John 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.

UPCOMING:
March 1, 2012 – Opening Reception for solo show at Memphis Theological Seminary
July 2012 – Solo show at University of Mississippi Museum

Of many waters
Memphis Theological Seminary, TN, September 22-October 20, 2011
Solo Show.

Winter Wonderland
United Hebrew, New Rochelle, NY, December 2010-February 2011
Group Show.

Divisions
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, October 2010
Solo installation.

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.

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.

Artist-in-Residence, Memphis Theological Seminary, 2011-2012
Will serve as artist-in-residence for the academic year with fall and spring exhibitions.

Hambidge Fellow, April 2011
Residency Program at Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences in Rabun County, Georgia

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

“An Interview with Rachel Pollak”
Published in Overflow magazine, Fall 2011.

“Art for Peace: An Interview with Artist Mary Button”
Published in Religion Dispatches, September 13, 2010.

“Future Fear: Reimagining the Flood”
Published article with four pages of photographs from the installation in Response Magazine, June 2009.

E-mail: john.shorb@gmail.com
Phone: 901 238-6393