{"id":12319,"date":"2022-03-30T13:43:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T17:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=12319"},"modified":"2022-04-05T09:42:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T13:42:20","slug":"john-oconnor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/john-oconnor\/","title":{"rendered":"John O&#8217;Connor"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9138\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-12319-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/JohnOConnor.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/JohnOConnor.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/JohnOConnor.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div class=\"gmail_signature\" dir=\"ltr\" data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12321\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12321 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-collage_2.jpg?resize=222%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-collage_2-scaled.jpg?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-collage_2-scaled.jpg?resize=759%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 759w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-collage_2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1036&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-collage_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1139%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1139w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-collage_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1518%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1518w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-collage_2-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C939&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-collage_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1441&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-collage_2-scaled.jpg?resize=311%2C420&amp;ssl=1 311w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-collage_2-scaled.jpg?w=1898&amp;ssl=1 1898w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Untitled-collage_2-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Untitled Collage 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johnjoconnor.net\/\">John J. O&#8217;Connor<\/a> was born in Westfield, MA and received an MFA in painting and an MS in Art History and Criticism from Pratt Institute in 2000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>He attended The MacDowell Colony, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, was a recipient of New York Foundation for the Arts Grants in Painting and Drawing, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant, and the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Studio residency.<\/div>\n<div>John\u00a0has been in numerous exhibitions abroad, including\u00a0<em>The Lab\u00a0<\/em>(Ireland), <em>Martin Asbaek Gallery<\/em> (Denmark),\u00a0<em>Neue Berliner Raume<\/em>\u00a0(Germany),\u00a0<em>Rodolphe Janssen Gallery<\/em>\u00a0(Brussels), the <em>Louhu District Art Museum<\/em> (Shenzhen, China), <em>TW Fine Art<\/em> (Australia); and in the US at\u00a0<em>Andrea Rosen Gallery, Pierogi Gallery, Arkansas Arts Center, Weatherspoon Museum, Ronald Feldman Gallery, Marlborough Gallery, White Columns, <\/em>the <em>Museum of Contemporary Art in Baltimore,\u00a0<\/em>the<em>\u00a0Queens Museum<\/em>, and the\u00a0<em>Tang Museum<\/em>.<\/div>\n<div>His exhibitions have been reviewed in Bomb Magazine, The New York Times, Artforum, the Village Voice, Art Papers, the Brooklyn Rail, and Art in America. John\u00a0presented his work in discussion with Fred Tomaselli at The New Museum, and his work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Weatherspoon Museum, Hood Museum, Southern Methodist University, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art. A catalogue spanning 10 years of John\u2019s work was published by Pierogi Gallery with essays by Robert Storr, John Yau, and Rick Moody. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.<\/div>\n<div>The upcoming shows mentioned in the interview will be at <a href=\"https:\/\/false-flag.org\/\">False Flag Gallery<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pierogi2000.com\/\">Pierogi Gallery<\/a>. O&#8217;Connor also has a 2-person show upcoming at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pazofineart.com\/\">Pazo Fine Art<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>The books referenced in the interview were Daniil Kharms, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/12\/09\/books\/review\/Saunders-t.html\">Today I Wrote Nothing<\/a>&#8221; and Antonio Damasio, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/feeling-knowing-book-consciousness-origin-evolution\">Feeling and Knowing<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12329\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12329\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SP_6737-Edit-web-2.jpg?resize=640%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SP_6737-Edit-web-2.jpg?resize=874%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 874w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SP_6737-Edit-web-2.jpg?resize=256%2C300&amp;ssl=1 256w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SP_6737-Edit-web-2.jpg?resize=768%2C899&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SP_6737-Edit-web-2.jpg?resize=1312%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1312w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SP_6737-Edit-web-2.jpg?resize=696%2C815&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SP_6737-Edit-web-2.jpg?resize=1068%2C1251&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SP_6737-Edit-web-2.jpg?resize=359%2C420&amp;ssl=1 359w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SP_6737-Edit-web-2.jpg?w=1537&amp;ssl=1 1537w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SP_6737-Edit-web-2.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;I Shot,&#8221; 82.25 x 70.25 inches, colored pencil and graphite on paper, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12323\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12323 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/J-6973-Edit-large.jpeg?resize=640%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/J-6973-Edit-large-scaled.jpeg?resize=832%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 832w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/J-6973-Edit-large-scaled.jpeg?resize=244%2C300&amp;ssl=1 244w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/J-6973-Edit-large-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C945&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/J-6973-Edit-large-scaled.jpeg?resize=1248%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1248w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/J-6973-Edit-large-scaled.jpeg?resize=1664%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1664w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/J-6973-Edit-large-scaled.jpeg?resize=324%2C400&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/J-6973-Edit-large-scaled.jpeg?resize=696%2C857&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/J-6973-Edit-large-scaled.jpeg?resize=1068%2C1314&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/J-6973-Edit-large-scaled.jpeg?resize=341%2C420&amp;ssl=1 341w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/J-6973-Edit-large-scaled.jpeg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Charlie (Butterfly, day 3),&#8221; 86 X 70 inches, colored pencil and graphite on paper, 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/JohnOConnor.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list John J. 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