Vita John W. Van Ness
Studio: 1750 North Collins Blvd, Suite 110 Richardson, Texas 75080email: ness@utdallas.eduWebsite: johnvanness.net
ART GALLERY REPRESENTATION
AestheticInvestments.com, 1405 Vontress, East Side Village II, Suite 1102, Plano, TX 75074, 2003-2005, Gallery Closed
INVITED SOLO SHOWS
February 2003: Guest Artist, America's Best of Life Expo, Arlington Convention Center (three days - 19 paintings)May 2013: ‘Abstraction of Nature’, ArtCentre of Plano, Plano, TX (one month, 34 paintings)October 2014: ‘Natural Improvisations’, Gallery @ Courtyard, Plano, TX (one month, 32 paintings) October 2021: 'Compositions', Gallery @ Courtyard, Plano, TX (one month, 31 paintings)
INVITED GROUP SHOWS
May 1975: University of Texas at Dallas Faculty Art Exhibit, UT Dallas, Richardson, TX (1 sculpture, 1 painting)July 2006: Natural Wonders, Also Gallery, Dallas, TX (10 paintings)September 2006, Dallas Art Dealers Association Art Walk, Also Gallery, Dallas, TX (7 paintings)February 2007, An Evening in Honor of Katie Bolka, Also Gallery, Dallas, TX (3 paintings)April 2007, Dallas Art Dealers Association Art Walk, Also Gallery, Dallas TX (3 paintings)April 26, 2014, Artistic Impressions of Management, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (5 paintings)May 10, 2014, Deerfield Art and Music Festival, Plano, TX (4 paintings)December 12, 2019, Plano Art and Wine Walk, Plano, TX (7 paintings)
ART ASSOCIATION JURIED SHOWS
November 2013: CITATION 2013, Texas Visual Arts Association, PFAmily Arts, Plano, TX (one month, 2 paintings, Blick Award)February 2014: Traditional to Contemporary, TVAA Citation Artists, Plano ArtCentre, Plano TX (one month, 1 painting)April 2015: Plano Art Association 125 Tenth Annual Juried Show, Collin Co. Community College, Plano, TX (one month, 1 painting) August 2016: Plano Art Association 2016 125 Show, Plano, TX (one month, 1 painting)February 2017: Plano Art Association 2017 Juried Member’s Exhibit, Plano, TX (one month, 3 paintings) July 2017: Plano Art Association 2017 125 Show, Plano, TX (one month, 2 paintings) June 2018: Plano Art Association 2017 125 Show, Plano, TX (one month, 2 paintings)September 2018: Plano Art Association 'Global Reflections' show, First Place, People’s Choice Award, Plano, TX (one month, one painting) September 2019: Plano Art Association Global Reflections Show, Gallery@Courtyard, Plano, TX (one month, two paintings)June 2019: Plano Art Association, 2019 125 Show, Eisemann Center, Richardson, TX (one month 2 paintings) June 2021: Plano Art Association, 2021 125 Show, Eisemann Center, Richardson, TX (one month 2 paintings)June 2022: Plano Art Association, 2022 125 Show, Eisemann Center, Richardson, TX (one month 1 painting)
ART ASSOCIATION OPEN AND MEMBER SHOWS
November 2000: Members Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TXNovember 2001: Members Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TXMay 2002: Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TXJune 2002: Membership Exhibition, Texas Visual Arts Association, Dallas, TXJuly 2002: The Contemporary Exposed Membership Exhibition, Dallas Center for the Contemporary Arts, Dallas, TXMay 2004: Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TXMarch 2014: Plano Art Association Member's Show, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX (one month, two paintings)August 2014: YI t ART Show, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX (one month, two paintings)December 2014: Holiday Exhibit, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX (one month, one painting)August 2015: Confluence of Creativity, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX (one month, one painting)November 2016: Plano 2nd Annual Autumn Art Market, Plano, TX (three days, nine paintings) September 2017: Plano International Festival, PAA Gallery, Plano, TX (one month, three paintings) February 2019: Plano Art Association Members Show, Plano ArtCentre, Plano, TX (one month, two paintings) March 2020: Plano Art Association Members Show, Plano ArtCentre, Plano, TX (one month, two paintings) April 2021: Plano Art Association Members Show, Gallery@Courtyard, Plano, TX (one month, one painting) April 2022: Plano Art Association Members Show, Gallery@Courtyard, Plano, TX (one month, one painting) ART ACTIVITIES
Leader, Affinity Group, "Feedback for Painters", Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX, 2000-2002Leader, Salon, "Feedback for Painters", Dallas Center for the Contemporary Arts, Dallas, TX, 2003-2005Member, Texas Visual Arts Assoc., 2002-2006Member, Dallas Visual Arts Center, 1999-2002Member, Dallas Contemporary Arts Center, 2003-2005Leader, Art Salon - Feedback for Painters, Dallas Contemporary Arts Center, 2005-2009Member, Plano Art Assoc., 2013-Member, Dallas Visual Arts Assoc., 2013-2017Chairman, Plano Art Association Member's Show, Plano, TX, March, 2014President, Plano Art Association Nominating Committee, 2019Secretary, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX 2019-2021Member, Board of Directors, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX 2019-present Judge, Plano ISD Advanced Placement Show, ArtCenter of Plano, Plano, TX April 2021
EDUCATION
