REPRESENTED BY:
Anglim/Trimble Gallery, San Francisco, CA

works available through:
Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA

EDUCATION:
1987   M.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
1984   B.A. Fine Art, with Honors, Metropolitan State College, Denver

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 ANGLIM/TRIMBLE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA "Natural Light/Symbiosis"
2019   ANGLIM GILBERT GALLERY, San Francisco, CA "Natural Light"
2015   GALLERY PAULE ANGLIM, San Francisco, CA "Nurture"
2011    GALLERY PAULE ANGLIM, San Francisco, CA "Philanthropy"
2008  GALLERY PAULE ANGLIM, San Francisco, CA "Plain Sight"
2007   JOSEPH BELLOWS GALLERY, La Jolla, CA “J. John Priola
            SCHNEIDER GALLERY, Chicago, IL "Farm Sites, and Other Works"
2005  GALLERY PAULE ANGLIM, San Francisco, CA "Farm Sites and Other Works"
2003  GALLERY PAULE ANGLIM, San Francisco, CA "Dwell"
            SCHNEIDER GALLERY, Chicago, IL
2000  FRAENKEL GALLERY, San Francisco, CA “J. John Priola”
            FAY GOLD GALLERY, Atlanta, GA
1999   FAY GOLD GALLERY, Atlanta, GA
            G. GIBSON GALLERY, Seattle WA "Once Removed"
1997    FRAENKEL, San Francisco, CA "Saved"
            PULLIAM DEFFENBAUGH GALLERY, Portland, OR "Paradise"
1996   MARC FOXX GALLERY, Santa Monica, CA
1994   FRAENKEL GALLERY, San Francisco, "Paradise"
            PAUL KOPEIKIN GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA
1991    INTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS, San Francisco, "My Darling Sweetheart"

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2024 SWEETOW GALLERY, Los Angeles CA,The Calligraphy of Absence’
2023 SFArtsED, San Francisco, CA “Holographic Sky”
ANGLIM/TRIMBLE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Prêt à Placer
2022 SFArtsED, San Francisco, CA “Living Things: Artists and their Objects of Affection” first annual benefit art auction
ANGLIM/TRIMBLE GALLERY, San Francisco CA “O THE FINAL LETTER IN THE [ ] ALPHABET
2021 McEVOY FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS, San Francisco CA “Selections from the McEvoy Family Collection”
2020 ANGLIM/TRIMBLE, San Francisco, CA “Muddy the Waters”
MINNESOTA STREET PROJECTS ADJACENT, San Francisco CA,“Old Friends: A Tribute to Ed Gilbert
MINNESOTA STREET PROJECTS ADJACENT, San Francisco CA, “Invincible Summer
BAMPFA, MATRIX, Berkeley CA, “Orbits of Known and Unknown Objects: SFAI Histories / MATRIX 277
2019 C4FAP, Ft Collins CO, “Contemporary Portraiture with Juror Ann M. Jastrab”
2017 CARRIAGE TRADE, New York, NY “Social Photography VI
2016   ANGLIM GILBERT GALLERY, San Francisco, CA "Order & Nature"
MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO, Medellin Columbia, "Camera of Wonders", Curator: Jens Hoffman
2014   BERKELEY ART CENTER, Berkeley CA, "Local Treasures: Bay Area Photography" (catalog)
2011   KADIST, San Francisco CA, “Route 2: Undisclosed Destination
            JANE VOORHEES ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM, New Brunswick, NJ, "A New Reality: Black-And-White Photography"
2006  GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE/INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Rochester NY, "PicturingEden" (traveling) (catalog)
            PATRICIA FAURE GALLERY, Santa Monica CA, "Photographs"
            SONOMA VALLEY MUSEUM OF THE ARTS, Sonoma CA,"The Gray Area"
2004  PULLIAM DEFFENBAUGH, Portland OR, "Bay Area Bazaar"
2003  CCA WATTIS INSTITUTE, San Francisco CA, "The Gray Area"
Art In Embassies, exhibition and catolgue “Rabat
2002  WINSTON WACHTER FINE ARTS, New York, "Horses - A History in Art"
            WALTER McBEAN GALLERY, San Francisco CA, "Lost and Found"
2001   ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago IL, "Object as Subject"
            GALLERIA D'ART MODERNA BOLOGNA, "La natura della natura morta."
            FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, San Francisco, CA "Beyond Boundaries"
2000  ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago IL, "Crossing The Line"
            THE CONTEMPORARY, Atlanta, GA, "Precious: the Pathos and Pleasure of Kitsch"
            FRAENKEL GALLERY, San Francisco CA, "About Faces"
            CAL STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH, Long Beach, CA "Beyond Boundaries"
            SANTA BARBARA CONTEMPORARY ARTS FORUM, Santa Barbara, CA "Beyond Boundaries"
1999   FRAENKEL GALLERY, San Francisco, "20Twenty"
1998   FRAENKEL GALLERY, San Francisco, "Dust Breeding"
1997   CENTER FOR THE ARTS, San Francisco CA, "Bay Area Now"
            JACKSON FINE ART, Atlanta GA, "Food, Glorious Food"
1996   SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt, "Prospect 96"
            CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ART, Carmel
1995   JULIE SAUL GALLERY, New York, "Choices"
            LEHMAN COLLEGE, Bronx, "Fact, Fiction, and Truth"
            UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, Berkeley, "In a Different Light" (catalog)
            FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, San Francisco, "The Inscrutable Object"
            BARRETT HOUSE GALLERIES, New York, "Photowork '95"
            NORA ECCLES MUSEUM, Utah, "5th Biennial Photography Exhibition"
1993   CLARK AND CO. GALLERY, Washington, DC, "True Phallacy-The Myth of Male Power"
            EYE GALLERY, San Francisco, "Queerly Defined"
            spanERSE WORKS, Houston, "Without"
1992   NEW LANGTON ARTS, San Francisco, "501,272"
            THE LAB, San Francisco, "Without"
            CASE GALLERY, Skidmore College, New York, "Insight: Out"
            GRANT GALLERY, Denver
            ZEN CENTER GUEST HOUSE, San Francisco, "Still Lives"
1991    SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION GALLERY, San Francisco, "Chain Reaction VII"
            CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF ART, Luther Burbank Center, "California Small Works"
            OBUDAI GALERIA, Budapest, Hungary, "Fresh Squeezed"
            SF CAMERAWORK, San Francisco, "Beyond Belief"
            SOUTHERN EXPOSURE GALLERY at Project Artaud, San Francisco, "Viscera"
            INTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS, San Francisco, "Photo Works"
1990   ANDREA RUGGIERI GALLERY, Washington, DC., "The Great American Fax Attack"
1989   INTERSECTION FOR THE ARTS, San Francisco, Tableaux Vivant
1988   VORPAL GALLERY, San Francisco, "Environments"
1987   FORT MASON, San Francisco, "Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition"
1986   WALTER McBEAN GALLERY, San Francisco, "Spring Show," Award (Paul Tomidy)
1984   SF CAMERAWORK, San Francisco, "Student show"
1983   GRANT STREET ART CENTER, Denver, "Grant Street Invitational"

