JOHN D. MORTON

Residence: Treadwell, N.Y.

Contact: ClickHere@mortonia.com

Summary of Qualifications

Career Objectives: I am seeking an entry level position in the alcohol and substance abuse field with a goal of receiving my accreditation as a Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Councilor.
Web Design: 1999 to Present – President - Mortonia.com. Designed and maintained websites for varied clients including SmogVeil.com, Psychotronic Video.com and East Deck Motel.com. Skills include php scripting, HTML, Flash, Adobe PhotoShop and Adobe Illustrator. Specializing in good looking sites with small download time and excellent navigability.
Art: Maintain active career as oil painter, sculptor, and performance artist including exhibits at galleries in New York, Washington DC, and Cuba.
Graphics: Design work for published album covers and magazine illustrations.
Project Management: Planned, staffed and oversaw numerous contract construction projects including the total gut renovation of Root Haak Artland, a multi-tenant artist’s live/work building located in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Education

  • 2007: Enrolled in a 350 hour Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Councilor program at The Addictions Care Center of Albany in New York
  • 2000: Completed Internet Technologies certificate at New York University, New York, NY
  • 1999: completed HTML course at the New School, New York, NY
  • 1972: completed courses at School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Professional History

  • Professional artistic career spanning three decades in a wide range of media: see selected exhibits and accomplishments below.
  • Employed as professional rough and finish carpenter for the past 20 years, including residential and commercial projects for contractors throughout the Greater New York area.
  • Performance and recording career as founder of punk rock band The Electric Eels since 1972.

Selected Exhibitions

– a representative list, for complete list see vitae

2001

ESTA ES TU CASA VICENTA,
Bienal Alternative Exhibition, Vedado, La Habana, Cuba.
Group Exhibition.

2000 YUMA PELIGROSO,
Aglutinador Space, La Habana, Cuba.
A one-person diatribe concerning travel a Yuma’s life in Cuba.
1997 CARABINIERE AND BATIDA,
Kentler International Drawing Center, NYC
1993 B.W.A.C. PUBLIC ART EXHIBITION 93,
Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, Brooklyn, NY
1986 PHOENIX HOUSE MAN,
A welded steel sculpture at Phoenix House, Bronx, NY
SCULPTOR’S DRAWINGS,
Parsons School of Design, NYC
1984 ARTPARK AT MANHATTAN ART,
Manhattan Art Gallery, NYC
PHOENIX HOUSE MAN,
A welded steel sculpture at Phoenix House, Bronx, NY
1983 SELF-IMAGE, Sharpe Gallery, NYC
1982 SMOKE AND ASHES, Josef Gallery, NYC
1981 MURDER, SUICIDE and JUNK ,
ABC No Rio Gallery, NYC
PORTRAIT STUDIO,
ABC No Rio Gallery, NYC
CONEY ISLAND SHOW,
Coney Island, NY
1980 SCULPTURE SHOW,
Bard College, Anandale-on-the-Hudson, NY
THE TIMES SQUARE SHOW,
Times Square, NYC

 

Grants and Honors

1987

Received Fellowship Grant from ART MATTERS INC.
1985 Elected President of COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS INC.
1983 Received C.A.P.S. Fellowship in graphics.
Received Sculpture Grant from THE BEARDS FUND.
Visiting Artist at THE MUSEUM SCHOOL, Boston, MA

Curatorial

1987

THE CHAIN PAINTINGS OF LOVE,
Collaborative Projects Inc.
1983 WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF CARDBOARD,
Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC
THE RITZ,
Collaborative Projects Inc. and
Washington Projects for the Arts, Washington, DC
1981 MURDER, SUICIDE and JUNK ,
ABC No Rio Gallery, NYC

 

Bibliography

2007

BABYLON'S BURNING: FROM PUNK TO GRUNGE,
by Clinton Heylin

1993 FROM THE VELVETS TO THE VOIDOIDS,
by Clinton Heylin  pages 50 to 64. 
1992 ENGLAND’S DREAMING,
by Jon Savage, pages 135 to 136.
1985 ABC NO RIO DINERO,
edited by Alan Moore and Marc Miller, pages 74 to 77.
1984 ARTPARK 1984,
edited by Richard Huntington, pages 30 to 31.

Published Writing

2002

ECSTATIC PEACE POETRY JOURNAL #5 and #6 Poems
1998 66 DOG,
short fiction, CLE MAGAZINE.
1983 1994 SUN RA - ALIEN AGAINST MANIFEST DESTINY,
article PSYCHOTRONIC MAGAZINE

Recorded Music

2002

Bad Fuggum from the Mysterium,
AMOEBA (raft boy), Smog Veil Records.

2002 In C Performed on Terry Riley's "In C"
as a member of "The Styrenes" Enja Records. 
2001 the eyeball of hell,
The Electric Eels, Scat Records.
1997 THEIR ORGANIC MAJESTY’S REQUEST,
The Electric Eels, OVERGROUND RECORDS,ENGLAND.
1991 GOD SAYS FUCK YOU,
The Electric Eels, DUTCH-REAST INDIA RECORDS, USA.