Artist Statement
Form wants to organize, light moves in predictable ways and time leaves the same kinds of marks everywhere it goes. The grid, the sequence, the arbitrary rules I set before I begin are not imposed on the work, they are already in it.
Sometimes that shows up as a strict sequence and sometimes a single image. The structure changes but the underlying logic of the frame doesn't. What I'm after is the moment when something constructed starts to feel inevitable, like it was always going to look exactly like this.
About John
Originally from Seattle, John studied Photographic Arts and Art History at Salzburg College, Austria and received a BFA in Fine Art Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology. In 1991 he began a career in photography in New York, eventually making his way west continuing his career in Chicago and San Francisco. He now lives and works in Seattle.
Education
Rochester Institute of Technology, BFA 1991
Salzburg College, 1989-90
Salzburg College, 1989-90
Gallery
Selected Exhibitions
Jan 2024 - West Seattle Realty, Seattle, WA
Feb-Mar 2024 - COMPASS, Seattle, WA
Mar-Apr 2024 - John L. Scott Realty, Seattle, WA
May-Jun 2024 - Hawthorne, Seattle, WA
Jul-Aug 2024 - Assembly, Seattle, WA
Oct 2024 - NORDC, Seattle, WA
Jan-Feb 2025 - Habit Pattern, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA
Mar-May 2025 - Briny Margin, WEND, Seattle, WA
Jul 2025 - Seattle International Art Fair
Jul-Sep 2025 - Stable Habits, Highline Heritage Museum, Burien, WA
Jul 2025 - Call & Response, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA
Aug-Oct 2025 - Reconstructed Landscape, Confluence Gallery,
Twisp, WA
Oct 2025-Jan 2026 - 2 person show - Gallery Belltown, Seattle, WA
(with Chiyo Sanada)
Dec 2025-Mar 2026 - Featured Artist, PublicDisplay.Art,
Seattle, WA
Feb 2026 - Collectio*, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA
Feb 2026 - Featured Artist, The Window Gallery, Seattle, WA
Apr-Oct 2026 - Tiny, Found:re Contemporary, Phoenix, AZ
May 2026 - Emergence, Sarnac Art Project, Spokane, WA
Jul 2026 - Seattle International Art Fair
