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.
Riepenhoff is co-owner of The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, runs The Open Fund and the Beer Endowment, Curator at Sculpture Milwaukee, co-organized Milwaukee International and Dark Fairs, is an inventor of artistic platforms for the expression of others and regular food ideator. His exhibitions and curatorial projects have been presented at the Whitney Museum of American Art New York; Marlborough, New York; Swiss Institute, New York; Nathalie Karg, New York; Broadway, New York; Tate Modern, London; Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, Arkansas; 356 Mission Rd, Los Angeles; Poor Farm, Wisconsin; Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee; Inova, Milwaukee; The Suburban, Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN; Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta; John Michael Kohler Art Preserve, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He also continues a program of the John Riepenhoff Experience at various locations around the world, including at Misako and Rosen, Tokyo, Night Gallery, Los Angeles; and Good Weather, Arkansas. He was the 2015 Milwaukee Arts Board Artist of the Year.
JOHN RIEPENHOFF
1982 Born in Milwaukee
2000-2004 University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Peck School of the Arts
Lives and works in Milwaukee
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Various Samll Fires 'Scene Painters' Alminac', Dallas, TX
Good Weather 'Barely Visible' Little Rock, AR
La Maison de Rendez Vous 'Naked Eye' Saint-Gilles, Belgium
2022 Broadway Gallery 'Milwaukee Nights and Decoys', New York, NY
Good Weather ‘Good Weather Cold IPA’, Little Rock, AR
2021 Gallery Artbeat Tbilisi, Georgia
John 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
Night Gallery 'The John Riepenhoff Experience presents Niall MacDonald', Los Angeles, CA
Western Exhibitions 'Head' Chicago, IL
Anonymous Gallery 'VIVA' Mexico City, Mexico
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
2011 Western Exhibitions 'Handler' , Chicago, IL
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 'Halbjahresgaben', 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