John Damian Boychuk
(b. 1981, USA) Located in Richmond, CA
email: jdbconcepts@gmail.com
EDUCATION
California College of the Arts, MFA, Conceptual Interdisciplinary Art/ Ceramics/ VFX, 2016
University of Michigan, BFA, Sculpture / Ceramics / Metals/ Drawing/ Painting, 2010
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Google Project Management: Professional Certificate, 2024
California Visual Arts Teaching Certificate, CSET, 2023
TESOL, 120hr Teaching Certificate, 2019
Solo Shows
2019 Animal Magnetism, Larrea Family Estate, Puerto Montt, Chile
2018 Hyper Clay, Ping Ding Shan University Museum, Henan, China
2018 Bedknobs and Boomsticks, Massman Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 What Up, CAR-T Studios, El Cerrito, CA
2016 Breakdance Drawings, Meyer Library, Oakland, CA
2014 Dichotomy, 511 Pierce St. Public Installation, Birmingham, M
2011 Gears of Effort, Farmington City Public Works Installation, Farmington, MI
2011 Very Beautiful, Hen Mai Gallery, Shanghai, China
2010 Wraggle Taggle, Brinsden Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2009 Lifeless, S.A. Rogers and Co., Birmingham, MI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Human Potential Conference ‘23, Group Show, Berkeley Hillside Club, Berkeley, CA
2022 Inaugural Exhibition, Group Show, Soft Times Gallery, Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA
2020 Necessary Mutation, Two person show, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 Art Movements, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 Canape, Tinker Kitchen, San Francisco, CA
2019 Something About Lines, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2019 Off Center, Blue Line Arts Center, Sacramento, CA
2018 Into the Wild, Art Attack SF, San Francisco, CA
2016 MFA Exhibition Wattis/ Perry Event Center, San Francisco, CA
2015 C.C.A.C. Conference, CCA Ceramics Dept., UC Davis, CA
2010 Allegory, SACI, Florence, Italy
2008 Small Works, Novi Art House, Novi, MI
2008 Figurative Works, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Press
Home of Ceramics, “8th Invitee- Master’s Series of Ceramics”, Ping Ding Shan University Press, May 2018
Steinmueller, “Artist leaves his mark on Farmington”, Farmington Observer, October 2011
“Renaissance Man”, Detroit Free Press, October 1999
Collections
City of Birmingham, MI, City of Farmington, MI, Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, MI, & Ping Ding Shan University Ceramics Museum. Works are also held in private collections in France, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, China, Chile and the United States.
Arts Administration
2023- 2024 Exhibition Director, Eastbay Mindfulness Center, Orinda, CA
2020- Pres. Board of Directors, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2014- Pres. Owner/ Operator, JDB Concepts LLC
Teaching
2023-2024 Program Developer / Teaching Artist, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, USA
2020- 2022 Adj. Professor of Digital Art and VFX, University of Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA. USA
2018 8th Master of Ceramics Visiting Scholar/ Lecturer, Ping Ding Shan College, Henan, China, PRC
2018 Education Program Consultant, Shanghai Polytechnical University, Shanghai, China, PRC
2016-2021 Fine Art, Animation and VFX Instructor, SAE Expressions College, Emeryville, CA, USA
2016 Glaze formulation and handbuilding Instructor, Kiln & Co. / Clay By the Bay, San Francisco, CA, USA
2015-16 Welding Shop Supervisor/ Instructor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, USA
2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant in Ceramics, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, USA
2010-2012 Art Teacher/ Head of Art Department, Shanghai United International School, ShangYin Campus,
MinHang District, Shanghai, China, PRC
Awards
2015-16 George B. Saxe Ceramics Scholarship Recipient, California College of the Arts
2008 Chancellor's Award, Oakland Community College