Work by John  Casey

January 15 - March 25, 2023​

See John Casey's classic ani-morphed figures in acrylic line-work on panel with custom cut  extensions in the Small Space at Transmission Gallery.
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Fiercely defending, exuding cool or rocking on, Casey's engaging critter characters protect their vulnerabilities with outsize personality and a smidgen of sweetness.  Come on, we all know someone like this!

Garden Queen, 2020, 39" x 24" x 2"

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More about John Casey

b. 1964, Salem, Massachusetts
Education

• 1988 B.F.A. (Honors), Massachusetts College of Art

Selected Solo / Two-Person Exhibitions

• 2021 Round & Round, Faultline Artspace, Oakland, CA
• 2019 Odd Blossom, Nielsen Arts, Oakland, CA
• 2019 GMO/OMG, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2018 Parts Is Parts, Bench Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2016 How to Get a Head, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
• 2015 Okay, Not Okay, Galerie Polaris, Paris, France
• 2015 Happy Accidents, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2014 Upstarts and Rejects, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
• 2013 Silver Cord, Rock Paper Scissors Collective, Oakland, CA
• 2013 Little Exorcisms, Breeze Block Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2012 Big Idea, Galerie Polaris, Paris, France
• 2011 Tall Tales, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2010 New Works, Galerie Polaris, Paris, France
• 2010 Hope Springs Internal, POVevolving, Los Angeles, CA
• 2009 Distant Cousins, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2009 No One We Know, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
• 2008 Picket Fencing, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2008 New Works, TAG Art Gallery, Nashville, TN
• 2007 Strange Fruit: Bad Seeds, Receiver Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2007 Metamorphosis Chamber, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA
• 2007 New Works, TAG Art Gallery, Nashville, TN
• 2006 Headache, Boontling Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2006 Along Came a Spider, 33 Grand, Oakland, Oakland, CA
• 2005 Creature Double Feature, National Product, San Francisco, CA
• 2005 Unusual Suspects, Cricket Engine Gallery, Oakland, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2022 Eye Spy, Transmission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2022 The Pigeon Show, Bench Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2022 Mushi Mushi, Helvella Art, Oakland, CA
• 2022 SFMOMA Soapbox Derby, McLaren Park, San Francisco, CA
• 2022 Drawings, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2022 Untamed Splendor, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2021 Softer Solstice, Rolodex Gallery, Berkeley, CA
• 2021 Ethereal Folk, Rock Paper Scissors, Oakland, CA
• 2021 Svane Family Foundation, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
• 2021 Art of Art, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2021 Posies: A Pocketful, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2020 Discolandia, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2020 Don’t Wake Daddy XV, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
• 2019 Rendezvous at the Gardens, Château d’Esquelbecq, France
• 2019 Pareidolia, Talon Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2018 Don’t Wake Daddy XIII, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
• 2018 The Art of The Mushroom, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2018 Il sole è cieco, Galerie Polaris, Paris, France
• 2018 Strange Forest, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
• 2018 Sentimental Mood, First Amendment Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2017 Little Utopias, Talon Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2017 Don’t Wake Daddy XII, Feinkunst Kruger, Hamburg, Germany
• 2017 Creature Feature, Red Truck Gallery, New Orleans, LA
• 2017 Tekelili, Faultline Artspace, Oakland, CA
• 2017 Sweet n Low, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
• 2017 Tondo, Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
• 2017 me/you, c2c project space, San Francisco, CA
• 2017 Familiar, Talon Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2016 Achroma, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2016 Subtle Gaze, Gravity Gallery, Aspen, CO
• 2015 Don’t Wake Daddy X, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
• 2015 Partie de campagne, Galerie Polaris, St. Briac, France
• 2015 Habitats, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2015 Zealot’s Elixir, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2014 Corrective Course, Marcas Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
• 2014 The Passage, Orinda Public Library, Oakland, CA
• 2014 Beacons, Faultline Artspace, Oakland, CA
• 2014 Revolver: Once Around the Sun, Hellion Gallery, Portland, OR
• 2013 Neu Folk Revival, Le Qui Vive Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2013 Art Dorks: Rise, Space:Eight, St. Augustine, FL
• 2013 Head Case, Echo Gallery, Calistoga, CA
• 2013 Désirance, Galerie Polaris, Paris, France
• 2012 Don’t Wake Daddy VII, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
• 2012 A Show of Heads, Le Qui Vive Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2012 Oakland NOW, Spoke Art, Oakland, CA
• 2012 FAX, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2011 Dig For Fire, C.A.V.E. Gallery, Venice, CA
• 2011 Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
• 2011 There Is No Telling, Double Punch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2010 Gone, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
• 2010 Secret Drawings, Palo Alto Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA
• 2010 Four Play, Webb Gallery, Waxahachie, TX
• 2009 Don’t Wake Daddy IV, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
• 2009 From One Hand to One Mind to One Hand to Your Mind, Los Medanos College, Pittsburg, CA
• 2009 Tales from an Imaginary Menagerie, Palo Alto Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA
• 2009 Characters R Us, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
• 2008 Crossing the Line, New Perspectives in Drawing, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
• 2008 Bay Area Currents, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2008 No Brow, Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 2008 FasTrak — A bridge and Tunnel Survey, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2007 The Diane & Sandy Besser Collection, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
• 2007 Banzai/Godzilla, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2007 Free Parking, OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA
• 2007 Graphic: New Bay Area Drawing, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA

Publications

• Feature in Hi-Fructose Art Magazine #41, USA
• Feature in Hey! #24, Bilingual Art Magazine, Paris, France
• “Call & Response,” Underline Press, Oakland, CA
• “John Casey, Scarecrow,” Rowan Morrison, Oakland, CA
• “The Upset: Young Contemporary Art,” Gestalten, Berlin, Germany
• “Pen to Paper,” Pictoplasma, Berlin, Germany

Collections

• de Young Museum
• di Rosa Preserve
• Artothèque de Caen

Awards & Residencies

• Svane Family Foundation Grant
• 2022 SFMOMA Soapbox Derby Winner (Fastest Car)
• East Bay Express Best of the Bay – Best Artist 2012
• Affiliate Artist Program, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA