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John Sparagana

John Sparagana, Breather #14, 2017. Oil on canvas, 80 x 68 in. / 203.2 x 172.7 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #14, 2017. Oil on canvas, 80 x 68 in. / 203.2 x 172.7 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #13, 2017. Oil on canvas, 80 x 70 in. / 203.2 x 177.8 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #13, 2017. Oil on canvas, 80 x 70 in. / 203.2 x 177.8 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #12, 2017. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. / 152.4 x 152.4 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #12, 2017. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. / 152.4 x 152.4 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #11, 2017. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. / 152.4 x 152.4 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #11, 2017. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. / 152.4 x 152.4 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #10, 2017. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. / 152.4 x 152.4 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #10, 2017. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. / 152.4 x 152.4 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #1, 2016. Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in. / 152.4 x 122 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #1, 2016. Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in. / 152.4 x 122 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #2, 2016. Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in. / 152.4 x 122 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #2, 2016. Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in. / 152.4 x 122 cm.

John Sparagana, #3, 2016. Oil on canvas, 60x50in.

John Sparagana, #3, 2016. Oil on canvas, 60x50in.

John Sparagana, Breather #4, 2016. Oil on linen over wood panel, 36 x 24 in. / 91.5 x 61 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #4, 2016. Oil on linen over wood panel, 36 x 24 in. / 91.5 x 61 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #5, 2016. Oil on linen over wood panel, 36 x 24 in. / 91.5 x 61 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #5, 2016. Oil on linen over wood panel, 36 x 24 in. / 91.5 x 61 cm.

John Sparagana, Themesong Derivation #6, 2016. Archival inkjet print, sliced and mixed on paper 34 x 24 in. / 86.4 x 61 cm.

John Sparagana, Themesong Derivation #6, 2016. Archival inkjet print, sliced and mixed on paper 34 x 24 in. / 86.4 x 61 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #6, 2016. Oil on linen over wood panel, 36 x 24 in. / 91.5 x 61 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #6, 2016. Oil on linen over wood panel, 36 x 24 in. / 91.5 x 61 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #7, 2016. Oil on linen over wood panel, 36 x 24 in.

John Sparagana, Breather #7, 2016. Oil on linen over wood panel, 36 x 24 in.

John Sparagana, Breather #8, 2016. Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in. / 122 x 91.5 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #8, 2016. Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in. / 122 x 91.5 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #9, 2016. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. / 152.4 x 152.4 cm.

John Sparagana, Breather #9, 2016. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in. / 152.4 x 152.4 cm.

John Sparagana, Dick Tracy Variation (empty speech) #1, 2015. 25 Archival inkjet prints sliced and mixed on paper, mounted on aluminum, 93 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. / 236.8 x 181 cm.

John Sparagana, Dick Tracy Variation (empty speech) #1, 2015. 25 Archival inkjet prints sliced and mixed on paper, mounted on aluminum, 93 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. / 236.8 x 181 cm.

John Sparagana, Themesong Variation #8, 2015. 25 Archival inkjet prints sliced and mixed on paper, mounted on aluminum, 94 x 71 in. / 238.8 x 180.3 cm.

John Sparagana, Themesong Variation #8, 2015. 25 Archival inkjet prints sliced and mixed on paper, mounted on aluminum, 94 x 71 in. / 238.8 x 180.3 cm.

John Sparagana, installation view at Sicardi Gallery, El Cuerpo Sutil, 2014.

John Sparagana, installation view at Sicardi Gallery, El Cuerpo Sutil, 2014.

John Sparagana, installation view at Sicardi Gallery, El Cuerpo Sutil, 2014.

John Sparagana, installation view at Sicardi Gallery, El Cuerpo Sutil, 2014.

John Sparagana, installation view at Sicardi Gallery, El Cuerpo Sutil, 2014.

John Sparagana, installation view at Sicardi Gallery, El Cuerpo Sutil, 2014.

John Sparagana, installation view at Sicardi Gallery, El Cuerpo Sutil, 2014.

John Sparagana, installation view at Sicardi Gallery, El Cuerpo Sutil, 2014.

John Sparagana, Crowds &amp; Powder: Kennedy Brothers 2, 2013. Archival inkjet prints with oil stick and oil paint, sliced and mixed, on paper, 20 3/4 in. x 31 1/4 in.

John Sparagana, Crowds & Powder: Kennedy Brothers 2, 2013. Archival inkjet prints with oil stick and oil paint, sliced and mixed, on paper, 20 3/4 in. x 31 1/4 in.

John Sparagana, Crowds &amp; Powder: The Revolutionaries 2, 2013. Fatigued magazine pages with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper, 21 in. x 31 1/2 in.

John Sparagana, Crowds & Powder: The Revolutionaries 2, 2013. Fatigued magazine pages with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper, 21 in. x 31 1/2 in.

John Sparagana, Crowds &amp; Powder: American Soldier and Afghanis, 2013. Archival inkjet prints with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper, 21 1/2 in. x 31 1/4 in.

John Sparagana, Crowds & Powder: American Soldier and Afghanis, 2013. Archival inkjet prints with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper, 21 1/2 in. x 31 1/4 in.

John Sparagana, Crowds &amp; Powder: The Street, 2013. Archival inkjet prints with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper, 68 in. x 100 in.

John Sparagana, Crowds & Powder: The Street, 2013. Archival inkjet prints with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper, 68 in. x 100 in.

John Sparagana, Crowds &amp; Powder: Times Square Crowd (Geronimo), 2013. Archival inkjet prints with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper, 56 3/4 in. x 96 in.

John Sparagana, Crowds & Powder: Times Square Crowd (Geronimo), 2013. Archival inkjet prints with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper, 56 3/4 in. x 96 in.

John Sparagana, Crowds &amp; Powder: Kennedy Brothers 3, 2013. Fatigued magazine pages with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper, 19 3/4 in. x 30 1/4 in.

John Sparagana, Crowds & Powder: Kennedy Brothers 3, 2013. Fatigued magazine pages with oil stick, sliced and mixed, on paper, 19 3/4 in. x 30 1/4 in.

Biography

JOHN SPARAGANA (b. 1958, USA)

John Sparagana is the Grace Christian Vietti Chair in Visual Arts, and Chair of the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts at Rice University. His work has been shown internationally, most recently with exhibitions in Berlin, Chicago, Houston, New York, and Zürich, and is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; and Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, among others.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018	Under Erasure, Pierogi Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2017	John Sparagana: Breather, Sicardi Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
2016	Themesong Variations, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL, USA
2013	Crowds and Powder, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL, USA
2012	Geronimo, Rice University Public Art Program, BRC, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
2011	Going Down For The Third Time, Bryan Miller Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
	Geronimo, Sox, Berlin, Germany
	Between The Eyes, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL, USA
2009	The Crisis Professionals, CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
2008	John Sparagana, CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX, USA

2007	Afternoon Hallucinogenic, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
2006	What the Child Saw, What the Lover Saw, What the Killer Saw, moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL, USA
2005	People Everywhere are Stoned, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, TX, USA
2004	People Everywhere are Tired, Modern Culture, NY, USA
	Sleeping Beauty, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, TX, USA
2002	I Wait For You Every Night, Rice University Media Center, Houston, TX, USA
	Swoon, Wall Installation, James Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
2001	Sublime, James Gallery, Houston, TX, USA

Selected Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA

Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, USA

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), Houston, TX, USA

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, USA

Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, USA

Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, USA

Denver Art Museum, Denver CO, USA