{"id":31,"date":"2015-01-22T16:35:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T16:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2019-03-31T18:09:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T18:09:11","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190314_231859.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190314_231859-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190314_231859-767x1024.jpg 767w, http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190314_231859-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190314_231859-768x1025.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_20190314_231859.jpg 1295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact me at: <a href=\"mailto:john.kurman@gmail.com\">john.kurman@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Artist&#8217;s Statement<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Every person&#8217;s art is about themselves. I seem to have a fascination with dyadic interaction. More specifically, couples. I&#8217;m fascinated probably because I&#8217;m a lone wolf. I&#8217;m also interested in chimeras, which is another kind of interaction, messing with the idea of identity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2834318257_8cdcedc5e4_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2834318257_8cdcedc5e4_o-655x1024.jpg\" alt=\"2834318257_8cdcedc5e4_o\" width=\"655\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2834318257_8cdcedc5e4_o-655x1024.jpg 655w, http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2834318257_8cdcedc5e4_o-192x300.jpg 192w, http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2834318257_8cdcedc5e4_o.jpg 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CV<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>2016: Midwestern Biennale, Rockford Art Museum, Riverfront Museum Park, 711 North Main Street, Rockford IL 61103<\/p>\n<p>2015: Disruption, Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton NJ 08619<\/p>\n<p>38th Annual National Juried Exhibition Featuring Small Works, William Rainey Harper College, 1200 W Algonquin Road, Palatine IL 60067<\/p>\n<p>2014: Texas National, SFA Galleries, Nacogdoches TX 75962-3041<br \/>\nMidwestern Biennale, Rockford Art Museum, Riverfront Museum Park, 711 North Main Street, Rockford IL 61103<\/p>\n<p>2013: CSI Exhibition at Bridgeport Art Center, 1200 West 35th Street, Chicago IL 60609<\/p>\n<p>2012: 1st Place 3D, Midwestern Biennale, Rockford Art Museum, Riverfront Museum Park, 711 North Main Street, Rockford IL 61103<\/p>\n<p>2010: Midwestern Biennale, Rockford Art Museum, Riverfront Museum Park, 711 North Main Street, Rockford IL 61103<\/p>\n<p>2008: CSI Biennale, FLATFILE Galleries, 217 N Carpenter, Chicago IL 60607<\/p>\n<p>2004: Special Projects Group Show, William Rainey Harper College, 1200 W Algonquin Road, Palatine IL 60067<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/JK_jk_logo.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact me at: john.kurman@gmail.com Artist&#8217;s Statement Every person&#8217;s art is about themselves. I seem to have a fascination with dyadic interaction. More specifically, couples. I&#8217;m fascinated probably because I&#8217;m a lone wolf. I&#8217;m also interested in chimeras, which is another kind of interaction, messing with the idea of identity. CV 2016: Midwestern Biennale, Rockford Art &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/?page_id=31\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Me<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/189"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.johnkurman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}