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My first experience taking photographs was making portraits of my classmates in the sixth grade.
I continued my self-study with photography while living in Japan for three years. After that experience,
I studied art, painting, and photography while in college, but I ultimately decided to earn degrees in English and Linguistics from George Mason University.
I teach in the Languages, Arts, and Social Sciences Division at Northern Virginia Community College. I have taught at Northern Virginia College for the past 15 years. In addition to teaching, I am working on various projects while hunkering down during the pandemic. I am making still lifes, creating sculpture from clay and metal, and continuing various grant projects centered on highlighting diversity in the community college setting.
Exhibitions
*2024 - Visual Arts Faculty Show, Northern Virginia Community College - Visual Arts Gallery
*2023 - Visual Arts Faculty Show, Northern Virginia Community College - Visual Arts Gallery
*2023 - Murmur: A visual exclamation of a subtle moment - group exhibition. Art on 1st Gallery, Roanoke,
Virginia. Aug 4 - Sept. 1.
*2021 - November - Seeing Across Disciplines – An International Online Juried Art Exhibition -
Juried by Peter Capreau, curator, Museum Leuven (Belgium); Petronio Bendito, designer, artist, and
curator, Purdue University (USA); Debra Davis, Professor of Art, University of Toledo (USA); Alison
Huftalen, Head Librarian, Toledo Museum of Art (USA); Kate Ogden, Professor of Art History, Stockton
University (USA); and Dana Statton Thompson, Vice-President of IVL
https://www.kunstmatrix.com/en/ivla-expo
*2021 - April 23-May 3 - The Dreamer - Group Exhibition - LoosenArt, Millepiani Galley, Rome, Italy
*2021 - Jan. 23-Feb. 27 - Virginia: Changing Topographies - Piedmont Arts Museum, Martinsville, VA
https://piedmontarts.org/news.cfm?id=9
*November 2020 - The Man and The Machine - Group Exhibition - Millepiani -Rome, Italy -
https://www.loosenart.com/pages/space-millepiani-rome
https://www.loosenart.com/pages/event
*October 2020 - Loudoun Cares Art Auction in conjunction with Tryst Gallery -
https://events.handbid.com/auctions/loudoun-cares-art-auction
*2020 - Virginia: Changing Topographies - Waddell Art Gallery - Northern Virginia Community College
https://www.visitloudoun.org/event/photography-exhibition%3a-virginia-changing-topographies/24367/
*2020 - Feb. 24-March 27 - The Road: Float Magazine - Selected as Digital Slideshow Artist. James Kerney Campus Gallery. Curated by Dana Stirling and Yoav Friedlander.
https://www.floatmagazine.us/online-exhibitions/exhibitions/the-road
See the slideshow here: https://youtu.be/Qx-wV-442Co
*2020 - International Student Portraits - The Gallery - Northern Virginia Community College
https://blogs.nvcc.edu/wogallery/
*2018 - Visual Arts Faculty Show, Northern Virginia Community College - Visual Arts Gallery
Online Features
F-STOP - Issue - Minimal 2024 - https://www.fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/127/groupexhibition.html
ARTDOC Photography Magazine - Exploring Shapes and Colours, 2023,
https://www.artdoc.photo/online-exhibition/exploring-shapes-and-colours
Float Magazine - If It Makes You Happy, 2023,
https://www.floatmagazine.us/online-exhibitions/exhibitions/ifitmakesyouhappy
Broad Magazine - Yellow Summer-Throat, July 2022,
https://www.broad.community/blog/2022/7/28/john-kinney-yellow-summer-throat
kwerfeldein Magazine - Yellow Summer-Throat – Die Sicht eines Kindes, July 2022,
https://kwerfeldein.de/2022/07/21/john-kinney/
Pearl Press, On Crowds, 2021, https://www.pearl-press.com/oncrowds
Fraction Magazine, 13th Anniversary Issue Group Exhibition, 2021, http://www.fractionmagazine.com/13th-anniversary-group-exhibition
Find Rangers, Issue #25 - https://findrangers.bigcartel.com/product/find-rangers-25
Oranbeg Press - 2021 - Fade/ Fail / Flow - https://oranbegpress.com/Fade-Fail-Flow
ARTDOC Photography Magazine - 2021 - Inner World - Group Exhibition -
https://www.artdoc.photo/online-exhibition/inner-world
Oranbeg Press - 2021 - Late Refusals - Group Exhibition - https://oranbegpress.com/Late-Refusals
LoosenArt Mag - 2020 - The Man and the Machine - https://www.loosenart.com/pages/event
Oranbeg Press - 2020 - Reminisce/miss - https://oranbegpress.com/Reminisce-miss
London Photo Festival - 2020 - Photo Essay - How is the pandemic affecting your life?
Six Fruits https://www.instagram.com/londonphotofestival/
F-STOP - Issue - Open Theme 2020 - https://www.fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/101/groupexhibition.html
Fraction Magazine - Issue 127 - http://www.fractionmagazine.com/issue-127
New Landscape Photography: Fall 2019 - http://newlandscapephotography.com/2019/10/
Don't Take Pictures - School Days - https://www.donttakepictures.com/gallery-school-days - Curated by Kat Kiernan
F-STOP - Issue - Still Life 2020 - https://www.fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/99/groupexhibition.html
Don't Take Pictures - 2020 -THE VIEW FROM HERE -
https://www.donttakepictures.com/gallery-view-from-here - Curated by Kat Kiernan
The Curated Fridge: Summer 2019 - https://www.thecuratedfridge.com/Fridge-Shows-1/Summer-2019 -
Curated by Alyssa Coppelman
Float Magazine: Winter 2019 - https://www.floatmagazine.us/portfolios/john-kinney
Challengers Streets: 2016 - https://www.instagram.com/challengerstreets/
Publications
*The Northern Virginia Review, Volume 35, 2022,
https://indd.adobe.com/view/522bfacc-cd11-48c5-a9a6-b0f779ac2879
*American Chordata - Issue No. 11, Fall 2021
*Shots Magazine - Issue No. 150, Winter 2021, Rites of Passage
*Cimarron Review -Summer Issue 212, 2020: cover: https://cimarronreview.com/back-issues/
*The Northern Virginia Review, Volume 34, 2020,
https://indd.adobe.com/view/45d7be02-7abc-4c6a-b7f0-237aac053a78
*Tiny Seed Literary Journal - Summer, 2019
*The Nassau Review - 2018
Grants
Achieving the Dream grant: International Student Portraits
Innovation Grant: The Memories We Bring With Us - Student Keepsakes