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
2022 Appropriate Everything: Darren Haper & John Sousa | Harcum Art Gallery – Boyd Cultural Arts Center, Wilmington College | Wilmington, OH | Curator: Hal Shrunk
2021 Appropriate Everything: Darren Haper & John Sousa | 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 Germand 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
2021 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.