ARTIST

This is a color photograph of a man in a blue collared shirt in profile with a neck tattoo that reads "lonely."
Lonely

b. 1971

John Arsenault Resume

Raised in a small town in northern Massachusetts, John Arsenault moved to New York City in 1997 to pursue a degree in photography at the School of Visual Arts. His photographs are represented in the permanent collections of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, Kansas; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York City. His first monograph Barmaid was published in 2015 with Daylight Books, and his second monograph For You! came out in 2017 also with Daylight Books.

Series

Barmaid
Barmaid

For nearly two years, artist John Arsenault worked as a bar-back at the Eagle …

For You!
For You!

In his latest series, For You!, John Arsenault captures the beauty of the everyday …

Self Portraits
Self Portraits

Since first picking up a camera, John Arsenault has routinely been turning his lens …

This is a color photograph of a man in a blue collared shirt in profile with a neck tattoo that reads "lonely."
Miscellaneous

These are miscellaneous photographs shot by Arsenault over the past ten years. The images …

Kathy’s Beauty Nook
Kathy’s Beauty Nook

Growing up in a small town in northern Massachusetts, John Arsenault spent a great …

Exhibitions

Barmaid
Barmaid

January 7 – February 13, 2016

For You!
For You!

November 20, 2014 – January 3, 2015

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