John Riepenhoff was born in 1982 in Milwaukee, WI where he lives and received a BFA from the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. He is represented by Marlborough Contemporary, NY & London. Riepenhoff is also a curator and co-owner of The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, collaborator at The Open, co-organizer of Milwaukee International and Dark Fairs, is an inventor of artistic platforms for the expression of others and regular food ideator. His recent exhibitions and curatorial projects have been presented at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Marlborough, and Swiss Institute New York, NY; Tate Modern, London; Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, AR; 356 Mission Rd, Los Angeles, CA; Poor Farm, WI; Lynden Sculpture Garden, Inova, and The Suburban, Milwaukee, WI; Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN; and Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, GA. He also continues a program of the John Riepenhoff Experience at various locations around the world, most recently at Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA and Misako and Rosen, Tokyo. He was the 2015 Milwaukee Arts Board Artist of the Year, co-chairs Friends of Blue Dress Park, founded Milwaukee's first Beer Endowment for artist-run organizations, runs The Oven at The Open in Milwaukee, and sits on the board of Riverwest Radio. JOHN RIEPENHOFF 1982 Born in Milwaukee 2000-2004 University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Peck School of the Arts Lives and works in Milwaukee Selected Exhibitions
2021John Michael Kohler Arts Preserve ‘Fred Smith Lager’, Sheboygan WI Sculpture Milwaukee ‘The Oven’, Milwaukee WI Good Weather ‘Good Weather Double IPA’, North Little Rock AR Midway Contemporary Art 20 year anniversary beer Broadway Gallery ‘Grouper’, New York, NY 2020 Reyes | Finn, Detroit MI 2019 Counterpublic Triennial, Saint Louis, MO Primary ‘Self-preservation’ organized by Alan Gutz, Miami FL Project ArtBeat ‘Handler’ Tbilisi, Georgia Troedsson Villa ‘Nurikabe’ Nikko, Japan Bahamas Biennale ‘Tetsuo’ organized by American Fantasy Classics, Detroit MI The Closet at Saint Kate “The John Riepenhoff Experience presents Yoohee Chang’ Milwaukee, WI Var Gallery West ‘Milwaukee Influencers’ Milwaukee, WI Watermill Center ‘Tabula Rasa’ Water Mill, NY 2018 FRONT INTERNATIONAL, Cleveland, OH Utopian Visions Art Fair, Portland OR High Desert Test Site, ‘The Ski Club’ Joshua Tree, CA Center For Contemporary Art And Culture, Portland OR Night Gallery, ‘John Riepenhoff Experience Presents Michelle Rawlings’ Los Angeles, CA Sala Diaz, with Nicholas Frank, curated by Amada Miller, San Antonio, TX TAKEJUROZABURO, curated by The Steak House Doskoi, Marugame, Kagawa, Japan 2017 Whitney Museum of American Art 'Whitney Bienial', New York, NY Green Tea Gallery 'Ajiyoshihanten', Iwaki, Japan XZY Collective, 'Paprikás Krumpli', Tokyo, Japan The Suburban, Milwaukee, WI Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, '99 Cents or Less' curated by Jens Hoffmann, MI MECA Art Fair, Marlborough Contemporary, San Juan, PR Fireplace Project, '9999', East Hampton, NY 2016 Marlborough Chelsea, 'Group Show, A Solo Show by John Riepenhoff', New York, NY Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 'State of the Art, Minneapolis, MN Poor Farm 'The Great Poor Farm Experiment VIII', Manawa, WI The Synchroton Radiation Center 'Condensed Matter Community', curated by Evan Gruzis and Kristof Wickman, Madison, WI Night Gallery 'The John Riepenhoff Experience', Los Angeles, CA Stuart & Co. Gallery, 'Kevin Maginnis: Spun', Chicago, IL 2015 Inova, 'Mary Nohl Fellowship Show', Milwaukee, WI Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 'Handler', Atlanta Georga Nathalie Karg Gallery, 'WAYNE NGAN / JOHN RIEPENHOFF', New York, NY currated by Lee Plested Apt. Gallery, 'Plein Air', Vancouver, BC Canada 'That Attitude is Rude' Green Tea Gallery, Fukushima, Japan Halsey McKay, 'Performative Process', East Hampton, NY Usable Space 'American Fantasy Classics Reunion', Milwaukee, WI