B.S. (1959) Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern UniversityPh.D. (1964) Applied Mathematics, Brown UniversityUndergraduate (1967-69) Art (Sculpture), University of Washington (no degree) EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
1956-58 Technical Programmer, E. I. duPont deNemours and Company. (Co-op student for six quarters.)1964-66 Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Stanford University1966-71 Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle1971-73 Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Carnegie-Mellon University1973-75 Associate Professor, Program in Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas; and Director, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas1973-75 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Southern Methodist University1973-78 Head, Programs in Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas1974-75 Adjunct Associate Professor of Medical Computer Science and Special Member of the Graduate Faculty, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Dallas 1975-02 Professor Programs in Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas1975-81 Adjunct Professor of Medical Computer Sciences and Special Member of the Graduate Faculty, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Dallas1978-83 Associate Dean, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, The University of Texas at Dallas1980 Acting Dean, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, The University of Texas at Dallas (June 1, 1980 - August 31, 1980)1980-92 Head, Programs in Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas2002-05, Retired from UTD, Half-time Professor of Statistics2005-present, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Dallas
HONORS
Fellow, American Statistical Association (1978)Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1992)Sigma Xi, (National Science Honorary Society) (1962)Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honorary Society) (1958)Pi Mu Epsilon (National Mathematics Honorary Society) (1958)Pi Tau Sigma (National Mechanical Engineering Honorary Society) (1958)Blick Art Materials Prize, Texas Visual Arts Assoc Citation 2013 Show, "Monument Valley' (2013)First Place, People’s Choice Awards, Plano Art Association 'Global Reflections' show (2019)Plano Art Association, Art Share, People’s Choice Award (Railstation Gallery, one month, one painting) (2020)
COPYRIGHTS
1986 "Matchmaker"; Software for Commodore computers (with James Midgeley).1987 "Wildcatter"; Software for Commodore computers."Statistical Regression with Measurement Error", 1999. Edward Arnold Publishers, London, 262 pages (with C. L. Cheng)
ART GALLERY REPRESENTATION
AestheticInvestments.com, 1405 Vontress, East Side Village II, Suite 1102, Plano, TX 75074, 2003-2005, Gallery Closed
INVITED SOLO SHOWS
February 2003: Guest Artist, America's Best of Life Expo, Arlington Convention Center (three days - 19 paintings)May 2013: ‘Abstraction of Nature’, ArtCentre of Plano, Plano, TX (one month, 34 paintings)October 2014: ‘Natural Improvisations’, Gallery @ Courtyard, Plano, TX (one month, 32 paintings) October 2021: 'Compositions', Gallery @ Courtyard, Plano, TX (one month, 31 paintings)
INVITED GROUP SHOWS
May 1975: University of Texas at Dallas Faculty Art Exhibit, UT Dallas, Richardson, TX (1 sculpture, 1 painting)July 2006: Natural Wonders, Also Gallery, Dallas, TX (10 paintings)September 2006, Dallas Art Dealers Association Art Walk, Also Gallery, Dallas, TX (7 paintings)February 2007, An Evening in Honor of Katie Bolka, Also Gallery, Dallas, TX (3 paintings)April 2007, Dallas Art Dealers Association Art Walk, Also Gallery, Dallas TX (3 paintings)April 26, 2014, Artistic Impressions of Management, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (5 paintings)May 10, 2014, Deerfield Art and Music Festival, Plano, TX (4 paintings)December 12, 2019, Plano Art and Wine Walk, Plano, TX (7 paintings)
ART ASSOCIATION JURIED SHOWS
November 2013: CITATION 2013, Texas Visual Arts Association, PFAmily Arts, Plano, TX (one month, 2 paintings, Blick Award)February 2014: Traditional to Contemporary, TVAA Citation Artists, Plano ArtCentre, Plano TX (one month, 1 painting)April 2015: Plano Art Association 125 Tenth Annual Juried Show, Collin Co. Community College, Plano, TX (one month, 1 painting) August 2016: Plano Art Association 2016 125 Show, Plano, TX (one month, 1 painting)February 2017: Plano Art Association 2017 Juried Member’s Exhibit, Plano, TX (one month, 3 paintings) July 2017: Plano Art Association 2017 125 Show, Plano, TX (one month, 2 paintings) June 2018: Plano Art Association 2017 125 Show, Plano, TX (one month, 2 paintings)September 2018: Plano Art Association 'Global Reflections' show, First Place, People’s Choice Award, Plano, TX (one month, one painting) September 2019: Plano Art Association Global Reflections Show, Gallery@Courtyard, Plano, TX (one month, two paintings)June 2019: Plano Art Association, 2019 125 Show, Eisemann Center, Richardson, TX (one month 2 paintings) June 2021: Plano Art Association, 2021 125 Show, Eisemann Center, Richardson, TX (one month 2 paintings)June 2022: Plano Art Association, 2022 125 Show, Eisemann Center, Richardson, TX (one month 1 painting)
