The Canton Museum of Art is pleased to present Apeiron, a solo exhibition by artist John Sabraw, which incorporates painting, sculpture, and video. For 20 years, Sabraw’s nature-inspired, politically-charged paintings have garnered awe and awareness for ever-more-pressing environmental concerns. In this new exhibition, he builds on past practices, mediums, and partnerships, collaborating closely with organizations and communities within the nonprofit and academic sectors. Sabraw hopes that by bringing these distinct spheres together, he will be able to harness the storytelling potential of art to convey pressing information around sustainability.

photo credit Ben Siegel Ohio University

Sabraw's abstract explorations focus on natural phenomena, the earth’s ecosystem as a whole, and our role within that. This understanding has led him to incorporate ever more sustainable practices in his studio, in his life, and when possible actively engaging the public on the matter. In this body of work, painstaking painting methods are coaxed into interacting and amalgamating over durations of up to several months. The result is complex, luminous, mysterious paintings that strike a beautiful balance between controlled and organic processes.

photo credit Ben Siegel Ohio University

Artist John Sabraw was born in Lakenheath, England. An activist and environmentalist, Sabraw’s paintings, drawings and collaborative installations are produced in an eco-conscious manner, and he continually works toward a fully sustainable practice. He collaborates with scientists on many projects, and one of his current collaborations involves creating paint and paintings from iron oxide extracted in the process of remediating polluted streams. This sustainably sourced pigment is now for sale as a 3 tube set from Gamblin Artists Colors.

Sabraw’s art is in numerous collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, the Elmhurst Museum in Illinois, Emprise Bank, Bank of America, and Accenture Corp. He is represented by Qualia Contemporary Art, Palo Alto, CA and McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL.

Sabraw is a Professor of Art at Ohio University where he chairs the Painting + Drawing and Digital Art + Technology programs and is Board Advisor at Scribble Art Workshop in New York. He has most recently been featured in TED, Smithsonian, New Scientist, London, Great big Stories, Business Insider, and Time.

photo credit Ben Siegel Ohio University

Links:

Insta: @john_sabraw

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Thumbnail (Previous Page): Chroma Iron Dragon, 2024. John Sabraw. Appalachian Bituminous Coal, Iron Oxide Pigments (hematite) derived from remediation of acid mine drainage pollution near Truetown, Ohio, and gold pigment 307 from Pigment Tokyo - in acrylic matrix. On primed paper honeycomb wood panel. 60 x 60 x 1.5in.

Above Image: Flourishing, 2024. John Sabraw. Iron Oxide Pigments (hematite) derived from remediation of acid mine drainage pollution near Truetown, Ohio, in acrylic matrix. On primed cotton muslin. 87 x 87 x 1.5 in.