J. John Priola is a contemporary visual artist who uses photography and video. He is known for working with a highly refined print quality and presentation of black and white photography, but works with the digital medium and video as well. He is based in San Francisco. He graduated from Metropolitan State College in Denver and went on the receive an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. His work first gained recognition at the Fraenkel Gallery and has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco, where his work is now represented. Priola's work has been included in numerous exhibitions, including In A Different Light: Visual Culture, Sexual Identity, Queer Practice at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and his work has been featured in articles such as "John Priola: Photo series explores 'Philanthropy'" and in publications such as Art Papers Magazine. Other major exhibitions include, "La Natura Della Natura Morta" Galleria D'art Moderna, Bologna and "Prospect '96" at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany. 

January 1st, 1960 in (Age 64)