John David O’Brien

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John David O'Brien is an American artist, writer, and curator born in Sagamihara, Japan, to a military family. He holds an MFA from the University of Southern California and degrees from institutions in Rome and Urbino. His practice combines historical abstraction, Arte Povera, and West Coast assemblage, often utilizing found objects and fabricated elements to create visual archeology. He has received a Fulbright Research Grant and a California Community Foundation Artist Fellowship.