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exhibitions
2012
Solo Exhibit, Marji Gallery & Contemporary Projects
Santa Fe, NM
Natural/Constructed Spaces II, The Painting Center
New York, NY
Eleven Abstract Artists, Modern Arts Midwest
Omaha, NE
2011
Gallery Artists, Marji Gallery & Contemporary Projects
Santa Fe, NM
inaugural group exhibition, Park/Schreck Gallery
Chicago, IL
2010
December Exhibition, Modern Arts Midwest
Lincoln, NE
Gallery Artists, Marji Gallery & Contemporary Projects
Santa Fe, NM
"Remodernists", Las Manos Gallery
Chicago, IL
Summer Exhibition, Modern Arts Midwest
Lincoln, NE
Union Square Lofts (curated by Douglas Frohman)
Chicago, IL
Texas National 2010 (juried national exhibit of paintings - juror: judy pfaff)
Nacogdoches, TX
Favorites from the MAM Collection (paintings), Modern Arts Midwest
Lincoln, NE
2009
"Dreams & Revelations" (juried national exhibit)
Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
"Studio Exhibit" group show (paintings)
Tony Fitzpatrick Studio, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibition (paintings), Modern Arts Midwest
Lincoln, NE
One person exhibition of paintings
Mobili Möbel, Chicago, IL
1982 "The Salon Show"
Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981 One person exhibition of paintings and gouaches
Bernal Gallery, Chicago, IL
1980 One person exhibition of paintings and drawings
Bernal Gallery, Chicago, IL
1980 Group Exhibition
Bernal Gallery, Chicago, IL
1978 ‘Three Artists’ Exhibition
Bernal Gallery, Chicago, IL
1977 76th Chicago and Vicinity Exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago
1973 M.F.A. Exhibition
Fine Arts Museum
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
commissions
2011 two large entryway paintings, private residence, Sanibel, FL
1989 site-specific painted murals, Dreamerz, Chicago, IL
collections
Smithsonian Institute
Indiana University
U.S. Information Agency
significant private collections
reviews
artswrite, November 2011, Katherine Aimone, ‘A Visual Conversation: Paintings by Jay Zerbe’
zeitquest, May 2011, Phillip Larrimore, ‘Jay the Abstractionist’
Chicago Art Examiner, August 2010, Darrell Roberts, ‘Jay Zerbe the Disaster Series @ Las Manos Gallery’
neotericart, November 2009, Norbert Marszalek, ‘Inverview with Jay Zerbe’
New Art Examiner, December 1980, Lydia Murman, ‘Jay Zerbe’
New Art Examiner, June 1980, Claire Wolf Krantz, ‘Nineteen Artists’
New Art Examiner, February 1979, Judith Kanin, ‘Three Artists’
Chicago Sun Times, Friday, December 8, 1978, Harold Haydon, ‘Three Young Artists’
New Art Examiner, December 1977, Derek Guthrie, ‘Jay Zerbe’
Gay Life, Friday, October 14, 1977, ‘Bernal Gallery to feature Zerbe’
New Art Examiner, Summer, 1977, Wendy Hoffman, ‘Bernal Gallery’
publications
Accad, Evelyne. Femmes Du Créspuscule. Paris: alfAbarre, 2011
(drawings by Jay Zerbe)
Zerbe, Jay, and Farid Haddad. Screens and Bugus. Beirut: Harb Bijani Press, 1970
(drawings by Jay Zerbe and Farid Haddad)