ABOUT
I am an illustrator, fine artist, and educator living and working in Boston, MA. My work is inspired by the absurdities of the human and natural world, Northern Renaissance art, and daily observations. I currently hold 17 time Olympic Gold Medalist in synchronized swimming, and am considered one of the best swimmers of my generation. I also have a baker's dozen Michelin stars earned from ingenuity in the art watery oatmeal. I have experience in editorial, advertising, book cover, package design, and fine art illustration.
John Rego is represented by Richard Solomon Artist Representatives
CONTACT
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EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts
MFA: Illustration as Visual Essay 2021
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
BFA: Illustration 2018
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024: MassArt Auction: MassArt Design Center | Boston, MA
2023: Art Now | Brassworks Gallery | Portland, OR
2023: BLAB 18: Copro Gallery | Santa Monica, CA
2023: Wag Your Tail: Vertical Gallery | Chicago, IL
2023: Eat at your Own Risk: Out of the Box Gallery | Jamestown, RI
2023: Salut 8: Gallery Nucleus | Portland, OR
2023: One Sheet Print Show: Gallery 1988 | Los Angeles, CA
2023: House of Many Tales: WowxWow | Scotland, UK
2023: MassArt Auction: MassArt Design Center | Boston, MA
2022: Cornucopia: WowXWow | Scotland, UK
2022: Smorgasbord: Gallery 1988 | Los Angeles, CA
2022: BLAB 17: Copro Gallery | Santa Monica, CA
2022: Salut 7: Gallery Nucleus | Portland, OR
2022: One Sheet Print Show: Gallery 1988 | Los Angeles, CA
2022: MassArt Auction: MassArt Design Center | Boston, MA
2022: Illustration 64: Society of Illustrators | New York, NY
2021: MFAI Thesis Show: SVA Chelsea Gallery | New York, NY
2021: Paintings 2011-2021: Site Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY
2021: City Hall Exhibit | Jersey City, NJ
2021: Spring 66: Superchief Gallery | New York, NY
2021: MassArt Auction: Bakalar and Paine Galleries | Boston, MA
2021: Emerging Artists 2021: Dodomu Gallery | Brooklyn, NY
2021: The Book Show: SVA Galleries | New York, NY
2020: Color Management: SVA Flatiron Gallery | New York, NY
2020: MassArt Auction: Bakalar and Paine Galleries | Boston, MA
2020: Starta Arta: Gramercy Gallery | New York, NY
2020: Our Concerning Paradise: The Living Gallery | Brooklyn, NY
2020: Chuck's Bucket: SVA Gramercy Gallery | New York, NY
2019: Seeking Spaces: Bushwick Open Studios | Brooklyn, NY
2019: Illustration Exhibit: The Art League Gallery | Alexandria, VA
2019: MassArt Auction: Bakalar and Paine Galleries | Boston, MA
2019: Illustration West 57 Gallery Show: Swains HQ | Glendale, CA
2018: Holiday Show: Imago Foundation for the Arts | Warren, RI
2018: 30 & Under: Imago Foundation for the Arts | Warren, RI
2018: MassArt Auction: Bakalar and Paine Galleries | Boston, MA
2018: All School Show: Doran Gallery | Boston, MA
2018: Illustration Thesis Show: President's Gallery | Boston, MA
2017: AFK Student Scholarship Competition | Boston, MA
2017: All School Show: President's Gallery | Boston, MA
2017: Student Show: Gallery 263 | Cambridge, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022: Natural Selection: Dryden Gallery | North Providence, RI
AWARDS
2024: AI-AP | American Illustration 43 Winer
2023 Society of Illustrators 66 | Illustration Annual
2021: Society of Illustrators 64 | Gold Medal Uncommissioned
2021: AI-AP | American Illustration 40 Winner
2020: SVA Merit Scholarship
2020: AI-AP | American Illustration 39 Winner
2019: The Art League | Illustration Exhibition Honorable Mention
2019: Little Compton Community Center | Award of Excellence
2019: 3x3 Illustration Show No. 16 | Honorable Mention
2018: Society of Illustrators: West 57
2018: Creative Quarterly No. 53 | Runner-Up
2018: George Nick Prize
2018: MassArt | Illustration Departmental Honors
2018: Creative Quarterly No. 51 | Runner-Up
2017: AFK Student Scholarship | Runner-Up
CLIENT LIST
Art & Fable Puzzle Company
Chamberlain Coffee
Chief Investment Officer
Fidelity International
Gallery 1988
Garden & Gun Magazine
Hudson Valley Seed Company
Minted New York
Motif Magazine
Oxford University Press
TEACHING
Massachusetts College of Art and Design | Boston, MA
Visiting Lecturer: Spring 2022 - Spring 2023, Temporary Full-Time Professor: Fall 2023 - Present
Classes Taught: BFA Illustration: Narrative Illustration (Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024), Drawing Observation to Concept (Fall 2022), Junior Illustration (Spring 2023, Spring 2024), Media Techniques (Fall 2023), Advanced Drawing Projects (Fall 2023), Color for Illustrators (Spring 2024) Continuing Education: Beginning Illustration (Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023), Narrative Illustration (Summer 2022), K-12 Illustration Intensive (Summer 2022)
Parsons School of Design: Spring 2023 | New York, NY
Visiting Lecturer: Spring 2023
Classes Taught: BFA Illustration: Professional Practices (Spring 2023)
RESIDENCIES
2023: Art Farm | Marquette, NE
INTERVIEWS/ ARTIST TALKS
2024: Maryland Institute College of Arts
2022: Parsons School of Design
2022: Maryland Institute College of Arts
2018: Imago Foundation for the Arts
2018: Boston Voyager