J O N A T H A N WA H L www.jonathanwahl.com
EDUCATION
1995-1996 Artist-in-Residence, Klein Plastik, Hochscule der Kunst,
Berlin, Germany
1992-1994 State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, Master of Fine Arts, Metal
1989-1990 Temple University Abroad, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy
1986-1990 Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA, Bachelor of Fine Arts
COLLECTIONS
2022 the New York Historical Society, New York, NY
2021 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
2010 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2010 Ian Wardropper & Sarah Mc Near.
2009 The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX.
2000 The Museum of Arts And Design formerly, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1997 Donna Schneier, New York, NY
1997 Robert Phannebecker, Lancaster, PA
1996 Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY, New Paltz, NY
1989 Antonio Gava, Italian Secretary of the Interior, Rome, Italy
AWARDS AND HONORS
2009 New York foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Print Making, Drawing & Book Arts.
2009 The Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, NY, NY
1999 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Craft
1997 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation biennial award
1996 Empire State Craft Alliance, Career Development Grant
1990 Outstanding Achievement Award, Pennsylvania Society of Goldsmiths
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018 Outrageous Ornament Extreme Jewelry in the 21st Century, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY.
2018 In Conversation: 18th-Century Influences on Contemporary Craft, Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX.
2017 New York Silver Then and Now, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY, cureated by Jennine Falino
2017 Sentimental Ornamentation, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University,
Grand Rapids, MI
2016 Parallels, Jonathan Wahl & Sondra Sherman, Lamar Dodge Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
2015 Reading Objects, Samuel Dorsky Gallery, New Paltz, NY.
2015 Jonathan Wahl, Sienna Patti Contemporary, Lenox, MA. solo.
2015 PULSE NYC, Sienna Gallery, solo.
2014 Reverse: rewriting culture, Dot Fifty One, Miami, FL.
2013 Twenty First Century Heirlooms, Racine Museum of Art, Racine, WI.
2013 RE: Position, Harbourfront Center, Toronto Canada
2012 Covet, Sienna Gallery, SOFA NY, NY & Sienna Contemporary, Lenox, MA.
2012 Jonathan Wahl & Kim Cridler, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University,
Grand Rapids, MI
2012 Decorative Impulse, Charles Allis and Villa Terrace Museums, Milwaukee, WI
2011 Dubh/Dialogues in Black, American Irish Historical Society, New York, NY, traveled.
2011 Decadence and Disarray, SPQ Projects, Lenox, MA.
2011 Pulse NYC, Sienna Gallery, NY, NY.
2010 Day Job, The Drawing Center, NY, NY, catalog..
2010 Liquid Lines, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX.
2010 Extreme Beauty, Glassell School of Art, Houston TX.
2009 The Jet Drawings, Sienna Gallery, Lenox MA (solo), catalog
2009 The Jet Drawings, SOFA New York, Sienna Gallery, (solo), catalog
2007 New York Memories, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Homomuseum, Exit Art, New York, NY
2005 The Bridge, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2004 The Art of Aging, The Museum Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, NY
2003 Figure, Fact, & Fiction, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2003 Formed to Function, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sherboygan, WI
2002 Markers In Contemporary Metal, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY, New Paltz
2001 Cowboys and Unicorns, Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
2001-2002 Mikromedias, Bayerischer Kunstgeweber Verein e. V., Bavarian Decorative Arts Museum,
Munich, Germany, curated by Otto Künzli., traveled
2000 Blurred Boundaries, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
2000 Plastic Monuments, Centro Municipal de Expiciones Subte, Montevideo, Uruguay, catalog
2000 Defining Craft, The American Craft Museum, New York, NY, catalog
1999 Laurie Hogin/Jonathan Wahl, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY (two-person)
1999 In Regard to the Domestic: Identities Found in the Local, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI
1999 Funk-shun, Henry Street Settlement House, New York, NY
1998 Contemporary Crafts of New York State, New York State Museum, Albany, NY.
1997-1998 Transfigurations, University of Akron, Akron, OH, catalog, forward by Arthur C. Danto, traveled.
1997 Craft Mediating Culture, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Contemporary Craft, New York State Museum, Albany, NY.
1995 Issues and Intents, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Shustack, Jennifer, WAG Magazine , ”Jewelry on the Edge”, October 1.
2018 Falino, Jeannine, Twenty First Century Silver, Metalsmith Magazine, vol 38, NO. 1
2016 Fernandez,Jennifer, Architectural Digest, “A Stylish New York Apartment for a Kardashian PR Powerhouse”, July 6.
2015 Cumins Susan , Art Jewelry Forum, April 2.
2010 Johnson, Ken, “Day Job”, The New York Times, January 20.
2010 “Day Job”, catalog, The Drawing Center, New York ,NY.
2010 “Day Job”, Goings On About Town, The New Yorker, December 9.
