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

I would like to gratefully acknowledge funding from these organizations in exhibiting my work

Selected Exhibitions

2025 Stillwater, Corridor 45|75, City of Ottawa Public Gallery,
LRT Rideau Station
2024 Infinitely Varied and Without Bound, Cowee Arts and Heritage
Centre in Franklin, North Carolina, USA
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

2023 PhotoEd Water, digital edition
2023. Charlatan Magazine, January 2024

Awards and Achievements

2024 Awarded 2 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grants
2024 Awarded Articipate Exhibition Grant
2024 Presented the project Stillwater at Carleton University’s
Climate Commons ‘Noons for Now’ teach-in
2023          Twelve works selected by MP Anita Vandenbeld for public
dissemination to 50, 000 households
2023          Awarded Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant
2023          Awarded Articipate Exhibition Grant
2022          Works collected into the City of Ottawa permanent collection
2022          Award of Visual Merit – Best Portfolio, SPAO Diploma Program
2019          A+ Juried Exhibition Honorable Mention (Silver Gelatin)
2015         Purchase of works by the National Capital Commission
2014 Public Service Award of Excellence, Exemplary Contribution
Under Extraordinay 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

OSCAR, January 2025
Charlatan Magazine, January 2024
In Town and Out CBC Radio, October 7th, 2023
Apt613, October 2023
PhotoEd Magazine, October 2023