Born: Needham, Massachusetts 1963
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*Solo Shows)2007 *Vine Arts Center, Mpls MN
2006 801 Washington Lofts, Mpls MN
2004 Draw, Soo Visual Arts Center, Mpls MN
2003 Art-a-Whirl art festival, Mpls MN
2000 Foot in the Door, Minneapolis Institute of Art
1998 Rifle Sport revisited, Intermedia Arts, Mpls MN
1997 *Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley MN
1995 *No Name Exhibitions, alternative gallery, Mpls MN
1994 Throw Like a Girl, Katherine Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota
SELECTED INSTALLATIONS
2007 Trend Presentation, OfficeMax Corporate Headquarters, Chicago IL
Grand Old Day, St Paul MN
Artscape, Baltimore MD
Twin Cities Public Television 50th Year Anniversary Celebration, St Paul MN
10,000 Artists Party, Varsity Theater, sponsored by the Walker Art Center, Mpls MN
2006 Free First Saturday, Walker Art Center Performance and Workshop, Mpls MN
FringeAlFresco, New York International Fringe Festival, New York NY
Grand Re-Opening Celebration, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Mpls MN
The Anguish of Composure - The American Living Room, HERE, New York NY
Fresh Fest Cabaret, Bracknell, England
2005 National Tour, Painting live in Truck:
Minneapolis Art Car parade; Gay Pride Block Party; Bastille Day: Minneapolis MN
Central Art Car Parade, Omaha Nebraska
Okoboji Art Fair, Okoboji Iowa
Live on Winnebago, Decorah Iowa
Old West End Days, Toledo Ohio
ARTCar Parade, Houston Texas
How Berkeley Can you Be?, Berkeley California
La Sistina Infinita, The Unruly Julies paint the Sistine Ceiling in 40 minutes, Intermedia Arts, Mpls MN
1994 Everything Dies, Intermedia Arts, sponsored by the Walker Art Center, Mpls MN
1991 Buildings with Eyes, Southern Theater, Out There sponsored by the Walker Art Center
1990 The Dark Peace, Southern Theater, Out There sponsored by the Walker Art Center
COMMISSIONS
2007 Five Figures Flying, a 200 foot temporary mural sponsored by Forecast Public Artworks,
Minneapois, MN
2006 Two Bikers, 18’ x 12’ live mural painted in 10 minutes, Midtown Greenway Bike Center,
Minneapolis, MN
AWARDS
Artists’ Initiative Grant, Visual Art, Minnesota State Arts Board, St Paul,
Minnesota 2007
Artists’ Initiative Grant, Theater, Minnesota State Arts Board, St Paul,
Minnesota 2005
Fellowship, Jerome Foundation/Naked Stages, St Paul, Minnesota, 2005
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gabriel Cheifetz, “The Speed of JAO,” MinnPost.com, April 2008
Susan Andre, “Forecast: High Visibility,” Architecture MN, May/June 2007
Forecast Public Artworks, “From the Home Front,” Public Art Review, Spring/Summer 2007
Elizabeth Stiras, “Original Spin,” Lavender, August 2007
Camille Lefevre, “Answers by JAO,” Twin Cities Metro, May 2007
Nancy Crotti, “Filling a Void” Villager, May 23, 2007
Michael Metzger, “Move It, Move It,” Downtown Journal, August 28, 2007
Jerry V. Haines, “Media Target,” New Jersey Star-Ledger, October 16, 2005
Jerry V. Haines, “Minneapolis Mind Expansion,” Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2005
Anitra Wolf, “Art in the Park goes ‘extreme’,” The Okobojian, August 19, 2005
Anitra Wolf, “Art in the Park goes ‘extreme’,” Des Moines Register, August 17, 2005
Joe Rossi, “Art in the Interest of Business,” St Paul Pioneer Press, June 28, 2005
Carla Waldemar, “Give it a Whirl” Lavender, May 13-26, 2005
Mary Abbe, “ A Decade of Whirlin’” Minneapolis Star and Tribune, May 20, 2005
EDUCATION
University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, 1981 - 1984