Jonathan Herbert

Jonathan Herbert is a professional fine artist who has worked continuously for over 45 years. A graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, Herbert’s portrait John Carlson, 24 x 24 inches, oil on linen, 1972, is the first known example of Neo-Expressionism in the USA. Since then, his work has spanned media from the classical to the digital. Herbert has painted, created provocative photography, and is one of the original founders of the digital art revolution.

Herbert, over a life-long career, has painted in oils and acrylics, on linen and canvas. He has created innumerable works on paper. His works ranges from representational to abstract. His outpouring of work has intentionally defied branding.

Herbert has exhibited since the 70s. His artwork has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and cultural centers throughout the United States. Herbert’s paintings and works on paper are in private and corporate collections, including those of Pfizer Inc., and Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His photographic work is in the collection of the Kinsey Museum in the Midwest.

Since relocating to Sarasota in late 2015 to establish his Gillespie Park Studio, Herbert continues to create powerful abstract and representa...

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Diploma in painting, 1977

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

My Brooklyn, Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain, Brooklyn, NY 2012

Sex and Surrender, Madame X, New York, NY 2009

Landscapes, New York Public Library, Hudson Park Branch, New York, NY 2002

East End Long Island, Hot Diggity, New York, NY 1986



SELECTED TWO-MAN EXHIBITIONS

Eye to Eye: Michael Crabb & Jonathan Herbert, Carrollwood Cultural Center, FL 2017



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Art in The Garden, Sarasota Arts Center, Sarasota, FL, 2016

Florida Flavor IV, Sarasota Arts Center, Curator: Mark Ormond, Sarasota, FL, 2016

Local 707, Sarasota Arts Center, Sarasota, FL, 2016

Tarot and Kabballah, DUMBO Arts Festival Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY 2013

TwitterArtExhibit, Moss, Norway 2012

Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2012

Arterotica Season Finale, Madame X, New York, NY 2011

DUMBO Arts Festival Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY 2011

Erotic B&W Photographs, Areterotica6, Madame X, New York, NY 2009

Sex and Death, DUMBO Arts Festival Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY 2009

Open Editions, ReBar, Brooklyn, NY 2008

DUMBO Arts Festival Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY 2008

Magnificent Obsession, Chimera Gallery, Nashua, NH 2006

NYC Wide Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY 2005

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