John Otter

John Otter is a contemporary artist focused on abstract painting and drawing. He was born in San Diego county in 1973, and studied printmaking and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, during which time he also attended the New York Studio Program.

Otter fell in love with drawing at an early age, filling sketchbooks with pen and ink drawings that hint at the abstract style he would return to later in life. Repetitive patterns, concentric circles, stippling and cross-hatching have remained an integral part of his drawings.

In his formative artistic years he worked with collage, mixed media and xerography, leading him to a passion for printmaking, which he pursued adamantly between 1995 and 2000.

Upon returning to California the artist shifted from painting back to drawing, honing his particular style over the past decade.

His work has appeared in literary journals, art auctions, and has been exhibited from California to New York.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The New York Studio Program

Selected Exhibitions:
November 2017 Et Tu, Art Brute?, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY.
September 2017 Claremont Art Show at Laemmle’s Claremont 5, Claremont, CA.
April 2017 Vocabularies – mixed media drawings by John Otter, Space Gallery, Claremont, CA.
August 2016 Mirrored Society, Claremont, Ca.
July 2015 Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, Ca.
Sept 2010 Ugo Wine Bar, Culver City, Ca.
August 2007 Studio Claremont, Claremont, Ca.
January 2006 Art Papers Silent Auction, Atlanta, Ga.
June 2005 GreenHouse Art Show, Pasadena, Ca.
January 2004 Art Papers Silent Auction, Atlanta, Ga.
August 2003 Imagine Nation, Atlanta, Ga.
January 2003 Imagine Nation, New York, NY.
Sept 2002 Recollection, Atlanta,Ga.
August 2001 Golden Pacific Arts; San Diego, Ca.
December 2000 From Adam to Atom, New York, NY.
July 2000 Organic Gallery; SilverLake, Ca.
August 1997 Recent Works of John Otter, Café Artista; Escondido, Ca.
July 1997 Golden Pacific Arts; San Diego, Ca.
August 1996 Local Color, Studio IV, The California Center for the Arts, Escondido; Escondido, Ca.
June 1996 Array Gallery; Laguna Beach, Ca.