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Press Kit

Welcome to the John Bishop Fine Arts painter portfolio. With every artwork that I create, I attempt to connect, to bind disparate elements together into new vocabularies, new stories, that are both fresh and archetypal at the same time.  I paint, photograph, and write about what I feel, not so much what I see.  Don't look to my art for history, but rather for a glimpse into my own emotion, my own symbols, my own stories.  Hopefully, you will recognize your story there too, and my art can become your art as well. ​

Biography

 

John Bishop is a painter and illustrator currently working in Houston, Texas. Though born in Houston, he has spent most of his life traveling. John obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Texas, and he has been involved in photography, creative writing and fine art ever since college. Though he spent 30 years working as a librarian in Texas, New Mexico, California, Romania, The Emirates, New Zealand, and Russia, John returned to Houston in 2016 where he and his husband now work full-time on their creative business in fine art, publishing, video production and commercial photography.

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John Bishop is a painter and illustrator currently working in Houston, Texas. After living abroad in Romania, The Emirates, New Zealand, and Russia, John returned home and works full-time in fine art, publishing, video production and photography.

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John nació en Houston, pero ha viajado por muchos años.  Se graduó de la universidad de Santo Tomás en Houston, hizo estudios de nivel graduado en la universidad de Houston, y obtuvo su maestría de la universidad de Texas.  Juan se ocupó con fotografía, escritura y arte desde los años universitarios, aunque después trabajó como bibliotecario en Texas, Nuevo México, California, Rumania, Las emiratos, Nueva Zelanda, y Rusia.  Regresó a Houston para ayudar con sus padres ancianos, y se dedicó a ser artista a tiempo completo.  Juan y su marido trabajan en sus carreras creativas en video y fotografía, y John sigue su pasión por la escritura creativa y la pintura.  La obra de John trata de yuxtaponer elementos dispares para crear nuevos vocabularios, nuevas historias, que son frescas y arquetípicas a la vez.

Artist Statement

My art attempts to connect, to bind disparate elements together into new vocabularies, new stories, that are both fresh and archetypal at the same time.  I paint, photograph, and write about what I feel, not so much what I see.  Don't look to my art for history, but rather for a glimpse into my own emotion, my own symbols, my own stories.  Hopefully, you will recognize your story there too, and my art can become your art as well.

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Exhibitions / Presentations / Publications / Honors

 

2024

  • Home: Silver Street Studios: December 9, 2023 - February 17, 2024.  Group Show.

2023

  • Home: Silver Street Studios: December 9, 2023 - February 17, 2024.  Group Show.

  • Artwork Published in the Zine Fest Houston 2023 Compilation Magazine - November, 2023.

  • Feature article in The Mommies Review. November 6, 2023.  Article Link Here.

  • Earthen: Silver Street Studios: October 14, 2023 - November 25, 2024.  Solo Show.

  • Houston Press: Earthen Exhibiton. Article Link Here. 

  • Feature article in Voyage Houston Magazine: September 6, 2023.  Article Link Here.

  • Technological Reverie: Silver Street Studios. Houston. TX 7/29/2023 - 9/16/2023. Group Show.

  • Art: A Visual Language 2023. Spring Street Studios, Houston. TX 6/19/2023 - 10/15/2023.  Group Show.

  • Salon Summer 2023. Silver Street Studios. Houston, TX. 06/03/2023 - 07/15/2023. Group Show. Curator Team.

  • Urbanesque. Silver Street Studios. Houston, TX. 06/02/2023. Group Show.

  • Beginnings. Silver Street Studios. Houston, TX. 02/042023 - 03/18/2023. Group Show. Curator Team.

  • Artists' in Residency - Incubator 2023. Art Gallery Studio. Mexico City, 02/10/2023 - 03/04/2023. Group Show.

  • Dreamscapes. Winter Street Studios. Houston, TX.  12/10/2022 - 2/18/2023. Juried Group Show.

  • Open Doors. Silver Street Studios. Houston, TX. 12/3/2022-1/21/2023. Group Show. Curator Team.

2022

  • Dreamscapes. Winter Street Studios. Houston, TX.  12/10/2022 - 2/18/2023. Juried Group Show.

  • Open Doors. Silver Street Studios. Houston, TX. 12/3/2022-1/21/2023. Group Show. Curator Team.

