John Chiara Explained

John Chiara
Birth Date:	1971
Birth Place:	San Francisco, California
Nationality:	American
Field:	Fine Art Photography
Education:	B.F.A. – University of Utah M.F.A. – California College of the Arts

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

Education

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

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

Group

• 2012: Here, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA.^{[11] [12]}
• 2013: Twsited Sisters: Reimaging Urban Portraiture, Museum Bärengasse, Zurich, CH.^[13]
• 2013: Crown Point Press at 50, de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.^[14]
• 2014: A Sense of Place, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA.^[15]
• 2015: Light, Paper, Process, Reinventing Photography, Curated by Virginia Heckert, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.^{[16] [17]}
• 2016: Boundless: A California Invitational, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA.^[18]
• 2016: A Matter of Memory, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY.^[19]
• 2018: New Southern Photography, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA.^[20]
• 2018: Triennale de l’art imprimé contemporain, Musée des beaux-arts, Le Locle, CH.^[21]
• 2018: A Brilliant Spectrum: Recent Gifts of Color Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA.^[22]
• 2018: New Territory Landscape Photography Today, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO.^[23]

Publications

Publications by Chiara

• John Chiara: California. New York: Aperture; San Francisco, Pier 24 Photography, 2017. ^[24]

Publications with contributions by Chiara

• Here., San Francisco: Pier 24 Photography, 2011. .
• A Sense of Place, San Francisco: Pier 24 Photography, 2015. . Exhibition catalog.
• Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography, Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2015.

Collections

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

• J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA.^[25]
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA.^[26]
• National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.^[27]
• Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA.^[28]
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.^[29]

Notes and References

1. News: Big Town, Big Camera. John. Leland. April 15, 2016. The New York Times.
2. News: California Today: An Analog View of California. Mike. McPhate. October 27, 2017. The New York Times.
3. Web site: John Chiara. May 3, 2006.
4. Web site: In Camera: John Chiara's American Landscapes. April 6, 2016. British Journal of Photography.
5. Web site: Photographing California with a camera as big as a truck. October 26, 2017. Los Angeles Times.
6. Web site: Nothing Outdated About John Chiara's Traditional Techniques. November 15, 2017. KQED.
7. Web site: John Chiara: New Cityscapes. crownpoint.com.
8. Web site: Photography Exhibition - JOHN CHIARA: California/Mississippi. loeildelaphotographie.com.
9. Web site: New York Photos: Pike Slip to Sugar Hill - Photographs by John Chiara | Interview and text by Jim Casper. John Chiara . LensCulture. LensCulture.
10. Web site: John Chiara: La Poussière des Anges. Galerie Miranda.
11. Web site: John Chiara: Oakland Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge. Pier24.
12. Web site: John Chiara's camera obscura captures big picture. Sam. Whiting. June 16, 2011. SFGate.
13. Web site: Twisted Sisters. Sanaz Mazinani.
14. Web site: Ink | Pluck Peppered with Luck: Crown Point Press Celebrates 50 Years. Art21 Magazine. 9 November 2012 .
15. Web site: Review: "A Sense of Place" exhibition at Pier 24, San Francisco. the SFAQ editorial. staff. 24 August 2013. sfaq.us.
16. Web site: The Getty Museum. Getty Museum.
17. Web site: Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography. June 5, 2015. Photograph Magazine.
18. Web site: Californian photographers showcased in "Boundless: A California Invitational". October 18, 2016. Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA).
19. Web site: A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age. George Eastman Museum.
20. Web site: New Southern Photography. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 22 June 2017 .
21. Web site: Triennale de l'art imprimé contemporain - Musée des Baux-Arts. sichtbar.art. 17 June 2018 .
22. Web site: Santa Barbara Museum of Art exhibits works gifted/acquired in the past two years. artdaily.com.
23. Web site: New Territory: Landscape Photography Today. Denver Art Museum.
24. Web site: John Chiara: California. Aperture.org.
25. Web site: John Chiara (American, born 1971) (Getty Museum). The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles.
26. Web site: John Chiara | LACMA Collections. LACMA.
27. Web site: Artist Info. NGA.
28. Web site: Chiara, John. Pier24.
29. Web site: John Chiara · SFMOMA. www.sfmoma.org.