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Thursday, November 17, 2011

JOHN CHIARA | BIOGRAPHY

JOHN CHIARA


1971    Born in San Francisco, CA
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA


EDUCATION

2004    MFA, Photography, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
1995    BFA, Photography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013    Los Angeles, Rose Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012   In Conversation, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA (two person show with June    
             Schwartz)

          Crestmont at Coral, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011    Fort at Lime Point, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY

2010    Point Bonita, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009    John Chiara I Sean McFarland, Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, IL

2008    Land’s End: Starr King, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
           Land’s End, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY

2007    Club Sportiva, San Francisco, CA

2003    BUILD Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2001    Verd’s Funk / Alternative Space, San Francisco, CA
           Cowboys and Angels / Alternative Space, San Francisco, CA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013    UNIQUE, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY

           Cardinal (S), Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA Staking Claim:
              A California Invitational, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
           About Place, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA
           Crown Point Press at Fifty, De Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
             San Francisco,  CA

2012    Suspended Disbelief, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY
           NINE X NINE, Rose Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
           Imagining Memory, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

2011    Here, Pier 24 Photography, Pilara Foundation, San Francisco, CA
           Science of Sight, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
           San Francisco Views, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA
           Donde El Tempo se Encuentra, Ana Vilaseco Gallery, A Coruna, Galicia, Spain
           Bending the Light, Oakland International Airport Exhibition, Oakland Museum
             of California, Oakland, CA
           California Continued: New Approaches to West Coast Photography,
              Smith Anderson North, Marin, CA

2010    There Is a Way in Which, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
           Edges of Light, Benicia Art Center, Benicia, CA
           In Memory of Larry Sultan, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
           You and Me Living Today, Vol. 2 (The Land), Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD
           Summer Group Show, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY

           Alchemy, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
          
           Front + Center 2010, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

2009    An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area: San Francsico Plays Itself, SF
              Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
          
           Live and Direct, Ping Pong Gallery, San Francisco, CA
          
           Learning the Language of the Realm, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA

2008    Summer Group Show, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY
                     
           Winter Group Show, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA

2007     Urban Landscapes: Baxter, Chiara, Marioni, Ruscha, Thiebaud, Wiley, Crown Point Press,
                San Francisco, CA
                      
           
Visual Alchemy, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA

2006     Landscapes: Tom Marioni and John Chiara, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA
  
            Awesome: The Contemporary Sublime, Curator Jamie Vasta, Playspace Gallery, San
              Francisco, CA
  
2005     The Photograph in Question, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY
            Lands End – New Work by John Chiara and Liz Walsh, Adobe Books, San Francisco,
            Circa ’75 – New Langton’s 21st Annual Art Auction, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA

2004    Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2003    All College Honors Exhibition, North/South Gallery, Oakland, CA

2002    Pin Up Show, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000    Z Program – Infinite, Pamela Z Performance / Collaboration, Theater Artaud, San
               Francisco, CA

1995    Fifth Utah Photographic Biennial, Curator Rodney Slemmons, Nora Eccles Museum of Fine
              Art, Logan, UT


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2013    Paul, Chantel. “Seeing the Light.” MOPA (March 19, 2013).   
“John Chiara Debuts Unique Ilfochrome Prints at ROSEGALLERY.” Artdaily (March 28, 2013).
“John Chiara.” Lenscratch (March 20, 2013).
Bush, Bill. “The Shifting L.A.ndscape: This Artweek.LA (March 18, 2013).” Huffington Post (March 19, 2013). 

2012    Baker, Kenneth. “A Look Back at the Year in Bay Area Art.” San Francisco Chronicle (December 30, 2012).
    DiCenzo, Andrea. “Cool Hunting.” Paris Photo 2012 (November 23, 2012).
    Goodman, Loren. “Inside the Artist Studio.” 7X7 Magazine (November 22, 2012).
    Scholz, Zachary Royer. “Crestmont at Coral.” Art Practical (May 3, 2012).
“Haines Gallery announces its first solo exhibition with newly represented artist, John Chiara.” Artdaily (April 15, 2012).   
Walker, David. “DIY Camera: John Chiara’s Giant Camera Obscura.” Photo District News (February 6, 2012).
    Alleti, Vince. “John Chiara.” The New Yorker (January 2, 2012).

2011    Brent Foster, Jones. “From New York: Fort at Lime Point.” Art Practical (December 2011).
Roalf, Peggy. “John Chiara at Von Lintel Gallery.” Design Arts Daily
(November 2011).
Goodman, Wendy. “Great Room: The 2,398-Sheet Apartment.” New York Magazine (November 28, 2011): 68.
    Whiting, Sam. “John Chiara.” San Francisco Chronicle (June 16, 2011).
    Photoworld, issue 354 (June 2011): 124-125.

