| 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. Born: 1971, San Francisco, CA 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 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 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, New York, NY 2008 Winter Group Show: Anne Appleby, John Chiara, Pia Fries, Sherrie Levine, Dorothy Napangardi, Laura Owens, Gay Outlaw, Laurie Reed, Pat Steir, Richard Tuttle, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA 2007 Urban Landscapes: Baxter, Chiara, Marioni, Ruscha, Thiebaud, Wiley, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA 2007 Solo Exhibition, Sponsored by Gen Art and Johnny Walker, Club Sportiva, San Francisco, CA 2007 Visual Alchemy, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA 2006 Landscapes: Tom Marioni and John Chiara, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA 2006 Awesome: The Contemporary Sublime, Curated by Jamie Vasta, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2005 Lands End - New Work by John Chiara and Liz Walsh, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA 2005 Circa '75 - New Langton's 21st Annual Art Auction, New Langton Arts , San Francisco, CA 2005 The Photograph in Question, Curated by Casey Ruble, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY 2004 Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 2003 Solo Exhibition, BUILD Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2003 All College Honors Exhibition, North/South Gallery, Oakland, CA 2002 Pin Up Show, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2001 Solo Exhibition, Verd's Funk / Alternative Space, San Francisco, CA 2000 Solo Exhibition, Cowboys and Angels / Alternative Space, San Francisco, CA 2000 Z Program - Infinite, Pamela Z Performance / Collaboration, Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA 1995 Fifth Utah Photographic Biennial, Curated by Rodney Slemmons, Nora Eccles Museum of Fine Art, Logan, UT Artist in Residence: 2006 Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA Representation: Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA Collections: General Gallery Collection, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY Flat Files Collection, Pierogi 2000, Williamsburg, NY General Gallery Collection, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA Crown Point Press Archive, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Crown Point Press Archive, National Gallery of Art 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 2007 Works on Paper Originally in B&W, ZYZZYVA, Issue 79, the last word: west coast writers & artists, Spring, pp. 133-135 2007 Bennett, Kim. Imperfect Beauty, A Conversation with John Chiara, ARTICLE, art and the imaginative promise, Summer pp. 2-6 2007 Spark, Television Documentary. Inside Crown Point Press 2007 Spicer, Jakki K. On the Wall, East Bay Express, March 21 2007 Harmanci, Reyhan. Special pairings, 'Visual Alchemy' Exhibition brings together diverse artists at different stages, San Francisco Chronicle, February 15 2006 Spark, Television Documentary. Experimenting, KQED, Channel 9, May 2005 Twomey, Chris. The Photograph In Question at Von Lintel Gallery, M: The New York Art World, September Edition. 2005 Bamberger, Alan. Lands End - New Work by John Chiara and Liz Walsh at Adobe Books, ArtBusiness.com, December 2004 Artist Portfolio, Eleven Eleven, Annual Journal of Literature and Art. May Education: 2004 Masters of Fine Arts, Photography, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA Primary Studies in Photography, Interdisciplinary Studies, Visual Criticism 1995 Bachelors of Fine Arts, Photography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Primary Studies in Photography, Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics and Art History Teaching Experience: 2008 University of California at Davis, Beginning Photography 2008 California College of the Arts, Black and White Tools 1 2007 California College of the Arts, Black and White Tools 1 2006 California College of the Arts, Black and White Tools 1 2005 California College of the Arts, Graduate Program, Masters of Fine Arts Studio Practice Units - Studio visits with MFA Photography Candidate. Visiting Artist Lectures: 2008 Maryland Institute College of Art, Photography Department 2008 Maryland Institute College of Art, Printmaking Department 2007 Oakland Art Gallery, Visual Alchemy, Artist Talk 2006 Crown Point Press, Foto Forum, an extension of SFMOMA 2006 Berkeley High School - Spark Education Lecture, KQED 2006 California College of the Arts - Black and White Photography, Teacher - Elizabeth Moy 2005 California College of the Arts - Color Photography, Teacher - Kelly Yon 2005 Urban School of San Francisco - Photography and Digital Arts, Teacher - Christopher McCall 2003 Elk Grove High School - Photography, Teacher - Kent Pickering 2003 San Francisco City College - Digital Portfolio - P.K. Steffen 2003 Urban School of San Francisco - Photography and Digital Arts, Teacher - Christopher McCall 2002 California College of the Arts - Digital Portfolio - P.k. Steffen 2002 Elk Grove High School - Photography, Teacher - Kent Pickering 2002 San Francisco City College - Digital Portfolio - P.K Steffen Scholarships and Awards: 2006 Spark Education Honorarium, KQED 2004 Dennis Leon and Christine Nelson Scholarship 2003 All College Honors, Masters of Fine Arts Honorable Mention 2003-2004 California College of the Arts Scholarship 2002-2003 California College of the Arts Scholarship 1994 Merit for Photography, University of Utah Art Department 1994 Presidents Award, Outstanding Scholastic Achievement 1993 Presidents Award, Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Affiliations: 1999 – 2006 Developing Environments Artist Community, San Francisco, CA. Main Page |