John Moran

John Moran (US/BE) creates lifelike, realistic sculptural works from glass and mixed media.

His work exists at the line between perception and reality, feeding off uncertainty, the space between the known and the unknown, failure and success, life and death, fantasy and reality. He is immensely influenced by his experience living as a bi-national, living and integrating into European society while maintaining his American identity, touching often on the feelings of belonging and acceptance. First and foremost, Moran is a storyteller, reshaping and reforming historical anecdotes, cultural references, and personal experiences into an exploration of ‘the truth’ and a search for the undefined.

For more than 25 years, Moran has worked to master glass as a material while refusing to be allured by the beauty and purity traditionally associated with it. His narrative, sculptural works are made primarily from molten glass, but infused with a variety of other materials. His custom made clothing, encapsulating environments, and meticulously selected, aged, and/or altered mixed media elements are a testament to his dedication to combining conceptual, critical thinking with beauty and craftsmanship. His unconventional approach and material ...

2021. PHD: E Geppert Academy of Art. Wroclaw, Poland.

2013. MFA: Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.

2006. BFA: Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Solo
2024
American Idols. Schoolhouse Gallery. Star, North Carolina.
2023
Blown Away Experience. Habatat Galleries. Royal Oak, Michigan.
Undefined. Collaborative Exhibition with Minhi Su England and John Sharvin. Hodge Gallery. Pittsburgh Glass Center. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2022
Sacrilegious Septet. Not Grandma’s Glass. Habatat Galleries.
We Are Blown Away. Habatat Galleries. Royal Oak, Michigan.
Beside the Golden Door. Blown Away. Hamilton, Ontario.
2021
Hope Less and (dis)Obey. Not Grandma’s Glass. Habatat Galleries.
2019
On Solid Water. GlasMuseet Ebeltoft. Ebeltoft, Denmark.
2017
A Still Life. SiC! Gallery at BWA Galleries of Contemporary Art. Wroclaw, Poland.
2016
Paradise Lost. Augustinerkloster. Gent, Belgium.
2015
Youth_AnaSiA. S12 Gallery. Bergen, Norway.
2014
American Idols. Delaware Contemporary. Wilmington, Delaware
2013
I Came, I Saw, I Concurred. Geuzenhuis. Ghent, Belgium
Sorry for the Convenience. cometogetherspace Gallery. Bloomington, Illinois
back to school. MFA Thesis Exhibition. University Galleries. Normal, Illinois
2012
American Idols. Hodge Gallery. Pittsburgh Glass Center. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2011
Displaced. Dylan Gallery. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (collaboration with Eoin Breadon)

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