“The organic and loose, yet attemptive geometric shapes, division lines, plateaus, and colors, as well as the interplay of these elements in my work is the result of the processing of my own experience within space and time. A form of reflective meditation. Deconstructing and compartmentalizing the constant chaos that surrounds me. The colored shapes are stacked and severed, compiled and archived, an inventory of information I can not seem to let go of, even when haunting or traumatic. This process is non-linear and largely seems to have a mind of its own, although I have become the vehicle for the documentation of it, my attempt to make sense of it all. Using a combinatoin of acrylic, housepaint and enamel media joined with pencils, canvas scraps and oil sticks, I am creating a tangible archive of Time and Experience”
John Vitale
Born: 1979
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
Time Isn’t After Us – Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, NY 2026
Imaginary Language – Chefas Projects, Portland, OR 2025
The Garbage and the Flowers – Abozzo Gallery, Toronto, CA 2025
The Sky Was Never Meant to Hold Us – Galeries SLP, Berlin, Germany 2025
Like Wolves – Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, NY 2024
The Dreamers Can Still Shake Hands – Spectrum Fine Art, Seattle WA 2024
Interpretation Machines – Pollyana Projects, Kingston, NY 2024
Threads of Mind – Contemporary by U Gallery, Taipei,Taiwan 2024
Mother Cabrini to Sunset Park- Chefas Projects, Portland OR. 2023
What has gone wrong becomes an opening- Nationale, Portland OR. 2023
Riding with the ghost- Chefas Projects, Portland OR. 2022
Chaos to Cosmos- Collapse Contemporary, Wenatchee WA. 2022
Anonymous earth dweller- Neverlab, Portland OR. 2021
Places, I’ve been- Association gallery, Portland OR. 2017
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Group Exhibition – Alma Gallery, Chicago, IL 2026
Ten – Chefas Projects, Portland OR. 2025
9 Rooms – Bam Art Advisory, Larchmont, NY 2025
Springburst – Susan Eley Fine Art, Hudson, NY 2025
Lobster Club – Los Angeles, CA 2025
Abstract Thought – Chefas Projects, Portland, OR 2025
Abstract Investigations – Ric Michel Fine Art, Southampton, NY 2024
Dawning – Pollyana Projects, Kingston, NY 2024
Summer Freestyle- Court tree Collective, Brooklyn NY 2023
The Bright Side- Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe NM 2023
Family Affair- Chefas Projects, Portland OR. 2022
Intangible Flights (2 person exhibition w/ John Gnorski)- Nationale, Portland OR 2021
Selected Collections:
Nordstrom
Human Investing
Sortis LLC
Ava Genes (submarine hospitality)
Heart Coffee Roasters
RiverCaaban
The Jennings Hotel
Dame Restaurant collective