USA
(b. Miami, Florida, USA. Residence: Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico)
| Exhibitions | |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2010 | Galeria Curiel, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico |
| 2010 | "El Muerto Pare el Santo," Benedictine University, Lisle, IL |
| 2009 | "El Muerto Pare el Santo," College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL |
| 2009 | "El Muerto Pare el Santo," Festival Santos Rojos, Saltillo, Mexico |
| 2009 | "Nomads y El Muerto," South Suburban College, South Holland, IL |
| 2009 | "El Muerto Pare el Santo," Allende, Cohuila, Mexico |
| 2009 | "Ladies Bar," Museo de la Ciudad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico |
| 2009 | "Nec Spec, Nec Metu," Casa de la Cultura, Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico |
| 2009 | "El Muerto Pare el Santo," Auditorio la Galera, General Cepeda, Coahuila |
| 2009 | "Nec Spec, Nec Metu," fotoGrafica, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico |
| 2008 | "Ladies Bar," Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL |
| 2007 | "Ladies Bar," Oglesby Gallery, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL |
| 2007 | "Ladies Bar," Luminous Lint, Web site. Series feature debut. |
| 2003 | "Barrio Hymns", State fair, Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico |
| 2002 | "Guerillas y Ángeles", Infoteca Central, Autonomous University of Coahuila State, Saltillo, Mexico |
| 2002 | "Guerillas y Ángeles", State Museum of Popular Culture, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico |
| Juried, Group & Invitational | |
| 2010 | "Nomads and Passengers", Benedictine University, Lisle, IL |
| 2009 | "Travel Stories," Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN |
| 2009 | "Ladies Bar" & "Nomads," Casa Tiyahui, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
| 2008 | "Reforming US: Immigration Through Art," Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University Chicago, IL, USA |
| 2008 | "The Revolution Will Not be Televised," Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| 2008 | "MY VICE," SPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA |
| 2007 | Love, Eroticism and Sexuality," Galería Arroyo de la Plata, Zacatecas, Mexico |
| 2006 | "International Exhibition of Fine Art Photography", International Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO, USA |
| 2003 | "Figuratively Speaking," Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY, USA |
| 2002 | "Homeless," McNay Center for the Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL, USA |
| 2002 | "New Works on Paper," University of Louisiana at Baton Rouge, LA, USA |
| Online Exhibitions | |
| May 2009 | Nomads, Guernica Magazine http://www.guernicamag.com/ |
| Mar 2009 | John Sevigny Spotlight: Addressing the Best and Worst of the Human Condition, SocialDocumentary.net http://www.socialdocumentary.net/ |
| Dec 2008 | Ladies’ Bar at Social Documentary.net http://socialdocumentary.net/exhibit/John_Sevigny/294 |
| Dec 2008 | Poverty in Monterrey at Social Documentary.net http://www.socialdocumentary.net/exhibit.php?exhibit_id=292 |
| Jun 2008 | Red Light Ghost Town at Polar Intertia http://www.polarinertia.com/june08/club01.htm |
| Oct 2007 | Ladies’ Bar, Luminous Lint http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/John__Sevigny/C/ |
| Teaching Experience | |
| 2008-2009 | Instructor of Photography, Instituto de Comunicación Grafico del Norte, Saltillo, México. Teaching classes in composition, digital photography, and creativity. |
| Photography Workshops | |
| 2009 | Fotografia de mi casa/mi familia, Auditorio la Galera, General Cepeda, Coahuila, Mexico |
| 2009 | Street Photography, Vanguardia Newspaper, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
| 2008 | Beginning Manual film camera operation for beginners, Recinto de Juarez, Saltillo, Mexico |
| 2008 | Developing photographic projects, Recinto de Juarez, Saltillo, Mexico |
| 2008 | Digital street photography, Casa de la Artista, Torreon, Mexico |
| 2008 | Street photography, Recinto de Juarez, Saltillo, Mexico |
| Curatorial Experience | |
| 2009 | La Insurgencia de Papel, Casa Tiyahui, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
| 2009 | Galerie Sevigny Exhibit, Casa Tiayhui, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
| 2008 | El Gran Mitote, IMSS Teatro, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
| Articles/Reviews | |
http://flavorwire.com/46498/rip-photographer-roy-decarava-1919-2009 http://codphoto.wordpress.com/ |
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| Critical Writing | |
Black Star Rising Magazine On John Divola’s Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert. Guernica Magazine, May 30, 2009. George Poutachidis: Port of Patras. Guernica Magazine, May, 2009. Pierre Tortain-Dorbec: Confronting the Past – The Aftermath of the Khmer Rouge Regime, Guernica Magazine, March 2009. Mexico’s Perfect Dictatorship, Guernica Magazine, December 6, 2008. http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/834/john_sevigny_mexicos_perfect_d/ Just Passing Through, Guernica Magazine, November 16, 2008. http://www.guernicamag.com/blog/819/john_sevigny_just_passing_thro/index.php Blood and Shame in Morelia, Michoacan. Guernica Magazine, September 17, 2008. Leonel Gonzalez: Colonizers and Colonized. Miami. Art Papers, Issue 20:02, March/April 1996 Jose Bedia, at Frederick Snitzer, Miami. Art Papers. Issue 20:05, September/October 1996. |
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| Related Experience | |
| 2010 | Artist in Residence. Benedictine University, Lisle, IL. Documentary Photography in the Digital Age. |
| 2009 | Guest lecturer. College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL Lectures on “Ladies Bar”, Topics in Professional Photographic Practices, Advanced Photo Studio, Art Appreciation. |
| 2009 | Archivist. Archivist for Miriam Berkley, New York, NY |
| 2009 | Video Designer. "El Muerto Pare el Santo," Artwork of John Sevigny. |
| 2009 | Video Designer. “Guns and God”. British band New York Alcoholic Attack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_1wOs0WgO8 |
| 2009 | Photographer. Roman Catholic Diocese of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
| 2009 | Copy Editor. Visura Magazine, New York, NY, USA |
| 2007-Present | Volunteer Ambassador The Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO, USA |
| Affiliations | |
| 2009 | Advisory Committee Member. SocialDocumentary.net |
| 2008 | Volunteer Ambassador. Center for Fine Art Photography |
| Collections | |
| Private | |
| Mr. Armando Castilla, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico Mr. Mik Davis, Bradford, England Mr. and Mrs. Robert Erickson, Steven’s Point, WI Mr. and Mrs. Onesimo Flores, Cambridge, MA Mr. and Mrs. Scott Gaver, Atlanta, GA Mr. Tory Malatia and Ms. Elizabeth Manley, Chicago, IL Ms. Cara McCormick, New York, NY Gov. Humberto Moreira, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico Ms. Teresa J. Parker, Chicago, IL Monsignor Raul Vera, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico |
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| Corporate | |
| Museo de la Ciudad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL Benedictine University, Lisle, IL Center for Latin American Studies, University of Miami, Miami, FL Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO |
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| Education | |
| 2007-Present | La Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico Art Education |
| 2000 | Poynter Institute for Media Studies, St. Petersburg, FL, USA Studies in Enterprise and Investigative Reporting Studied with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters, including Kate Boo, of the Wall Street Journal. |
| 1988-1990 | Miami Dade College, Miami, FL, USA Studies in English Literature and Art History |
