John Opera, Computer Screen Prism, 2017
Archival pigment print
Edition 2-4 of 5 +1 A.P.
17 x 11 in.
Printing services donated by DOCUMENT

In his photo-based work, John Opera combines a deep interest in natural and scientific visual phenomena with an experimental approach to photographic techniques and resulting prints. Opera uses a full range-but by no means exhaustive-of photographic tools and processes, including pinhole imaging, and more recently the cyanotype and anthotype. This image is from his digital archive, which include many minimal compositions stemming from his everyday life - such as a colorful reflection and prism caused by his electronics.

John Opera (b. 1975) teaches of the University at Buffalo as of 2017. His exhibitions include: Higher Pictures (New York), Longhouse Projects (New York), DOCUMENT (Chicago), Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago), Andrew Rafacz Gallery (Chicago), The Suburban (Milwaukee), The Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), Transformer Station (Cleveland), Michael Jon Gallery (Miami), Macalester College Art Gallery (St. Paul), CEPA Gallery (Buffalo) and The Burchfield-Penney Art Center (Buffalo). His work has been the subject of a two-person exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and is featured in the second volume of MP3, co-published by Aperture and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago). His work is part of the permanent collections of the DePaul Museum of Art (Chicago), the Burchfield-Penney Art Center (Buffalo), and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), among other institutions. Opera's work has been reviewed by Artforum, Artforum.com, The New Yorker, Flash Art, The Chicago Tribune, and others.