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John Chiara

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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

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

Education

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Chiara holds a B.F.A. from the University of Utah (1995) and an M.F.A. in photography from the California College of the Arts (2004) where he studied with Larry Sultan.[3][4]

Career

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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

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Solo

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  • 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]
  • 2021: John Chiara: La Poussière des Anges, Galerie Miranda, Paris, France.[10]

Group

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Publications

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Publications by Chiara

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

Publications with contributions by Chiara

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Collections

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

References

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  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". crownpoint.com.
  8. ^ "Photography Exhibition - JOHN CHIARA: California/Mississippi". loeildelaphotographie.com.
  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: La Poussière des Anges". Galerie Miranda.
  11. ^ "John Chiara: Oakland Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge". Pier24.
  12. ^ Whiting, Sam (June 16, 2011). "John Chiara's camera obscura captures big picture". SFGate.
  13. ^ "Twisted Sisters". Sanaz Mazinani.
  14. ^ "Ink | Pluck Peppered with Luck: Crown Point Press Celebrates 50 Years". Art21 Magazine. 9 November 2012.
  15. ^ staff, the SFAQ editorial (24 August 2013). "Review: "A Sense of Place" exhibition at Pier 24, San Francisco". sfaq.us.
  16. ^ "The Getty Museum". Getty Museum.
  17. ^ "Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography". Photograph Magazine. June 5, 2015.
  18. ^ "Californian photographers showcased in "Boundless: A California Invitational"". Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA). October 18, 2016.
  19. ^ "A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age". George Eastman Museum.
  20. ^ "New Southern Photography". Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 22 June 2017.
  21. ^ "Triennale de l'art imprimé contemporain - Musée des Baux-Arts". sichtbar.art. 17 June 2018.
  22. ^ "Santa Barbara Museum of Art exhibits works gifted/acquired in the past two years". artdaily.com.
  23. ^ "New Territory: Landscape Photography Today". Denver Art Museum.
  24. ^ "John Chiara: California". Aperture.org.
  25. ^ "John Chiara (American, born 1971) (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles.
  26. ^ "John Chiara | LACMA Collections". LACMA.
  27. ^ "Artist Info". NGA.
  28. ^ "Chiara, John". Pier24.
  29. ^ "John Chiara · SFMOMA". www.sfmoma.org.