Education
2011 MFA, Tufts University, Medford MA
2008 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME
2004 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
2002 Australia National University, Canberra Australia
Exhibitions, Performances, and Screenings (solo shows where noted)
2026 Ned & Glory Griner Art Gallery, Checkpoint: Interactive Artworks & Experimental Play, Ball State University, Muncie ID (solo).
2025 Rhode Island School of Design,, 75th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, RISD Providence RI.
Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum of Art, Made In ____, Providence RI.
2024 Marathon Gallery, 99 Paintings, Ellenville NY (solo).
2023 Rhode Island School of Design, Summer Faculty Show, Providence RI.
Jordan’s Jungle, Color Paintings, Providence RI.
2021 Socrates Sculpture Park, September 18, 2021, Queens NY (performance).
2020 Community College of Rhode Island, Faculty Art Show, Warwick RI.
2019 Tufts University Art Gallery, Bookworks, Somerville MA.
Fidelity Investments Corporate Office, Salem Painting Library, Smithfield RI (solo).
University of Rhode Island Art Gallery, State of the Arts, Providence RI.
2018 Rhode Island School of Design, Summer Faculty Show, Providence RI.
Angels Gate Cultural Center, Making Social, curated by Matt Rich, San Pedro CA.
Montserrat Art Gallery, Artragious, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA.
2017 Essex Art Center, Painting Library, curated by Cathy McLaurin, Lawrence MA (solo).
The Wurks, Don’t Tell Me What to Do, curated by Francisco Gonzalez & John Finnery, Providence RI.
2016 Carroll and Sons Gallery, Yard Sale, curated by Jack Schneider, Boston MA.
Montserrat Art Gallery, Seven Reunion, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA
David Winton Bell Gallery, Works Well With Others, curated by Ian Alden Russell, Providence RI (solo)
2015 Fulton Street, Body Meets City, curated by Sofia Fernandez Alvarez, Brooklyn NY (performance)
Mills Gallery, Action Kits, curated by Matt Rich, Boston MA
Mills Gallery, Thomas Willis performs exercises by John C Gonzalez, Boston MA (performance)
2014 New Art Center, The Flash of an Instant, Newton MA
Le Petite Versailles, Secret Garden, New York, NY
2013 225 Friend Street, Odd Jobs, Organized by SubSamsøn and Camilo Alvarez, Boston MA (solo)
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 2013 deCordova Biennial, Lincoln MA
Montserrat Art Gallery, Seven, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Odd Spaces, curated by Liz Munsell, Boston MA (performance)
The Home Depot Store 4285, Home Depot House Project, Providence RI (solo)
138 Sycamore Street, Saturn Rising, Roslindale MA
WYE, der Sonnenaufgang Tours Berlin, organized by Katrina Newmann, Berlin Germany
Wassaic Project, Stick Exchange, Wassaic NY
Proof Gallery, Boston Does Boston Six, Boston MA
Howard Art Project, Small Conversations 7, Boston, MA
2012 Project Space Gallery, The Drawing Room, University of Rhode Island, Kingston RI (solo)
10 Days That Shook the World, Excavating Herring Cove, Provincetown MA (performance)
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, A Cubic Yard of Air, Boston MA
Wassaic Project, Sandwiches in the Expanded Field, Wassaic NY
119 Gallery, Space Mission, curated by Bradford Rusick, Lowell MA
Stairwell Gallery, Foundation On Parade, Boston MA
Jamestown Arts Center, Statewide, Jamestown RI
Howard Art Project, Small Conversations 5 & 6, Boston MA
92nd Street Y, Drawings Related to Performance Works, New York NY
The Beehive, Sting! XII: Boston Contemporary, Boston MA
Boston University, Trading Post, 100 Years of Performance (Version #4), Organized by Kate McNamara, Boston MA
2011 Socrates Sculpture Park, September 25, 2011, Queens NY (performance)
Tufts University SMFA, In-Between, curated by Benjamin Austin, Boston MA (performance)
Regina Rex, Out of the Woods, Brooklyn NY (screening)
Samson Projects, Small Conversations 1 - 4, Boston MA
Eastern Michigan University, Looking Both Ways, Ypsilanti MI
Helen Day Art Center, Best of the North East Masters of Fine Arts, curated by Nathan Suter, Stowe VT
Grossman Gallery, Graduating Students Exhibition, Boston MA
Lufthansa Studios, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Boston MA
William Morris Hunt Memorial Library, Summer 2010, Boston MA (performance)
2010 Boston University, Boston Young Contemporaries, curated by Joao Ribas, Boston MA
William Morris Hunt Memorial Library, Parallel Archive, Boston MA (performance)
Grossman Gallery, Student Annual Exhibition, curated by Dina Deitch and Andrew Witkin, Boston MA
2009 Emerson College, Next Generation 3, curated by Joe Ketner, Boston MA
Arthouse at the Jones Center, New American Talent 24, curated by Hamza Walker, Austin TX
Grossman Gallery, Student Annual Exhibition, Boston MA
2008 Justison Landing, Wilmington DE
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston MA
Wickford Art Association, Man and Beast, Wickford RI
2004 Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, Branford CT
2003 Providence Art Club, Providence RI
Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence RI
ISB Gallery, Providence RI
2002 Canberra School of Art, Australia National University, Canberra Australia
2001 Searless Gallery, Providence RI
2000 Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence RI
Curatorial Projects
2018-24 Rhode Island School of Design Pre-College, Summer Foundations Exhibition, Providence RI
2010 Lufthansa Studios Project Space, Boston MA
Mobius Art Space, We’ll Take You Seriously Someday, Boston MA
Gasp Gallery, Death Does the Popsicle, Brookline MA
Bibliography
2026 Urban, Abigail, “Visiting art exhibit at Ball State invites people to interact and touch art,” Indiana Public Radio, 1/23/26.
