JOHN RHODEN
EXHIBITION
HISTORY
John Rhoden exhibited extensively during his lifetime
From his first exhibition in 1933 and to his last in 1995, Rhoden's dedication and perseverance to create and exhibit his works of art was admirable. All exhibition information compiled for this list came directly from the John Rhoden papers, including resumes, ephemera, photography, and correspondence. Archives staff will continually update the list with information if new details emerge.
1930s
1933
Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Savery Library at Talladega College Talladega, Alabama
December - 1933
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1934
Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Public Library of Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama
June - 1934
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1935
Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Savery Library at Talladega College
March - 1935
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1938
Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Cooperative Fellowship House New York, New York
September - 1938
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1940s
1940
Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
New York Public Library: Muhlenberg Branch New York, New York
1940
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Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
New York Public Library: Harlem New York, New York
1940
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1943
Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Army Camp
November - 1943
Works exhibited: portrait of commanding officer
1945
Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Pentagon Building
1945
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Fourth Annual Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures and Prints by Negro Artists
Atlanta University Atlanta, Georgia
April 1, 1945 - April 29, 1945
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1946
Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Servicemen Club (Service Club No. 2) New York, New York
1946
Works exhibited: first major attempt at painting a mural
1947
Audubon Artist 6th Annual Exhibition
National Academy of Design New York, New York
December 12, 1947 - December 29, 1947
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1948
Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Architecture League (possibly Architectural League) New York, New York
1948
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1949
Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Architecture League (possibly Architectural League) New York, New York
1948
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Columbia University First Annual Student Artists Show
Columbia University New York, New York
March 25, 1949 - April 8, 1949
Works exhibited: torso (small nude figurine, green luxor soapstone, first prize in show); Invictus (Mexican tulipwood); plunging bull (mahogany); fish (green marble, first place in sculpture division).
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Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Arthur Brown Gallery New York, New York
1949
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Country Fair City Center Show by National Urban League
NYPL Schomburg Collection New York, New York
June 17, 1949 - June 19, 1949
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NAACP Youth Group Show
New York, New York
1949
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Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Broadway 77th Street Theater New York, New York
November - November, 1949
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36th Annual National Open Exhibition
Allied Artists of America (held at The National Academy of Design Galleries on Upper Fifth Avenue at 89th Street) New York, New York
October 3, 1949 - October 20, 1949
Works exhibited: Contentment
African Opinion
Location: unknown
1949
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Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Riverside Museum New York, New York
1949
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1950s
1950
Ninth Annual Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures and Prints by Negro Artists
Atlanta University Atlanta, Georgia
1950
Works exhibited: female figure in wood
145th Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 22, 1950 - February 26, 1950
Works exhibited: Contentment
Painters and Sculptors Society of New Jersey Annual National Members Exhibition
Jersey City Museum Jersey City, New Jersey
1950
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Audubon Artist 9th Annual Exhibition
National Academy of Design New York, New York
1950
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Columbia University Second Annual Student Artists Show
Philosophy Hall, Morningside Heights Campus, Columbia University New York, New York
March 15, 1950 - March 29, 1950
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Art Fair
St. Martin's Episcopal Church New York, New York
1950
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Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine
1950
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Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting Madison, Maine
1950
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Exhibition of Works by Candidates for Grants for the Year 1951
The National Institute of Arts and Letters New York, New York
December 8, 1950 - January 15, 1951
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1951
American Sculpture 1951, A National Competitive Exhibition
The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, New York
December 7, 1951 - February 24, 1952
Works exhibited: The Dancer, bronze, H. 48 inches, $2,000
Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
The American British Art Gallery
1951
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1954
John Rhoden
Galleria Schneider Rome, Italy
April 12, 1954 - April 24, 1954
Works exhibited: 23 sculptures, “Acrobati”, “Harlem Globe Trotter”, “Toro”, “Afrodite”, “Torso”, “Fecondita”, “Adam ed Eva”, “Crocifissione”
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Rhoden Sculpture
Fairweather-Garnet Gallery Evanston, Illinois
January 24, 1954 - February 19, 1954
Works exhibited: three-headed lion, bronze; heavenly bodies, bronze; astronomer, bronze; reclining figure, bronze; torso, rosewood; contentment, luxor stone; conversations about nothing, bronze; acrobats, bronze; angels teasing taurus, bronze; group, bronze.
