Born October 16, 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana

EDUCATION:

1965-1967  M.F.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
1961-1965  B.F.A., School of Art and Architecture, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1995  Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland, OR
1994  Captured Spirits: John Geldersma Sculpture 1964-1994, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
1994  Captured Spirits: John Geldersma Sculpture 1964-1994, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1993  Gasperi Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1993  LewAllen Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico
1992  Mill Street Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1991  Spirit Sculpture, Willoughby Sharp Gallery, New York,, NY Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990  LewAllen/Butler Fine Arts, Sante Fe, New Mexico
1990  Exchange Exhibition (Namur - Lafayette), Namur, Belgium
1989  Duplantier Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
1989  LewAllen/Butler Fine Arts, Sante Fe, New Mexico
1988  Primitvist Sculpture, John Geldersma, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas
1987  Via Serpents, University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA
1977  Fetishes, 112 Greene Gallery, New York, NY
1977  Memphis Art Academy, Memphis, Tennessee
1967  Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
1965  Fine Arts Gallery, Brown Ayres Hall, The University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, La

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1994  Horwitch-LewAllen Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico
1993  The Bayou Biennial, BC's 313 Gallery, New York, NY
1992  American House Gallery, Piermont, New York
1992  Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukie, Wisconsin
1992  Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
1991  Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukie, Wisconsin
1991  Born on the Bayou, Celebrating the Arts of Louisiana, CB's 313 Gallery, New York, NY
1991  Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
1991  Southwest Louisiana Artists, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1991  Gallery Selection 1991, LewAllen Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico
1990  Art in the Garden VIII, American Crafts Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
1990  Interstate 49, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana
1990  Galerie R. Teger, Paris, France
1989  Bogus Beasts II, International Gallery, San Diego, CA
1989  Trail/Trial, Artists' Alliance, Lafayette, Louisiana
1989  Fresh From Down The Road, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1988  Outsider Art: David Butler/John Geldersma, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Sante Fe, New Mexico
1988  Multiple Sights, University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA
1988  Academy Gallery, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA
1988  Unrealism, Fayerweather Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
1987  Gris-Gris, Artists' Alliance, Lafayette, LA
1987  Animals, Todd Capp Gallery, New York, NY
1987  Return to Eden, John Geldersma and David Butler, Todd Capp Gallery, New York City, NY
1986  Visual Arts: The Southeast 1986, One Securities Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1985  John Geldersma and David Butler, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL
1985  Louisiana Now, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
1984  The Third Coast Exhibition, Art League of Houston Gallery, Houston, Texas

1982  Sculpture Biennial, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
1981  Shreveport Art Guild, Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, Louisiana
1980  First Louisiana Biennial Sculpture Invitational, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
1979  U.S.L. 1960-1979, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1977  Artists Biennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
1977  Ninth Annual Invitational Exhibition, Oklahoma Art Center, New Orleans, LA
1977  Louisiana Environments, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
1977  Vision, Process, Environment, Lafayette Natural History Museum, Lafayette, LA
1976  Louisiane Bien-Aimee, Louisiana Bicentennial, Paris, France
1976  Ninth National/International Sculpture Conference, Lakefront, New Orleans, LA
1976  School of Art and Architecture Faculty Exhibition, The University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette
1976  Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
1976  Sculptors of Louisiana University of New Orleans Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1975  Artists Biennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
1974  Curved Air, Union Gallery, The University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
1973  Louisiana Crafts Council Exhibition for Louisiana Colleges, New Orleans, LA
1973  Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
1973  Louisiana American Revolution, Bicentennial Art Exhibition, Old State Capital, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1970  Louisiana State Annual Competition, Baton Rouge, LA
1967  Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
1966  Avant Garde Annual Exhibition, Central Park, New York
1965  Twenty-Third Annual Southeastern Competition, Atlanta, Georgia
1965  Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick, NJ
1964  Louisiana State Annual Competition, Baton Rouge, LA
1963  American Association of University Women, Annual Competition, Dallas, TX