Artist

John Divola

born Santa Monica, CA 1949
Also known as
  • John Manford Divola, Jr.
Born
Santa Monica, California, United States
Active in
  • Venice, California, United States
Biography

Born in Santa Monica, California, 1949. Currently resides in Venice, California. Divola teaches at University of California, Riverside. Solo exhibitions of his work have been held at The California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside (1991) and Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York City (1990). He has received several National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships (1973, 1976, 1979, 1990) and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (1986).

Merry A. Foresta, Stephen Jay Gould, and Karal Ann Marling Between Home and Heaven: Contemporary American Landscape Photography (Washington, D.C. and Albuquerque, New Mexico: The National Museum of American Art in association with the University of New Mexico Press, 1992)

Works by this artist (4 items)

Sigmund Abeles, Untitled, n.d., etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1968.109.2
Untitled
Daten.d.
etching
Not on view
Sigmund Abeles, Self-Portrait with Saddles, 1972, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Frederick P. Nause and Rebecca Nause, 1973.176.2
Self-Portrait with Saddles
Date1972
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Sigmund Abeles, Saddle/Soap, 1972, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Frederick P. Nause and Rebecca Nause, 1973.176.1
Saddle/​Soap
Date1972
lithograph on paper
Not on view