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John Alan Nyberg

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EDUCATION
Snowbird Institute, Alta, UT
Post Graduate Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
San Francisco Art Academy, San Francisco, CA
MFA, BFA, Utah State University, Logan, UT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Ricardson Gallery, Onancock, VA
Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA

2009
Selden Gallery, Norfolk, VA, two-person show
Touchstone Gallery Annex C, Washington D.C.

2008
Richardson Gallery, Onancock, VA
Hallside Gallery, U/U Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT

2006
Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA
Art Institute & Gallery, Foyer Gallery, Salisbury, MD

2004
Mesquite Fine Arts Center, Mesquite, NV

2003
Hallside Gallery, U/U Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT

2002
Winchester Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
SoHo Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2001
BGH Loft Gallery, Gergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Artisan Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Mesquite Art Center, Mesquite, NV
Hallside Gallery, U/U Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT

2000
La Crème Trois, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV, three-person show
Bountiful/Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT, two-person show
SoHo Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Hallside Gallery, U/U Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT

1999
Kimball Art Center, Badami Gallery, Park City, UT
David Lawrence Gallery, Beverley Hills, CA
Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

1998
Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

1997
Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

1990
A. Allen Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

1978
Sylvesters Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

1977
Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT, two-person show

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
"Travels in Abstract Lands," curated by Myriam Rotzetter, Paula Barr Chelsea, New York, NY
"Works on Paper," Gallery 50 Fine Art, Rehoboth Beach, DE
"Abstraction Exhibit," Bishop’s Stock Gallery, Snow Hill, MD
"BIG Exhibit," AI&G, Salisbury, MD
Summer Group Show, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

2009
"Abstraction Exhibit," Bishop’s Stock Gallery, Snow Hill, MD
Gallery 50 Fine Art, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Richardson Gallery, Onancock, VA
"Abstraction Exhibit," AI&G, Salisbury, MD
Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA
National Collage Society Juried Exhibit, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
"Abstraction Exhibit," Gallery O, Onancock, VA

2008
"Abstraction Exhibit," Bishop’s Stock Gallery, Snow Hill, MD
Gallery 50 Fine Art, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Richardson Gallery, Onancock, VA
Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA
"Abstraction Exhibit," AI&G, Salisbury, MD

2007
"Small Works," Gallery 50 Fine Art, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA
"Delmarva Regional, 2 & 3D and Members Exhibits," AI&G, Salisbury, MD
Bishop’s Stock Gallery, Snow Hill, MD
"2nd Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition," Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE

2006
"Stretched Tight," Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA
"Abstract Competition," AI&G, Salisbury, MD

2005
Horn Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
"Cape Charles Revisited," Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA
"15th IAOCA Exhibition," Kyoto Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan

2004
"Bowery Gallery 13th National Competition," Juror William Bailey, New York, NY
"San Francisco International Art Exposition," San Francisco, CA, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL and
"Summer Group Rotation Show," PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Anne Bradford Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
Horne Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
"Triptych, Diptych," Plaza Arts, Healdsburg, CA
"Contemporary Abstracts," Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
"8th Annual Utah Art Spring Salon," Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT
"A Sense of Place," Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
"16th IAOCA Exhibition," Silk Gallery at Japanese Embassy, Seoul, South Korea and International Community House, Kyoto, JAPAN

2003
"Summer Group and Abstraction Shows," Anne Bradford Gallery, Healdsburg, CA
"Mixing It Up," Sebastopal Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
"Series of Three & Synergy Digital," Assemblage and Collage, Plaza Arts, Healdsburg, CA
"Nightscapes," Horne Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
"15th IAOCA Exhibition," International Community House Gallery, Kyoto, JAPAN
Tixe Gallery, New York, NY

2002
"Western Small Works," Sonoma Museum of Visual Art (SMOVA), Santa Rosa, CA
"New Suite," Sebastopal Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
"Itart 2002," Centro Exposizioni Pisa Arte, Pisa, ITALY
"14th IAOCA Exhibition," International Community House Gallery, Kyoto, JAPAN
Anne Bradford Gallery, Healdsburg, CA

2001
"Viridian Artists Inc. 12th National Exhibition," Juried by Anne Lampe, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"Tones," Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
"Pisa 2001," Centro Exposizioni Pisa Arte, Pisa, ITALY
"13th IAOCA Exhibition," International Community House Gallery, Kyoto, JAPAN

2000
"10th Annual Juried Competition," CAC, Las Vegas, NV
"Small Works Competition," North Lake Tahoe Art Center (SAN), Tahoe City, CA
"12th IAOCA Exhibition," International Community House Gallery, Kyoto, JAPAN
"Artists At Play," Juried Invitational, Winchester Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

1999
"Introductions," Lindenberg Gallery, New York, NY
"Before/Now," Living Room Art Works, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
"Abstraction," Academia D’Arte Di Pisa, Pisa, ITALY
"Internacionales D’Arte Contemporea," Pangloss Galleria, Pisa, ITALY
"75th Annual Utah Spring Salon," Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT
"Brazil 500 Brazil," Galeria De Vera Ferro, Campinas, BRAZIL

