John Robert Craft

Born: Clarendon, Texas 1962

Solo Shows:

2010 Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas Jack Craft . "A Cell of One's Own"

2010 The Object Gallery, Amarillo, Texas "Solid Proof"

2009 "Point and Proof" installation at Exhibitions2d Marfa, Texas

2007 Studio Duende, McKinney, Texas

1983 first student sculpture to be placed on student sculpture pad at TCU, curated by Art faculty and Student committee

Group Shows: Selected

2012 New Prints at the International Print Center New York Winter 2012

2012 "Art on the Green Invitational" Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, Texas

2011 Advancing Tradition: 20 Years of Printmaking at Flatbed Press

2010 Generator Gallery show. Albuquerque

2010 Philagrafika at Leonard Pearlstein Gallery prints from Autumn 2009 new prints IPCNY curated by Jose Roca

2009 New Prints Autumn/2009 at the International Print Center New York, New York

2009 Press Release, A Collection of Artist From Three Print Shops. 222 Shelby Street Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico

2009 Iron Tribe Show, Highlands University, Las Vegas New Mexico

2009-2006: Henry Cisneros Memorial Show, Mesalands Community College, Tucumcari, New Mexico

2009 Imagillaboration Florida College, Jacksonville, Florida

2009 Imagillaboration University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida

2009 Imagillaboration Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, Georgia

2009 Clarendon College Alumni Show, Clarendon, Texas

2008 Western Contemporary Cast Iron Conference, Denver, Colorado

2008 Iron Tribe Traveling Show: Moss-Thorne Gallery Hayes, Kansas

2008 12x12 Exhibition, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas

2007 Print Making Now, Rockport Center for the Arts, curated by Katherine Brimberry Flatbed Press

2007 Made @ Flatbed: Recent Editions, Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas. Curated by Mark Smith PhD

2007 12x12 Exhibition, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas

2005 Recent Sculpture, Mesalands Community College, Tucumcari, NM

Lectues:

2012 International Print Center New York

2010 Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas

Education:

1996-1997 Self financed travel to Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand

1985 BA, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

1984 studied in London England at Institute of European Studies

Iron Pours:

2011-2002 Tucumcari Iron Pour, Mesalands Community College, Tucumcari, New Mexico

2008 Hosted first iron pour of the Arctic Trail of Pours that ended inside the Arctic Circle in Alaska

2007 Down on the Farm Iron Pour, Decorah, Iowa

2007 Iron Tribe Iron Pour, Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico

Printing:

2011 Flatbed Press Co-Published two editions with master printer Katherine Brimberry.

2010 Interbang Press-Worked with Master Printer Mitchell Marti to execute a copper-plate etching.

2009 Flatbed Press-Worked with Master Printer Katherine Brimberry to co-publish four limited edition large scale wood cut prints.

2008 Interbang Press-Worked with master printer Mitchell Marti to produce a series of direct trace mono-type prints and reverse trace mono-type prints.

2007 Interbang Press-Worked with Master Printer Mitchell Marti to execute 20 reverse trace mono-type prints.

2006 Flatbed Press-Worked with Master Printer Katherine Brimberry to execute 60 reverse trace mono-type prints including: 3- 50"x50"prints and 1-50"x96" print.