Chronology

Jean-Jacques Porret's started sculpting and creating wood pieces in his early teens. This was interrupted to study engineering and he went back to his passion and love some 15 years later.

Group Exhibitions

1979: Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
1980 to 1987: Corporate Art Source, Chicago, IL
1983 to 1987: Chicago Art Institute, Art Rental and Sales Gallery
1983-1984: Valleau Fine Art, Grand Rapids, MI
1984 to 1995: Benjamin Beattie Gallery, Chicago, IL
1984 to 1986: Lighthouse Row Gallery, South Haven, MI
1985: Gallery Numaga, Auvernier, Switzerland
1986 to 1988: Nan Miller Gallery, Rochester, NY
1986 to present: Gallery 454, Grosse Pointe, MI
1987: White Pine Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988: Water Street Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1988: White Pine Gallery, Maui, HI
1989 to 2004: Water Street Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
1989 to 1995: Gallery 454, Birmingham, MI
1994: R.A. Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 & 2001: Art’s Round Town, Saugatuck, MI
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000: Chicago Design Show, Chicago, IL
2001-2002: RA gallery, Detroit, MI
2005 to 2018:  DeBruyne Fine Art, Naples, FL
2006 to 2009: Nussbaumer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008 to 2014: ARTBOX Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2011: Artopolis, Chicago Art Expo, Chicago, IL
2011 to present: Artful Sol, Vail, CO
2011, 2013: Willis Tower, Chicago, IL
2012: AMA Building, Chicago, IL
2013: Art in the garden – Blue Star Center, San Antonio, TX
2013: Art in the park, CSI symposium, Chicago, IL
2013 to present: The Peninsula, Chicago, IL
2014-2018: Art Design Consultant, Cincinnati, OH
2014: Miami Art Expo, Spectrum, ADC Gallery, Miami, FL
2015-2018: Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton, IL
2016: New-York Art Expo, Art Tour International, NY
2016: New-York Art Expo, Blink/ADC gallery, NY
2016 to 2018: Artblend Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2016-2017: Miami Art Expo, Reddot, Artblend, FL
2016-2017: Miami Art Expo, Spectrum, Artblend, FL
2016: RMG artist of the year Award
2016: RMG Spectrum Art Expo, Miami, FL, San Diego, CA, New York, NY
2017: Hampton Art Expo – Artblend Gallery, NY
2018: Circle Art – France
2018: Art up Close – New York, NY

Solo Shows

1985, 86, 87, 89: Benjamin Beattie Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986: Gallery Numaga, Auvernier, Switzerland
1987, 89, 91, 93, 98: Gallery 454, Grosse Pointe, MI
1988: Corporate Art Source, Chicago, IL
1991 & 1992: Gallery 454, Birmingham, MI
1993: Balzekas Museum, Chicago, IL
1999: Water Street Gallery, Saugatuck MI
2009: Artbox, Disintegration Jason Myers and Jean J Porret, Indianapolis, IN
2010: Artbox, Sculpture and work on paper, Indianapolis, IN