About
John Boychuk is a Richmond, California based sculptor, designer, and builder whose work bridges public art, infrastructure, community engagement, and material practice. He creates site-responsive installations and collaborative projects that shape how people move, gather, and experience shared environments. His practice integrates ceramics, metal fabrication, and participatory development to create works that endure in both civic processes and everyday life.
Originally from the Detroit metro area, John holds an MFA from California College of the Arts and a BFA from the University of Michigan. He has taught at university and community levels, served as Visiting Scholar in Ceramics at Pingdingshan University in Henan, China, and worked as a public arts facilitator in Richmond and beyond. His installations include Dichotomy in Birmingham, Michigan, and current projects in Richmond such as Rising Roses and the Graffiti Parks initiative.
John serves as Vice President of the Richmond Art Center and is an active member of the Richmond Rotary. His work has been exhibited internationally and is included in public and private collections across the United States, China, and Europe.
As a Professional Artist, John has a wide variety of materials he works with, which include: Ceramics, Metal working, Drawing, Painting, Digital 2D, 3D and VFX compositing. His works play upon our visceral relationship to materials connecting historical traditions with technological innovation. John uses our immediate reaction to beauty, familiarity, disgust, or discomfort as an entry point for the viewer to discover deeper meanings within the works. He likes to leave, “Breadcrumbs of recognition for the viewer to follow and arrive at an understanding of their own imagination”. In his 20+ years of creative making, John has shown in both North and South America, Europe and Asia. He has taught at the University of Silicon Valley, in San Jose, CA, SAE Expression College, Emeryville, CA, and was the 8th Master of Ceramics- Visiting Scholar at the University of Ping Ding Shan, Henan, China in 2018. Currently, he sits on the Board of Directors at the Richmond Art Center in Richmond, CA.
“Not all who wander are lost.”