John Philip Sousa
Born 1960, Detroit, Michigan
Bradley University, BFA, 1982
Solo Exhibitions:
2018 Reconstructions | Grace Albrecht Art Gallery | Bluffton, OH
2018 Small Fragments | Three Quarters Gallery | Cincinnati, OH
2012 Blur Photos & Burn Photos | Gallery 7 | Middletown, OH
2012 Fragments | Gallery 7 | Middletown, OH
2012 Branded Angels | Gallery 7 | Middletown, OH
2011 Distortions of Color | Gallery 7 | Middletown, OH
1997 John Philip Sousa at ACME Art Company | ACME Art Company | Columbus, OH
1997 Photographs | Findlay University | Findlay, OH
1996 Color Photographs | Middletown Fine Arts Center | Middletown, OH
1996 Large Scale Color Photographs | DOSHI | Harrisburg, PA
1996 Color Photographs | C.A.G.E. | Cincinnati, OH
1996 Color Photographs | ARTSWATCH | Louisville, KY
1995 Out of the Box | French Art Colony | Gallipolis, OH
1994 Distortions of Color | SPACES | Cleveland, OH
1994 Distortions of Color | Licking County Arts Association | Newark, OH
1994 Art in Public Places | Dayton Visual Arts Center | Dayton, OH
1992 New Mixed Media Works | Books & Company | Kettering, OH
1990 Mixed Media Works | Books & Company | Kettering, OH
Two & Three Person Exhibitions
2024 Contemplating Heaven & Earth: Featuring Art Work by John Sousa and Shawna Hatton | Springboro Performing Arts Center | Springboro, OH | Curator: Shawna Hatton
2022 Appropriate Everything | Harcum Art Gallery – Boyd Cultural Arts Center, Wilmington College | Wilmington, OH | Curator: Hal Shunk
2021 Appropriate Everything | Art Access Gallery | Bexley, OH | Curator: Barb Unverferth
2019 The Dayton Connection: New Work by Mike Elsass, Darren Haper & John Sousa | Art Access Gallery | Bexley, OH | Curator: Barb Unverferth
2016 Navigation: Personal and Geographical Landscape | Dayton Visual Arts Center | Dayton, OH | Jurors: Patrick Mauk and Eva Buttacavoli
2012 Abstractions | Oxford Community Arts Center | Oxford, OH
Group Exhibitions:
2023 Volume UP: Artists Responding to Music and Sound | The Painting Center | New York, NY | Curator: Monica King
2023 Disrupting the Norm | Springboro Performing Arts Center | Springboro, OH | Curator: Hyacinth Paul, Ph.D
2023 Visual Poetry Today | DIAD Gallery | Dayton, OH | Curator: Chris Reynolds
2020 Stillness and Receptivity | Indian Hill Gallery | Cincinnati, OH | Curator: Casey Dressell
2019 Behind the Scenes | K12 Gallery & TEJAS| Dayton, OH
2019 Members Show | The Dayton Contemporary | Dayton, OH
2018 Behind the Scenes | K12 Gallery & TEJAS| Dayton, OH
2017 Summerfair Select Exhibition| Weston Gallery | Cincinnati, OH2017 Behind the Scenes | K12 Gallery & TEJAS| Dayton, OH
2017 Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us), v2 | Traveling Exhibition including Germany the United Kingdom | Curator: Jeffrey Cortland Jones
2016 Behind the Scenes | K12 Gallery & TEJAS| Dayton, OH
2016 Modes of Photography Vision | UC Blue Ash College | Blue Ash, OH | Curator: John Wolfer
2016 Contemporary Figuration | Riffe Gallery | Columbus, OH | Curator: Charles McWeeny
2016 Selected Branded Angels | Front Street Gallery | Dayton, OH
2015 The Selfie Show | Museum of New Art | Armada, MI | Curator: Jef Bourgeau
2014 10th Annual Small Works Show | 440 Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | Juror: Bill Carroll
2014 Post-Photography: Beyond the Print | Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center | Alexandria, VA | Juror: Scott Hazard
2014 New Directions ’14 | Barrett Art Center | Poughkeepsie, NY | Juror: Lynne Warren
2012 Carnegie Regional Photo Competition, 2012 | The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center | Covington, OH2010 ArtPrize 2010 | Mel Trotter Ministries | Grand Rapids, MI
2010 20th Annual Dayton Works on Paper | Rosewood Gallery | Kettering, OH
2000 Latest Development: Focus on Regional Photographers | Huntington Museum of Art | Huntington, WV
1999-2001 Transcending Limits: Moving beyond the Mainstream | Texas Fine Arts Association | Austin, TX: A two-year traveling exhibition at museums and galleries across the state of Texas.
