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John Chiara 
Summary
John Chiara (born 1971, in San Francisco, California) is an American contemporary artist and photographer.[1][2]
John Chiara | |
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 John Chiara at Haines Gallery | |
| Born | 1971 San Francisco, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.F.A. – University of Utah M.F.A. – California College of the Arts |
| Known for | Fine Art Photography |
| Website | www |
Education edit
Chiara holds a B.F.A. from the University of Utah (1995) and a M.F.A. in photography from the California College of the Arts (2004) where he studied with Larry Sultan.[3][4]
Career edit
Chiara builds custom large-format cameras, and exposes his images directly onto hand-cut photographic paper. He built his first camera in 1997.[5]
Exhibitions edit
Solo edit
- 2017: John Chiara Lands End: California at Larkin, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA.[6]
- 2017: John Chiara: New Cityscapes, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA[7]
- 2018: John Chiara California/Mississippi, Galerie Miranda, Paris, France.[8]
- 2018: Pike Slip to Sugar Hill, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY.[9]
Group edit
- 2012: Here, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA.[10][11]
- 2013: Twsited Sisters: Reimaging Urban Portraiture, Museum Bärengasse, Zurich, CH.[12]
- 2013: Crown Point Press at 50, de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.[13]
- 2014: A Sense of Place, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA.[14]
- 2015: Light, Paper, Process, Reinventing Photography, Curated by Virginia Heckert, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.[15][16]
- 2016: Boundless: A California Invitational, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA.[17]
- 2016: A Matter of Memory, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY.[18]
- 2018: New Southern Photography, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA.[19]
- 2018: Triennale de l’art imprimé contemporain, Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle, CH.[20]
- 2018: A Brilliant Spectrum: Recent Gifts of Color Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA.[21]
- 2018: New Territory Landscape Photography Today, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO.[22]
Publications edit
Publications by Chiara edit
- John Chiara: California. New York: Aperture; San Francisco, Pier 24 Photography, 2017. ISBN 978-1597114233[23]
Publications with contributions by Chiara edit
Collections edit
Chiara's work is held in the following public collections:
- J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.[24]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA.[25]
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.[26]
- Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA.[27]
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.[28]
References edit
- ^ Leland, John (April 15, 2016). "Big Town, Big Camera". The New York Times.
- ^ McPhate, Mike (October 27, 2017). "California Today: An Analog View of California". The New York Times.
- ^ "John Chiara". May 3, 2006.
- ^ "In Camera: John Chiara's American Landscapes". British Journal of Photography. April 6, 2016.
- ^ "Photographing California with a camera as big as a truck". Los Angeles Times. October 26, 2017.
- ^ "Nothing Outdated About John Chiara's Traditional Techniques". KQED. November 15, 2017.
- ^ "John Chiara: New Cityscapes".
- ^ "Photography Exhibition - JOHN CHIARA: California/Mississippi".
- ^ LensCulture, John Chiara. "New York Photos: Pike Slip to Sugar Hill - Photographs by John Chiara | Interview and text by Jim Casper". LensCulture.
- ^ "John Chiara: Oakland Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge".
- ^ Whiting, Sam (June 16, 2011). "John Chiara's camera obscura captures big picture". SFGate.
- ^ "Twisted Sisters". Sanaz Mazinani.
- ^ "Ink | Pluck Peppered with Luck: Crown Point Press Celebrates 50 Years". Art21 Magazine.
- ^ staff, the SFAQ editorial. "Review: "A Sense of Place" exhibition at Pier 24, San Francisco".
- ^ "The Getty Museum". Getty Museum.
- ^ "Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography". Photograph Magazine. June 5, 2015.
- ^ "Californian photographers showcased in "Boundless: A California Invitational"". Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA). October 18, 2016.
- ^ "A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age | George Eastman Museum".
- ^ "New Southern Photography". Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
- ^ "Triennale de l'art imprimé contemporain - Musée des Baux-Arts". sichtbar.art.
- ^ "Santa Barbara Museum of Art exhibits works gifted/acquired in the past two years". artdaily.com.
- ^ "New Territory: Landscape Photography Today". Denver Art Museum.
- ^ "John Chiara: California". Aperture.org.
- ^ "John Chiara (American, born 1971) (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles.
- ^ "John Chiara | LACMA Collections".
- ^ "Artist Info".
- ^ "Chiara, John".
- ^ "John Chiara · SFMOMA". www.sfmoma.org.