
Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Roswell Museum of Art, Roswell, NM
Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do, Jeonbuk, Korea
Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Awards and Honors
2006
Artist-Residence, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2003
Artist-Residence, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2001
International Individual Support Grant, Gottlieb Foundation
2000
Artist-Residence, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
1995
Roswell Artist-in-Residence, Roswell, NM
1990
Artist-Residence, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris France
1975
Roswell Artist-in-Residence, Roswell, NM
Selected Bibliography
2011
“Johnnie Winona Ross at Stephen Haller,” Cynthia Nadelman, ARTnews, February, 2011
“The Zen Canvases of Johnnie Winona Ross,” Richard Rabel, The Modern Sybarite, November 11, 2011
2010
“Johnnie Winona Ross,” Charlie Schultz, Modern Painters, December/January
“Santa Fe Turns 400,” Jan Ernst Adlmann, Art in America, June/July, 2010
“Johnnie Winona Ross,” Maureen Mullarkey, cityArts, September 14, 2010
“Desert Muse: The Paintings of Johnnie Winona Ross,” Laura Addison, El Palacio, Fall 2010
“The Layered Look,” Paul Weideman, Pasatiempo, August 13-19, 2010
2009
“Landscape as Grid: Lloyd Martin and Johnnie Winona Ross at Stephen Haller,” Matthew Langley, Artblog, June 18, 2009
"On and of the Mesa: Johnnie Winona Ross and Carole Sue Ross,” Kate Beck: Art Notes, November 11, 2009
2008
“Johnnie Winona Ross: DeepCreek Seeps,” Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX, THE Magazine - Dallas/Fort Worth, Patricia Mora
“At the Galleries,” Karen Wilkin, The Hudson Review, Spring 2008
“Just one Painting,” Zane Fischer, Santa Fe Reporter, June
“Prints and the Prince of Prints,” Edger Allen Beem, Yankee Magazine, June, 2008
“Johnnie Winona Ross at James Kelly Contemporary (Santa Fe),” Matthew Langley, Artblog, May
2007
Johnnie Winona Ross Radius Books, 240 page monograph, Essay: Carter Ratcliff; Foreword: Douglas Dreishpoon
“Johnnie Winona Ross at Stephen Haller Gallery,” Matthew Langley, Artblog, November, 2007
“Gallery Exhibits Breathe New Life... Stephen Haller Gallery,” Julia Halperin, Columbia Spectator, November 2, 2007
2006
100 Artists of the Southwest, Douglas Bullis, Schiffer Books, 2006
“Johnnie Winona Ross at Stephen Haller Gallery,” Sandra Sider, Artcritical.com, June 2006
“A Conversation with Johnnie Winona Ross,” Ronald R. Bernier, Ph.D, Sordoni Art Gallery Wilkes University Catalogue Essay
“Johnnie Winona Ross at Stephen Haller Gallery,” NYC, Recent Art News, ArtKnowledge News, June 2006
“New Mexico Artist Brings the Desert to W-B,” Ron Lieback, Times Leader, January 16, 2006
“A Summer Sampler of Refined Abstraction,” Maureen Mullarkey, The New York Sun, July 13, 2006
“Taos Cool,” Hunter Droho Jowska-Philp, Western Interiors and Design, July/August 2006
2005
“Minimalist Aesthetic of Ross Catches Collector's Fancy,” D.G., ARTnewsletter, April 26, 2005
“Johnnie Winona Ross,” James Gardner, New York Post, May 14, 2005
2004
“Johnnie Winona Ross at Stephen Haller,” Matthew G. Nicholes, Art in America, November, 2004
“Santa Fe Editions,” Dottie Indyke, Artnews, June, 2004
“Johnnie Winona Ross: Saltspring,” Rinchen Lhamo, THE Magazine, November, 2004
“Johnnie Winona Ross,” The Week, September 17, 2004
“Johnnie Winona Ross Studio,” THE Magazine, September, 2004
2003
“Johnnie Winona Ross,” Zane Fischer, Santa Fe Reporter, March, 2003
Contemporary Art Taos Douglas Dreishpoon (exhibition catalog)
New American Paintings, no. 48, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA
“It Takes a Heap O’Dust to Make ‘House-Home’,” Jessica Dawson, The Washington Post, December 11, 2003
“Salt Creek Seeps,” Stephen Parks, Taos Magazine, September, 2003
“Trading Sea for Sky,” Jo Ann Baldinger, The Santa Fe New Mexican, July, 2003
“Johnnie Winona Ross,” Suzanne Deats, Abstract Art, NM Artist Series
2002
ArtLies, Falle, 2002
THE Magazine, May, 2002
2000
ARTe, Spring/Summer, 2000
1998
Arts New England, February/March, 1998
Open Studios, New American Painting, February, 1998
1992
On the Edge: Forty Years of Maine Painting (exhibition catalogue)
1990
Maine Art Now, Edgar Allen Beem
1989
Art New England, Hearne Pardee, February, 1989
1987
Artforum, Ronnie Cohen, January, 1987
1982
Art New England, Mary Lou Kelly, February, 1982
1980
Artweek, Robert Raczak, September, 1980