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ABOUT

John Rego is an illustrator and educator living and working in Providence, RI. His work is inspired by the absurdities of the human and natural world, reportage illustration pop-surrealism and 19th Century scientific illustration. John is a 17 time Olympic Gold Medalist in synchronized swimming, and was the original choice to host Hell's Kitchen. John Rego has experience in editorial, fine art, package design, and narrative illustration. 

John Rego is represented by Richard Solomon Artist Representatives 

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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
2023: Eat at your Own Risk: Out of the Box Gallery | Jamestown, RI
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: Copro Gallery | Santa Monica, CA
2022: Imaginators-A-Go-Go: WowXWow | Scotland, UK
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 Senior 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

INTERVIEWS/ ARTIST TALKS

2022: Parsons School of Design 

2022: Maryland Institute College of Arts

2019: Motif Magazine

2018: Imago Foundation for the Arts

2018: Boston Voyager 

AWARDS

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

​PUBLICATIONS

2022: Gardner & Gun Magazine: Upturning the Holiday Table

2022: Hudson Valley Seed Company: French Breakfast Radish

2022: Rhode Island Monthly: August Issue (Matunuck Oyster Bar)

2022: Art & Fable Puzzle Company: Aspic Hunt

2021: New York Times: Our Digital Pasts...

2021: Tiny Showcase: Brunch

2021: Chief Investment Officer: Distressed Real Estate

2021: Rhode Island Monthly: February Issue (Not so Happy Trails)

2020: Motif Magazine: November Issue

2020: Rhode Island Monthly: November Issue (Terek Sandpiper) 

2020: The New Yorker: Daily Shouts (Apartment Hunt 2020)

2020: Motif Magazine: Rhode Island Beaches and Bike Paths

2020: Tiny Showcase: The Neighborhood 

2020: The Nation's OppArt: Running Outfits: Covid Edition

2020: New York Poster House: #CombatCovid

2020: Milton Glaser Design Study Center: Glaser Archives

2020: Print Magazine: The Daily Heller 

2019: Rhode Island Monthly: January Issue (Rhode Island Reds Awards)

2019: 3x3 Magazine: No. 16

2019: Rhode Island Monthly: July Issue (Dyer Woods Campground)

2019: Motif Magazine: Alternative Romance Issue 

2018: Pigment: Bird Houses

2018: Rhode Island Monthly: November Issue (Wild Turkeys)

2018: Rhode Island Monthly: October Issue (Brownfields in Rhode Island)

2018: Creative Quarterly No. 53

2018: Creative Quarterly No. 51

2017: ACS Greeting Card

2017: On Tray Magazine: Beautiful Spring 2017

2016: MassArt Center of Vision: April Issue

TEACHING

Parsons School of Design: Spring 2023 - Present

Massachusetts College of Art and Design: Spring 2022 - Present 

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