Misako & Rosen Gallery, 'The John Riepenhoff Experiences', Tokyo, Japan 2014 Marlborough Broome Street 'Outside' New York, NY Artist Curated Projects 'Amy+John+Amanda' Los Angeles, CA Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, 'Ducks', Brooklyn, NY Chrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 'State of the Art', Bentonville AR 2013 Hyde Park Art Center 'A Study in Midwest Appropriation' curated by Michelle Grabner, Chicago, IL2013 Hyde Park Art Center 'A Study in Midwest Appropriation' curated by Michelle Grabner, Chicago, IL Night Gallery 'The John Riepenhoff Experience presents', Los Angeles, CA Freedman Fitzpatrick 'Homes & Gardens', Los Angeles, CA Plein Trunk Gallery 'Extra Paintings', Milwaukee, WI Poor Farm 'The Great Poor Farm Experiment V', Manawa, WI nAbr gallery at Lynden Sculpture Garden 'Plein Air, Pain Air', Milwaukee, WI Queens Park Railway Club, 'Plein Air Paintings', Glasgow, Scotland Lucie Fontaine Gallery 'Estate' Tokyo, Japan Marlborough Gallery Broome Street 'Pizza Time' curated by Vera Neykov New York, NY Museum of Eigg, 'Plein Air Paintings', Isle of Eigg, Scotland Night Gallery 'The John Riepenhoff Experience', Los Angeles, CA James Fuentes, New York, NY 2012 Angstrom Gallery 'Passenger', Dallas, TX High Desert Test Site, 'Amy and Wendy Yao's Swap Meet' Joshua Tree, CA NADA NYC Western Exhibitions booth 'Handler' , New York, NY Gallery 224 'Portraits', Port Washington, WI Pipen Moore 'The John Riepenhoff Experience Presents', Los Angeles, CA Poor Farm 'Show Me Your Rafts Again', Manawa, WI Cooper Cole 'Zagga Zow', Toronto, ON Western Exhibitions 'Plein Air Paintings' , Chicago, IL Poor Farm 'Show Me Your Rafts/Smooth and Sandy Sessions', Manawa, WI Pipen Moore 'The John Riepenhoff Experience Presents', Los Angeles, CA C E N T E R 'Gucci Show', Milwaukee, WI American Fanticy Classics 'Ghost Show II', Milwaukee, WI Portrait Society 'Jake Palmert and Other People Drawing the Artist', Milwaukee, WI 2010 Tanzschule 'H albjahresgaben', Munich, Germany Ecole Nationale d'Architecture Paris-Malaquais, ‘Monuments Contest 2, World Tour’, Paris, France Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Wisconsin Triennial 2010’, Madison, WI Inova, ‘Nohl Fellowship Show’, Milwaukee, WI Jackpot Gallery ‘Group Show a solo show by John Riepenhoff’, Milwaukee, WI Pipen Moore 'The John Riepenhoff Experience Presents', Los Angeles, CA New Bedford Art Museum 'Portrait', Bedford, MA Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA Sullivan Galleries 'The Artist's Studio', Chicago, IL Small Space 'Physical Pizza Networking Theory', Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Art Museum 'Here and Now', Milwaukee, WI Riverwest Film and Video 'Rent-A-Painting', Milwaukee, WI Haus House 'The John Riepenhoff Experience Presents Techno Snake', Milwaukee, WI 2009 Angstrom Gallery ‘WALLGASM’, Los Angeles, CA Poor Farm, Manawa, WI Hidden River, Brookefield, WI Milwaukee Art Museum ‘Fountain of Youth’, Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Art Museum ‘Jan Lievens on a Jet Plain’ Milwaukee, WI 2008 Fredric Snitzer ‘Death by Basel’, Miami, FL Dean Jensen Gallery ‘Big Bangs, Small Small Bucks’, Milwaukee, WI Jazz Gallery ‘Art Workers of Milwaukee’, Milwaukee, WI The Suburban ‘Poster Market International’ Oak Park, IL Blank Space ‘Poster Market International’ Brooklyn, NY IN:SITE Public Art, ‘Post Card Vending Machine’, Milwaukee, WI The Suburban, ‘John Riepenhoff Experience Presents Sara Clendening Small Sculpture Show’, Oak Park, IL Tokyo 101 ‘Scott Reeder’s Paintings in the John Riepenhoff Experience’, Tokyo, Japan Golden Age web site ‘Computer Work Stations’, Chicago, IL Karma International ‘The Submerging Artists Show’, Zurich Switzerland Ooga Booga ‘John Riepenhff Experience Presents Sara Clendening: Small Sculpture Show’, Los Angeles, CA 2007 Frieze Art Fair ‘Robb Pruitt Flea Market’ Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, London, England Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Gallery 40000 ‘Nepotism’, Chicago, IL MIAD ‘Out of the Suitcase’, Milwaukee, WI Neighbors ‘Love’, Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Art Museum ‘Ramirez Box’, Milwaukee, WI The Suburban 'the John Riepenhoff Experience Presents', Oak Park, IL Madison Arts Commission 'Destination', Madison, WI Ooga Booga ‘Art Swap Meet at High Desert Test Sites’, Joshua Tree, CA Angstrom Gallery 'Big Secret Cache!', Los Angeles, CA Milwaukee Art Museum ‘Three Degrees of Francis Bacon’, Milwaukee,WI Roy G. Biv Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2006 Jody Monroe Gallery, Milwaukee International, Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Art Museum ‘Milwaukee Street, Milwaukee’, Milwaukee WI Anonymous Gallery ‘Super Smart Art’ solo show, Milwaukee, WI Ulrich Museum of Art Small Painting Show, Wichita, KS Milwaukee Art Museum ‘Neuman 101’, Milwaukee, WI 2005 NADA Art Fair ‘General Store Booth’, Miami, FL 2004 Locust Projects ‘the Four Color Pen Group Show’ curated by General