John Shorb
Selected Exhibitions
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2019 FORTHCOMING: Southerner, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
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2018 The Daily Avalanche, Tops Gallery, Memphis, TN,
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2017 Scenes in the Unseen, University of Mississippi Museum Historic Home Rowan Oak,
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2017 Structure Unbound: Interdisciplinary Book Art, The Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University,
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2017 Text, Type. Typology, Marylyn & Chuck Klaus Center for the Arts, Marymount California University
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2016 Interior Dimensions, The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, Arkansas,
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2013 WAKING, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, Humanities Gallery
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2013 As Subject and Object: Contemporary Book Artists Explore Sacred Hebrew Texts, Museum of Biblical Art, NYC,
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2013 Remnants, Northeastern University, Gallery 360, Boston
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2012 Gifted Visions, University of Mississippi Museum
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2012 Waking & Sleeping, University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses
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2012 Memory Remains, Northeastern University, Gallery 360, Boston
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2011 Can’t Hear the Revolution, Kunsthalle Galapagos, Brooklyn
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2010 Red Hook Hoe-Down, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Exhibitions at Stride Arts
Artist Bio
John Shorb graduated from Carleton College and is based in Brooklyn, NY. His work draws on the idea of cultural amnesia: what is forgotten, what is remembered, what leaves an impression, and what causes suppression. He examines common symbols and stories that people hold dear, and delves into how these stories are conveyed and whether they reinforce narratives. Shorb spends time researching historical documents and artifacts, with a special focus on 19th century American objects and publications. Shorb transforms the source material by altering its image -- redacting content or repeating imagery -- sometimes making the final product entirely unrecognizable just as a story can change its form as it is passed on. Each drawing appears more as a phantom than as a document, a representation of suppression of the information in our collective memory and what actually lingers after the publications have been long gone.