1998
"On the Edge," Edge Gallery, Denver, CO
"Found Object as Art," Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
"Barn Again!" Smithsonian Institution Rural Exhibitions, Heber City, UT
"Myra Powell Gallery’s Invitational," Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UT
"Loose in the Fire," Queen’s College, Cambridge, & Oxford College, Oxford, ENGLAND

1997
"Ecole Regionale Des Beaux-Arts," Cherbourg, FRANCE
"Utah Statewide Annual," Photography, Union Pacific Depot, Salt Lake City, UT
"23rd Statewide Annual," Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT
Four Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
Invitational Exhibit, Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UT
"Summit & Wasatch Exhibit," Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
The Contemporary Museum and Peggy Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI

AWARDS
2010
1st Place, Abstraction Competition, AI&G, Salisbury, MD

2009
National Collage Society Award, Juried Exhibit, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2nd Place, Abstraction Competition, AI&G, Salisbury, MD
2 Merit Awards, Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA

2008
Merit Award, Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA

2007
Critics Choice (Best in Show), Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA
Honorable Mention, 2nd Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE
3rd place, Members Exhibition, 2D & 3D, Honorable Mention, AI&G, Salisbury, MD

2006
Critics Choice & Merit Awards, Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA
Honorable Mentions, Abstractions & 3D-2D Competitions, AI&G, Salisbury, MD
1st Place, Diminutive Dimensions, Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD

2005
Merit Award, Cape Charles Revisited, Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA
1st Place, 14th Annual National Juried Show, Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD,
Juror - Stephen Haller, owner of Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY

2004
Merit Award, Holiday Show, Stage Door Gallery, Cape Charles, VA

2003
Best of Show, Mixing it Up, Sebastopal Center for the Arts, Sebastopal, CA

2002
International Artist Award, International Community House, Kyoto, JAPAN
Best of Show, Spring Art Salon and Competition, Mesquite, NV
Van-Go, Clark County Vehicle Exhibition Selection, Las Vegas, NV

2001
Distinguished Artist Award, ITART 2001, Pisa, ITALY

2000
1-A Selezione-Segnalati and Winners Show, Pisa 2000, Centro Exposizioni Pisa Arte, ITALY
2nd Place, Mesquite Arts Council Spring Salon and Competition, Minneapolis, MN

1979
1st Place Watercolor, Illustrator Magazine Competition, Minneapolis, MN

1977
Best of Show Purchase Award, State Competition, Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT
Utah Painting & Sculpture, Traveling Show Stipend, Utah Museum of Art, Salt Lake City, UT
4th Place, Utah Water Color, Weber State University, Odgen, UT

1964
1st place painting, Utah State University Student Show, Logan, UT

TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Secondary Art Instructor and Art Curriculum Specialist, Tooele, UT
Painting and Drawing Adjunct Instructor CCSN, Mesquite, NV
Executive Director Left Bank Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Guest Lecturer, University of Utah/DUCE, Salt Lake City, UT
Adjunct Art Instructor, Utah State University Tooele Extension, Logan, UT

PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS
Van-Go, Clark County Nevada, Department of Parks and Recreation, Las Vegas, NV

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
2008
Costal Style, July-August 2008
Eastern Shore News, February 16, 2008

2006
“Artist’s Sptlight,” Daily Times, May 2006

2005
“3rd Century Group Art Show at Horne Fine Arts,” City Weekly, February 24, 2005

2003
“Abstract Art Show,” Marin Independent Journal, September 2003

2002
“The Square Foot Getaway,” Art Muse, September 2002
“Small art can have a great impact,” The Press Democrat, September 1, 2002
“Retrospection Inspection,” City Life, April 25, 2002
“Cowboy, Sign Painter Turned Abstract Artist,” Where Las Vegas, May 2002
Van-Go, Staff Pick, “Best Las Vegas Public Art Project,” Las Vegas Review, 2002
Van-Go, PBS Las Vegas Channel 4, aired April and May 2002

2001
“Mesquite Players,” Desert Valley Times, May 17, 2001
“Eye Jazz,” Santa Monica Mirror, May 2001

1999
Artists of Utah, Gibbs Smith, Salt Lake City, UT 1999
“State of the Arts,” Las Vegas Weekly, 1999

1998
Art in America, Annual Guide, New York, NY 1998 through 2007

1980
The Illustrator, Minneapolis, MN 1980

1979
“The Art Scene,” Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT, April 17, 1979

1974
Collage and Assemblage, Crown Publishers, New York, NY 1974

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Utah State University
Eccles Art Center
Utah National Guard
Fairview Art Museum
Springville Art Museum
Brigham City Art Museum
City of Mesquite
Nora Eccles Harrison Art Museum
Lahti Finland Art Museum
Kyoto International Community House