Shows & Savvy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Finding Home, Sunroom Café & Gallery, Madison, WI
2014 Horesehair & Heather, Sunroom Café & Gallery, Madison, WI
2008 Proper Response Weight, CPM, Madison, WI
2007 Panforte, Sunroom Café & Gallery, Madison, WI
2006 Cafe, Meeting Grounds, Madison, WI
2004 COW: Comments on Wisconsin, Paramount Enterprises, Madison,WI
2003 Still Remains, CPM, Madison, WI
2001 Right, A Collection in Black and White, Fruit of the Earth, Madison,WI
2000 More Than Prints, Bechtel-Bettis, Idaho Falls, ID
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Untitled 17, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2007 Blends and Flavors, Ancora Coffee Roasters, Fitchburg, WI
2006 Breaking the Habit, The Old Convent, Plain, WI
Annual Members’ Exhibit, Fyfe’s Corner Bistro, Madison, WI
2005 Murrysville Community Art Fair, Murrysville, PA
2004 Recent Finds, PhotoMidwest 2004, Parker-Laas FotoGrafix, Madison,WI
Plastic Exposure, Madison Civic Center, Madison, WI
2003 Puddles:, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
Centro-Oestes Núcleo: , Casa Thomas Jefferson Galeriade Arte,BRAZIL
2nd Annual, Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha, WI
Photography at the Crossroads, Madison Civic Center, Madison, WI
The End, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
Three Aces, (traveling) Madison, WI, Baton Rouge, LA, Austin, TX
2002 Ya-Ling Tsai ∙Heather Solomon:, Sunroom Café, Madison,WI
Two Down, One to Go..., 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
2001 Photographic Processes III, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
The Inflation of Mediocrity, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
2000 foto, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
Eagle Rock Art Guild Spring Show, EITC Gallery, Idaho Falls, ID
Photographic Processes ’00, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
1999 Abstraction ’99, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
Eastern Idaho Photographic Society Fall Show, EITC, Idaho Falls, ID
EDUCATION
2003 Master of Fine Arts, Photography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1998 Bachelor of Art, Studio Fine Arts, University of Montana
1996 Fine Art Studies, Adrian College
2009-2012 Magic Images workshops, Ireland
2012 f295 Symposium workshops, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Rocky Mountain School of Photography classes, Missoula, MT
2008 Rocky Mountain School of Photography classes, Middleton, WI
2007 College Art Association workshops, Sheboygan, WI
2007 Studio M classes, Madison, WI
2006 PhotoMidwest workshops, Madison, WI
2004-2006 SPE conference, Chicago, IL
RELATED EXPERIENCE
1999-present Owner/Artist, H.A.S. Arts, Madison, WI
2004-present Photography Assistant, Lands' End Inc., Dodgeville, WI
2007-present Studio/Workshop Assistant, Magic Images, Madison, WI
2002-2009 Darkroom Technician/Exhibits Assistant, Robert Dicke
Photography, Oregon, WI
2005-2009 Photographer/Assistant, Visual Voice Studio, Madison, WI
2008 Photography Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
2003-2008 Exhibits Coordinator, PhotoMidwest, Madison, WI
2003-2004 Photography Assistant/Studio Manager, Parker-Laas FotoGrafix,
Madison, WI
2003 Digital Printmaking Course Assistant, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
2001-2003 Darkroom Technician/Registrar's Assistant, Elvehjem
Museum of Art, Madison, WI
1995-1996 Gallery Assistant, Stubnitz Gallery, Adrian, MI
1994-1996 Art Department Head Assistant, Adrian College, MI
AWARDS
1998 Honors Graduate, University of Montana
1995 Art Scholarship, Adrian College
1994 Art Scholarship, Adrian College
AFFILIATIONS
2003-present Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
2013-present Art Institute of Chicago
2013-present Society for Photographic Education
2002-2009 Art Institute of Chicago
2003-2007 PhotoMidwest, Exhibits Coordinator & committee member
2008 College Art Association
2002-2008 The Center for Photography at Madison
2002-2008 Society for Photographic Education
2000, 2001 Eagle Rock Art Guild
1999, 2000 Eastern Idaho Photographic Society
1999, 2000 Idaho Falls Arts Council
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Solomon, John; Modern Wilderness Survival:A Practical Guide. Second Edition.
Copyright 2012: Front, Back Covers full color,51,103,111,118,122,126-127,
134,140.
2010 Solomon, John; Modern Wilderness Survival:A Practical Guide.
Copyright 2010: 99, 108,125,134.
2006 Solomon, John "The Five-Minute Fire." Bowhunter Oct/Nov 2006: 88,
92, 94, 96.
2006 "Geese" is chosen for a Jones Soda Co. bottle label, Sugar-Free Ginger
Ale: image #6078 January 2006 Soda F3 Press Sheet, Seattle, WA
2004 Solomon, John "Essential Tools: A lightweight, compact survival kit could
mean the difference between life and death." Bowhunter Gear Special 2004:56-58
2003 Solomon, John "Trout Trails: The Path Less Traveled." Fur-Fish-Game
December 2003: 28, 30-31.
PRESENTATIONS
2008 Proper Response Weight, invited to present on photography exhibit as
the Center for Photography at Madison's Photographer of the Month,
Madison, WI
2002 4 artworks were discussed by UW-Madison faculty as part of the
International Artist Colloquium, College of Fine Arts, Trivandrum,
India
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2004 Photographic illustrations of survival techniques and natural
environments for Modern Wilderness Survival, by John Solomon, were
cataloged for publication, Pecos Wilderness Area, Pecos, NM
1998 16 watercolor illustrations for Moon Moon, children’s
short story written by Tammy Hobbes, were published for personal
collection, Idaho Falls, ID
