Curriculum Vitae

John Sloan
1645 Fruitland Dr.
Bellingham, WA 98226
360-224-0924
john_sloan@comcast.net

Education

2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Studio Art
  Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
   
2004 Bachelor of Science: Computer Science,
  Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

Solo Exhibition

2008  
July Almost Perfect, Gallery 070, Vashon Island, WA
May Tainted Dream, Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA

Group Exhibitions

2008  
Oct John Sloan, Dennis Walton, & Kenneth Ostheimer, Allied Arts Gallery,
  Bellingham, WA (Scheduled)
Sept Photography at High Speed, Millard Sheets Center for the Arts,
  Los Angeles, CA (Scheduled)
Aug Gallery Event, 2008 Adobe Design Achivement Awards, New York, NY
  (Scheduled)
July-Sept Juried All Media Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
  (Scheduled)
July 2008 Juried Exhibition Competition, Newspace Center for Photography,
  Portland, OR
May Eight National Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
May Beyond Borders, International Art Competition 2008, Viking Union Gallery,
  Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
May Jeopardy on Display, B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA
May Byproducts, Mindport, Bellingham, WA
May VIGEX - International Photographic Salon, Melbourne, Australia
April 4th Annual Rites of Passage, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
March PLAY; Artists Look At Childhood, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
March Allied Arts Annual Members Show, Allied Arts Gallery , Bellingham, WA
Jan 40 Portraits/40 Artists, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
   
2007  
Dec American Photo "Images of the Year Competition" Gallery Event,
  Splashlight Studios, New York, NY
Dec Small Works, Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA
Dec 3.2.1, WWU B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Nov Composite, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Nov New Members Exhibition, Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA
Sept President’s Art Exhibition, WWU President’s Office, Bellingham, WA
May         Jeopardy on Display, WWU B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Mar The Stage, WWU B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA
   
2006  
Dec

Drawing Out of the Box, WWU B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA
July Essence of Bellingham, Formerly Dragonfly, Bellingham, WA
May Scanning Electron Microscope Exhibition, WWU B-Gallery,  Bellingham, WA
May

Scanning Electron Microscope Competition,

  WWU Viking Union Multipurpose Room, Bellingham, WA
April

Beyond Borders, International Art Competition 2006, WWU,
  Viking Union Gallery, Juried by: Margie Livingston, Bellingham, WA
Feb Back Drop, WWU B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA
   
2005  
March Fluxes, WWU B-Gallery, Bellingham, WA   
   
2004  
May Spring Showcase, B-Gallery, WWU, juried show, Bellingham, WA   

Bibliography

2008  
Sept Untitled Film Still #21, Creative Quarterly, Issue 11, Fall 2008 (Scheduled).
July Plastica Erotica, Best of College Photography Annual 2008 (Scheduled).
July Year Zero, Creative Quarterly, Issue 11, Summer 2008 (Scheduled).
June For the Love of Bratz, 2008 Juried Exhibition Competition Catalog,
  Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
May Multiple Prints, Jeopardy Magazine, 2008 Edition
May Multiple Prints, Rites of Passage Catalog, Manifest Gallery
May A Guy and His Dolls, The Western Front, by Carolyn Copstead
  Online Version
May It's a Barbie World, Seattle Weekly, April 30-May 6, 2008, by Joshua Lynch
March Cover, Sophia's Drama Act I, Creative Quarterly, Issue 10, Winter 2008.
Jan Sophia's Drama, Act I, American Photo, Special Issue, Jan/Feb 2008
   
2007  
Nov Plastica Erotica: Circa 1999 , Creative Quarterly,  Issue 9, Fall 2007.
May Multiple Prints, Jeopardy Magazine, 2007 Edition
   
2006   
May Waste Not Thy Hour, Jeopardy Magazine, 2006 Edition
May The Effects of Barbie on John #2 & 3, Beyond Borders Catalog
April Pushing Art’s Limits, The Western Front, Issue 5, Volume 137,
  by Lane Koivu, includes The Effects of Barbie on John #1, 2, 5, & 6.
  Online Version

Awards

2008  
June Merit Award: Photography , Creative Quarterly,  Issue 12, Fall 2008.
June Finalist, 2008 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
June Excellence in Studio Art Award, Art Department, Western Washington
  University
June 3 best of subjects awards and 3 honorable mentions, City of Bellingham,
  2008 Photo Competition: Essence of Bellingham
May Nominee, 2008 New York Photo Awards, New York Photo Fesitval
May

Honorable Mention, PX3 Prix De La Photographie 2008 Competition,

  Paris, France.
Mar Merit Award: Fine Art, Creative Quarterly,  Issue 11, Summer 2008.
Jan Finalist, Photographer's Forum 28th Annual College Photography Contest
Jan Semi-Finalist, 2008 Hasselblad Masters Competition
Jan Merit Award: Photography, Creative Quarterly,  Issue 10, Winter 2008.
   
2007  
Nov Honorable Mention, American Photo's Image of the Year Competition 2007.
Nov Editor’s Choice Award, Creative Quarterly,  Issue 9, Fall 2007.
   
2006    
June Best of subject award and two honorable mentions, City Of Bellingham,
  2006 Photo Competition: Essence of Bellingham
May People’s choice award winner, 2nd place unaltered image, 2nd place
  altered image, and honorable mention, Scanning Electron Microscope
  Competition 2006, WWU

Related Experience

Student Representative for the Printmaking Search Committee, Fine Arts Department, Western Washington University, Dec 2007-May 2008
Web Administrator : Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA, Oct 2007- Present
Teaching Assistant:
Beginning Photography at Western Washington University, Summer 2007
Painting Workshop at Western Washington University, Summer 2007 & Winter 2008
Student Curator: Through the Kaleidoscope, Reflections on Identity Construction, from the Al and Vera Leese Collection, WWU Gallery, Dec 2006 - Jan  2007

Selected Public & Private Collections
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
City of Bellingham, Bellingham, WA
Ron Riggins, Dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts, WWU, Bellingham, WA

Professional Affiliations

Member 
Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA

 
Juried Member
Allied Arts of Whatcom Country, Bellingham, WA