John Opera

John Opera earned his BFA from SUNY New Paltz (1998) and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2005). He lived, worked, taught, and exhibited in Chicago for more than a dozen years. He currently is Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Buffalo.

Opera’s exhibitions include: Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY), Higher Pictures (New York), Longhouse Projects (New York), DOCUMENT (Chicago), Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago), Andrew Rafacz Gallery (Chicago), The Suburban (Milwaukee), The Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), Transformer Station (Cleveland), Melanie Flood Projects, Portland (OR), Michael Jon Gallery (Miami), Macalester College Art Gallery (St. Paul), Nina Freudenheim Gallery (Buffalo) and The Burchfield-Penney Art Center (Buffalo). His work has been the subject of a two-person exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and is featured in the second volume of MP3, co-published by Aperture and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago). His work is part of the permanent collections of the DePaul Museum of Art (Chicago), the Burchfield-Penney Art Center (Buffalo), and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), among other institutions.

Opera’s work has been reviewed by Artforum, Artforum.com, The New Yorker, Flash Art, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Rail, The Buffalo News, and Chicago Artist Writers, among other publications.

Works

John Opera, Solaris, 2022, Pigment and gum arabic on canvas, 26 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 1 in.

John Opera, Double Palm, Pigment and gum arabic on canvas, 20 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 in.

John Opera, Observer 4, 2022, Pigment and gum arabic on canvas, 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 in.

John Opera, Sun LCister, 2022, Pigment and gum arabic on canvas, 20 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 in.

John Opera, The Observer, 2022, Pigment and gun arabic on canvas, 26 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 1 in.

John Opera, Arch, 2022, Pigment and gum arabic on canvas, 26 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 1 in.

John Opera, Untitled, 2022, Gum bichromate on stretched canvas, 30 x 24 x 2 in

John Opera, Untitled, 2022, Gum bichromate on stretched canvas, 20h x 16w x 2d in

John Opera, Untitled, 2022, Gum bichromate on stretched canvas, 20h x 16w x 2d in

John Opera, Untitled, 2022, Gum bichromate on stretched canvas, 30h x 24w x 2d in

John Opera, 02_47, 2021, Archival Inkjet print, 26h x 21w in (34 1/2h x 29w in framed)

John Opera, 7K_363, 2021, Archival Inkjet print, 26h x 21w in (34 1/2h x 29w in framed)

John Opera, 6M_270, 2021, Archival Inkjet print, 26h x 21w in (34 1/2h x 29w in framed)

John Opera, Oval With Grid (black), 2017, Cyanotype, acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas in artist frame, 46h x 36w in

John Opera, Oval (grey), 2017, Cyanotype, acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas in artist frame, 33h x 26w in

John Opera, Double Slit (Blue-Blue), 2018, Cyanotype, acrylic and flashe on canvas in lacquered artist frame, 46h x 36w in

John Opera, Oval with lines (Blue), 2018, Cyanotype, acrylic and flashe on canvas in lacquered artist frame, 21h x 17w in

John Opera Diamond with dots (Pink), 2018 Cyanotype, acrylic and flashe on canvas in lacquered artist frame, 21h x 17w in

John Opera, Double Lens (BP), 2017, Cyanotype, acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas in artist frame, 21h x 17w in

John Opera, Double Lens (RB), 2017, Cyanotype, acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas in artist frame, 21h x 17w in

John Opera, Solaris, 2022, Pigment and gum arabic on canvas, 26 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 1 in.

John Opera, Double Palm, Pigment and gum arabic on canvas, 20 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 in.

John Opera, Observer 4, 2022, Pigment and gum arabic on canvas, 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 in.

John Opera, Sun LCister, 2022, Pigment and gum arabic on canvas, 20 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 1 in.

John Opera, The Observer, 2022, Pigment and gun arabic on canvas, 26 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 1 in.

John Opera, Arch, 2022, Pigment and gum arabic on canvas, 26 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 1 in.

John Opera, Untitled, 2022, Gum bichromate on stretched canvas, 30 x 24 x 2 in

John Opera, Untitled, 2022, Gum bichromate on stretched canvas, 20h x 16w x 2d in

John Opera, Untitled, 2022, Gum bichromate on stretched canvas, 20h x 16w x 2d in

John Opera, Untitled, 2022, Gum bichromate on stretched canvas, 30h x 24w x 2d in

John Opera, 02_47, 2021, Archival Inkjet print, 26h x 21w in (34 1/2h x 29w in framed)

John Opera, 7K_363, 2021, Archival Inkjet print, 26h x 21w in (34 1/2h x 29w in framed)

John Opera, 6M_270, 2021, Archival Inkjet print, 26h x 21w in (34 1/2h x 29w in framed)

John Opera, Oval With Grid (black), 2017, Cyanotype, acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas in artist frame, 46h x 36w in

John Opera, Oval (grey), 2017, Cyanotype, acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas in artist frame, 33h x 26w in

John Opera, Double Slit (Blue-Blue), 2018, Cyanotype, acrylic and flashe on canvas in lacquered artist frame, 46h x 36w in

John Opera, Oval with lines (Blue), 2018, Cyanotype, acrylic and flashe on canvas in lacquered artist frame, 21h x 17w in

John Opera Diamond with dots (Pink), 2018 Cyanotype, acrylic and flashe on canvas in lacquered artist frame, 21h x 17w in

John Opera, Double Lens (BP), 2017, Cyanotype, acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas in artist frame, 21h x 17w in

John Opera, Double Lens (RB), 2017, Cyanotype, acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas in artist frame, 21h x 17w in

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