JON HORVATH / WORKS / CV
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
MFA: Photography, 2008
MA: Photography, 2007
Marquette University
BA: English Literature, emphasis in Fiction Writing, 2001
BA: History of Philosophy, 2001
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
This Is Bliss, The Alice Wilds, Milwaukee, WI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Prologue, The Alice Wilds, Milwaukee, WI
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50, Artwork Network, Denver, CO (Curator: David Rosenberg)
2016
PASA Future of Photography Festival, Gyeonggi Arts Center, Suwon, South Korea
Street Scene: Hans Gindlesberger and Jon Horvath, SRO Photography Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Greater Milwaukee Foundation Mary L. Nohl Exhibition, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
Grass/Roots: Featuring William Sutton and Jon Horvath, Colorado Photographic Art Center, Denver, CO
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50, FotoFestiwal Lodz, OFF Piotrkowska, Lodz, Poland (Curator: Alison Nordstrom)
2015
Pacific Midwest 2.0, Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, WI (Co-curated with Tara Bogart and Chris Bennett)
DARKROOM: Auction and Benefit for the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL (Invitational)
On the Road: Hans Gindlesberger and Jon Horvath, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA
2014
Open 2014, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Juror: Shane Lavalette)
FILE Media Art, FILE 2014- Electronic Language International Festival, FIESP Cultural Centre, Sao Paolo, Brazil (Juror: Ruth Cardoso)
Independent Phrases and Subordinate Clauses, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (Curated by John Sobzcak)
Summer Home, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL (Curated by Nicole White and Tyler Blackwell)
Everyday Mysteries, Northwestern Mutual Gallery, Cardinal Stritch University (Curated by Shana McCaw)
Time Together, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland (Curated by Nate Larson and Simone Paterson)
The Enigmatic Object, Johalla Projects, Chicago, IL (Jurors: Kyohei Abe and Caroline Picard)
2013
Current Tendencies III, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
Pacific Midwest, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR (Curatorial Credit)
Archetype Drift, Johalla Projects, Chicago, IL (Juror: Jason Lazarus)
2012
Stamina, Work:Detroit, University of Michigan, Detroit, MI
3rd Annual Photography Competition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (Jurors: Natasha Egan and Kathy Ryan)
2011
1st Annual Juried Exhibition, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, Detroit, MI (Juror: Nancy Barr)
Photocentric, Garrison Arts Center, Garrison, NY (Juror: Larry Fink and Stephen Perloff)
Game Show NYC, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2010
2010 PhotoMidwest, Porter Butts and the Class of 1925 Galleries, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (Juror: Russell Joslin)
84th Annual International Competition: Photography, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA (Catalog) Philadelphia Museum of Art Purchase Award (Juror: Ingrid Schaffner)
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, New Jersey
AWARDS
2016
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Contemporary Photography Competition Finalist (Juror: Sarah Stolfa and Shane Lavelette)
2015
Greater Milwaukee Foundation Mary L. Nohl Established Artist Fellowship (Jurors: Jamillah James/Hammer Museum, Eric May/Roots & Culture Contemporary Arts Center, and Jodi Throckmorton/Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts)
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50
Lucie Foundation Emerging Artist Award (Shortlisted)
Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Fund Fellowship Recipient
2012
Review Santa Fe 100 (Selection Committee: Lesley Meyer, Aline Smithson, Lisa Sutcliffe)
2011
Magenta Flash Forward US Winner (Jurors: Andy Adams, Larissa Leclair, Shane Lavalette, George Slade)
2010
Julie Jensen Bryan and Robert Bryan Philadelphia Museum of Art Purchase Award
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Haggerty Museum of Art
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Special Collections
Indie Photo Book Library
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Interviews)
Welcome to a Town Called Bliss, Feature Shoot, December 2016
This Is Bliss, PDN Photo of the Day, December 2016
Jon Horvath Looks at the American West Myth from the Small Town of Bliss, Fotographia Magazine, June 2016
Jon Horvath: Demarcations / Dramatic Ones : Comedian Arts, Lenscratch, December 2013
GPS Drawings Inspired by Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road”, Feature Shoot, May 2012
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Print)
Mockingbird Magazine, 2017
Coyote, Self-published Chapbook, June 2016
Mary L. Nohl Fellowship Catalog, June 2016 (Essay by Ariel Shanberg)
Incandescent Zine Issue 8, August 2015
Aint-Bad Magazine, From Here On, May 2013
Wide Eyed, Wisconsin People and Ideas, Fall 2014
Darwin Magazine, Volume 3
Flash Forward: Emerging Photographers, Magenta, 2011
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Online)
Altered Landscapes, Landscape Stories, October 2016
This Is Bliss, Art Narratives, July 2016
Lenscratch States Project: Wisconsin January 2016
Jon Horvath’s “Wide Eyed”, Resource Magazine, June 2015
Lens Culture Photographer Spotlight, February 2, 2014
Fraction Magazine Issue 50
Griffin Museum of Photography Critic’s Pic, Stalking Michael Stipe: Another Prop to Occupy
My Time, December 2013
Flakphoto.com, October 18, 2012
Unless You Will: Issue 22, August 2012
Jon Horvath, Lenscratch.com, January 2012
Jon Horvath, iGNANT.com, January 2012
Flakphoto.com, January 13, 2011
PRESS
A Photographer Turns His Lens on Small Town of Bliss, High Country News
Artist Jon Horvath Brings a Touch of Bliss to Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Photographers Capturing Unseen Environments, Dazed Digital
Recommended: Summer Home/Schneider Gallery, New Art City
First Impressions of Current Tendencies III Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
2013 Year in Review: Art and Architecture in Milwaukee Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Present Music’s Around 30: The Dark Side of Turning 30, Express Milwaukee
Hello, Customer Service?, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Nut Factory Opens to Show Artwork, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Portrait Society: Three Shows Change Your Outlook, Third Coast Digest
The 84th Annual International Competition: Photography at The Print Center, The Art Blog