JOHN GRAHAM
415.664.7509
john@elfornio.com

EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, 2002, University of California at Santa Barbara.
Bachelor of Arts, 1985, University of California at Santa Barbara.

EXHIBITION AND PERFORMANCE
SOLO

"No Place Like No Place," Andalu, November, 2008, featuring large illustrations from The El Fornio Story Cycle.
“180 Days in the Restaurant Business,” Performance and Postcard, Absinthe Restaurant & Brasserie, August—December, 2007.
"Graham Sings Pynchon: Songs from Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity's Rainbow," Johnny Foley's Irish House, San Francisco, CA., January 30, 2003
"Father Junipero Serra's Heart in a Jar: The Mobile Unit," UCSB, April 7-14, 2002.
"The El Fornio Historical Society: A Vitrine," Fall, 2001, Cheadle Hall, UCSB.
"Women with Questionable Values," Gallery 1492, UCSB, May 15-22.
"Staring at You: Portraits," Cafe Alfredo, San Francisco, May, 1998.

GROUP
"Cole Valley Street Festival," featuring the El Fornio Historical Society, September 18, 2008. San Francisco, CA
“Expo for the Artist and Musician,” September 16, 2006, ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA.
“Sunset Art Walk,” Sept. 17 to 30, 2006. The Inner Sunset Region of San Francisco, CA.
“Mischief,” June 21 to July 16, 2006. STUDIO Gallery 1718 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA.
“Expo for the Artist and Musician,” September 10, 2005, ArtSpan, San Francisco, CA.
“Bayanelle,” August 7,elevator shoes 2005 with Roadside Elixir Group. Other artists from "Roadside Elixir" include Chris Sollars, Claudia Tennyson, Alison Pebworth, Indigo Som, Donna Keido Ozawa, and Jerome Waag.
"The Heart of Cole Valley," featuring Junipero Serra's Heart in a Jar and the El Fornio Historical Society. October 24, 2004, San Francisco, CA.
"Roadside Elixir," Marin Headlands Center for the Arts, featuring Junipero Serra's Heart-in-a-Jar, April 25, 2004. Other artists from "Roadside Elixir" included Claudia Tennyson, Alison Pebworth, Chris Sollars, Indigo Som, Donna Keido Ozawa, and Jerome Waag.
"The Heart of Cole Valley," featuring the El Fornio Historical Society and the drawings of oil platforms on handmade paper. October 15, 2003, San Francisco, CA.
"Connections," featuring songs from Gravity's Rainbow, "The Red Flag Series" and objects from the El Fornio Historical Society, May 16-25, 2003, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Chris Sollars.
"Transforming," featuring "The Red Flag Series," Eyedrum, Atlanta, Georgia, November 16-December 27, 2002. Curated by Jennifer Vanderpool.
"Spanking Off Stories: A Half Century of Inequities," Performance of songs from Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow, winner of the National Book Award, 1970, music composed and performed by John Graham, words by Thomas Pynchon, Center Stage Theater, Santa Barbara, CA, April 27, 2002.
"Objects May Appear: UCSB MFA Graduate Show," Frumkin Duval Gallery, Bergamont Station, Los Angeles, CA (May 25-June 7) and The Ridley Tree Learning Center, Santa Barbara, CA (June 9-15).
"The Halftime Show!" The Old Gym, UCSB, May-June, 2001.
“Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum Community Show,” September, 2001.
“The Philatelic Delight Stamp Show,” Ohlone College, Fremont, CA. March 2-April 8, 2001.
"Two w/Chairs," Gallery 1434, UCSB, February 6-12, 2001.
“Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum Community Show,” September, 2000.
"Tales of the City," The Metreon, San Francisco, April to May.
“UCSF Staff & Faculty Show,” Spring and Fall, 1999.
“San Francisco Buddhist Center Group Show,” June 1997.

FILM, VIDEO, RADIO
Pirate Cat Radio, March 12, 2008 (www.piratecat.com). Interview by Stu Odom on his weekly radio show. The El Fornio Historical Society, drawings of Gall Wasp nests and the “Storyteller” project are discussed with John Graham
“Alienation,” portrayed Dr. John Stephens, Snapdragon Films, black and white, 5 min. 2004.
"Vision/Vision," (2002) Male voice on English-Spanish video by Mexican artist Vivian Leijas. Gallery 1434, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
"The Source," a film by Georgina Corzine (1996) Soundtrack. "Women of Vision," San Mateo Public Television, San Mateo, CA, June 1997; SwitchStance," SF Arts Commission Gallery and SF Art Institute - San Francisco, CA, July 1997; 20th Film Arts Foundation Festival - San Francisco, CA, 1996; Frameline Festival, San Francisco, CA, 19 96.
"8mm Lesbian Love Film," a satirical film by Georgina Corzine (1993) Songwriter and performer. San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Roxie and Castro Theaters, "The Living Room Festival," KQED San Francisco, CA, 1994; SF Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, 1995, 1994, 1993; London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; British Film Institute London, GB, 1994; Montreal Gaie et Lesbienne Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, 1994, 1993; Berlin Lesbian Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 1994; "Other Family Values," Artist Television Access, San Francisco, CA, 1993.
"The Flipside," a film by Georgina Corzine (1993) Animator and writer. "National Poetry Film Festival," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco, CA, 1994.

