Biografie

1980
S.U.N.Y. at Purchase, New York, B.F.A.
Whitney Museum Independent Study Studio Program, New York

1983-85     
National Endowment  for the Arts

1994       
Professor an der School of the Arts, Division of  Visual Arts der Columbia University

1995        
St. Gaudens Memorial

1996        
Guggenheim Fellowship

2001       
Foundation for Performing Arts

Ausstellungen (Auswahl)

2007
Jon Kessler – The Palace at 4 AM, Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
New York – States of Mind, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Kunstmaschinen Maschinenkunst, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt in Kooperation mit Museum Tinguely, Basel (ab Januar 2008)
The Blue Period, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin
Nothing but Pleasure, Bawag Foundation, Wien
The Expanded Eye, Kunsthaus Zürich
Jon Kessler – The Palace at 4 AM, Phoenix Kulturstiftung/Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg
Faster! Bigger! Better! ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst & Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe 
The Golden Hour Gigantic Art Space, New York, NY 

2005   
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst
Jon Kessler - The Palace at 4 AM P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Overhead/Underfoot: The Topographical Perspective in Photography, Whitney Museum of Art, New York

2004   
Hermes Forum Gallery, Tokyo
Deitch Projects, New York, NY 

2003   
The Commodification of Buddha, Bronx Museum, New York
Yesterday begins tomorrow, Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athen