Solomon Projects

Born: 1970, Waukegan, IL
Lives and works in St Louis, MO

[ SOLO EXHIBITIONS ]

Waves and Rococo, Hoffman Lachance Contemporary, Saint Louis, MO

2008
New Paintings, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2007
Jerald Ieans: On Being Blue, Works in the Collection, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO

2006
New Paintings, Schmidt Contemporary Art, Saint Louis, MO
Contradiction and Harmony: Works by Jerald Ieans, Tubman African American Museum, Macon, GA

2005
White Paintings, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA

2004
Paintings and Watercolors, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

2003
Jerald Ieans: New Monoprints, Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY

2002
Paintings, Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY
Six Monochromatic Paintings, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA

2000
Made in L.A., Schmidt Contemporary Art of Los Angeles, CA

1999
Hibiscus, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

1998
New Paintings, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA

1996
New Paintings, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

1994
Currents, The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Romeo's Blues, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

1993
New Paintings, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

1992
Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

[ SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS ]

2008

Summer Eyes/Summarize, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
New Paintings: IL + MO, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, IL

2007
The Nerman Museum, Johnson County Community College, Kansas City, KS
St. Louis Painters, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO

2006
Personal Logics, White Flag Projects, Saint Louis, MO

2005
Tete à Tete, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY

2003
Schmidts Picks: a look at new art in Saint Louis since 1990, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2002
No Greater Love, Abstraction, Jack Tilton / Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY

2001
Freestyle, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (catalogue)

2000
Wine, Women and Wheels, curated by Paul Ha, White Columns, New York, NY
African American Abstraction, City Gallery East, Atlanta, GA

1997
Aspects of Abstraction, Nations Bank, Atlanta, GA

1995
Paper Works, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Craft of Art: Jerald Ieans and Jody Lomberg, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Summer Group Exhibition (with John Millei, Michelle Fierro, Nancy Haynes, John Zinsser, Dennis Hollingsworth) Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX
Works on Paper, The Reading Room, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

1994
small paintings, small works by 25 modern artists, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
On Paper, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

1993
Lawrence Carroll and Jerald Ieans, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

1992
Black & White, Paintings by Jerald Ieans, Julian Lethbridge, Glenn Ligon, David Ortins, Harvey Tulcensky and Christopher Wool, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Works on Paper, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

[ SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ]

2009
Friswold, Paul. Wave of Beautification, River Front Times, May 29.

2006
Arango, Jorge. Pomp and Pop, House and Garden, June, p.138.

2005
Sirlin, Deanna. Reviews: Atlanta, Art Papers, July/August, p. 40-41.

2003
Dimling-Cochran, Rebecca. Jerald Ieans at Solomon Projects. Art in America, March p.128

2002
Storr, Robert. Robert Storr on Jerald Ieans, Artforum, January p. 124.

2001
Brockington, Horace. Freestyle, NY Arts Magazine, May 31.
Cotter, Holland. A Full Studio Museum Show..., The New York Times, May 11, p. B34.
Faust, Lily. Wine, Women & Wheels, The New York Artworld, January.
Griffin, Tim. Race Matters, Time Out New York, May 24-31, p. 55-56.
Johnson, Ken. Wine, Women & Wheels, The New York Times, January 21.V Plagens, Peter. Harlem Goes Freestyle, Newsweek, May 14, p. 60.
Saltz, Jerry. Post-Black, The Village Voice, May.
Schjeldahl, Peter. Breaking Away, The New Yorker, June 11, p.90.
Vibe Magazine. The New Masters, May 2001, p.138.
Vogue (German Edition). April, p.48.

2000
Byrd, Cathy. Color Play: Contemporary Abstraction at City Gallery East, Creative Loafing, June.
Cullum, Jerry. African American Abstraction,The Atlanta Journal Constitution, June 30, p. Q8.V.

1998
Locke, Donald. Second Dimension, Jerald Ieans at Solomon Projects, Creative Loafing, Vol. 26, No. 51, May 9.

1996
Parr, Debra. City Focus: Saint Louis. A Different Kind of Energy, Art News, March.

1995
Cullum, Jerry. The Art of Craft: Working with Materials in Abstract Painting, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, July 7.
Strick, Jeremy. Currents 60: Jerald Ieans, The Saint Louis Art Museum (exhibition catalogue).

1994
Bellos, Alexandra. Currents Event, (review), The Riverfront Times, December 7 - 13.
Castro, Jan Garden. Elliptical statements, (review), The Riverfront Times, December 7 - 13.
DiMartino, Tony. State of the Art: Portraits of Five St. Louis Artists Whose Work Draws Admiring Attention, The Riverfront Times, August 17 - 23.
Duffy, Robert W. Blue, Glue and Lofty Beginning, (feature article) St. Louis Post Dispatch, November 17.
Original Defines Jerald Ieans (review), St. Louis Post Dispatch, January 13.

1993
Duffy, Robert W. Show in Black and White: Where Less is More, (review), St. Louis Post Dispatch, July 6.
Lawrence Carroll and Jerald Ieans: Sculpture and Watercolors, St. Louis Post Dispatch, October.

1992
Duffy, Robert W. A Glowing First Show for Jerald Ieans, (review), St. Louis Post Dispatch, November 12.

[ SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ]