ABOUT

John Hull is a contemporary American narrative painter, capturing the quiet, everyday moments through the lens of small-town life and sports events.

As a storyteller, John Hull’s work offers us an exploration into our own experiences, seeing ourselves, and telling our stories back to us.

Since 1981, John Hull has exhibited his work nationally in solo and group exhibitions. In addition to his painting, John Hull has also worked as an art professor at universities and colleges throughout the US.

John Hull’s work has been reviewed critically in The New York Times, Art in America, Art Forum, Arts Magazine, The New Art Examiner, Modern Painters, and The New Yorker.

He has also received numerous awards, including four National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowships and the Thomas Benedict Clarke Prize for Painting from the National Academy of Design.

Currently, John Hull is a Professor Emeritus at the College of Charleston, retired and residing in Charleston, South Carolina.

Person in red cap carrying guitar cases on dirt path with dogs, people, truck, boat, and buildings behind.

Permanent Collections

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Denver Art Museum
Whitney Western Art Museum
The Israel Museum
New Museum of Contemporary Art
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum
Yellowstone Art Museum
The Greenville County Museum of Art

Rural scene with two small houses, a vintage car, people, dogs, and a windmill under a blue sky.

Solo Exhibitions

New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
Tatistcheff Gallery, NYC
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, NYC
Speed Art Museum, Louisville KY
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS

Group of people on horseback and standing in a rodeo arena with grandstands and an American flag.

Person painting on easel outdoors near two people lying by a motorcycle and two dogs in wooded area.

Group Exhibitions

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
National Academy of Design, NYC
The Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, OH
National Gallery of New Zealand

Education & Teaching

BA, Yale University (1977)
MFA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1981)

Instructor in Painting and Drawing,
Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
Associate Professor of Painting and Printmaking,
Yale University
Professor of Painting and Drawing,
University of Colorado at Denver
Professor of Painting and Drawing,
College of Charleston