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John Raymond Mireles is a visual artist living in San Diego, California. In 2023, he was selected to be the first Exposure Photo Fellow for the City of San Diego.
Solo Exhibitions
Public Exhibition Series “The New Colossus” (Commission by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture) 2024
San Diego Civic Center
- “Homage”
- “The Vien Dong”
- “Colonnade II”
San Diego Public Libraries (San Diego, California) 2024
- College/Rolando “The Golden Age
- Rancho Peñasquitos “In Their Own Words”
- San Ysidro “Duality/The Red Room”
- Malcom X “Diaspora”
- Pacific Beach “Colonnade I”
- City Heights “Main Street”
San Diego Museum of Art “Disestablishment” (San Diego, California) 2021
Studio Channel Islands “Neighbors” (Camarillo, California) 2020
CM Curatorial Gallery “False Idol Worship” (San Diego, California) 2019
Photographer’s Eye Gallery “Surreptitious” (Escondido, California) 2019
Interactive Public Installation “Buy White Privilege” (San Diego, California) 2019
Art X “False Idol Worship” (New York, New York) 2018
Downtown Oklahoma City Partnership (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) 2018
Storefront Project Gallery (New York, New York) 2018
Huntington University (Peoria, Arizona) 2018
WHAM Cultural Center, including Public Exhibition in Multiple Locations (Surprise, Arizona) 2018
First Street Green Park (New York, New York) 2018
Chicano Park Day, Public Exhibition (San Diego, California) 2018
Anchorage Museum of Art (Anchorage, Alaska) 2017
Vanguard Culture (San Diego, California) 2017
Bread and Salt Gallery (San Diego, California) 2016
Circuitous Succession Gallery (Memphis, Tennessee) 2016
Galleria 1886 (San Diego, California) 2016
Public Exhibition in Residential Neighborhood “Neighbors” (San Diego, California) 2015
Visual Gallery (San Diego, California) 2010
Group Exhibitions
ENVZN (San Diego) 2024
CM Curatorial (San Diego) 2021
Ride to the Warehouse (San Diego) 2021
San Diego Art Institute “SD Practice” (San Diego) 2021
Con Artist All Stars (New York City) 2018
Anthony Philip Gallery (New York City) 2017
Marshall Arts Gallery (Memphis, Tennessee 2017)
Art of Photography Show (San Diego, California) 2014
Selected Speaking Engagements
TEDx (Valparaiso University, Indiana) 2022
Open Show (San Diego) 2021
Pechakucha (San Diego) 2021
Media
San Diego City Beat “John Raymond Mireles Explores Entitlement in ‘White Privilege Project’” March, 2019
The Guardian "The Best US Public Art This Summer" June, 2018
NY Times "8 Outdoor Art Installations in New York to Get Excited About" May, 2018
PDN "Do You Really Know Your Neighbors?" May 2018
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, "New York Photographer Captures Portraits in Fort Wayne on National Journey," August 2017
WSAV TV "Connecting communities: Nationwide Neighbors Photo Project comes to Savannah," April 2017
WUSF Tampa Public Radio, Studio Interview, April 2017
San Diego Union Tribune "Outdoor Photo Exhibit in Logan Heights Moves Indoors" December 2016
Adobe Create Magazine "5 and 3/4 Questions" October, 2016
Lenscratch.com "J. Raymond Mireles: Neighbors" August, 2016
The Commercial Appeal "J. Raymond Mireles’ striking images celebrate diversity in ‘Neighbors’" July, 2016
Huffington Post "Artist Photographs Diverse American ‘Neighbors’ Around The Country" July, 2016
Acurator.com "John Mireles: Neighbors" July, 2016
PetaPixel.com "Making Portraits of Americans in All 50 States" July, 2016
Centmagazine.co.uk "Art in the Unexpected" July 2016
WOCM-FM Ocean 98.1 at minute 23:25 Rude Awakening Show, July 14, 2016
Times Standard, "A Focus on Neighbors" June, 2016
MyModernMet.com "Photographer to Cross Country" June, 2016
North Coast Journal, "You Have Seen Their Faces" June, 2016
WREG Memphis News Channel 3 Memphis "Artist brings us Neighbors in Pictures" June, 2016
ABC 4 News Salt Lake City "Artist Travels the Nation" May, 2016
KHQ Channel 6 Spokane, Interview, May, 2016
KREM Channel 2 Spokane, Live Interview, May, 2016
KWAM 990 Hair Pick Interview at 1:03 “The Hair Radio Morning Show”
Oregon Coast Today, "A Neighborhood Focus" May, 2016
The News Guard "NEIGHBORS PROJECT: Photographer targets Lincoln City" May, 2016
ABC FOX Missoula "Missoula featured in national photography project" May, 2016
The Independent "J. Raymond Mireles to Photograph St. George Residents for Nationwide Project" May, 2016
Tiffinbox.org "Discovering Your Neighbors Next Door, One State At A Time" May, 2016
Voice of San Diego "In Logan Heights, One Good Fence Makes Good Neighbors" September 2015
NBC Channel 7 San Diego "Neighbors Project Mends Fences" Sept 2015
Books
El Camino Sur (self-published) 2016
Berlin.2015 (self-published) 2015
The Bakken (self-published) 2014
A Portrait of Inga (self-published) 2013
Education
BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
Community Service
Founding Director and Board Chair of the American Photographic Artists, San Diego chapter
Board Secretary, College Area Business Improvement District, San Diego
Publicly Elected Member of the Crossroads Redevelopment Committee, San Diego
Board Member, Central Village Revitalization Association
Mireles' current art based practice is bolstered by 25 years of client-driven photography for advertising agencies, magazines and private clients. He no longer solicits commercial assignments.