  • The Other Art Fair, Dallas, TX.  10/20/2022 - 10/23/2022. Art Fair. 

  • Arrival. Silver Street Studios. Houston, TX.  7/2/2022 - 8/20/2022. Group Show. Curator Team.

  • Progress/Progreso. Silver Street Studios. Houston, TX. 5/20/2022-6/19/2022. Group Show.

  • The Other Art Fair, Dallas, TX.  5/12/2022-5/15/2022. Art Fair

  • Art Celebrates the Story. Spring Street Studios. Houston, TX. 4/12/2022-5/14/2022. Group Show.

  • Salon d'Art. Silver Street Studios. Houston, TX. 4/5/2022 - 5/11/2022.  Group Show.

  • 38th Juried Membership Exhibition. VAA Visual Arts Alliance. Houston, TX. 4/4/2022-4/30/2022. Group Show.

  • In Real Life (IRL) PRPG.mx Residency program.  Mexico City, México.  2/8/2022-3/12/2022. Group Show.

  • TENants: Artists Building Community. Houston, TX. Serrano Gallery.  2/1/- 2/28/2022.  Invitational Group Show.

  • Without Limits. Silver Street Studios.  Houston, TX. 12/4/2021-3/19/2022. Group Show, Curator Team.

2021​​

  • Without Limits. Silver Street Studios.  Houston, TX. 12/4/2021-3/19/2022. Group Show, Curator Team.

  • Pop-Up Show.  Silver Street Studios. Houston, TX . 11/20/2021.  Group Show.

  • Visual ArtArt Lab Project / Fall 2021. PRPG.MX. Mexico.  9/7/2021 - 11/4/2021. 

  • Visual Arts Alliance (VAA) 37th Juried Open Show.  Houston, TX 8/25/2021 - 9/26/2021. Juried Group Show.

  • The Sum of Us: Silver Street Studios in Houston, TX .  6-5-2021 - 8/21/2021.  Group Show.

  • Guest Speaker: "Books as Our Intellectual CV": Read Pakistan / July 2021.

  • Panca Marga: Legacy Series / July 2021.  Silver Street Studios.  July 1-27.  Solo Show

  • Guest Speaker: "The Pulse of Art: Rhythm in Creative Expression". Elite Literature Festival 2021. 6/12/2021.

  • Sum of Us: Silver Street Studios in Houston, TX.  6/5/2021 - 8/21/2021. Group Show

  • Art Lab Project / Spring 2021.  PRPGMX. Mexico.  ArtSY online exhibition.  4/18/2021 - 6/24/2021. Group Show

  • Artists of Silver Street: Silver Street Studios in Houston, TX  3/26/2021 - 6/4/2021. Group Show.

  • Wabi Sabi: Silver Street Studios in Houston, TX  12/05/2020 - 03/13/2021. Group Show.

​​2020

  • Wabi Sabi: Silver Street Studios in Houston, TX  12/05/2020 - 03/13/2021. Group Show.

  • Panelist: "Human Conversations: Art to the Rescue! International Institute of Humanology. 8/14/2020.

  • Residency Program: Proyectos de Residencia.  A residency program in Mexico City, Mexico.

  • New Reality: Silver Street Studios in Houston, TX  06/06/2020 - 11/30/2020. Group Show.

  • Collective Consciousness, Silver Street Studios in Houston, TX  11/22/2019 - 02/08/2020.  Group Show.

 2019

  • Collective Consciousness, Silver Street Studios in Houston, TX.  11/22/2019 - 02/08/2020.  Group Show.

  • Art For Hope Invitational in Houston, TX.  11/01/2019 - 12/07/2019.  Fundraising Curated Group Show.

  • Bean Punk Invitational in Conroe, TX.  09/01/2019 - 09/30/2019.  Solo Show.

  • Come Together. Winter Street Studios in Houston, TX. 08/03/2019 - 10/12/2019. Group Show. 

  • Conversations on Culture.  Sabine Street Studios in Houston, TX.  06/21/2019 - 08/10/2019. Group Show

  • Gathered, Silver Street Studios in Houston, TX.  06/06/2019 - 08/17/2019.  Group Show.

  • Boundless, Sabine Street Studios in Houston, TX.   01/25/2019 - 03/23/2019.  Group Show.

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