JOHN R. MATH
Statement: I
am a photographer based in Jupiter Florida.
I specialize in abstract and impressionistic landscapes.
Being near the ocean, I shoot horizons, seascapes and waves. I
also create what I call “Focus Images” which depicts the essence of
a natural object or place. This
essence may be a distinguishable element of an object or an overall
feeling that one would derive from being subjected to that particular
focus. Overall,
my images focus and interpret an identifying element of a natural object
or scene. My images are in the form of impressions and abstracts.
With my images the viewer has an immediate intrinsic connection.
The depiction of these inherent elements provides for and serves as a
reminder to us that we are connected to nature through our source and
essence. These
photographs have not been manipulated with any type of digital software
or by any digital filter system or technique.
Biography: I
am self taught and was introduced to photography and film through my
Grandmother. I have had a
life-long love of photography and at one point studied to become a
photographer. While serving
as a “photographer’s helper” to various commercial photographers
in New York City and Fort Lauderdale, I realized that commercial
photography as a profession was very restrictive and that the
“client’s” ideas would always win.
I
then embarked on a successful career in the real estate business.
I now devote most of my time to photography, taking the kinds of
images that I feel inspired to take.
At this point in my life, I have finally found in photography
what I wanted to find so many years ago - that being the freedom to
express myself in any way that inspires me and not just to the wishes of
some “client”.
Selected Exhibitions & Future Shows: 2009 Group Exhibition Silver Eye Ctr. For Photography – Pittsburgh, PA 2008
Group Exhibition Xavier University Art
Gallery – Art at the X – Cincinnati, OH
Group
Exhibition PBCC – Nat’l
Juried Photography Exhibit – PBG, FL
Solo
Exhibition Municipal Complex -
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Group
Exhibition Infusion Gallery -
Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Exposure Gallery – Anniversary Exhibit. – New Haven, CT Group
Exhibition
Glynn Art Assn. Photography Comp. – St. Simons, GA
Group
Exhibition ArtSource Gallery –
Raleigh, NC
Group
Exhibition Art Unleashed –
Juried Competition – Jacksonville, FL
Group
Exhibition
Louisville Art Assn. – 17th Anl. Juried Show –
Louisville, CO
Group
Exhibition
Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
Solo
Exhibition Blue Diamond Gallery
– “Dogs at the Beach” - Greensboro, NC
Group
Exhibition Art Source Gallery
– 7th Nat’l. Juried Exhibit – Boise, ID
Group
Exhibition Upstream People
Gallery – 10th Anl. Collage – Omaha, NE
Group
Exhibition P.B. Photo.Ctr. –
12th Annual Infocus – Delray Beach, FL
Group
Exhibition Sequim Arts –
Juried Exhibition – Sequim, WA
Group
Exhibition Naples Art Assn. –
Art Encounter 2008 – Naples, FL
Solo
Exhibition Florida Atlantic
University – Jupiter, FL
Group
Exhibition Jupiter Town Hall Art
Gallery, Jupiter, FL Group
Exhibition
ADSO SE Regional Juried Exhibition – Ft. Walton Bch., FL
Group
Exhibition
Nat’l Greeley Art Exhibit. – Juried Exhibit. – Greeley, CO
Group
Exhibition
Southworks 2008 – Nat’l Juried Exhibit.– Watkinsville, GA
Group
Exhibition Lighthouse Center for
the Arts – Tequesta, FL
Group
Exhibition
AiPP – Carolyn Sims Center – Boynton Beach, FL
Group
Exhibition Morpho Gallery –
Nat’l Juried Competition – Chicago, IL
Group
Exhibition Arts Council of Kern
– Juried Exhibit. - Bakersfield, CA
Group
Exhibition Mount Dora Center for
the Arts – Mount Dora, FL
Group
Exhibition
Oklahoma Art Guild – Nat’l Juried Comp. – Piedmont, OK
Group
Exhibition Pierro Gallery of
South Orange – South Orange, NJ
Group
Exhibition LSU Student Union Art
Gallery – Baton Rouge, LA
Group
Exhibition Rhonda Schaller
Studio – “Abstract Art Today” – NYC, NY Group
Exhibition
Edward Hopper House – Nat’l Juried Exhibit - Nyack, NY
Group
Exhibition Gallery 51 –
Forsyth, GA Group
Exhibition
Marin MOCA – Photo. III - Hon. Mention - Novato, CA
Group
Exhibition Hibiscus Children’s
Center Juried Exhibit.– Jensen Bch., FL
Group
Exhibition Aquarian Age Gallery
– Boca Raton, FL
Group
Exhibition Abstract Exp. Gallery
– Juried Exhibition – Seattle, WA 2007
Group Exhibition Stark Gallery –
Nat’l Juried Exhibition – Phoenix, AZ
Group
Exhibition Upstream People
Gallery – 9th Annual - Omaha, NE
Group
Exhibition Rhonda Schaller
Studio – “Small Rays of Hope” – NYC, NY
Group
Exhibition AiPP - P.B. Int’l
Airport – “Life’s a Beach” – P.B.Co, FL
Group
Exhibition Caladan Gallery –
“Pure Color” – Beverly, MA
Group
Exhibition Appel Gallery -
Sacramento, CA
Group
Exhibition 621 Gallery –
“Hands Off” - Tallahassee, FL
Group
Exhibition Exposure Gallery -
New Haven, CT
Group
Exhibition Artists’ Haven
Gallery - “Zen Art” - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Group
Exhibition AiPP - P.B. Int’l
Airport – “Fun in the Sun” – P.B. Co., FL
Group
Exhibition D Gallery - Oceanside,
CA Representation:
Appel
Gallery
Sacramento, CA Artful
Home - The Guild
Madison, WI Art
Source L.A.
Santa Monica, CA Boston
Art
Boston, MA Corporate
Artworks
Arlington Heights, IL Exposure
Gallery
New Haven, CT Gallery
51
Forsyth, GA Infusion
Gallery
Los Angeles, CA Robin
Ficara Fine Art
Beverly Hills, CA Soho
Myriad Art Consulting
Atlanta, GA Awards & Recognition: Third
Place - The Glynn Art
Association - Color Division First
Place - Louisville Art
Association - Color Landscape Special
Recognition Merit Award -
Upstream People Gallery Honorable Mention
- Naples Art Assn. -
Art Encounter 2008 Merit
Award - Southworks
2008 Nat'l. Juried Exhibit. - Enchanted Forest Merit
Award - Marin
MOCA - Photography III Nat. Juried Exhibit. 07/29/08 |