John Sokol

Education
Kent State University, M.A. 1973
Kent State University, B.F.A. 1969

Selected Exhibitions
2008 John Sokol (Paintings) & James Shipman (Sculptures),The Green Building Gallery, Pittsburgh
2005 Man + Beast Exhibition, Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, OH
2002 Norjea Gallery, Akron, OH
2001 The First Cleveland Biennial Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
2000 The Museum Collects John Sokol, Akron Art Museum
1997 Lascaux Gallery: Solo Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
1996 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Drawing Show
1995 Lascaux Gallery: Solo Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
1994 Slippery Rock University: Solo Exhibition
1993 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 83rd Annual
1993 Carson Street Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA., Solo Exhibition
1992 Pittsburgh Center For the Arts: Solo Exhibition
1991 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 81st Annual
1989 The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
1987 Vox Gallery, Akron, OH./ Solo Exhibition
1986 “Ohio Perspectives,” Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH.
1985 John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH., Solo Exhibitions, ‘83-‘85
1981 Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH./ Solo Exhibition
1980 Gotham Book Mart, NYC/ Solo Exhibition
1979 “After DuChamp,” Grolier Book Club, NYC
1977 “Words at Liberty,” MOCA, Chicago, IL.
1975 “Word Works,” The New Gallery (CCCA), Cleveland, OH.
1974 “Words and Images,” The New Gallery (CCCA)

Selected Covers and Published Reproductions
Akros, Antaeus, Berkeley Poetry Review, Cream City Review, The Faulkner Journal, The Gamut, Gargoyle, The Georgia Review, Journal of Modern Literature, Le Monde, Mickle Street Review, Negative Capability, Noveya Gazetta, Ohio Journal, Oxford University Press, Pittsburgh Quarterly, Princeton University Press, Thoreau Quarterly, University of Akron Press,University of Tennessee Press, University of Wisconsin

Collections
Akron Art Museum
B.P. America, Inc., Cleveland, OH
Canton Art Museum
Kent State University
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Cleveland, OH
National City Bank of Cleveland
Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH
State Office Building, Columbus, OH
Second National Bank of Warren, OH

Teaching Experience
1998 Indiana University of PA: Painting Instructor
1996-99 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts: Taught Life Drawing, Introduction to Drawing, and Oil Pastels
1994 Slippery Rock University: Held Printmaking Workshop with International Studies Students
1976 John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH Drawing, drawing classes
1974 Mansfield Reformatory, Mansfield, OH Taught Painting, Drawing and Video classes to inmates.
1973 Akron Art Institute: Adult and children’s classes in Studio Arts and Art History
1970 Canton Public Schools: Art Instructor

Chapbooks
Kissing the Bees (Redgreene Press, Pittsburgh, PA)
A Thousand Years from Nowhere (Pudding House Publications, Johnstown, OH)
Full-collection of Poetry
In the Summer of Cancer (Endymion Press, 01/2003, Los Angeles, CA, ISBN: 0-9725253-0-0, 98 pages)
Short Stories
The Problem with Relativity (Rager Media, 106 pages)
Published Poems
America, Vol. 174, # 5, Feb. 17th, 1996
Anthology of Magazine Verse/Yearbook of American Poetry, 1997
Antigonish Review (Nova Scotia) # 104, 1996 & #109, 1997
Appalachia, Vol. LI, # 2, 1996
The Berkeley Poetry Review, # 27, 1993-1994
ELF: Eclectic Literary Forum, Vol. 5, # 2, 1995
Elk River Review, Vol. 3, # 3
Embers, Vol. XIX, No. 2, Winter, 1995
Flyway, Vol. 3.2, Fall, 1997
Folio: A Literary Journal, Winter, 1995
Georgetown Review, Vol. 4, #2 & Vol. 5, #2
Hard Love: Writings on Violence & Intimacy (anthology)
The Hawaii Pacific Review, Vol. 8, Spring, 1993
Hellas, Vol. 6, # 2, 1995, Vol. 7, # 1, 1996
The Ledge, #20, Winter, 1996
Literal Latte’, Vol. 4, #1, First Prize
The Long Islander, 11/17/94 & 2/16/95
The MacGuffin, Vol. XII, # II, Humor & Parody Issue
Negative Capability, Vol. XIV: 1 & 2, 1994
New Delta Review, Vol. 12, # 2
New Millennium Writings, Vol. 2, # 1, 1997 & Vol. 2, # 2, 1997
The New York Quarterly, # 53, 1994 & #57, 1997
Onion River Review, Fall, 1996
Panhandler, # 29, 1994
Plainsongs, Vol. 14, # 3,Vol. 15, # 1, Vol. 16, # 2 & 3, Vol. 17, # 1
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 29, ‘95, July 27, 1996, Dec. 20, 1997
The Pittsburgh Quarterly, Vol. 2, # 2, Spring, 1992
Potpourri, Dec., ‘92 & Vol. 7, # 3, 1996 &Vol. 9, # 2, 1997
Quarterly West, # 41, Autumn-Winter, ‘95-‘96
Rain City Review, # 6, Fall/Winter, 1995-96
Slant, Vol. VII, 1993, Vol. VIII, ‘94, Vol. X, ‘96, Vol. XI, ‘97, Vol. XII, ‘98
Social Anarchism, # 19, 1994
South Coast Poetry Journal, # 18, Jan., ‘95
Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, Vol. VII, # 3, 1997
The Spoon River Poetry Review, Summer, 1995
Voices International, Vol. 28, #s 3-4, 1993
West Wind Review, 14th edition, 1995
Wisconsin Review, Vol. 28, #3, 1994
Yarrow, Vol. 16, # 2, 1994-5

Published Short Stories
Adena, Vol. 5, # 2, Fall, 1980
Akros, # 3, Fall, 1980 & #24/25, Spring, 1995
Cumberlands, Vol. 16, # 1, Spring, 1979
Descant, Vol. 24, #’s 3/4, Spring/Summer, 1980
Mindscapes, Fall/Winter, 1993, Vol.3, No. 2
Noveya Gazetta, Jan., ‘82, N.Y.C., translated into Russian, from Descant
The Old Hickory Review, Vol. 11, # 1, Spring, 1979
The Pittsburgh Quarterly, Vol. 1, # 4, Fall, ‘91 & Vol. 3, # 3, Sm., ‘93
Potpourri, March, 1994
Redbook Magazine, Vol. 147, #1, May, 1976
The Richmond Broom, (one-act play), Series # 1, # 3, 1979
Sondags B.T. (Copenhagen), Summer, ‘76; transl. into Danish, from Redbook
Strictly Fiction, Winter/Spring, 1995
Taproot Review, 4th Edition, Spring, 1991
The Vincent Brothers Review, #15, 1996