John Ruggieri

John is an award-winning artist based in Boston whose work includes photography, painting, public art, and art direction/graphic design. John Ruggieri’s art is in private collections across the US and Europe and has been exhibited widely, including at the Newspace Center for Photography, Art Now Fair/Art Basel Miami Beach, LFL Gallery and many others.

He’s currently available for projects, exhibitions, and commissions and is available immediately for most freelance work. A photographer with wanderlust, he is seeking travel and cultural photography projects. He is seeking funding support for new public art projects—Alphabet Soup—and for new art installations—Glow/Shag.

His work is often collaborative. He has created community-based public art, including ART@NIGHT project and documentary, supported by a $30,000 grant from the Fund for the Arts, a restricted fund of the New England Foundation for the Arts. As an independent curator he has created exhibitions featuring artists such as Ellen Gallagher and Andy Warhol.

Selected press and publications include Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Big RED & Shiny, Improper Bostonian, Texas Fine Arts Association, ArtsJournal, PORT : , Portland Monthly, , Artscope, Provincetown Arts, South En...

He received a BA in Painting and Philosophy from Hampshire College. He also is an alumnus of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied Painting, Photography, and Fashion Design.