SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS/PERFORMANCES

2026

• OTOH (ON THE ONE HAND) (2016) – Premiere of a 2-channel, 4K work in a solo show in Chelsea’s LEONOVICH GALLERY, curated by Elga Wimmer. Also included WEAPONIZED BEAUTY, TS3, and MONUMENTS IN THE EYE OF THE STORM.

2025

• MOUSEYFESTO included in the Museum group show “HELLO CHELSEA!” // TECHSPRESSIONISM – at the Hudson Guild Gallery.

2024

• MOUSEYFESTO included in the Museum group show “HELLO BROOKLYN!” // TECHSPRESSIONISM 2024 – at the CUNY KINGSBOROUGH ART MUSEUM

2022

• ARTIST’S TALK – JOHN ZIEMAN VIDEO ART 1977-2022 in the SOUTHAMPTON ARTS CENTER theater. Lecture / presentation of excerpts of 13 of John Zieman’s video art works w/ commentary, from 1977 – 2022, shown in only 55 mins.
• “EAST END ARTISTS: Then & Now” – Group Show – EN PLEIN AIR (2022). Premiere of a 4K video work, w/ music by John Petersen. At MM Fine Art, Southampton NY.
• “TECHSPRESSIONISM” Group Show – 3 VARIATIONS ON A POEM (1979). Video Art installation featuring multiple CRTs accompanied by Zieman’s custom-built video synthesizer, at SOUTHAMPTON ARTS CENTER.

2021

• VENICE, IT / SOUTHAMPTON RECEPTION – Paul Miller (AKA DJ Spooky), Peder Anker, and John Zieman present their separate creative works, which were also being shown in Venice IT, due to Covid travel restrictions.
• VENICE INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR – TIME SUITE exhibited in the Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello.

2020

• RELEASE OF VINYL LP – “JOHN ZIEMAN New York City 1980-1984“
  Archival Art Music album of 11 original tracks, written, performed, produced & mixed by John Zieman, in that era. LP produced by “confuso editions”; also streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, etc.

2016

• SAVAGE NATURE Gallery Show – Premiere of PARADISE/PROGRESS, also showing two versions of MOUSEYFESTO, and WEAPONIZED BEAUTY exhibited with paintings by Melinda Hackett, at Peter Marcelle Projects, Southampton NY.
• ART SOUTHAMPTON Art Fair – Premiere of MOUSEYFESTO, shown as a sculpture/objet, and as a single channel video work.
• ART PALM BEACH Art Fair – WEAPONIZED BEAUTY exhibited with Galerie 55 Bellechasse, Paris

2015

• ART SOUTHAMPTON Art Fair – WEAPONIZED BEAUTY exhibited with Galerie 55 Bellechasse, Paris.

2014

• POSITIONS BERLIN Art Fair – TIME SUITE and TS3 included in the video art program, with Amrei Heyne Gallery, Stuttgart
• WEAPONIZED BEAUTY – Gallery group show exhibition of 3-channel work, at Peter Marcelle Projects, Southampton, NY.

2013

• SOUVENIRS FROM EARTH – ON AIR – 3 works are accepted for broadcast by the 24h/day curated video art cable TV station, in Germany and France.

2012

• WEAPONIZED BEAUTY – Solo gallery premiere of 3-channel work. White Box Projects, NY

2011

• LIGHT MY FIRE group show – TS3 at Nimbus Group Mock-Up, Stuttgart, Germany. Curated by Amrei Heyne Gallery,.
• TIMESUITE SERIES – Solo gallery exhibition of the TIMESUITE Series (inc. TIMESUITE, FIRST DREAM, and TS3) at White Box Projects, NY.
• ARTPROJX CINEMA – TIMESUITE selected for The Armory Show and Volta NY Gallery Focus Programme.
• ART AT THE TOP – TS3 presented in 3D by Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London, at Empire State Building, NY, in a pop-up exhibition during Armory week..
• BEFILM FESTIVAL – “Official Selection in 3D Stereoscopic Category, Theatrical Cinema 3D Screening of TS3, at Crosby Screening Room, NY.

2010

• FIRST DREAM – premieres at the Chelsea Art Museum, New York. Music by John Petersen.
• TS3 – 3D Video premieres at the Scope Art Fair Miami, during Miami art fairs week, with White Box Projects, NY. Music by John Petersen.

2009

• BRIDGE ART FAIR NY – TIMESUITE – Premiere solo installation. 19’ wide, cinema-style projection was underwritten by Sony Corp. Partial production equipment grant provided by Arri Corp. Music by John Petersen.
• MEGAN RILEY PROJECTS – Private screenings of TIME SUITE and FIRST DREAM outdoors at W Hotel during Miami art fairs week.

2003

• VISION INTO ART: DEMOCRAZY – Lincoln Center debut of a new video art work. A collaboration with composer Nico Muhly, who performs his score live to video projection onstage, on a nationwide concert tour.

1998

• THE LIFE GAME – AXIS THEATER, NYC – Creating a new theater work with acting
  ensemble. Director and Editor for the video component, which was projected stage center,
  and provided the only linear story structure for the dreamlike show.

1995

• HEAVEN – DIRECTOR DIANE KEATON – Zieman is commissioned to compose, perform, and record a musical score for this feature film trailer.

1987

• DAMNATION OF FAUST: CHARMING LANDSCAPE – Working with video artist Dara Birnbaum as Post-Production Collaboration on her art work.

1986

• NEW PORTRAITURE group show – PORTRAIT OF A STATE OF MIND – Zieman’s video art self-portrait debuts in a group show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

1984

• GOOD EVENING MR. ORWELL – Collaborated with video artist Nam June Paik on the first international satellite “installation” on New Years Day, 1984. The live video performance event connected performers & live audiences in NY, Paris, Germany, and Tokyo live via satellite. Broadcast live internationally.

1983

• THE AMERICAN CENTER, Paris and KUNST ACADEMIE, Dusseldorf. Zieman’s solo video art lecture tour, showing video works and demonstrating his custom-built video synthesizer.
• DAMNATION OF FAUST: EVOCATION – Working with video artist Dara Birnbaum as Post-Production Director, Editor and also Composer.

1982

• ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES – THREAT, included in an evening presenting experimental videos and films in their theater.

1981

• MUDD CLUB, NYC – Zieman’s video art works were screened for one hour, including his video synthesizer footage, as the opening act for video artist Nam June Paik’s performance.

1980

• FIRST NIGHT 1980 – A live multi-media performance event at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, on New Year’s Eve, 1980. Multiple monitors displayed mixes & sub-mixes of live video synthesizer. Multiple cameras captured live dancers and musicians. This event was attended by more than 4,000 people.

1978

• THREAT – Award winning, highly edited, colorized Video art composition blending B&W cameras, live dancers, video feedback, and rescan. Abstract audio composition featuring recordings of water sounds, processed through music synthesizer modules.

1977

• WINDS AND AIRS FESTIVAL – A live solo Sound Sculpture performance event, outdoors, featuring 150’ long tape loop physically traveling through the performance space. Zieman accompanies himself, playing over 20 musical instruments in a live overdub music event at UMass Boston Harbor Campus. Over 500 viewers.