1997 Flirting at a distance: New Abstraction | Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts | Wilmington, DE
1997 Member’s Show | Dayton Visual Arts Center | Dayton, OH
1996 Regional Artists Biennial | Fort Wayne Museum of Art | Fort Wayne, IN
1996 Invitational Group Exhibit | Carnegie Arts Center | Leavenworth, KS
1995 Art Bytes | Freeport Art Museum & Cultural Center | Freeport, IL
1994 Art from Every Angle | University of Dayton Gallery | Dayton, OH
1994 City Art | Dayton Visual Arts Center | Dayton, OH
1992 Works on Paper | Rosewood Center Art Gallery | Kettering, OH
1990 Members Show | Dayton Visual Arts Center | Dayton, OH
Other Selections
2023 Selected to appear in New American Paintings, No. 167, Midwest Issue2021 Selected to appear in New American Paintings, No. 149, Midwest Issue
2019 Commissioned Triptych for CareSource Headquarters | Dayton, OH |
2014 Saatchi Art Online Collections | Text Message: Art and the Word | SaatchiArt.com | Curator: Rebecca Wilson
2014 Saatchi Art Online Collections | Art and Language | SaatchiArt.com | Curator: Rebecca Wilson
2014 Art on Fashion | High Season Summer 2014 Collection | ArtonFashion.com
2014 Saatchi Art Online Collections | Literati | SaatchiArt.com | Curator: Saatchi Art
Selected Awards & Prizes:
2014 Summerfair Foundation | AIA Award Recipient
1999-Present Who’s Who in American Art | Listing
1997 Montgomery Co. Individual Fellowship | Photography, Master Category
1994 Montgomery Co. Individual Fellowship | Photography, Associate Category
1978-1982 National Scholastic Scholar: Art | Four-year, full-tuition scholarship to Bradley University
Media:
Tonguette, Peter. “Talented Trio: Three Dayton Artists Bring Varied Works, Styles to Bexley Gallery.” The Columbus Dispatch, 28 April 2019. Link.
Dillon, Pamela. “Springboro Artist’s Goal: To Make Photography More Painterly.” Dayton Daily News, 2 September, 2018.
Collier, Patrick. John Sousa – Theophanic Angels. Front Street Press, Summer 2018.
Rowe, Robert. Latest Development: Focus on Regional Photographers, Exhibition Catalog. Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. 11 March – 28 May 2000.
Bacigalupi, Don, Ph.D., & Charles, Michael Ray. Transcending Limits, Moving Beyond Mainstream & Margin, Exhibition Catalog. The Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX. 1999 – 2000.
Borders, Jennifer. Flirting at a Distance: New Abstraction, Exhibition Catalogue. Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE. 5 September – 8 November 8, 1997.
Dempsey, Laura. “Groups share in tax wealth.” The Dayton Daily News, 13 Aug 1997.
Kass, Emily & Kahan, Mitchell D. 1996 Regional Artists’ Biennial, The Exhibition, Exhibition Catalog. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN. 1 June 1 – 18 August 1996.
Schroeder, Robert. “1996 Regional Artists’ Biennial.” Art Dialog, May/June 1996 p.36.
Dowd, Scott. Radio Interview with Artist. WFPK-WFPL. Louisville, KY. January 1996.
Simmons, Carol. “Arts district rewards artists.” The Dayton Daily News, 8 April 1994: B.
Litt, Steven. “Views on culture range from amusing to just plain silly.” The Cleveland Plain Dealer, 10 December 1994.