Juan Fernandez
Competition, 2021
8½ x 11" Archival pigment print
6½ x 8" Image sizeEdition of 22
Each print includes a certificate of authenticity, numbered and hand-signed by the artist.
About the Image
“I typically scout locations by just driving around but this location was actually a google street view find. I had been looking for water tanks to photograph for a long time but they are very hard to access.”
Artist Bio
Juan Fernandez (b. 1980, Grand Rapids, MI) is an artist based in Elgin, IL. He has taught at numerous universities and community colleges in Illinois and Michigan. He currently serves as the Director of Art and Design for Elgin Community College. His work references the perceptions of form, structure, and order in common materials and subject matter. His photographs are in the collection of private collectors, Columbia College Chicago, the Rockford Art Museum, and in The Midwest Photographers Project at The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, IL.
He has also been exhibited in numerous national and international shows including the Catherine Edelman Gallery, Rockford Art Museum, Boecker Contemporary in Heidelberg, Germany, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Newspace Center for Photography, the Griffin Museum of Photography, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Angelika Studios in Buckinghamshire, England, and The Houston Center for Photography.