CONTACT
Vancouver, Canada
mobile: 604.789.6984
john@johngoldsmithphotography.com
ABOUT
I am a visual artist and photographer based in Vancouver, Canada. Before taking an interest in the arts, I earned a Master’s degree in chemistry and worked as a scientist researching and developing novel materials, including the production of holographic films. In the evenings, my interest piqued in another kind of lab: the photography darkroom.
My artwork explores human and philosophical aspects of documentary photography and peers into the social aspects of people inhabiting the built environment. My pictures incorporate a theatrical mood with the aesthetics and candor of contemporary photography with a post-modern psyche.
My photographs are widely circulated in commercial & editorial uses and held in private art collections. As with my personal projects, commissioned work is driven by a visual storytelling approach accented with a creative aesthetic. Select clients include Oxford University Press and New York Magazine.
Along with my personal odyssey in photography, I am a master fine art printer and help produce works for other artists and professionals. As such, I have produced produced photographic works for artists on exhibition at the Polygon Gallery, the Pendulum Gallery, Initial Gallery, Richmond Art Gallery, and the Burrard Arts Foundation to name a few.
Having an interest in the artistic, educational, and philosophical aspects of photography, I am regularly invited to give talks to local camera clubs, including an invited lecture at the University of British Columbia, the judging of an international photography competition sponsored by Sony Ericsson, and have served on the jury of the Capture Photography Festival. I am a founding member of Strange.rs Collective, authored articles for Photosho Magazine, and was featured in Shutr FotoMagazine. In 2012, I published my first solo book: Drop Out of Art School.
I am also the owner and fine art printer at PrintMaker Studio, a Canson Infinity Certified Print Lab, and Owner and Director or Gallery 881, a lens-based contemporary art gallery located in Vancouver, Canada. Previously, I was a co-Creator and Director of 560 Gallery.
A public art project (2019 ) featured in the Vancouver Courier. Article here.“Artists Byron Dauncey, Sally Buck, John Goldsmith and Kent Lins and have placed four photos near 525 Great Northern Way as a way to show their work and protest the eventual demolition of two nearby gallery spaces. Photograph By Dan Toulgoet.
WORK
PrintMaker Studio - Fine Art Printer & Consultant
Gallery 881 - Owner and Director
560 Gallery - Co-Creator and -Director (former)
PUBLISHED ARTWORK
Capture Photography Festival Catalogue v.3 (2016)
Capture Photography Festival Catalogue v.1 (2013)
Format Festival Catalogue (2011)
Bòlit Contemporary Art Center
Booooooom
PhotoEd Magazine
Visual Curiosity
Cardiff Life Magazine
Boston Review
Dirty
Critical Planning Journal (Vol. 19, Summer 2012)
Humble Arts Foundation Instagram Takeover (2016)
ISP Magazine, Issue #1
Oxford School of Photography
Orange Dot Gallery
Photosho Magazine
Photography Served
LPV Magazine
Leica Liker Interview
LensCulture: Strangelives
L E N S C R A T C H
Radiate Magazine Issue #4 (2013)
Shutr Fotomagazine
Street Photographers Book
Street Reverb Magazine
Times of Israel
The Tyee
01 Magazine Issue 5
Nova Gallery
Urbansand
Venustreet
EXHIBITIONS
Humble Arts Foundation, Group Show, NYC (2016)
Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, CA (2016)
Art Gestalt, Vancouver CA (2015)
The Print Space, London, UK (2015)
Humble Arts Foundation, Group Show 39 Tough Turf (2014)
Capture Photography Festival, Museum of Vancouver, CA (2013)
Strangelives, Artget Gallery, Serbia (2013)
Street Photography Exhibit, Urban Picnic Gallery, UK (2012)
Head On Photo Festival, Global Gallery, Sydney, AUS (2012)
Format Festival, Derby, UK (2011)
Strangelands, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, Wales (2010)
LPV's Can't Pay the Rent, L'Keg Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2009)
In construction, Bòlit Contemporary Art Center, Girona, Spain (2008)
Landscapes of Vancouver, Yaletown Gallery, Vancouver, CA (2008)
Stranger Exhibit, Radha Centre, Vancouver, CA (2008)
Street: Reportage/Doc., Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, CA (2008)
We Are All Photographers Now, Musée de l'Elysée, Switzerland (2007)
COMPETITIONS
Winner Capture Photography Festival Competition (2016)
Finalist, Urban Picnic Street Photography Competition, UK (2013)
Winner, Vancouver Biennale Contest, Canada (2006)
BOOKS
Drop Out of Art School
Right Here, Right Now Catalogue
Street Photographers
VenusStreet: Colour Candids
VenusStreet: Black and White Candids
INVITED LECTURES, TALKS, JURIES, & PANELS
Power of Portrait, Vancouver (2020)
Capture Photography Festival Jury (2018, 2019)
Vancouver International Photography Festival (2015)
Museum of Vancouver, Capture Photography Festival (2013)
Pacific Digital Photography Club (2013)
Clear Focus Camera Club (2013)
University of British Columbia Photo Society (2012)
Langley Camera Club (2011)
EDUCATION
MS Chemistry, Indiana University (1998)
BS Chemistry/Mathematics Minor, Eastern Michigan University (1995)
Jane Addams Center Photography Program (1999)
COLLECTIVES
Member of Strange.rs Collective
SELECT CLIENTS
Alternatives Journal
Averra Developments, Inc.
BC Children's Hospital Foundation
Brazilian Vibe Magazine
Boston Review
Buddhadharma Magazine
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Canadian Retailer Magazine
Carnegie, Hill & Associates, Inc.
Conde Nast
Green Living
HSBC
Montage Magazine
New York Magazine
Oxford University Press Canada
Rambler Magazine
Simon Fraser University (SFU)
Singapore Airlines Inflight Magazine
University of BC Sauder School of Business
Urban Geography Journal
Vancouver Foundation
Vivendi
Waterplay Corporation