- JON LANGFORD
- DISASTER COWBOY
2006 mixed media on board
15 x 10-1/2 inches
Edition of 5, #2/5- Inquire
BORN
1957 NEWPORT, WALES
EDUCATION
1981 B.A. University of Leeds Department of Fine Art
EXHIBITIONS
2004 Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 Yard Dog Folk Art, Austin, TX
2004 Le Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Chicago Cultural Center’s Michigan Avenue Gallery, IL
2004 Lucky Star, Milwaukee, WI
2004 Guillotine Post, Atlanta, GA
2004 Delilah’s, Chicago, IL
2004 The Narrows, Fall River, MA
2003 Yard Dog Folk Art Gallery, Austin, TX
2003 Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta,GA
2003 The Alcove, Atlanta, GA
2003 The Globe, St. Petersburg, FL
2003 Big Cat Gallery, New York, NY
2003 American Pop Culture Gallery, Nashville, TN
2002 The Old Town School of Folk Music Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 The Attic Gallery, Nashville, TN
2001 SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC
2001 Tag, Nashville, TN
2000 Yard Dog Folk Art Gallery, Austin, TX
1997 Hard Country, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
1996 Eastwick Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Anne Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 World Tattoo Gallery Goodbye Show (with Tony Fitzpatrick, Nick Bubash), Chicago, IL
1993-94 “The Big Cat Prints, Dime Museum, Chicago, IL
1993 World Tattoo Gallery September Show, Chicago, IL
1993 The Big Cat Prints, Bridgewater/Lustburg Gallery, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Buchholz, Barbara B. Cowboys, Cold War Influenced Langford’s Works, Chicago Tribune, April 12, 1996, p. 61 (illustrated)
Deutsch, RW. Jon Langford: Capturing the Atmosphere of Country Music in Paint, SonicNet.com, December 6, 2000
Gilbertson, Jon M. Artist better known for his music, Journal Sentinel, April 14, 2004
Isenstein, Alyssa. Mekon guitarist and Welshman Jon Langford finally gets to use his fine-arts degree in America, Music/Visual Arts-Willamette Week, September 3, 1997 p. 33 (illustrated)
May, Steve. Even Cowboys Get the Blues, 2002
Moreau, Kevin Forest. The art of noise, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, October 2003
Panahpour, Nilou. Notes, Rolling Stone, June 13, 1996
Tyler, William. True Grit, Nashville Scene, May 31, 2001
Vowell, Sarah. Chez Jon Langford: Langford Square, On View, Chicago (illustrated)
Chicago Reader, The Mekons Love You, October 1, 1993