2009 Simon, Marjorie, ”Objects of Remembrance Contemporary Mourning Jewelry”, Metalsmith Magazine,
volume 29, number 5.
2009 The Jet Drawings, Sienna Press
2008 500 Metal Vessels, Lark Books, Ashville, NC.
2005 momenta art 1989 to 2004 catalog, momenta art, Brooklyn, NY
2005 McGee, Celia, “Carving Out a Niche”, Daily News, Sunday October 30
2005 Cotter, Holland, “Homomuseum,” The New York Times, June 24, 2005
2005 Simon Marjorie, “The 92nd Street Y," Metalsmith Magazine, Fall 2005, volume 25, no 5
2005 The Advocate Report, “Homomuseum,” The Advocate, July 5, 2005
2004 Glueck, Grace, “The Art of Aging,” The New York Times, January 16, 2004
2003 Cole, Kevin, “Formed to Fuction?” Dialogue Magazine, May/June 2003
2003 Holley, Mary Ann, “formed to function?” The Sherboygan Press, February 23, 2003
2002 Rossolowski, Tacey A., “Markers In Contemporary Metal,” Metalsmith Magazine, fall 2002
2001 “Mikromegas” catalog, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe-Verein, Munich, Germany
2000 Defining Craft, The American Craft Museum, New York, NY
2000 Jaeger, William, “Crafting an Art Debate,” Times Union, November 24
2000 Canning, Susan M., Laurie Hogin & Jonathan Wahl @ Momenta Art, Art In America, June 2000
2000 Reif, Rita, “Keeping Up With the Expanding Meaning of Craft,”The New York Times, February 13,
1999 The New Yorker, Goings on About Town, Laurie Hogin and Jonathan Wahl,
1999 Michal Ann , Carley “Transfigurations,” Metalsmith Magazine, volume 20, number 5
1999 Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine
1999 Ames, Kenneth, “Craft Mediating Culture,” Metalsmith Magazine, volume 19, number 3
1997 Transfigurations catalog, Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron Ohio,
forward by Arthur C. Danto
1997 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Awards Catalog, New York, NY
1996 Tran, Turner, “Issues and Intents,” Metalsmith Magazine, volume 16, number 3
1994 Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine
1994 Metcalf, Bruce,” Recent Sightings,” Metalsmith Magazine, volume 14, number 4
RELATED PRESS
2009 “Linked In”, Pulse section, Philadelphia Magazine, June
2009 500 enameled Objects, Lark Books, Ashville, NC
2009 Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, “It is all in the Wrist”, March 6.
2007 O, The Oprah Magazine, Style O, February 2007
2006 O, The Oprah Magazine, Comfort Zone, February 2006
2006 Burwell, Alison, W Jewelry, “New Wave”, Summer 2006.
2005 Harpers Bazaar, Korea, “News & Info, Bridge @ Gana Gallery”, December 2005.
2005 Murray, Suzanne, “Keep Your Beauty in Balance,” Organic Style Magazine, November 2005
2004 1000 Rings, curated by Robert Ebendorf, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
2002 Simon, Marjorie, “Mikromegas”, Metalsmith Magazine, summer 2002.
1996 O’Sullivan, Michael, “Chain Gang’ Breaks the Bounds of ‘Craft,” The Washington Post,
June 10, 1996
RELATED MEDIA
2018 Fasel, Marion, Jewelry Influencer: 92 Street Y’s Jonathan Wahl, The Adventurine, December 2018.
2018 Brown, Sarah Rachel, Perceived Value, A Mixture of Naiveté and Bravado | Jonathan Wahl of the 92nd St. Y, August 31.
https://www.perceivedvaluepodcast.com/home/2018/8/31/a-mixture-of-naivet-and-bravado-jonathan-wahl-of-the-92nd-st-y
2009 Craft In America Documentary, Produced by Craft In America/Patricia Bischetti, aired on PBS
October 7, featured quest.
2005 Simon, Stephanie, “Homomuseum,” New York 1, June 20, 2005
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2002 Funky Abstraction, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Fairy Tale, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Men Who Sew, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2017 Parsons School of Design, NY, NY.
2016 University of Georgia, Athens GA.
2014 Quest Lecturer, NYC immersion, University of Gegoria, Athens, GA.
2012 Quest Lecturer, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2010 Quest Lecturer, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA.
2004 Quest Lecturer, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Guest Lecturer, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2000 Guest Lecturer, University of Texas, El Paso, University of New Mexico, Las Crusas
1998 Guest Lecturer, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
1997 Guest Lecturer, University of Akron, Jewelry/Metals Department, Akron, OH
1997 The Tin Quilt Project, public art project in conjunction with
The Craft Students League YWCA/NYC and Citicorp, New York, NY
1997 Tin Chasing Workshop, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1996 Conversations symposium, alumni panelist-“Image Making and Studio Practice,”
SUNY New Paltz, NY
1995 Guest Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, Product Design Department, Metals,
New York, NY