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2023 Patterson, Rachel, Radar Poetry, Issue 37. Radarpoetry.com 10/16/23.
2020 Gath, Jessica and Leurig, Sharlene, Wish You Were Here, independent publication, artist book.
2017 McQuaid, Cate, “Painting Library.” Boston Globe 7/9/17
Gray Rowan, “Let’s Build a House Together.” Take Magazine 2/6/17
2016 Musterman Brooke, “Works Well with Others.” Let’s Talk Art with Brooke 7/4/16
McQuaid, Cate. “John C Gonzalez’s Solo Show Built Upon Collaboration.” Boston Globe 5/24/16
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2015 Dore, Alana. “Action Kits Exhibit Premieres in South End,” Huntington News 1/29/15
2014 Wong Winnie, “Van Gogh on Demand: China and the Readymade.” Pg 179, University of Chicago Press, 2014
Ramos, JV. “Inconspicuous Art and Matters of Labor.” Expat Newspaper Philippines 10/19/14
Grossman, Suzi. “Went There: ‘Flash of an Instant’ @ New Art Center.” Bostonhassle.com 4/14/14
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Russell, Ian Alden. “Video Profile: John C Gonzalez” Bigredandshiny.com 3/17/14
Cook, Greg. “Prefer Your Bugs Fried, Roasted or Mashed? Wbur.org 3/6/14
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Awards and Fellowships
2014 Escuela de Bella Artes, Artist Residency, Bagac, Bataan Philippines
2013 Tufts University SMFA, Traveling Scholars Fellowship, Boston MA
Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency Fellowship, Johnson VT
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Artist in Residence, Lincoln MA
Wellesley College, Cole Fellowship Nominee, Wellesley MA
2012 Saint Botolph Club Foundation Award recipient, Boston MA
Wassaic Project, Artist Residency Fellowship, Wassaic NY
Samson, Subsamson Artist in Residence, Boston MA
2011 MacDowell, Summer Artist Residency Fellowship, Peterborough NH
Jentel Foundation, Artist Residency Fellowship, Banner WY
2010 Tufts University, Graduate Research Grant, Medford MA
Tufts University SMFA, Dean’s Grant, Boston MA
2009 Tufts University SMFA, Springborn Fellowship Recipient, Boston MA
2008-11 Tufts University SMFA, Full Tuition Merit Scholarship, Boston MA
2008 Skowhegan Fellowship Recipient, Artist Residency, Skowhegan ME
2007 Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency Fellowship, Johnson VT
1999-03 Rhode Island School of Design, Merit scholarship, Providence RI
Academic Appointments
2026 Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Illustration, Visual Strategies Instructor of the record, Providence RI.
Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Illustration, Independent Study Instructor of the record, Providence RI.
2025 Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Industrial Design, Visiting Critic, Providence RI.
Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Illustration, Independent Study Instructor of the record, Providence RI.
Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Artist Lecture, Boston MA.
Rhode Island School of Design, Pre-College Summer Program, Game Design Instructor of the record, Providence RI.
2024-cont Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Illustration, Game Design instructor of the record, Providence RI.
2023-25 Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Illustration, Drawing instructor of the record, Providence RI.
2022-23 Rhode Island School of Design, Experimental and Foundation Studies, Design instructor of the record, Providence RI.
2022 Project Open Door, Teaching Artist, Drawing, Providence RI.
2020 Rhode Island School of Design, Advanced Program for High School Students, Drawing Instructor of the record, Providence RI.
2019-24 Rhode Island School of Design, Pre-College Program, Design instructor of the record, Providence RI.
2018-24 Rhode Island School of Design, Pre-College Program, Drawing instructor of the record, Providence RI.
Community College of Rhode Island, Drawing instructor of the record, Warwick RI.
2018-22 Rhode Island School of Design, Continuing Education, Design instructor of the record, Providence RI.
2017 Lesley University, artist lecture, Global Issues and Challenges, Cambridge MA.
2015 Wellesley College, visiting artist, Collective Artist Residency, Wellesley MA.
School of Visual Arts, Illustration Visiting Instructor, New York NY.
Brooklyn Museum, Game Design instructor, Brooklyn NY.
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, artist lecture, Mischievous Tactics, Lincoln MA.
2013 Massachusetts College of Art, Painting visiting instructor, Boston MA.
2012 Harvard University, visiting critic, Graduate School of Design, Architecture, Cambridge MA.
Rhode Island School of Design, Visiting Critic, Graduate Architecture Department, Providence RI.
Montserrat College of Art, artist lecture, Contemporary Art Practice, Beverly MA.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, visiting critic, Painting Department, Boston MA.
University of Rhode Island, artist lecture, School of Fine Arts, Kingston RI.
Tufts University, Contemporary Art Practice instructor of the record, Boston MA.
2010-11 Tufts University, Graduate Teaching Fellow, Painting instructor of the record, Boston MA.
2009-10 Tufts University, Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellow, Painting, Boston MA.
2009 Tufts University, Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellow, Photography, Boston MA.
2004 Riverzedge Arts Project, Instructor of Painting, Providence RI.
2002 Rhode Island School of Design, Teaching Assistant Fellow, Illustration, Providence RI.
Art Collections
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York NY
Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, Boston MA
Massachusetts College of Art Library, Boston MA
W. Van Allen Clark Jr. Library, Boston MA
Born in Providence, RI USA. Lives and works in Rhode Island.