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1955
Exhibition: Paintings by Kandinsky, Klee, Leger, Miro. Sculpture by John Rhoden
Saidenberg Gallery New York, New York
March 7, 1955 - April 30, 1955
Works exhibited: Horses
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Exhibition of Works by Candidates for Grants for the Year 1951
The National Institute of Arts and Letters New York, New York
March 4, 1955 - March 20, 1955
Works exhibited: 4 works lent
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1956
John W. Rhoden: Veistoksia, Skulpturer Finland Amerika Foreningens
Helsinki, Finland
January 20, 1956 - January 24, 1956
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Extended Loans from the Guggenheim Museum OR Modern Masters from the Guggenheim Museum
Savery Library at Talladega College Talladega, Alabama
1956
Works exhibited: Invictus, made of Mexican tulip, 1949
John Rhoden's Sculptural Exhibition
L'Atelier du Caire, Cairo, Egypt
March 24, 1956 -
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1959
Atlanta University Contemporary Art Collection
Atlanta University Atlanta, Georgia
1959
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Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture
University of Illinois, Urbana Urbana, Illinois
March 1, 1959 - April 5, 1959
Works exhibited: Angels Teasing Taurus
1960s
1961
New Vistas in American Art
Howard University Art Gallery Washington, D.C.
March - April, 1961
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1963
Exhibition of Paintings by Richanda Rhoden and Sculpture by John Rhoden
Djakarta, Indonesia
1963
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1967
North Carolina Collects: A Loan Exhibition of North Carolina Owned Objects
North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh, North Carolina
October 10, 1967 - October 29, 1967
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Thirty-Eighth Annual Festival of Music and Art, John Rhoden and Walter Williams
Fisk University Art Gallery Nashville, TN
April 23, 1967 - April 30, 1967
Works exhibited: quarter horse, bronze 1958; safari, bronze, 1959, seated figure, bronze, 1959; agilita, bronze, 1959; dance figure, bronze, 1959; dedicated public servant, bronze, 1962; nuance, nankawood, 1963; mother and child, rosewood, 1964; totem, bronze, 1966; abstractions no. 10, bronze, 1966; tripytch, bronze, 1966; winter soltic, bronze, 1967.
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1968
Formal Exhibition Title: Unknown
Northside Center for Child Development New York, New York
Fall 1968
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1969
Brooklyn Heights Association Art Show
Brooklyn Museum of Art Brooklyn, New York
April 13, 1969 - May 11, 1969
Works exhibited: Cloud Woman
Afro-American Artists Since 1950
Brooklyn College Brooklyn, New York
April 15, 1969 - May 18, 1969
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1970s
1970
Afro-American Artists: New York and Boston
Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists Boston, Massachusetts
May 19, 1970 - June 23, 1970
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An Exhibition of Sculpture by John Rhoden
University of Pittsburgh Art Gallery Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
September 11, 1970 - October 6, 1970
Works exhibited: see exhibition checklist (pafa archives)
1971
Contemporary Black Artists in America
Whitney Museum of American Art New York, New York
April 6, 1971 - May 16, 1971
Works exhibited: Blue Eyes (Indonesian Legend), 1965, wood, 52 x 48 x 48 inches
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Sculptures of John W. Rhoden
Spelman College Atlanta, Georgia
April 4, 1971 - April 23, 1971
Works exhibited: see exhibition checklist (pafa archives)
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Works of Richanda and John Rhoden
Interchurch Center New York, New York
May 24, 1971 - June 25, 1971
Works exhibited: see exhibition checklist (pafa archives)
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1972
Reflections: the Afro-American artist: an exhibit of paintings, sculpture, and graphics
Benton Convention Center Winston-Salem, North Carolina
October 8, 1972 - October 15, 1972
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1973
Highlights from the Atlanta University Collection of Afro-American Art
High Museum of Art Atlanta, Georgia
Fall 1973
Works exhibited: Female Figure, sculpture, h. 29 inches Second Award, 1967.
