Jon MacNair
b. 1983 Seoul, South Korea
lives and works in south central Pennsylvania
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, BFA in Illustration, 2005
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Soliloquy, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2017
Warning Shadows, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2016
Apologue, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2015
Noctem, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
Reawakened, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Portland, OR
2014
Age of Enigmas, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
self-titled exhibition, End is Near Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
At the Hour of Sleep, Rotofugi, Chicago, IL
Traversing the Emotional Landscape, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
untitled exhibition, Cruzroom, Portland, OR
2012
Unwritten Stories, Tart Gallery, Second Life
Mystic Visions, Stranger Factory, Albuquerque, NM
Curious Reveries, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2009
untitled exhibition, Evergreen Café, Baltimore, MD
2004
self-titled exhibition, Meyerhoff Piano Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Group Exhibitions
2024
UPCOMING (Microvisions 7, Wow x Wow, online exhibition)
Mythic, The Dark Parlour, York, PA
Neko Show, Giant Robot Store, Los Angeles, CA
Year of the Dragon, Giant Robot Store, Los Angeles, CA
2023
First Annual Postcard Show, Brassworks Gallery, Portland, OR
The POST-IT Show 19, Giant Robot 2, Los Angeles, CA
Intertwined, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
Disparate Realms, The Tuttle Gallery, Owings Mills, MD
Existential, Antler Gallery + Talon Gallery + Thinkspace Gallery, Portland, OR
2022
The POST-IT Show 18, Giant Robot 2, Los Angeles, CA
WOW² Volume VI, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
Monochromagic 5, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
Tiny Terrors 5, Dark Art Emporium, Long Beach, CA
Echo All the Worlds, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
MicroVisions 5, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
Revolution for Peace, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2021
Cherished Moments, Friedli Gallery, St Paul, MN
The POST-IT Show 17, Giant Robot 2, Los Angeles, CA
Art Dorks - “Socially Distanced as Usual”, Toyroom Gallery, Sacramento, CA
WOW² Volume V, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
Monochromagic 4, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
Tiny Terrors 4 - “A New Hope”, Dark Art Emporium, Long Beach, CA
MicroVisions 4, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
BRINK, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2020
The POST-IT Show 16, Giant Robot 2, Los Angeles, CA
The Coaster Show, Gallery 30 South, Pasadena, CA
Suggestivism 2020, Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
MicroVisions 3, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
Modern Folk, Outre Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
ALT Art Fair, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Manila, Philippines
BRINK, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
Inevitably Imperfect, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Manila, Philippines
2019
Paper Tiger, Not a Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
The Blab! Show, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
WOW² Volume III, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
Captive Illusions (2 person show), Stranger Factory, Albuquerque, NM
Fistfuls of Sky, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Cloud Tree Studios, Austin, TX
MicroVisions 2, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
Folk Noir, Stranger Factory, Albuquerque, NM
Within the Garden of Earthly Delights, Outre Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Spheres of Confluence, Talon Gallery, Portland, OR
Surreal Salon 11, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2018
Winter Salon, Stranger Factory, Albuquerque, NM
32nd Annual Drawing Show, Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The POST-IT Show 14, Giant Robot 2, Los Angeles, CA
Unnatural Histories VII, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
Monochromagic, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
8 x 8 Squared, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
2017
The POST-IT Show 13, Giant Robot 2, Los Angeles, CA
Don't Wake Daddy XII, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
WOW², Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
Unnatural Histories VI, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
Room of a Thousand Doors, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
Interfusion, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Lightning Bolts and Little Sparks, Wow x Wow (online exhibition)
Love Sick, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
BRINK, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2016
Familiar, Talon Gallery, Portland, OR
Strange Tales, Red Truck Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Unnatural Histories V, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
Lightning Blend Vol. 2, Alto Gallery, Denver, CO
Decay, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
Growth, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Second Annual EMA show, via Hellion Gallery, Paris, France
Arcana, Red Truck Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Second Annual EMA show, Hellion Gallery, Portland, OR
Time Machine, Hive Gallery,Los Angeles, CA
Second Annual EMA show, via Hellion Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Postcards From the Edge 2015, New York, NY
TKO, Screaming Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
L.A. Art Fair 2016, Los Angeles, CA
BRINK, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2015
Don't Wake Daddy X, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
The POST-IT Show 11, Giant Robot 2, Los Angeles, CA
The Krampus Show, Pony Club Gallery, Portland, OR
The Tall Trees of Portland Show, City Hall (via Hellion Gallery), Portland OR
Unnatural Histories IV, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
G40 Art Summit, via Art Whino, Washington D.C.
