Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona, Economy of Means: Toward Humility in Contemporary Sculpture, 2012
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, The Long Curve, 2011-2012
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Constance DeJong: Sculpture and Drawings, 2011 (solo)
Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, New York, Unforgettable, 2010-2011.
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Case Studies from the Bureau of Contemporary Art, 2010
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Works on Paper, 2008
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Shift, 2008 (solo)
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Scale, 2008 (solo)
Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, Constellations, 2006-2007
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Site Unseen IV, 2006
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Arc, 2005 (solo)
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, The Natalie and Irving Forman Collection, 2005, Catalog
Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona, Paint on Metal, 2005, Catalog
Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico, Constance DeJong: Sculpture and Drawings, a Retrospective, 2003-2004 (solo)
Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, Organizing The World: Sculptural Interventions, 2001-2002
University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, That Certain Look, 2000, Catalog
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SELECTED ARTICLES AND EXCERPTS
Wilson, Malin, DeJong’s Works Invite Discovery
"Constance DeJong’s works propose no answers, offer no correctives, make no judgments. They are disciplined and smart, although that is not their purpose. They propose a transition with the viewer devoted to contemplation, traversing self-interest and self-absorption for both artist and viewer."
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Hickey, Dave
"The mechanics of artistic influence are never straightforward. Most art is influenced by the ideology of previous art. lts artists create watered-down historicized permutations of their predecessors intentions. This has been the case, particularly, with minimalist sculpture. Constance DeJong, on the other hand has responded to the suppressed, often denied, and ever present poetry of minimalist practice by creating a body of work that not only carries on the rigor of the practice but forces us to re-consider the stated intentions of her predecessors."
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Peterson, William, Constance DeJong
"It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night/like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear. l know the issue is enchantment when I can‘t get Romeo's remarks on his first glimpse of Juliet out of my head. But these haunting sculptures by Constance DeJong keep evoking the words, though they reverse the setting."
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Blaisdell, Gus, An Interview
"I saw Constance DeJong's first show of metal paintings and drawings in 1980. I was immediately impressed, found the subsequent work equally distinguished, and was an ardent fan until DeJong went underground in 1997."
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Reed, Arden, Nitrate Paintings
"An old Romantic metaphor buried under the junk heap of history is the artist as alchemist, she who turns dreck into gold. Constance DeJong revives this image with Nitrate Paintings, the product of a kind of chemical warfare."
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Russo, Kim, Struck by the Sublime
"Constance DeJong’s works reflect an acceptance of the true nature of life from the pleasurable to the horrific. There is no other way to say it: this is a stunning exhibition."
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Addison, Laura, The Stars in Our Midst
"The idea for an exhibition often starts with a simple and sometimes even obvious observation that gets transformed and refined over time."
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Peterson, William, Timothy App And Constance DeJong
"At a time when abstract painting seems either clogged with the desperation of too much paint or choked with an overdose at irony, it is rare, even inspiring, to come upon work made with clarity and restraint."
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SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGS
Sasse, Julie, Paint on Metal, Exhibition Catalog, Tucson Museum of Art, 2005
Reed, Arden, Constance DeJong: Metal, University of New Mexico Press, 2003
Abrams, Jonathan, The Minimalist Tradition, Exhibition Catalog, University of New Mexico, 1999
Shields, Kathleen, Intimate Objects, Exhibition Catalog, Graham Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1992
Walch, Peter, Abstract Art, Exhibition Catalog, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1991
Ballatore, Sandy, Singular Visions, Exhibition Catalog, Fine Arts Museum, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1991
Doe, Donald Bartlett, The Plane Truth, Exhibition Catalog, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas, 1991
Traugett, Joseph, New Acquisitions 1982-1990, Exhibition Catalog, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, 1990
Wilson, Malin, 1989 Auction and Exhibition, Exhibition Catalog, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1989
Walch, Peter, An Art Historian’s Notes On Sculptures By Constance DeJong Exhibition Catalog, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, 1989
1984 Invitational Exhibition Catalog, Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, 1984
Doe, Donald Bartlett, Santa Fe-Taos, Exhibition Catalog, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1982
Rankin, Anita, No Mountains, No Mesas: Contemporary Artists Of New Mexico, Exhibition Catalog, Taos Armory, New Mexico, 1981
Young Americans: Metal, Exhibition Catalog, American Craft Museum, New York, New York, 1980
Silver In Silver City, Exhibition Catalog, The Francis McCray Gallery, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, 1978
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Fisher-Landau Center, Long Island City, New York
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico
Fine Arts Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona
Clay Center for Arts and Sciences, West Virginia
SELECTED AWARDS
NEA Visual Artist’s Fellowship, Washington, D.C. 1982
Research Grant, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 1980
New Mexico Arts Commission Grant, Albuquerque 1979