2010    Bamberger, Alan. “Eleanor Harwood: John Chiara.” ArtBusiness.com
    (November 2010).
Johnson, Martin L. “Chewing the Scenery.” Baltimore City Paper (August 25, 2011).
Dawson, Jessica. “Portrait of an Artist as an Old Landscape.” The Washington Post (August 13, 2010).
    Scholz, Zachary Royer. “Alchemy.” Art Practical (March 2010).
    Vobis, Annelies. “Alchemy, Group Exhibition.” Art Business (March 2010).
Scholz, Zachary Royer. “Front + Center: Weather Streams.” Art Practical (January, 2010).

2009    Pearson, Laura. “Review: John Chiara I Sean McFarland” Time Out Chicago (November 2009).
“Review, John Chiara and Sean McFarland/Swimming Pool Project Space.” New City Art Chicago (November 2009).
Houston, Johnny Ray. “The Photo Issue: John Chiara.” San Francisco Bay Guardian (August 5, 2009): 14.
Olubunmi, Ishola. “John Chiara.” SCI Q Magazine (January 2009): 24.

2008    Helfand, Glen. “Review, John Chiara.” Artforum (November 2008): 359-360.
Bennett, Kim. “John Chiara at Eleanor Harwood Gallery.” Art Week Magazine (November 2008): 15-16.
Ryan, Christine. “Watch This Space.” 7x7 Magazine (November, 2008): 21.
Bamberger, Alan. “John Chiara, Land’s End, Starr King.” artbusiness.com (August 23, 2008).
Aletti, Vince. “Review, John Chiara.” The New Yorker (February 25, 2008): 16.
Blackbook Insider (February 21, 2008).
“The Weekend Guide: What to Do This Weekend.” Daily Candy New York (February 21, 2008).
Baker, R.C. “Best in Show: Big Shots.” The Village Voice (February 12, 2008).
Roalf, Peggy. “John Chiara: Land’s End.” DART Design Arts Daily (January 23, 2008).

2007    Blind Spot, issue 36, (September/October, 2007): 23-30.
“Works on Paper Originally in B&W: the last word: west coast writers & artists.” ZYZZYVA, issue 79 (Spring, 2007): 133-135.
    Bennett, Kim. “Imperfect Beauty, A Conversation with John Chiara.” art and the imaginative promise (Summer, 2007): 2-6.
“Inside Crown Point Press.” KQED (2007). (Spark, Television Documentary Channel 9, San Francisco)
    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, 2007).

2006    “Experimenting.” KQED (2006). (Spark, Television Documentary, Channel 9, San Francisco.)

2005     Twomey, Chris. “The Photograph in Question at Von Lintel Gallery.” M: The New York Art World (September 2005).
Bamberger, Alan. “Lands End – New Work by John Chiara and Liz Walsh at Adobe Books.” ArtBusiness.com (December, 2005).

2004    “Artist Portfolio.” Eleven Eleven - Annual Journal of Literature and Art (May 2004).


PUBLICATIONS

2012     Paris Photo vu par David Lynch, Steidl, Germany
2011     Fort at Lime Point, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY
            
            HERE, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA
            Interview with Artist Portfolio, PHOTO WORLD, Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, China

2010     An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA

2007     Artist Portfolio, Blind Spot, 36th Edition,  Beshty, Breuer, Chiara, Deschenes, Fischer, Fontcuberta, Kloehn, Signer
Works on Paper Originally in B&W, ZYZZYVA, Issue 79, the last word: west coast writers & artists, Spring, pp. 133-135

2004     Artist Portfolio, Eleven Eleven, Annual Journal of Literature and Art. May


DOCUMENTARIES

2012    In Conversation  - June Schwarcz and John Chiara, Presented by the Richmond Art Center, WCVE, Channel 23, July

2011    John Chiara: Oakland Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge, Presented by Pier 24 Photography

2007     Inside Crown Point Press, Spark, Television Documentary, KQED, Channel 9, February

2006     Experimenting, Spark, Television Documentary, KQED, Channel 9, May


HONORS AND AWARDS


2010      Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist in Residence, Marin, CA
             Gallery Four, Artist in Residence, Baltimore, MD

2006     Crown Point Press, Artist in Residence, San Francisco, CA
            Spark Education Honorarium, KQED, San Francisco, CA


COMMISSIONS

2013     Pilara Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2011     Pilara Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2009     SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Crown Point Press Archive, De Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Crown Point Press Archive, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Flat Files Collection, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY
Pilara Foundation, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA













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