John Otter
Born in 1973 in San Diego, California
Resides and works in Claremont, CA
Education:
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2001
Selected Exhibitions:
2024 Artist in the Alley takes over the DA (group exhibition), dA Art Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA.
2023 Art of Abstraction (group exhibition), Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA.
2022 Fresh Honey (group exhibition), Hive Art Gallery and Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Art & Stories (group exhibition), Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA.
2020 Together/Apart (group exhibition), Neon Moon, Claremont, CA.
2017 Vocabularies (solo exhibition), Space Gallery, Claremont, CA.
Claremont Art Show (group exhibition), Laemmle’s Claremont 5, Claremont, CA.
Et Tu, Art Brute? (group exhibition), Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY.
2016 Point Suite (group exhibition), Mirrored Society, Claremont, CA.
Summer Daze (group exhibition), Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA.
2015 After Hours (group exhibition), Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA.
2010 (solo exhibition) Ugo Wine Bar, Culver City, CA.
2008 Postmarked (group exhibition), The Claremont Forum, Claremont, CA.
2007 (solo exhibition) Studio Claremont, Claremont, CA.
2005 GreenHouse (group exhibition), Pasadena, CA.
2003 Imagine Nation (group exhibition), Art Spot, Atlanta, GA.
Imagine Nation (group exhibition), New York, NY.
2002 Recollection (group exhibition), Atlanta, GA.
2001 (group exhibition), Golden Pacific Arts; San Diego, CA.
(group exhibition), Undergraduate Exhibition, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2000 From Adam to Atom (group exhibition), New York Studio Program, New York, NY.
(group exhibition), Organic Gallery; SilverLake, CA.
1997 Recent Works of John Otter (solo exhibition), Café Artista, Escondido, CA.
(group exhibition), Golden Pacific Arts; San Diego, CA.
1996 Local Color (group exhibition), Studio IV, The California Center for the Arts, Escondido, Escondido, CA.
(group exhibition), Array Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
(group exhibition), Boehm Gallery, Palomar College; San Marcos, CA.
1995 Xerography by John Otter (solo exhibition), Café Artista; Escondido, CA.
1994 Movements in Perception (group exhibition), Bohemian Rhapsody; Escondido, CA.
Awards:
2017 Best International Creatives (winner), Art Quench Magazine
Residencies:
2000 New York Studio Program, New York, N.Y.
Selected press & publications:
Art & Stories, Sasse Museum of Art, 2022
Voyage Chicago: Check out John Otter’s Work, 2018
ArtQuench Featured Artist John Otter Tells His Story, 2017
Point Suite Contemporary Art Book, 2015
Prosodia: New College of California; San Francisco, CA., 1999-2002
The Quest for Freedom Where Freedom is not Provided; Reality Warp Enterprises, 1996
Other:
Mural, Flower & Garden Pavilion, LA County Fair, Los Angeles, CA, 2022
Art Papers art auction, participating artist, Atlanta, GA, 2004-2006
Mural, Hosteling International, San Diego Downtown Youth Hostel, San Diego, CA, 1996
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