{"id":1226,"date":"2023-09-08T13:14:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/?page_id=1226"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:57:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:57:24","slug":"about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/about-the-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-duotone-grayscale\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1241\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/about-the-artist\/john\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 mini&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1683931912&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.71&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"John Azelvandre\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The artist at the 2023 Arts Gowanus Patterns Gala&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John.jpg?fit=225%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John.jpg?fit=768%2C1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John.jpg?resize=768%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John.jpg?w=1500 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The artist at the 2023 Arts Gowanus Patterns Gala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-tertiary-background-color has-text-color has-background\">Born and raised in Ohio, John Azelvandre is a painter living and working in Kingston, New York. He studied music and audio engineering at the Ohio State University, then spent 36 years living in Brooklyn, New York. John\u2019s creative voyage has traversed the music industry, philosophy, environmental studies and education, leading to the visual arts. John creates landscapes and other organic forms in an experimental style ranging from expressionistic to abstract. From various angles and through multiple lenses, his work explores the relationship between the self and its environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born and raised in Ohio, John Azelvandre is a painter living and working in Kingston, New York. He studied music and audio engineering at the Ohio State University, then spent 36 years living in Brooklyn, New York. John\u2019s creative voyage has traversed the music industry, philosophy, environmental studies and education, leading to the visual arts. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5zpKF-jM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1285,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/","url_meta":{"origin":1226,"position":0},"title":"Welcome &#8212;","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"September 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"to The Eye of the Artist, the fine art website of John Azelvandre. Here you'll find news, information and imagery relating to John's creative activities and ideas. Use the navigation at the top or click here for more about the artist, here for recent and ongoing projects, and here for\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-17.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-17.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-17.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-17.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GowanusMural-17.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1289,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/art-notes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1226,"position":1},"title":"Art Notes","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"September 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF3440-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF3440-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF3440-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF3440-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF3440-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1294,"url":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/projects\/","url_meta":{"origin":1226,"position":2},"title":"Projects","author":"John Azelvandre","date":"September 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Gowanus Forest The 2023 Gowanus Mural Project, officially titled \"Lifeworlds.\" Read my blog post about the project, or visit my Flickr album for a selection of photos from the project Common Grave True Refuge Lifeworlds","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF3440-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF3440-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF3440-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF3440-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF3440-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DSCF3440-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1226"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1398,"href":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1226\/revisions\/1398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/azelvandre.net\/artistseye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}