Store, Miami, FL Ooga Booga ‘Art Swap Meet at High Desert Test Sites’ 'Painted Rocks' curated by Tyson Reeder, Joshua Tree, CA Foxy Productions ‘the Infinite Fill Group Show’ curated by Cory Archangel, New York, NY Passerby ‘Drunk vs. Stoned’ curated by General Store, New York, NY Selected Projects 2016 The Oven, The Open Milwaukee, WI (ongoing) 2014 Beer Endowment, Company Brewing, Milwaukee, WI 2013 19516 kilomerters from Milwaukee or 12126 miles, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan 2012 Michelle Grabner: Inova Survey, Inova, Milwaukee, WI 2011 Dressing the Monument Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee WI Museum of Milwaukee Art Rummage, 47 Canal, New York, NY YOU SNOW Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI 2010 Friends of Blue Dress Park, Milwaukee, WI (ongoing) Milwaukee International 30 Minute Video Fair, Tate Modern, London, England 2009 Milwaukee International DARK FAIR, Cologne, Germany WALLGASM, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2008 Milwaukee International at the Polish Falcon, Milwaukee, WI DARK FAIR at the Swiss Institute, New York, NY Video Arcade, Milwaukee, WI PRESENTS, Rowley Kennerk Gallery Chicago, IL 2006 Milwaukee International at the Polish Falcon, Milwaukee, WI 2004 The Green Gallery (ongoing)
Selected Bibliography 2016 Griffin, Jonathan 'On Fire', Paper Monument 2015 White, Roger 'The Contemporaries, Travels in the 21st-Century Art World', Bloomsbury
2014 Taxter, Kelly 'You Should've Heard Just What I Seen', Gregory R. Miller & Co. 2013 Trigg, Sara 'The Goldminer Project', Princeton Architectural Press Flash Art 'The State of America', March/April Chia, Edmund 'RE:things in the lap', PEREGRINEPROGRAM 'Michelle Grabner The Inova Survey', Inova / UW Milwaukee / Green Gallery Press 2012 Rosenburg, Karen 'Another Fair Makes a Debut, and Aims to Lure the Collectors Already in Town', New York Times May 5 Halperin, Julia 'Hey, Are Those Guys Trying to Steal a Bunch of Paintings From NADA New York?', Artinfo.com 2011 Weinberg, Lauren 'Western Exhibitions Hosts Two Shows by John Riepenhoff', Time Out Chicago Boucher, Brian ''New York Gets Green', Milwaukee Style, Art In America Magazine.com 2010 Pop Touched Me: The Art of Rob Pruitt, Abrams Can I Come Over to Your House? The First Ten Years of The Suburban, Poor Farm Press 2009 Frieze, Dark Fair January Rubach, Calry ’20 under 40’, Milwaukee Magazine, January Schumacher, Mary Louise Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ‘Art Without Limits’ 2008 Higgs, Mathew ‘Top 10 of 2008’, Art Forum, December Uovo, Fary Tails, Dark Fair, 2008 OnMilwaukee.com Hewitt, Rachel ‘Milwaukee: Searching for art in the Land of Beer and Curds’, Proximity, Fall pg. 56 Hansen, Kristine ‘Milwaukee’s Go To Galleries’, My Midwest Magazine, winter Hertzog, A.L. ‘John Riepenhoff 5Q’, Vital Source, January Rosenberg, Karen ‘Uptown Downtown, Fairs Found All Over’, New York Times, March 29 Bose, Lilledeshan ‘Postcards from the Brew’, MKE Magazine, June 5 Lake Effect ‘Art Vending Machine’, WUWM radio interview, June Morgan, Donald ‘Milwaukee International Art Fair’, ANP Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 1 Seidell, Marla ‘Art Not Necessarily for Sale’ NewCity, Sept 3 2007 Bose, Lilledeshan "Profile John Riepenhoff", MKE Magazine, Aug 23 Schumacher, Mary Louise "Bye bye bus shelters, hello art" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 16 Medaris, David "Capitol Bus Shelters" Isthmus, July 5 2006 'Best New Curator' by Mary Louise Schumacher of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Higgs, Matthew "New York On the Ground", Art Forum, December Schumacher, Mary Louise “Art in 2006”, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 28 Schumacher, Mary Louise "Art to spare at Falcon Bowl", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 20 “Art News”, Artnet.com, September 21 Schumacher, Mary Louise “One Less Alternative”, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 16 2004 Smith, Roberta “Art in Review”, New York Times, Aug 6 Snyder Elder, Molly “Green Gallery Paints Riverwest Art Scene Red”, On Milwaukee, April 30 Selected Awards 2015 Milwaukee Arts Board Artist of the Year
2014 Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Mary L. Nohl Fellowship for Individual Artists Award 2013 Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Award 2009 Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Mary L. Nohl Fellowship for Individual Artists Award 2007 Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Award |