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J O H N   C L E M M E R

Born: Donaldsonville, Louisiana, 1921

SOLO AND JOINT EXHIBITIONS
1948   Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
1949 Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
1955 331 Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1956 School of Architecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1957 331 Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1960 School of Architecture, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1962 Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1964 Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA, with sculptor Lin Emery
1967 Biloxi Gallery of Art, Biloxi, MS
1968 Clemmer residence, New Orleans, LA
1970 Clemmer residence, New Orleans, LA
1971 Clemmer residence, New Orleans, LA
1972 Louisiana State University,
Alexandria, LA
Jewish Community Center,
New Orleans, LA
1974 Clemmer residence, New Orleans, LA
1977 St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA, with sculptor Bill Ludwig
1978 Clemmer residence, New Orleans, LA
1988 Carmen Llewellyn Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1993 President's House, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Academy Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1999 New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Academy Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2000   Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana
Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, Louisiana
2001   Spring Viewing, Clemmer residence, New Orleans, LA
2002   Spring Viewing, Clemmer residence and Gallery 7J, New Orleans, LA
2003   Spring Viewing, Clemmer residence and Gallery 7J, New Orleans, LA
2004   Spring Viewing, Clemmer residence and Gallery 7J, New Orleans, LA
2005   March 4-29, Academy Gallery,
NOAFA,  New Orleans LA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1945   “Annual Exhibition,” Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
1946 “Regional Exhibition,” New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
1946 “Artists at War,” Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
1950 Traveling Exhibition, American Federation of Art
1956 “Houston International Exhibition,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1957 The Riverside Museum, New York
Orleans, Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1958 Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1959 Pensacola Arts Center, Pensacola, FL
Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1960 “2nd Annual Southwest American Art Exhibition,” Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Bresler Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1961 Orleans Gallery Traveling Exhibition, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Kyoto, Manila, Vienna
“3rd Annual Southwest American Art Exhibition,” Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, FL
1962 “Louisiana, The Great Years,” The Cabildo, New Orleans, LA
The Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
“Annual Delta Exhibition,”
Little Rock, AK
Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, FL
“4th Annual Southwest American Art Exhibition,” Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
1963 Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota, FL
1964 “Arts Festival Eight,” Jacksonville, FL
“6th Annual Southwest American Art Exhibition,” Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
“24th Annual Louisiana State Art Exhibition,” Baton Rouge, LA
1965 “Arts Festival Eight,” Jacksonville, FL
1966 Mary Chilton Gallery, Memphis, TN
“Arts Festival Eight,” Jacksonville, FL
1969 “Past Jurors Invitational Exhibition,” Oklahoma Art Center,
Oklahoma City, OK
1973 “Edinburgh Arts 1973,” Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
National Community Arts Competition, Department of HUD, Washinton, DC
1976 “Ninth National / International Sculpture Conference Exhibition,” K&B Plaza, New Orleans, LA
“Louisiana Sculpture Invitational,” Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, FL
1977 “154th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design,” New York
1979 Faculty Exhibition, Department of Art, Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA
1980 St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA, with Miriam Barranger and Gene Koss
Faculty Exhibition, Department of Art, Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA
1981 Academy Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Faculty Exhibition, Department of Art, Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA
1982 157th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York
Faculty Exhibition, Department of Art, Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA
1984 “Art of the State,” Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans, LA
“Seldom Seen: Portraits from Private Collections,” Arts Council of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
“25th Anniversary Exhibition,” Louisiana State University, Alexandria, LA
1987 “Seldom Seen Paper: On and Off the Wall,” Arts Council of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
1988 Carmen Llewellyn Gallery
1989 “Artists Against AIDS,” Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Carmen Llewellyn Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1990 Carmen Llewellyn Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Carmen Llewellyn Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1991 Carmen Llewellyn Gallery, Santa Fe
Carmen Llewellyn Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1994 Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1995 “The Self Image,” Academy Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1997 Simone Stern Gallery, New Orleans, LA Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
2001  
"Drawing Invitational," Academy Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2003   "The Self Image," Academy Gallery,
New Orleans, LA

SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
  • International Trade Mart, New Orleans, LA*
  • 1st National Bank, Jackson, MS*
  • Temple Sinai, New Orleans, LA*
  • International Matex Corporation, New Orleans, LA*
  • Jewish Community Center, New Orleans, LA*
  • Tikvat Shalom Conservative Congregation, New Orleans, LA*
  • Price Waterhouse, New Orleans, LA
  • Beth Emet, The Free Synagogue, Evanston, IL*
  • Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
  • New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
  • Burlington Resources, New Orleans, LA
  • Pan American Life Insurance Company Corporation, New Orleans, LA
  • South Central Bell, Birmingham, AL
  • BlueCrossBlueShield of Louisiana
  • Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
  • Congregation Beth El, Sheboygan, WI*

*commissioned work

SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
  • Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Millon, Washington, DC
  • Jean Iker, Chevy Chase, MD
  • Margaret Pace-Willson, San Antonio, TX
  • Maestro James Paul,
    Baton Rouge, LA
  • Richard and Martha Barnett, Talahassee, FL
  • Dr. and Mrs. R.C. Llewellyn,
    New Orleans, LA
  • Moise and Melba Steeg,
    New Orleans, LA
  • Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Hackney, Washington, DC
  • Mr. and Mrs. Eamon Kelly, New Orleans, LA
  • Bob and Judy Stein, Highland Park, IL
  • Drs. William and Jane Bertrand, New Orleans, LA
  • Rabbi and Mrs. Peter Knobel, Evanston, IL
  • Mr. and Mrs. I.J. Krieger, New Orleans, LA
  • Joel Weinstock, New Orleans, LA
  • Mrs. Edward Norman, New Orleans, LA
  • Prof. and Mrs. Burlie Brown, New Orleans, LA
  • Edmund McIlhenny Estate, New Iberia, LA
  • Lin Emery, New Orleans, LA
  • Sherman and Mary LaViolette, Sheboygan, WI
  • Drs. Bill and Bobbie Malone, Madison, WI
  • Teresa Brown, New Orleans, LA
  • Lois Charles, Austin, TX
  • Bobby and Karen Major, New Orleans, LA
  • Mrs. John Boogaerts, Cos Cob, CT
  • Drs. David and Janet Rice, New Orleans, LA
  • Burton Jablin, Knoxville, TN
  • Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bowen, Stamford, CT
  • JoAnn Greenberg, New Orleans, LA
  • Prof. Steven P. Jacobs, New Orleans, LA
  • Dr. Francis Mather, New Orleans, LA
  • John Ed Bradley, New Orleans, LA
  • Julian and Peggy Good, New Orleans, LA
  • Eugenie J. Huger, New Orleans, LA
  • Lloyd and Laura Shields, New Orleans, LA
  • Prof. Scharmal Schrock, Hammond, LA
  • Allison Kendrick, New Orleans, LA
  • Mr. and Mrs. George Dorsey
  • Harriet Stern, New Orleans, LA
  • Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Mandelstein, Vernon Hills, IL
 
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