COLLECTIONS:
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, New York
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
DENVER ART MUSEUM
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
OAKLAND MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART San Francisco
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART
UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, Berkeley
THE CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM, Honolulu
KADIST ART FOUNDATION, San Francisco

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:
2020 SVANE FOUNDATION COMMISSION
2005 JOHN ANSON KITTREDGE FUND
2003 CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL Grant
2001 THE ART COUNCIL, Juror Award
1998 AARON SISKIND FOUNDATION
1997 PURCHASE AWARD PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
1995 CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS, Carmel CA, Merit Award
1986 SPRING SHOW AWARD from Paul Tomidy, San Francisco Art Institute

VISITING ARTIST / LECTURE:
2020 YALE, SCHOOL OF ART, Photography Department
THE BROOKLYN RAIL, The New Social Environment #110, Art School Confidential
2019 Cranium Corporation: Interview with artist J. John Priola, part of the More Than 700 Years Faculty Exhibition
2018   SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, Visiting Artist Lecture
2012   SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, Graduate Lecture Series
2011    INTERNATIONAL CENTER of PHOTOGRAPHY, ICP Lecture Series
2007   SCHOOL of the ART INSTITUTE CHICAGO, Lecture, Photography Department
2005  FROMM INSTITUTE, San Francisco, Lecture Series
2002  SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, adjunct faculty
2000  CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, Atlanta GA, Panel discussion "Precious: The Pathos and Pleasures of Kitsch"
            CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS, Lecture series, adjunct faculty
1999   CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS, Lecture series, adjunct faculty
            SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, adjunct faculty
            SF CAMERAWORK, San Francisco, Lecture program
1997   SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, adjunct faculty
1996   CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS, Lecture series
1995   PRIOLA / WAGNER STUDIO TOUR, Friends of The Friends of Photography
1994   UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, Noon lecture series
            SF CAMERAWORK, San Francisco
1991    METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE, Denver

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2023 Looking At Trees, text by Sophie Howarth, published by Hoxton Mini Press
2022 Natural Light, Monograph 92 plates, texts by Rita Bullwinkel, Claire Daigle, interview by Alec Soth, published by Kehrer Verlag
2020 PIER 24, San Francisco CA, #showusyourshelfie
DIVISION/Review No. 22 Summer pages 6 + 7
2015   V̶E̶N̶T̶R̶I̶L̶O̶Q̶U̶I̶S̶T̶, PHOTO Issue #3, featuring a collection of 24, 4x6 photos
1998   ONCE REMOVED, Portraits by J. John Priola, Monograph, 74 plates, Arena Editions
1996   SEVEN SEAS, Japan, June, back pages
            ZYZZYVA, Fall/Winter XII, 3/4
            GRAPHIS, photography review, New York
1995   SEE, A Journal of Visual Culture, Winter, Issue 1:1, pages 18-23, and inside cover
            THE NEW THEATER REVIEW, A Lincoln Center Publication, Fall, issue no. 14
1994   POLIESTER, "Sick", AIDS Abstracted, Alisa Tager, Summer, vol. 3 no. 9, p 8-19

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2023 SQUARECYLINDER, Mark Van Proyen, January 17
2023 SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, Max Blue, special to the Examiner, Spotlight, Visual Arts, “January gallery guide”
2022 INSIDEHOOK, Natural Light” Is the Captivating New Monograph by Contemporary Visual Artist J. John Priola, November 8
NATURAL LIGHT, monograph, essays by Rita Bullwinkel, Claire Daigle, an interview by Alec Soth, 92 plates published by Kehrer Verlag
2021 INSIDEHOOK, THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO START COLLECTING LOCAL ART IN SAN FRANCISCO, September 24
2021 JUXTAPOZ, Art & Culture: Gwynned Vitello, In In Session, quoted.
InsideHook, Diane Rommel,
The Latest: San Francisco
2017   Beyond Repair: Nicole Archer, Styles of Mending, Cultures of Wounding, SFAQ/NYAQ/LXAQ, Column LXAQ Issue 2
2015  MutualArt, Nurture, Gallery Paule Anglim, January 7
           Visual Art Source, DeWitt Cheng, Editorial Recommendations
           ArtBusiness, Teri Goodson, First Thursday, January 8, Part II
2011   Entertainment, Kimberly Chun, special to the Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, November 24
2008 Datebook, Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, September 20, p. E10
ArtBusiness.com, First Thursdays, Gallery Paule Anglim: J. John Priola - Plain Sight
2007  Art Review, Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, March 23, section 7, p.20
           Art Exhibits Photography Newcity Chicago, March
           Art Review, Robert L. Pincus, Union-Tribune, April 5
2003 SFGate, Kenneth Baker, Outside the window, a watcher in the dark, San Francisco Chronicle, January, 9
Rabat, Art In Embassies, exhibition and catolgue
Art Review, Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, January 17, section 7, p.27
           Critics Choice, Fred Camper, Chicago Reader, January 31, section 2, p. 19
2000 Datebook, Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, June 3, p D1, D8
1999  Atlanta, Jason Forest, Art Papers Magazine, September / October, page 41
1998  Superb Viewing, David Bonetti, San Francisco Examiner, September 23, page C-19
1997   Datebook, Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, March 15, p E1
           Speak, Memory, Steven Jenkins, Bay Area Reporter, Vol. 27. No 11, March 13 p. 41
1996  Snapshots of LA Photography Market, ART Newsletter Vol. XXI. No 24, p. 6
1995  Portraits That Use Absence, William Zimmer, The New York Times, October 22, p 16
           Contemplating Queer Art, Roberto Freidman, Artweek, August, Vol. 26 # 8, p. 21
           In A Different Light review, Michael Duncan, Art In America, July, pages 27-30
1994  New Meanings, Susan Kandel, Los Angeles Times, May 26, page F12
          San Francisco Fax, Rebecca Solnit, Art Issues, September-October
          A New Round, David Bonetti, San Francisco Examiner, July 15, page C-19
          Introductions, Steven Jenkins, Artweek, August 4, page 15
          Thrill of the New, Roberto Friedman, Bay Area Reporter, July 14, page 33 and 34
          Introductions, Trine Miller, Arts Monthly, July, Volume 5 #4, page 5
1993 Behind The Fig Leaf, Paul Richard, The Washington Post, December 4, page E-1
          A Look at Self-definition, David Bonetti, San Francisco Examiner, June 25, p C-9, C-10
          Domestic Grist, Warren Sonbert, San Francisco Sentinel, June 30, pages 38 and 39
          Display's...Demand a Closer Look, Nancy Kapitanoff, LA Times-Calendar, January 3
1992  Leaving the "white cube", David Bonetti, San Francisco Examiner, November 20, p D-2
          501,272 and Counting, Elliot Linwood, Bay Area Reporter, Vol. xxii, No 43 22, p 34, 44
1991  This Week, photo-caption, Bay Area Reporter, Vol. XXI No. 27, July 11, page 40
           Critics Choice, Harry Roche, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol. 25 # 38, June 26, p80
           Severed Heads, Slavery, Exposed Flesh, Glen Helfand, San Francisco's Magazine, The City, February, Vol. 2, No. 2
1988  The Changing Ideal, Deborah Irmas, SF Camerawork, Vol. 15 No. 1, Spring, p 7-11
           Environments, David Shaw, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Vol. 22, # 26, April 13, p 28