John Chiara (b. 1971) received a B.F.A. in Photography from University of Utah in 1994, an M.F.A. in Photography from California College of the Arts in 2004, and was recently an artist in residence at Crown Point Press (2006).

Chiara photographs cityscapes in a process that is part photography, part event and part sculpture – an undertaking in apparatus and patience.  Many times this process involves composing pictures from the inside of a large hand-built camera, that is mounted on a flatbed trailer, and produces large scale, one of a kind, positive exposures. Chiara is a native Californian who lives and works in San Francisco.


Forthcoming Exhibitions:
2010 - January, Front and Center, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA
2010 - March, Alchemy, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2010 - July, Group Show, Gallery 4, Baltimore, MD


Recent Exhibitions:
2009 John Chiara | Sean McFarland, Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, IL

2009 An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area, Part One. San Francisco Plays Itself, Chiara, Citret, Dater, Ezawa, Fradkin, Frank, Gilles, Goldberg, Grannan, Harding, Hare, Koci Hernandez, Jackson, Jang, Konte, Leibovitz, Light, Marcopoulos, Ellen Mark, Miller, Misrach, Morell, Nicoletta, Opie, Rauner, Shaw, Guorui, Sultan, De La Torre, Kwong Chi, and Wagner, SF Camerwork, San Francsisco, CA

2009 Live & Direct, Allen, Chiara, Gertler, Hewicker, Huanca, Khalaf, Meinolf, Morgan, Scollon. Curated by Amanda Curreri. Ping Pong Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009 Printing a Photograph as an Etching, LEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF THE REALM
Featuring photogravures by Susan Middleton, Includes works by: Acconci, Baldessari, Boltanski, Chiara, Levine, Outlaw, Marioni, Ruscha. Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA

2008 Lands End: Starr King, Solo Exhibition, Eleanor Harwood Gallery
Alabama Street at 25th, Street San Francisco, CA

2008 Summer Group Show, Breuer, Chiara, Ellis, Fischer, Helbling, Jaudon, Kaoru, Maguire, Maisel, Roan, Sheinkman, Zielske, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY

2008 Innovation in Tradition, Curated by Muriel Maffre, Sponsored by the Museum of Performance and Design, San Francisco War Memorial Opera House
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA

2008 Land's End, Solo Exhibition, Von Lintel Gallery
555 West 25th Street, New York, NY

2008 Winter Group Show: Appleby, Chiara, Fries, Levine, Napangardi, Owens, Outlaw, Reed, Steir, Tuttle, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA


Bibliography:
2009 Pearson, Laura. John Chiara | Sean McFarland, TimeOut Chicago, November
2009 John Chiara and Sean McFarland, New City Art, November
2009 Houston, Johnny Ray. The Photo Issue: John Chiara, San Francisco Bay Gardian, August 5th, Cover, p.14
2009 Ishola, Olubunmi. John Chiara, SCI Q Magazine, January, p.24
2008 Helfland, Glen. John Chiara, Art Forum Magazine, November, p.359-360
2008 Bennett, Kim. John Chiara at Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Art Week Magazine, November p.15-16
2008 Ryan, Christine. Watch This Space, 7X7 Magazine, November p.121
2008 Bamberger, Alan, John Chiara, Lands End, Starr King, Art Business.com , August 23rd
2008 Aletti, Vince. Goings On About Town John Chiara, The New Yorker, February 25th, p.16
2008 Wolff, Rachel. John Chiara is His Own Camera, New York Magazine, February 26th
2008 Baker, R.C. Best in Show: Big Shots, Village Voice, February 12th
2008 Hicks, Erin. Camera Obscura, BlackBook, February 21st
2008 Daily Candy, New York. See John Chiara, February 21st
2008 Roaff, Peggy. John Chiara - Lands End, Design Arts Daily Telegraph, January 23rd
2007 Blind Spot, 36th Edition, Walead Beshty, Marco Breuer, John Chiara, Liz Deschenes, Rob Fischer, Joan Fontcuberta, Michelle Kloehn, Roman Signer


Representation:
Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY
Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA