ARTIST PROFILE

John Frank  Naccarato

  • Canada (b. 1956 in Kirkland lake)
  • Currently in Montreal, Canada.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014

2013

  • The Spaces we AR, AR Public Intervention, Montreal, Canada.
  • The Conversation, Part 01, Ritual Gestures, AR Public Intervention: University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco & Berkeley, United States.
  • TV Bug, AR Public, Mixed Media, Intervention Project, Montreal, Canada.

2012

  • WWWR (AR), Musitk Festival, AR Public Intervention, Montreal, Canada.

2011

  • i Believe, Place St. Henri, AR Public Intervention, Montreal, Canada.

2010

  • The Obscure Objects of Desire and the Rise of the Technological Chimera: Towards Death and the Other, Axeneo7, Gateneau, Canada.

2009

  • Vertebrae: The Skinning of Memory (VP2), Site Specific Installation, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

2008

  • The x-Series, Site Specific Installation, Media Lab, Ottawa, Canada.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • The Wait, Azores Shorts Film Festival, Azores, Portugal.

2013

  • Open Doors: Portas Abertas, Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Evora, Portugal.

2012

  • WWWR AR, Musitk Festival, Montreal, Canada.

2011

  • Projet Chorale: AR, Music Hack Day: Eastern Bloc - Montreal, Canada & BEAM Festival (Brunel University), London, United Kingdom.

2010

  • Vestiges, Galerie Donald Browne (curated by Celina Jeffery), Montreal, Canada.
  • Out of Sight/Out of Mind: A Mediation on the State of Canadian Contemporary Photograph, St. Bridget’s Center for the Arts, Ottawa, Canada.
  • We AR MoMA, Conflux Festival & MoMA, New York, United States.
  • Vertigo, Galerie 115, Ottawa, Canada.

2009

  • Entropy, Blink Gallery, Ottawa, Canada.
  • On/Off, Galerie 115, Ottawa, Canada.

2008

  • Monologues: a Meditation in 3 Movements, Galarie Sharon Ramsy, Montreal, Canada.

PROGRAMS

2013

  • (Un)certain Boundaries: Visualizing the Intersections of Science & Society Symposium, Presentation, Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society (CSTMS), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States. Keynote Speaker.

2007

  • Intimacy in Public Space, Site Specific Performance & Intervention With New Media, Art Matters, Montreal, Canada. Curator.

2006

  • In The Press: 2006 To 2015.
    Interview with Artist, LandEscape Art Review Magazine, 2015 / Augmented Reality: AR uninvited at MOMA NYC, Wired, Bruce Sterling, 2010 / Is that a Dagger I See? New York Times, Eduardo Porter, 2010 / Augmented Reality Art Takes over the MoMA, The Creator’s Project, Julia Kaganskiy, 2010 / New York le virtuel à l’œuvre, Libération.fr, Marie Lechner, 2010 / Blink and You Might Miss It! Ottawa Xpress, Adam Volk, 2009 / Art Matter Takes Over, The Concordia Journal, Karen Herland, 2008 / Interview with Shereen Soliman PT1, Axon (Interaccess Electronic Media Arts Center), Laura Pacinni, 2008 / Art Matters Comes to a Close with Fantastical Interactive Art, The Concordian, Stephanie Bokenfohr, 2008 / Artist Jumps in with Both Feet, Brome News, Wendy Denmam, 2006 /

LOCATION

  • Born 1956 in Kirkland Lake, Canada.
  • Lives and works in Montreal, Canada.

EDUCATION

  • 2008 - 2010
    University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
    MFA, Visual Arts in multimedia and interdisciplinary research
  • 2006 - 2008
    Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
    BFA, Visual Arts in IMCA (Inter-Media Cyber-Arts)

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2008
    16th EICV Video Awards Finalist
    University of Montreal and Quebec, Montreal, Canada
  • 2005
    Art Research and Development Grant
    CLD de Brome-Missisquoi, Eastern Townships, QC, Canada