GUEST LECTURING
"On the Possibility of Public Art in El Fornio, California" and "Is the Printed T-shirt Public Art?" College of Creative Studies, UCSB, November 6, 2001, guest of Professor Harry Reese.
"El Fornio, California: I Think You've Been There," Brooks Institute of Photography, Montecito, California, September 18, 2001.
“The Philatelic Delight Stamp Show, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA. March 2, 2001.
"The Tarmac Sequence and Other Performance Games," College of Letters and Sciences, UCSB, guest of Professor Kip Fulbeck, February, 11, 20 01.
"The Journal as Art," College of Creative Studies, UCSB October, 23, 2000, guest of Professor Gary H. Brown.
Guest Lecturer for the Artship Foundation Speaker Series, Oakland, CA, November, 1998.

PUBLIC ART
"Library Hall," 42 West Dayton Street, Pasadena. Assistant to Harry Reese (Professor and former Chair of UCSB Art Studio Department) for 4-panel, aluminum and powder-coated public art installation in downtown Pasadena.
"Father Junipero Serra's Heart in a Jar: The Mobile Unit," UCSB, April 7-14.

AWARDS and GRANTS
Regents Fellow, 2001-2002, University of California at Santa Barbara
KCBX Graduate Art Award, 2001.
Honorarium, The Philatelic Delight Stamp Show, Ohlone College,
Fremont, CA. March 2, 2001.
Levitan Fellowship, 2000-2001.

PUBLICATIONS
“Bangor, International,” Pax Americana, Vol. 1, Issue 1. Square Publishing, 2007
“180 Days in the Restaurant Business: 180 Days Explained,” (http://www.elfornio.com/eighty-home.html)
“The Ocean,” Pax Americana: Writers on the American Character and Identity (www.paxjournal.com), February, 2007
“Charles Linder at Gallery 116,” Review of Charles Linder’s “Ghost Stang show,” January, 2007.
“Going to the Giants’ Game with My Heckling Brother,” Pax Americana: Writers on the American Character and Identity (www.paxjournal.com), October, 2006
“Lariat Series Rocket Launch,” from Who Stole Junipero Serra’s Heart in a Jar? on Slouch Magazine (www.slouchmag.com), March 28, 2006.
“The Medium History of El Fornio: An Introduction,” March, 2006, The el Fornio Historical Society, (www.elfornio.com).
“My First Car,” First Car Magazine, April, 2004
“John Doe Record Review: ‘Dim Stars, Bright Sky,’ ” Santa Barbara Independent, October 10, 2002.
“El Fornio, CA: Rancho Whatever,” 2002, Master of Fine Arts Thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara.
“Raising Consciousness at the Center for Gender Equity, ”UCSF Synapse, May 18, 2000.
“Off-Road Vehicle Commercials Encourage Environmental Degradation,” UCSF Synapse, May 11, 2000.
“The Unheard Music: X Live at Slim’s” UCSF Synapse, Mar. 9, 2000
“Don’t Flush My Toillette! It Has Water in It,” UCSF Synapse, January 13, 2000.
“Paper Towels vs. Hot Air,” UCSF Synapse, January 20, 2000.
“The Invention of Love at ACT: The American Premiere of Tom Stoppard’s New Play,” UCSF Synapse, January 20, 2000.
“Second Woodblock Master On Display at Asian: It’s Hiroshige’s Turn,” UCSF Synapse, January 7, 1999.
“Some Thoughts on the “M” Word: The UCSF-Stanford Merger,” UCSF Synapse, November 11, 1999.
“Woodblock Masters Arrive, Hokusai and Hiroshige: Great Japanese Prints from the James A. Michener Collection at the Asian Art Museum,” UCSF Synapse, October 1, 1998.
“Spectrum, Volume 38: ‘The Charmed Life,’ ” UCSB, Editors Justin Stinchcombe, Holly Watson, 1996.
“Cruelty,” Santa Barbara Independent, December 26, 1991
“How to Live in Santa Barbara on 65 Cents a Day,” Santa Barbara Independent, April 11, 1991.
“Liberace—Mr. Showmanship,” Video Rating Guide for Libraries, ABC-Clio, Summer, 1990.
“Uncle Charley & the Cigar Poem,” Santa Barbara Independent, January, 1991.
“Ode to Joe St. Geme,” Santa Barbara Independent, December 18, 1990
“Spectrum, Volume 29: ‘Just in Front of the Biltmore,’ Pulp Fiction,’ ‘On Reading Clayton Eshleman,’ ” UCSB, Editor Lisa Amber Phillips, 1987.
“Party Down in California Town: You Just Can’t Kill the Beast,” Catholic Herald, London, England, October 31, 1986.
“Catharsis: The Map of Lost Objects, [A Collection of Short Stories and Poems], ‘They Had This Thing Worked Out,’ ‘Bus Station Man’ ” College of Creative Studies, UCSB, 1985.