Super Serious Artist Statement
I make paintings that are focused on visually engaging the viewer more so than intellectually. I pull images and inspiration from all over the place, and the work reflects that in its often random nature. I am often playing around with different images, be them of animals, food items, people, or random objects, as well as shapes and colors that I find interesting, and making sense of them in the overall composition. In doing so, making a painting to me becomes like composing music. All the notes compliment each other, and there is a rise and fall that the listener is taken through as the song progresses. As a whole, every part works together, and plays off one another to bring life to the piece.
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Education
2007 – BFA, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.
2006 – Center for Art and Culture, Aix en Provence, France.
2003 – Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
Exhibitions
Solo:
2009 – Detroit Repertory Theatre, Detroit, MI.
2007 – Motor City Brewery, Detroit, MI.
2006 – Museum of New Art and Michigan Institute for the Arts (combined solo show), Pontiac, MI.
2006 – The Belmont Bar, Hamtramck, MI.
2005 – Agave restaurant, Detroit, MI.
Two-person:
2006 – “Origin and Gravity” John Azoni & John B. Wood at the Macomb Street Gallery, Grosse Ile, MI.
2005 – “Exhibitionists” John Azoni & Brooke Houghton at the Belmont bar, Hamtramck, MI.
Group Shows:
2008 – Alumni Exhibition at the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.
2007 – Senior Exhibition at the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.
2007 – Creative People’s Network show at the Cass Café, Detroit, MI.
2006 – “Particular Places” at the Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. Juror: Bernard Chaet.
2006 – Center for Art and Culture Exhibition, Aix en Provence, France.
2006 – House of Morpheus auction fundraiser for the Detroit Artists Market, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
2006 – “A Summer Happening” at Kaiser Suidan Studios, Ferndale, MI.
2006 – Detroit Artist’s Market Member’s Exhibition, Detroit, MI.
2006 – Michigan Now: III at the Michigan Institute for the Arts, Pontiac, MI.
2006 – Detroit Artist’s Market Scholarship and Exhibition show, Detroit, MI.
2006 – CCS window on Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI.
2006 – “Michigan Now: II” at the Michigan Institute of the Arts, Pontiac, MI. Juror: Jan van der Marck.
2005 – Works on Paper show at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX.
2005 – The Pharmacy, Detroit, MI.
2005 – Gallery on Third, Rochester, MI.
2005 – Detroit Artist’s Market Holiday show, Detroit, MI.
2005 – Body and Mind exhibition at the U245 Gallery at the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.
2005 – 12×12 auction at the Gallery on Third, Rochester, MI.
2005 – “Final Show” at the Gallery on Third, Rochester, MI.
2005 – 555 Gallery in Detroit, MI.
2004 – 2006 – The College for Creative Studies student exhibition.
