JOHN CHIARA (b. 1971) received a B.F.A. in Photography from University of Utah in 1994, an M.F.A. in Photography from California College of the Arts in 2004, and was more recently an artist in residence at Crown Point Press (2006).

Chiara photographs the landscape in a process that is part photography, part event and part sculpture – an undertaking in apparatus and patience.  In 2007 Chiara’s work was featured in Blind Spot magazine and ZYZZYVA. In 2008 his “Lands End” solo exhibition in New York and his “Lands End: Starr King" solo exhibition in San Francisco were covered by 10 publications including Art Forum, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Blackbook, The Village Voice and Art Week among others. Chiara is a native Californian who lives and works in San Francisco.