BA. University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences, Charlottesville VA
Selected Exhibitions
2008
Second Annual PINK Fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness, Soho Myriad, Atlanta GA
Botanical Experiments, Partridge and Grace Designs, Charlottesville VA (solo exhibit)
Gray: In Celebration of the Photograph, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA (group exhibit)
Photography Invitational, Migration, A Gallery, Charlottesville VA (group exhibit)
New Art 2: Second Street Benefit Art Auction, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville VA
Along the Garden Path, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA (two-person exhibit)
2007
John Grant: Flowers, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington DC (two-person)
Like Perfume Poured Out, Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center, Washington, DC (group exhibit)
Making Arrangements, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville VA (solo exhibit)
PINK Fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness, Soho Myriad, Atlanta GA
Art Auction A La Mode, 1708 Gallery, Richmond VA
Getty Images, London, England (featured photographer)
2006
Celebration: The Best of New York Creative Stills Imagery, Getty Images New York NY
John Grant: Flowers, The National Institutes of Health, Washington DC (solo exhibit)
Law Library, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA (group exhibit)
Awakenings, Angelo, Charlottesville VA (solo exhibit)
2005
Transitions, C & O Gallery, Charlottesville VA (solo exhibit)
Fresh Flowers, The Montpelier Center for Arts and Education, Orange VA (solo exhibit)
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville VA (group exhibit)
2004
The Secret Garden, C & O Gallery, Charlottesville VA (solo exhibit)
Selected Collections
Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville VA
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville VA
United States Senator John Warner
Selected Publications
Strickler, Whitney. Review. “John Grant: Along the Garden Path.” artPark, April 22, 2008.
http://artpark.typepad.com/artblog/2008/04/index.html/.
Dawson, Jessica. “Galleries: Germans of a Certain Age.” The Washington Post, October 12, 2007, C2.
Latter, Ruth. “Spring Looms Large Inside Piedmont.” The Daily Progress, April 19, 2007, B1-B2.
Kelly, John. “Flower Power: John Grant Combines Technology with the Everyday Gifts of Nature to Make Magical Images.” Arts and Sciences (University of Virginia), October 2006.
The Amazon Aid Foundation, co founded by Sarah DuPont and Dr. David Lutz, and LYDM Gallery are teaming up to present Art and Acres for the Amazon in an attempt to create meaningful Christmas shopping alternatives this season while raising money to help protect the Amazon.
There will be a kick off event at LYDM on Tuesday, December 13 from 5-8 pm, which will feature art, music, festive holiday fare and libations, and a preview of the trailer to Amazon Gold. There will also be a first glimpse at Dean Dass's earth affirming video The Winter War. More details >
Recent press
"During November and December, 2011 a group of galleries in Central Virginia... will host a 'Focus on the Print,' featuring the work of regional printmakers." Read more >
"Minimalism, abstraction and darkness never attracted Warren like the works of 'funk art' painters like Staley and Nutt, or the restless experimentation of Picasso—a man who shares a place in Warren's heart alongside Bob Dylan and Keith Richards." Read full article in C-Ville >
LYDM is excited to announce the addition of sculptor Kurt Steger to our stable. His Burden Boat will be a focal point of the 9/11 Arts Project in Washington D.C. from 9/8 - 9/11. It will be placed in the Kogod Courtyard between the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, (750 9th St. NW.) and it will be used in a water cleansing ceremony at 4 p.m. on 9/11. Steger's exhibition at LYDM is scheduled for the spring of 2012.
LYDM formed the Collector's Club in 2008 in order to provide discounts on art, monthly talks, special events and trips. Recent events include a trip to the Capital One Corporate Art Collection and guided tours of the Picasso show at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts with an artist and art historian leading, To join or learn more:
