Biography

Jonathan was born in Chicago, Illinois. He went on to study at the University of California at Berkeley where he received three degrees in Painting: a Bachelor, a Master and a Master of Fine Arts (the highest degree attainable in the arts). While working on his Master’s degree, he received a grant which allowed him to live in Berlin for two years and study painting in european museums.

Jonathan’s food and cooking experience goes back to his Berkeley days, where he was a member of the Berkeley Food Conspiracy. For three years, he worked as a cook at the Swallow Restaurant Collective started by Ruth Reichl, editor of Gourmet Magazine.

In 1984, Jonathan received a prestigious studio grant at Cité Internationale des Arts and moved to Paris. In 1985, he returned to Germany and worked in an artist group for two years. His work has been shown in major galleries all over Europe and the USA. He has taught in The Free Art School of Bremen Vegsagt, The Art Institute of San Francisco, Parsons School of Design in Paris and The Ecole des Beaux Arts in Angers, France.

In 1991, Jonathan bought a authentic 19th century water mill in Linières Bouton in the Loire Valley. Using the work of local artisans, he has painstakingly restored the mill in harmony with French rural architecture and culture.

Exhibits

2008: Toots & Magoo, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
2007: Contemporary Art, Trelaze, France
2006: Galerie Roche, Bremen, Germany
2005: Centre des Expositions, Angers, France
2004: Art Koln, Koln, Germany
2002: Galerie Ulrike Barthel, Bremen, Germany
2000: Ruggio Gallery, NYC, USA
2000: Hidell Brooks Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
1999: Ruggio-Henis Gallery, NYC, USA
1998: Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
1997: Holly Solomon Gallery, NYC, USA
1996: Galerie Ulrike Barthel, Bremen, Germany
1995: Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
1994: Art Basel, Switzerland
1994: Galerie Janine Mautsch, Koln, Germany
1993: Galerie Janine Mautsch, Koln, Germany
1993: Galerie Ulrike Barthel, Bremen, Germany
1993: Galerie Roche, Bremen, Germany
1992: Galerie Janine Mautsch, Koln, Germany
1992: John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
1991: Ecole des Beaux Arts, Angers, France
1991: Galerie Janine Mautsch, Koln, Germany
1991: Galerie Roche, Bremen, Germany
1990: Ruggiero Henis Gallery, NYC, USA
1988: Victor McNeil Gallery, NYC, USA
1987: Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
1986: Action is Bremen/Vegesack, Papagaienhaus and artists from Dusseldorf Museum, Germany
1986: Remberti Galerie, Bremen, Germany
1985: Galerie Papagaienhaus, Bremen/Vergesack, Germany
1983: U.C. Art Museum, M.F.A. Show, Berkeley, CA, USA
1975: Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkely, CA, USA