Preternatural, Pony Club Gallery, Portland, OR
The Pony Club Sideshow, Pony Club Gallery, Portland, OR
Unfathomable, Piranha Shop, Seattle, WA
The Cat Show, Pond Gallery, Portland, OR
Laluzapalooza, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
First Annual EMA Show, Hellion Gallery, Portland, OR
Equilux, Flatcolor Gallery, Seattle, WA
BRINK, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
Lightning Blend, Love Gallery, Denver, CO
2014
The POST-IT Show 10, Giant Robot 2, Los Angeles, CA
Don't Wake Daddy IX, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Friends & Makers, Flatcolor Gallery, Seattle, WA
Unnatural Histories III, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
The Coaster Show, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
MusicFestNW Art Pavilion, Hellion Gallery, Portland, OR
10x10, Rotofugi, Chicago, IL
Artists on Board, Refuge, Portland, OR
12 Inch Otaku, Hatos Bar, Tokyo, Japan
The Tall Trees of Portland, Hellion Gallery, Portland, OR
Revolver, Antler Gallery (hosted by Hellion Gallery), Portland, OR
Ninth Annual WORKS: An Art Happening, Intown Church, Portland, OR
BRINK, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
Postcards From the Edge 2014, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
2013
Holiday Art Party, Ace Hotel Cleaners, Portland, OR
Don't Wake Daddy VIII, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Horrorwood, WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
We Make: Put a Bird in It, Sandbox Studio, Portland, OR
Time Will Tell, WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
Art Dorks Rise, Space:Eight Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
Nostalgia, Pony Club Gallery, Portland, OR
Unnatural Histories II, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
Traversing the Emotional Landscape, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
The John Doe Show, Double Punch, San Francisco, CA
Famille Recomposee, Openspace, Paris, France
The Portrait Show, Pony Club Gallery, Portland, OR
Night of the Hunter, Antler Gallery, Portland OR
The Sketchbook Show, Ashmore Gallery, Savannah Georgia
Postcards From the Edge 2013, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
2012
The End, Pony Club Gallery, Portland, OR
Don't Wake Daddy VII: Apocalypse, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany
Urban Legends, Signal Gallery, New York, NY
Skulls Show, Redux, Portland, OR
Bewitching 2, Stranger Factory, Albuquerque, NM
Giant, Pony Club Gallery, Portland, OR
Santa Muerte Music and Arts Festival, Sacred Machine, Tucson, AZ
B+W+1, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
Home Is Where the Art Is, Hellion Gallery, San Diego, CA
Beyond the Sacred, Sacred Machine, Tucson, AZ
Welcome to the Freak Show, WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
G40 Art Summit, via Art Whino, Richmond, VA
Postcards From the Edge 2012, Cheim & Read, New York, NY
2011
Winter Salon, Stranger Factory, Albuquerque, NM
Open Casket, Coat of Arms, New York, NY
Bewitching, Stranger Factory, Albuquerque, NM
Nature of the Beast, Flatcolor Gallery, Seattle, WA
Monsterbation 2, Pony Club Gallery, Portland, OR
Ritual, Causey Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY
Force Fields, 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica, CA
Under the Gun, Articulated Gallery, San Francisco, CA
G40 Art Summit, Art Whino, Washington D.C.
Beyond the Sacred, Sacred Machine, Tucson, AZ
Brightness, Grass Hut, Portland, OR
Everything But the Kitsch ‘N Sync, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Postcards from the Edge 2011, New York, NY
2010
Milagros Small Works Invitational, Sacred Machine, Tucson, AZ
Facing Fear, Launch Pad Gallery, Portland, OR
untitled November group show, Flatcolor Gallery, Seattle, WA
Horrorwood, WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
Dia de los Muertos, Lunar Boy Gallery, Astoria, OR
Monsterbation, Pony Club Gallery, Portland, OR
Blood, Sweat and Fears, Sacred Gallery, New York, NY
Even My Mum Can Make a Book, Manzara Perspectives, Istanbul, Turkey
The BLAB! Show, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Santa Muerte Music and Arts Festival, Sacred Machine, Tucson, AZ
Menagerie, Errata Gallery, Portland, OR
Mail Me Art: Medium Without a Message, Red Gate Gallery, London, England
Sera di Sole, Vino Vixens, Portland, OR
The Goonies Show, Lunar Boy Gallery, Astoria, OR
STROKE .02 Urban Art Fair – Munich, Germany
The Portland Prints Show, 19TEN Gallery, Portland, OR
Everything But the Kitsch ‘N Sync, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The LOVE show, Launch Pad Gallery, Portland, OR
The Devil Made Me Do It, WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
New Faces, Recoat Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Play for Keeps, Tribute Gallery, Portland, OR
Postcards from the Edge 2010, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
2009
Family, Launch Pad Gallery, Portland, OR
We Are Awake, Double Punch, San Francisco, CA
Menace to Propriety, Fenario Gallery, Eugene, OR
Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Everything But the Kitsch ‘N Sync, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Postcards from the Edge 2009, Metro Pictures, New York, NY
2008
Grand Small Works Show, The F.U.E.L. Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Bailout, Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Art Non-Stop, Load of Fun Galerie, Baltimore, MD
In Home: In Response, 3211 Abell Ave, Baltimore, MD
Selected Publications
Hi-Fructose Magazine (subscriber coloring book), - Vol. 50, 2019
The New York Times (Sunday Halloween edition - kids section), 2018
Don't Wake Daddy X, Ralf Kruger, Gudberg Nerger, 2015
HEY! Magazine - Issue #22, 2015
Hi-Fructose Magazine (website), 2014
The Tall Trees of Portland, Matt Wagner, Overcup Press, 2014
Tiny Pencil No. 3 - "The Beast Issue", 2013
Juxtapoz Magazine (website), 2013
Tiny Pencil No. 1 - "The Forest Issue", 2013
Blab World No. 2, Monte Beauchamp, Last Gasp, 2012
Beautiful Decay - Book 6: "Future Perfect", 2011
Elle Girl Magazine (Korea), February 2011
Beautiful Decay - Book 3: "The Underdogs", 2010
IdN - "Society6: The New Twenties" Issue, 2010
Color Ink Book - Vol. 8, 2010