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JOHN TURNER SHORB
I am an artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. I root my work in specific stories and places, often from my immediate surroundings and the Bible. I explore these textual and actual landscapes through drawing, printmaking, and painting. I seek to re-imagine how we approach our traditional texts and places, aiming to situate the viewer between traditional and potential readings.
EXHIBITIONS
Red Hook Hoe-Down
Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, May 2010
Group Show.
Transplanted
Memphis Botanic Garden, April 2009
Solo show. Transfer works of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Future Fear: Reimagining the Flood Story
James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, April 2007
Solo installation. Featured in a four-page spread in the July/August 2009 issue of Response magazine.
EDUCATION
Union Theological Seminary, New York City.
Master of Divinity, 2007. Theology & the Arts focus. Union Scholar. Received disctinction on thesis.
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota.
Bachelor of Arts, 2000. Major in English. Concentration in media studies.
Workshops:
Digital Tools for Printmakers, Doug Bennett, 2009.
Letterpress Workshop, Daniel Morris, 2008.
Silkscreen Workshop, Roni Henning, 2007.
Xerox Transfer Workshop, Miriam Schaer, 2006.
Additional Coursework:
Summer intensive course in drawing and painting at Parsons School of Design, 2005.
Two graduate courses at Columbia University: Minimalism & Postminialism, Art of Mesopotamia.
Apprenticeship:
Worked under artist Ralph Lee, February-May 2006.
Aided in the construction masks and puppets.
TEACHING & LECTURES
Lecture on Religious Themes in Visual Art, August 2010
Art Appreciation Class, Long Island University
Xerox Transfer Demonstration, October 2009
Introduction to Printmaking, Long Island University
Artist Talk on Flood Installation, April 2009
Evening for Theology and the Arts, Union Seminary
Peace Corps Volunteer, TEFL, 2001-2003
Republic of Benin, West Africa
Fulbright Teaching Assistant, 2000-2001
Republic of Austria, Steyr
Contact
E-mail: john.shorb@gmail.com
Phone: 901 240-6166