ART ASSOCIATION OPEN AND MEMBER SHOWS
November 2000: Members Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TXNovember 2001: Members Show, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TXMay 2002: Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TXJune 2002: Membership Exhibition, Texas Visual Arts Association, Dallas, TXJuly 2002: The Contemporary Exposed Membership Exhibition, Dallas Center for the Contemporary Arts, Dallas, TXMay 2004: Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TXMarch 2014: Plano Art Association Member's Show, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX (one month, two paintings)August 2014: YI t ART Show, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX (one month, two paintings)December 2014: Holiday Exhibit, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX (one month, one painting)August 2015: Confluence of Creativity, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX (one month, one painting)November 2016: Plano 2nd Annual Autumn Art Market, Plano, TX (three days, nine paintings) September 2017: Plano International Festival, PAA Gallery, Plano, TX (one month, three paintings) February 2019: Plano Art Association Members Show, Plano ArtCentre, Plano, TX (one month, two paintings) March 2020: Plano Art Association Members Show, Plano ArtCentre, Plano, TX (one month, two paintings) April 2021: Plano Art Association Members Show, Gallery@Courtyard, Plano, TX (one month, one painting) April 2022: Plano Art Association Members Show, Gallery@Courtyard, Plano, TX (one month, one painting) ART ACTIVITIES
Leader, Affinity Group, "Feedback for Painters", Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX, 2000-2002Leader, Salon, "Feedback for Painters", Dallas Center for the Contemporary Arts, Dallas, TX, 2003-2005Member, Texas Visual Arts Assoc., 2002-2006Member, Dallas Visual Arts Center, 1999-2002Member, Dallas Contemporary Arts Center, 2003-2005Leader, Art Salon - Feedback for Painters, Dallas Contemporary Arts Center, 2005-2009Member, Plano Art Assoc., 2013-Member, Dallas Visual Arts Assoc., 2013-2017Chairman, Plano Art Association Member's Show, Plano, TX, March, 2014President, Plano Art Association Nominating Committee, 2019Secretary, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX 2019-2021Member, Board of Directors, Plano Art Association, Plano, TX 2019-present Judge, Plano ISD Advanced Placement Show, ArtCenter of Plano, Plano, TX April 2021
EDUCATION
B.S. (1959) Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern UniversityPh.D. (1964) Applied Mathematics, Brown UniversityUndergraduate (1967-69) Art (Sculpture), University of Washington (no degree) EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
1956-58 Technical Programmer, E. I. duPont deNemours and Company. (Co-op student for six quarters.)1964-66 Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Stanford University1966-71 Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle1971-73 Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Carnegie-Mellon University1973-75 Associate Professor, Program in Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas; and Director, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas1973-75 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Southern Methodist University1973-78 Head, Programs in Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas1974-75 Adjunct Associate Professor of Medical Computer Science and Special Member of the Graduate Faculty, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Dallas 1975-02 Professor Programs in Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas1975-81 Adjunct Professor of Medical Computer Sciences and Special Member of the Graduate Faculty, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Dallas1978-83 Associate Dean, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, The University of Texas at Dallas1980 Acting Dean, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, The University of Texas at Dallas (June 1, 1980 - August 31, 1980)1980-92 Head, Programs in Mathematical Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas2002-05, Retired from UTD, Half-time Professor of Statistics2005-present, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Dallas
HONORS
Fellow, American Statistical Association (1978)Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1992)Sigma Xi, (National Science Honorary Society) (1962)Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honorary Society) (1958)Pi Mu Epsilon (National Mathematics Honorary Society) (1958)Pi Tau Sigma (National Mechanical Engineering Honorary Society) (1958)Blick Art Materials Prize, Texas Visual Arts Assoc Citation 2013 Show, "Monument Valley' (2013)First Place, People’s Choice Awards, Plano Art Association 'Global Reflections' show (2019)Plano Art Association, Art Share, People’s Choice Award (Railstation Gallery, one month, one painting) (2020)
COPYRIGHTS
1986 "Matchmaker"; Software for Commodore computers (with James Midgeley).1987 "Wildcatter"; Software for Commodore computers."Statistical Regression with Measurement Error", 1999. Edward Arnold Publishers, London, 262 pages (with C. L. Cheng)