Education
Routson attended Albert Einstein High School. After briefly attending the Maryland Institute College of Art, he received a Bachelors degree from University of Maryland, College Park in 1993. Routson went on to earn his Master of Fine Arts from University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2003.
In between his degrees, Routson worked as an artist assistant under painter Marilyn Minter and video artist Vito Acconci in New New York
Routson briefly taught at the Corcoran College of Art and Design.
Career
Education Routson is represented by Team Gallery in New York City. Below is a list of selected solo and group exhibitions. 2009 Team Gallery, New York, New York, Arcangel, Pinard, Routson 2007 Current Gallery, Baltimore, Doctor of Medicine, feel this dead vibration 2004 Team Gallery, New York, New York, recordings II 2003 Team Gallery, New York, New York, recordings White Columns, New York, New York, Mama’s Boy 2002 MoCA-District of Columbia, Washington, District of Columbia, Jon Routson Flat, New York, New York, Episode II 2001 Team, Project Room, New York, Carrie/Porky"s: Originality, Neatness, and Hygiene 1999 CRP Gallery, Brooklyn, New York and thing.net, Jon Routson"s Bootleg 1992 Dooley LeCappelaine Gallery, New York, New York, Free Kittens.
