ABOUT
Jon Setter’s work is produced as part of an ongoing exploration that attempts to reveal the unseen aspects that shape how we experience urban spaces and architecture.
Often working with subjects discovered by chance on unprescribed walks, he documents from peculiar viewpoints the details people walk past but may not consciously observe. He methodically organises the repeated colours, patterns, materials and textures of the urban vernacular to develop an abstracted expression of space.
His hope is that by cutting through the chaos of our urban surroundings and instead presenting them as simple and clean compositions can help expand our reading and understanding of the spaces we interact with most. Jon was born in Detroit, Michigan and currently lives in New York City.
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, National Art School, 2018
Bachelor of Fine Arts, College for Creative Studies, 2011
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Ballarat Text – The Ballarat Foto Biennale 2023
Visual Ligatures – The Art Syndicate, Sydney 2022
The Urban Text - Van Rensburg Galleries, NSW 2021
The Urban Text – Galerie Minimal, Berlin 2020
The Urban Text – Wedge Gallery, Sydney, 2019
The Urban Text – Koskela Gallery, Sydney, 2019
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Bowness Photography Prize Exhibition – Museum of Australian Photography 2023
Salon - :iidrr gallery, New York, 2023
Wanting to See – The Art Syndicate, Sydney, 2023
Concerning Landscapes – Detroit Artists Market, Detroit 2023
Exploration – Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne 2020
Luxembourg Art Prize – The Pinacothèque, Luxembourg 2019
Documenting Spaces – Layer MX, Mexico City 2019
Grand Opening – Galerie Robertson Ares, Montreal 2019
MNML – Galerie Minimal, Berlin November 2018
Released – National Art School, Sydney 2018
RPS Gallery x Life Framer – RPS Gallery, Tokyo 2018
Officine Fotografiche x Life Framer – Officine Fotografiche, Milan 2018
Clampart x Life Framer – ClampArt Gallery, New York 2018
Standard Vision LA Live Video Display – Los Angeles 2018
The Art of Collecting – Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne 2018
Instagram Project CCP Salon - Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne 2017
ACP Invite Group Exhibition – 7WS Chambers Sydney 2017
FAIRS
The Affordable Art Fair Melbourne - 380 Collective, 2023
Art Toronto – Galerie Robertson Aries, 2022
The Other Art Fair – Sydney, 2021
Papier – Galerie Robertson Ares, Montreal, 2020
The Other Art Fair – Melbourne, 2019
Sydney Contemporary – The National Art School, 2018
The Other Art Fair – The National Art School, Sydney 2018
AWARDS
The Bowness Photography Prize 2023 (finalist)
The Luxembourg Art Prize (2019, finalist)
International Photography Awards (2019, finalist)
International Color Awards (2018,finalist)
Life Framer Photography Prize (2018, 2nd place)
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Australian Photography
Henry Ford Health
City of Sydney
National Art School
Ballarat City Council
PUBLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS
Aesthetica Magazine
The Vault Sydney
South China Morning Post
FFOTO
Icon Magazine (UK)
Photography in Berlin
Life Framer
The University Times Ireland
Garlerie Minimal Berlin
Art at Berlin
Noice Magazine
Koskela
Seen Magazine
Design Fizz
The Visual Voices