RECENT EXHIBITIONS
John Briggs, Casting for the Unknown, Melvin Gallery of Art, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida January 2019
John Briggs, Casting for the Unknown, Museum of Art, Deland, Florida, 2017
John Briggs Painting in the End of Days, Ybor Campus Art Gallery, Tampa, Florida, 2016
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
COLLECTIONS AND HONORS
Kitchen Figure in Cupboard, Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers, New York City, Anonymous Collector, 2021
Pollack-Krasner Fellowship, 2018
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant, 2017
Dualities and Dichotomies, The Works of John Briggs, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida, 1990. Ten traveling exhibitions on American Rivers, curated by Sherry French Gallery, New York City. Museums and galleries in New York City, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, Ohio, California, Nevada, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Washington, D.C., Texas.
Joseph Hirshhorn, New York Times Corporate Office, Celebration Health Center, Orlando, McGraw-Hill, Alamo Car Rental Corporate Office, Ft. Lauderdale Museum, Polk Museum of Art, Cities of St. Petersburg, Orlando, Miami, Naples, West Publishing, Tropicana Corporation. Numerous banks and State of Florida Government buildings.
Pollack-Krasner Fellowship – 1989, 2 West Publishing and the Law Purchase Awards, Dupont Foundation Purchase Award (Henry Geldzahler, juror), Art Patron Art Award (nominated by Joseph Hirshhorn), GSA Miami, Federal Courthouse Purchase Award, First District Court of Appeals, Tallahassee, Tampa Federal Courthouse Purchase Award, 4 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, 2 Individual Artist Fellowships State of Florida.