John Chiara

John Chiara (born 1971, in San Francisco, California) is an American contemporary artist and photographer.[1][2]

John Chiara
John Chiara at Haines Gallery
Born1971
San Francisco, California
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.F.A. – University of Utah
M.F.A. – California College of the Arts
Known forFine Art Photography
Websitewww.johnchiara.com

Education

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

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

Solo
  • 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

Publications

Publications by Chiara
  • John Chiara: California. New York: Aperture; San Francisco, Pier 24 Photography, 2017. ISBN 978-1597114233[23]

Publications with contributions by Chiara
  • Here., San Francisco: Pier 24 Photography, 2011. ISBN 978-0-9839917-0-0.
  • A Sense of Place, San Francisco: Pier 24 Photography, 2015. ISBN 978-0-9839917-4-8. Exhibition catalog.
  • Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography, Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2015. ISBN 978-1606064375

Collections

Chiara's work is held in the following public collections:

References
  1. Leland, John (April 15, 2016). "Big Town, Big Camera". The New York Times.
  2. McPhate, Mike (October 27, 2017). "California Today: An Analog View of California". The New York Times.
  3. "John Chiara". May 3, 2006.
  4. "In Camera: John Chiara's American Landscapes". British Journal of Photography. April 6, 2016.
  5. "Photographing California with a camera as big as a truck". Los Angeles Times. October 26, 2017.
  6. "Nothing Outdated About John Chiara's Traditional Techniques". KQED. November 15, 2017.
  7. "John Chiara: New Cityscapes".
  8. "Photography Exhibition - JOHN CHIARA: California/Mississippi".
  9. LensCulture, John Chiara. "New York Photos: Pike Slip to Sugar Hill - Photographs by John Chiara | Interview and text by Jim Casper". LensCulture.
  10. "John Chiara: Oakland Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge".
  11. Whiting, Sam (June 16, 2011). "John Chiara's camera obscura captures big picture". SFGate.
  12. "Twisted Sisters". Sanaz Mazinani.
  13. "Ink | Pluck Peppered with Luck: Crown Point Press Celebrates 50 Years". Art21 Magazine.
  14. staff, the SFAQ editorial. "Review: "A Sense of Place" exhibition at Pier 24, San Francisco".
  15. "The Getty Museum". Getty Museum.
  16. "Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography". Photograph Magazine. June 5, 2015.
  17. "Californian photographers showcased in "Boundless: A California Invitational"". Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA). October 18, 2016.
  18. "A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age | George Eastman Museum".
  19. "New Southern Photography". Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
  20. "Triennale de l'art imprimé contemporain - Musée des Baux-Arts". sichtbar.art.
  21. "Santa Barbara Museum of Art exhibits works gifted/acquired in the past two years". artdaily.com.
  22. "New Territory: Landscape Photography Today". Denver Art Museum.
  23. "John Chiara: California". Aperture.org.
  24. "John Chiara (American, born 1971) (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles.
  25. "John Chiara | LACMA Collections".
  26. "Artist Info".
  27. "Chiara, John".
  28. "John Chiara · SFMOMA". www.sfmoma.org.
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