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John Chiara    (American, 1971)

 John Chiara - 23rd at Carolina (Photographs) h: 16 x w: 20.5 in / h: 40.6 x w: 52.1 cm
John Chiara
23rd at Carolina 2006
 
 John Chiara - 24th at Carolina (Center Variation) (Photographs) h: 23.5 x w: 19.2 in / h: 59.7 x w: 48.8 cm
John Chiara
24th at Carolina (Center Variation) 2006
 
 John Chiara - 24th at Carolina (Center) (Photographs) h: 23.5 x w: 19.2 in / h: 59.7 x w: 48.8 cm
John Chiara
24th at Carolina (Center) 2006
 
 John Chiara - 24th at Carolina (Left Variation) (Photographs) h: 23.5 x w: 19.2 in / h: 59.7 x w: 48.8 cm
John Chiara
24th at Carolina (Left Variation) 2006
 
 John Chiara - 24th at Carolina (Left) (Photographs) h: 23.5 x w: 19.8 in / h: 59.7 x w: 50.3 cm
John Chiara
24th at Carolina (Left) 2006
 
 John Chiara - 24th at Carolina (Right) (Photographs) h: 23.5 x w: 19.8 in / h: 59.7 x w: 50.3 cm
John Chiara
24th at Carolina (Right) 2006
 

Biography
1995 B.F.A., Photography, University of Utah
2004 M.F.A., Photography, California College of the Arts
Lives and works in San Francisco
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Crown Point Press Archive, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Exhibitions
2008 Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2008 Von Lintel Gallery, NY, NY (solo)
2007 Club Sportiva, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2007 Urban Landscapes: Baxter, Chiara, Marioni, Ruscha, Thiebaud, Wiley, Crown Point Press, 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 The Photograph in Question, Von Lintel Gallery, NY, NY
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
2004 Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2003 All College Honors Exhibition, North/South Gallery, Oakland, CA
2003 BUILD Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2002 Pin Up Show, Playspace Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Verd’s Funk / Alternative Space, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2001 Cowboys and Angels / Alternative Space, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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

Literature
2008 Aletti, Vince, review, “John Chiara,” The New Yorker, February 25, 2008, p. 16
2008 Blackbook Insider, February 21
2008 “The Weekend Guide: What to Do This Weekend,” Daily Candy New York, February 21, 2008
2008 Baker, R.C., “Best in Show: Big Shots,” The Village Voice, February 12, 2008, ill.
2008 Roalf, Peggy, “John Chiara: Land’s End,” DART Design Arts Daily, January 23, 2008
2007 Blind Spot, issue 36, September/October, pp. 23-30, ill.
2007 Works on Paper Originally in B&W, ZYZZYVA, issue 79, the last word: west coast writers & artists, Spring, pp. 133-135
2007 Kim Bennett, “Imperfect Beauty, A Conversation with John Chiara,” art and the imaginative promise, Summer pp. 2-6
2007 Spark, Television Documentary, “Inside Crown Point Press,” KQED, Channel 9, San Francisco
2007 Jakki K. Spicer, “On the Wall,” East Bay Express, March 21
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