John Lindsey

I have lived in San Francisco for thirty years, originally coming here to go to cooking school. I worked in the restaurant profession for many years. I took a job at the San Francisco Art Institute cafe and subsequently started taking classes. This was the start of feeding peoples eyes rather than their stomachs.

I currently live with my wife, Kristin and two children Jasper (15) and Molly (13) in the Western Edition. Kristin teaches at Lowell Alternative High School. I operate a small graphic design consultancy and The Great Highway Gallery in the Outer Sunset where I have been a part of the beach community for 30 years.

I focus on my deep appreciation for images and ideas that explore the intersection of society and nature, specifically where water and land meet. My work is mixed media, photography, photomontage, video and sculpture.

The speaker towers at Aquatic Park where built in 1939 and are approximately 35 feet high. Their original purpose was to broadcast the sporting events at the park.

The towers where built by the Works Progress/Projects Administration WPA. Designed to be the city’s first recreational connection to the bay front. The WPA was part of the New Deal putting people back to work after the great depression. A time when the government was creating equality as opposed to divides.

Born
1966, Long Beach California

Education
1991 – 1994/1997 – 1999 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA Digital Media and Print Making
1986 – 1987 California Culinary Academy, San Francisco, CA
1984 – 1986 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Group Exhibitions

2018 “Urban Edge,” Avenue 12 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 “Inner Nature curated by Jessica Snow,” 1317 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 “ORFN Fundraiser curated by Alicia McCarthy,” Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 “Differing Feathers,” The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 “Around the Bay People,” The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 “We Will all Live under The Sea, a study of Jacques-Yves Cousteau,” The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 “Scallywags,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2013 Open Studios, The Great highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Solo Exhibitions
2014 “Ships – Open Studios,” The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Exhibitions – curator
2017 “Unsafe at Any Speed – Steve Davis & Spencer Mack” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2017 “Fathoms of the Leviathan – Ted Lincoln” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2017 “Watered Down” Art Market San Francisco, CA
2017 “Horizon Line – Georgia Hodges” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2017 “A Continuum – Peter Cochrane,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2016 “Differing Feathers – group exhibition,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2016 “Around the Bay People – group exhibition,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2016 “Entre Fleurs et Mer – Marie Van Elder,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2016 “Inside Out Upside Down – Jason Arnold & Jonathan Steinberg,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2016 “El Niño – group exhibition,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2016 “Tales from Topographic Oceans – Chris Wilder & Ned Evans,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2016 “O.S. 1 – Emma Fineman,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2016 “Natural Obscurity – Gerald Hawk,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2015 “We Will all Live Under The Sea, a study of Jacques-Yves Cousteau,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2015 “Stone Altars – group exhibition,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2015 “Shorepound Lost & Found,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2015 “Waves of Existence – Sonja Navin,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2015 “Mooka – Yasmina Dedijer -Small,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2015 “Like Water – group exhibition,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2015 “Ranchland – David Kimball-Anderson,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2014 “Recent Photographs by Mark Bugzester,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2014 “A Slice of Silence – Nathan Wirth,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2014 “Scallywags – group exhibition,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA
2013 “West San Francisco – Daniel McElmury,” The Great Highway Gallery, CA 2013 Open Studios – group exhibition The Great Highway Gallery, CA