John Gonzalez

John C. Gonzalez (b. 1980, Providence, RI) earned his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Tufts University. His work has been exhibited at locations including Arthouse at the Jones Center in Austin, TX, Australia National University, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston University’s 808 Gallery, Emerson College, the Museum School, RISD, and the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, MA. Gonzalez has been an artist in residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (Skowhegan, ME), Jentel Artist Residency (Banner, WY), the MacDowell Colony (Peterborough, NH), and subSamson at Samson Projects (Boston, MA).

Companies

• Critic, Experimental and Foundational Studies, Design Rhode Island School of Design (2022)
• Instructor of Design, CE Rhode Island School of Design (2018)
• Adjunct Faculty, Drawing Community College of Rhode Island (2018)
• Instructor of Drawing, Pre-College Rhode Island School of Design (2018)
• Studio Assistant David Reed (2014 — 2016)
• Instructor of Game Design Brooklyn Museum (2015 — 2015)
• Professor of Illustration School of Visual Arts (2014 — 2014)
• Visiting Critic Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2012 — 2012)
• Visiting Critic Rhode Island School of Design (2012 — 2012)

Education

• 2011 MFA, Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
• 2008 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan ME
• 2004 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
• 2002 Australia National University, Canberra Australia