John Mann
& Columbia Explorers Academy
John Mann & Columbia Explorers Academy

John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization
John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization
John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization
John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization
John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization
John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization
John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization
John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization
John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization
John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization
John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization
John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization
John Mann, Columbia Explorers Academy, Brighton Park, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Lives, Artist Residency, Chicago, non-profit organization

Project Overview

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  • Artist — John Mann

  • School — Columbia Explorers Academy

  • Neighborhood — Brighton Park

Meet the Artist

John Mann

John Mann, Chicago, CPS Lives, Non-Profit Organization, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency

Work by Chicago-based photographer John Mann has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions at venues such as Daniel Cooney Fine Art (NYC), PDX Contemporary (Portland), Aperture (NYC), Light Work (Syracuse, NY), Hyeres Festival of Photography (FR), Phillips de Pury (London), Newspace Center for Photography (Portland), The Print Center (Philadelphia), Jen Bekman Projects (NYC), Privateer Gallery (Brooklyn), DITCH Projects (OR), and the Houston Center for Photography (TX). He has taught and lectured extensively at institutions including Florida State University, Penland School of Craft, SUNY Purchase, The School of the Art Institute, and the University of Oregon.

He has had artist residencies at Light Work (NY), The Visual Studies Workshop (NY), Virginia Center for Creative Arts (VA) and was a Research Fellow at the Lacoste School of the Arts (FR). John is a member of the Cake Collective international photography network.

His commercial photographic work specializes in architecture, interiors and garden environments. He views his commercial work to be a vital collaborative creative process, using photography to escalate the experience and materials of the designed spaces.

Education
BFA Photography Arizona State University
MFA Photography University of New Mexico

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Work by Chicago-based photographer John Mann has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions at venues such as Daniel Cooney Fine Art (NYC), PDX Contemporary (Portland), Aperture (NYC), Light Work (Syracuse, NY), Hyeres Festival of Photography (FR), Phillips de Pury (London), Newspace Center for Photography (Portland), The Print Center (Philadelphia), Jen Bekman Projects (NYC), Privateer Gallery (Brooklyn), DITCH Projects (OR), and the Houston Center for Photography (TX). He has taught and lectured extensively at institutions including Florida State University, Penland School of Craft, SUNY Purchase, The School of the Art Institute, and the University of Oregon.

He has had artist residencies at Light Work (NY), The Visual Studies Workshop (NY), Virginia Center for Creative Arts (VA) and was a Research Fellow at the Lacoste School of the Arts (FR). John is a member of the Cake Collective international photography network.

His commercial photographic work specializes in architecture, interiors and garden environments. He views his commercial work to be a vital collaborative creative process, using photography to escalate the experience and materials of the designed spaces.

Education
BFA Photography Arizona State University
MFA Photography University of New Mexico

Visit their Website
John Mann, Chicago, CPS Lives, Non-Profit Organization, Chicago Public Schools, Artist Residency

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