Afro-American Invitational
Birmingham Arts Festival Birmingham, Alabama
1973
Works exhibited: dedicated public servant; honiwa (both bronze)
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1975
Art Exhibit: Painters Mayhew, Critchlow Sculptors Rhoden, Richardson
Location: unknown (possibly Florida)
May 10, 1975
Works exhibited: figure (bronze); bust (bronze); bust (bronze); figure (bronze)
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1976
Two Centuries of African American Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, California
September 30, 1976 - November 21, 1976
Works exhibited: Safari, 1958, bronze, 27 x 38 in; Population Explosion, 1962, teakwood, 60 inches; Confrontation, 1969, bronze, 96 inches; Abstraction, 1975, bronze, jewel glass, 48 inches high ; Richanda, 1975, bronze, 90 inches high; Sphere of Life, 1975, bronze, 48 x 60 inches
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1979
Black Artists / South Huntsville
Museum of Art Huntsville, Alabama
April 1, 1979 - July 29, 1979
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1980s
1981
Sculpture ’81
Lever House New York, New York
February 18, 1981 - March 16, 1981
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1982
JOHN RHODEN SCULPTURES
African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 23, 1982 - October 1, 1982
Works exhibited: Pow Wow, 1976, Bronze and jewel glass, 64 inches; Eve, 1958, Bronze, 46 inches; Hommage De’ Africa, 1969, Bronze and jewel glass, 8 feet; Ritual of Circumstance, 1980, Bronze, 19 ½ inches; Safari, 1958, Bronze, 27 x 38 inches; Line portrait, 1972, Bronze, 35 ¼ inches; Challenge to Jupiter, 1953, Bronze, 39 inches; Dedicated Public Servant, 1958, Bronze and jewel glass, 40 x 12 inches; Search for Truth, 1953, Bronze, 34 inches; African Dancers, 1974, Bronze, 36 ¾ inches; The Garrison, 1970, Bronze and Jewel glass, 28 x 16 inches; Seated Figure, 1958, Bronze, 10 feet; Manhattan, 1959, Bronze, Nickel Silver and Jewel Glass, 65 ½ inches; Generations, 1961, Teakwood, 8 feet 4 inches; Bronze head, 1980, Bronze, 19 inches; Nyanza “Presence of Africa”, 1976, Bronze, 7 feet 8 inches; Clone, 1979, Bronze, 40 inches
Archival materials:
John Rhoden: Sculpture
Gallery 62, National Urban League New York, New York
November 8, 1982 - December 10, 1982
Works exhibited: Female Figure, 1963, Wood, 80 inches; Agilita, 1958, Bronze, 28 inches; Population Explosion, 1982, teak wood, 66 inches; African Woman, Bronze, 41 inches; Angels Teasing Taurus, bronze, jewel glass, 50 inches; Mask, 1978, Bronze, 86 inches; Sumo Wrestlers, 1980, Bronze, 16 inches; Chinook, 1961, Bronze, 49 inches; Acrobats, 1953, Bronze, 44 inches; Double Horses, Bronze, 16 inches; I’ve Got It Hidden, 1958, Bronze, 34 inches; Mask, 1978, bronze, 86 inches; Metaphor, 1980, bronze, 22 inches; African King and Queen, 1968, Bronze & jewel glass, 18 inches; Three Women, 1970, Bronze, 16 inches; Goumelis (Girl in Love with Herself), 1963, teak wood, 76 inches; Abstract Caryatid, 1957, Bronze, 34 inches; Topeng, 1962, Rosamalia wood, 66 inches; Priest of the Borealis, 1980, Bronze, 28 inches; Invictus, 1948, Rosewood, 18 inches
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1984
Eighteen Horses: Ninety Years of Equestrian Statuary the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Memorial Arch, Prospect Park Brooklyn, New York
April 29, 1984 - June 17, 1984
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1985
Sculpture by John Rhoden
Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham, Alabama
January 20, 1985 - March 17, 1985
Works exhibited: see exhibition checklist (pafa archives)
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Choosing: An Exhibit of Changing Perspectives in Modern Art and Art Criticism by Black Americans, 1925-1985
Hampton University Hampton, Virginia
1985
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1986
Unbroken Circle: Exhibition of African American Artists of the 1930’s and 1940’s
Kenkeleba House New York, New York
May 5, 1986
Works exhibited: Gemini, Rosewood, 1947.
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1987
In the Spirit of Wood
Kenkeleba House New York, New York
April 5, 1987 - May 3, 1987
Works exhibited: Mother and Child II, 42 inches, rosamalla wood, 1962.
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1988
Six Black Sculptors
Hudson Guild Art Gallery New York, New York
1988
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Joining Forces: Hughie Lee Smith and John W. Rhoden
Montclair State College Upper Montclair, New Jersey
October 4, 1988 - November 9, 1988
Works exhibited: The Atavist (1986), Eve (1958), Keesong (1988), Population Explosion (1963), Richanda (1962)
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1989
Abstract Expression: The Missing Link
Jamaica Arts Center New York, New York
January 12, 1989 - February 25, 1989, 1989
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American Resources: Selected Works of African American Artists
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery New York, New York
August 26, 1989 - September 24, 1989
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1990s
1990
Works of Richanda and John Rhoden
Hatch-Billops Collection, Inc. New York, New York
1990
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1994
African American History month, featuring Sculpture Exhibit by John Rhoden
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico Harlem, New York
February 1993
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1995
Exhibit and Award Ceremony Honoring the work of John Rhoden
Veteran & NYVA Medical Center New York, New York
February 21, 1995
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