John Axton Biography

1947 -

Established American artist John Axton plays with color, shadow, light and space in his LANDSCAPE paintings, defying traditional perceptions of Western American art.

An Illinois native, Axton first traveled to New Mexico in 1979 where he was so inspired by the Taos landscape and Indians there that he became a full-time painter. This fascination with the American Southwest is apparent in his sparse, yet haunting landscapes. His minimalist treatment of his subjects approaches abstraction, drawing viewers into the canvas as he engages their imaginations.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1984

McNay Museum, San Antonio, Texas

1984-85

Collective Artists Traveling exhibit, "Art and the Law", St. Paul, Minnesota

1986

Denver Art Museum Group Show - Breckenridge Gallery, Breckenridge, Colorado

1989

Southern Illinois University "John Axton Institute", Carbondale, Illinois

1994

The Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY Group Exhibit

1994

Philadelphia Museum Group Exhibit

1995-96

Covering the West, The Best of SW Art, Traveling Exhibition

2000-2004

The other side of The West, Traveling Exhibition, Southern United States

SELECTED MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

Pratt Museum, New York

The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM

1977-87

Breckenridge Galleries, Breckenridge, CO

1982

Valhalla Gallery, Wichita, KS

1983 - 84

Contemporary Gallery, Dallas, TX

1980-85

Enthios Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

1987-94

J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, NY

1984

Jamie Szoke Gallery, New York, NY

1981-1990

Kauffman Galleries, Houston TX

1997

Marco Fine Art, Beverly Hills, CA

1988

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 1994

Summa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 1999-2000

Third Canyon Gallery, Denver CO 1986-2001

Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM