Jonn Herschend

Bio

Raised in a Midwestern amusement park, Jonn Herschend is an interdisciplinary artist preoccupied with how emotional confusion, absurdity and veracity play out in the realm of the everyday. His performances, video work, photos and paintings have been exhibited both nationally and internationally, including the 2007 Stuttgarter Filmwinter Film festival in Stuttgart, Germany; Koh-i-noor Gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark; and the 2006 Flaherty Film Seminar at Vassar College in New York. Within the San Francisco Bay Area, where he lives and works, his work has been exhibited at Southern Exposure, The Lab, Intersection for the Arts, and The Pacific Film Archive. He is the co-founder and co-editor of the experimental publication, “THE THING.”