John Brendan Guinan

John Brendan Guinan's art practice includes collage, assemblage, textile, and readymade sculpture. His work examines concepts related to class, culture, religion, displacement, and forms of violence through the reframing of found objects and materials.

Guinan is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. His conceptually driven practice is influenced by his upbringing in the Catholic left emphasizing pacifism, personalism, and Christian Anarchism - along with his experience working with conflict-affected and marginalized communities. He was born at home in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC above the homeless shelter and soup kitchen; founded and run by his parents. He later moved to the Palisades, in Upper Northwest. His father, a former Catholic Priest and well known activist and author, J. Edward Guinan (Dec. 2015) was a stalwart in the social justice movement and founder of Community for Creative Non-Violence. Guinan has participated in both solo and group shows in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Richmond, and Miami. He was the subject of 'Why I Paint', a documentary produced by Academy Award winning Fine Films in 2018.

American, b. 1981, Washington, D.C.

Selected Exhibitions

2022 Group Exhibition, 'Emerging Artists 2022', Dodomu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (Virtual)

2022 Juried Group Exhibition, 'Putting the Pieces Back Together', Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island

2021 Group Exhibition, 'still/life', Monochrome Collective: Umbrella art show, Washington, DC

2021 Solo Exhibition, 'Where do you summer?', Homme Gallery, Washington, DC

2021 Group Exhibition, 'The Mediators', Tribute Collective, Washington, DC

2021 Solo Exhibition, 'Saginaw Oxford', CM Gallery, Richmond, VA

2018 Solo Exhibition and Film Screening, 'Why I Paint', Dupont Underground, Washington, DC

2018 Group Exhibition and Auction, 'Lily of the Valley Endeavor', Embassy of South Africa, Washington, DC

2018 Two-Person Exhibition, 'United Expressions', Hyphen Gallery, Washington, DC

2018 Group Exhibition and Auction, New Orchestra of Washington Gala, Aix La Chapelle, Poolesville, MD

2017 Group Exhibition and Auction, Transformer, Washington, DC

2017 Group Exhibition, 'Home + Discordance = US', NYU (DC Campus), Washington, DC

2017 Group Exhibition and Auction, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC

2017 Group Exhibition, Eastwood Ranch, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

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