Jon Stuart uses photography to collect and process delicate evidence which he uses to reveal meaning and sublimity in the apparently mundane. His images are rich portrayals of events that played out before the photographer arrived. Each scene contains clues to existence, presence, and place, not merely documenting physical locations, but places charged with significance.
Jon’s detailed photographs, whether landscape or portrait, seek to draw the viewer’s eye from object to subject, shifting their view from a “space on the ground” to a “place in the mind.”
Jon was formerly an accident investigator, and he employs these skills to inform and guide his practice. He presents his conclusions using a range of printing techniques, from the subtle gradations of silver- gelatin and pigment-ink to post-processed video stills.
Jon’s work is held in public and private collections within Canada and the UK.
He is currently a member of the Kinship Photography Collective leadership team
Self portrait 1, 2019
I would like to gratefully acknowledge funding from these organizations in exhibiting my work
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Landscaping(s), CONTACT Photography Festival, 183 Queen St East, Toronto
2023 Stillwater Solo Exhibition, Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa
2023 Fear Exhibition, Co-Ex Art
2022 Metamorphosis: Additions to the City of Ottawa Art Collection
2022 Exhibition 17, School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO), Ottawa, Canada
2021 Exhibition 16, SPAO
2021 A+ Juried Exhibition, SPAO
2020 A+ Juried Exhibition, SPAO
2019 Canadian Nature and People Exhibition, Point of View Gallery, Ottawa
2019 A+ Juried Exhibition, SPAO
2018 Stillness Exhibition, Ottawa School of Dance
2018 A+ Juried Exhibition, SPAO
2017 Red Wall Exhibition, SPAO
2016 Wild Park Solo Exhibition, Exposure Gallery, Ottawa
Selected publications
Awards
2022 Award of Visual Merit – Best Portfolio, SPAO Diploma Program
2019 A+ Juried Exhibition Honorable Mention (Silver Gelatin)
2014 Public Service Award of Excellence, Exemplary Contribution Under Extraordinary
Circumstances, Lac-Mégantic TSB Investigation Team
Education
2022 Diploma Photographic Arts and Production, SPAO
2018 One-year part-time mentoring, Michael Tardioli, SPAO
2018 Palladium Printing and Piezo Digital Negatives, Jon Cone Press
2017 Portrait Concepts Masterclass, SPAO
2016 The Art of Digital Printmaking (advanced), Jim Lamont
2016 From Capture to Print Masterclass, Michael Tardioli
1991 Ph.D. Human Factors
Publicity
Charlatan Magazine, January 2024
In Town and Out CBC Radio, October 7th, 2023
Apt613, October 2023
PhotoEd Magazine, October 2023