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john zinonos

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John Zinonos is a Los Angeles-based New York City-born artist, curator, writer, and olfactive enthusiast. With a multidisciplinary approach, his creative practice spans photography, collage, painting, poetry, and installation—each medium reflecting his deep engagement with perception, memory, and emotional landscapes. Zinonos’ work focuses on intimate, personal, and ethereal vignettes, conveying both fragility and a sense of impending chaos through abstracted storytelling and an observer’s gaze. Most recently, the artist published his first collection of poetry and photography, titled ‘almost too wonderful’ and a zine series of poetry and collages titled ‘he thought oyster mushrooms came from the sea.’ 

John Zinonos is the founder and director of induction gallery. 

EDUCATION 
2018      Sotheby's Institute of Art: MA Art Business 
              Concentration in Museum and Non Profit Management & Curatorial Studies 
2012      CUNY Hunter College, New York: BA Studio Art 
              CUNY Hunter College, New York: BA Creative Writing 

PUBLICATIONS 
almost too wonderful, 2025 
he thought oyster mushrooms came from the sea, vol i, 2025 
he thought oyster mushrooms came from the sea, vol ii, 2025 

POETRY & WRITING 
2025    poem featured on X/X by DONNA COLLECTIVE 
            poems published in French Window, May Issue poems published in French Window, 
           June Issue poems published in Palette, 
           August Issue 
2015   poems published in DONNA COLLECTIVE 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 
2025   CULTUREEDIT Art Auction #4, Los Angeles, CA 
           "In No Particular Order", Pace Gallery, New York, NY 
           "No Boundaries", Lake Lindero Country Club, Agoura Hills, California 
2022   "Wildflowers in the Concrete Jungle", Pace Gallery, New York, NY 
2018   "Olfactive Attractions: Three Parts Water", LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY 
2017   “Olfactive Attractions: The Hanging Eco-Portraits of Governor's Island", Governors Island, NY 
2015    Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY 
           “NEW YORK NOW! 015” Factory-Art Projects, S Artspace, New York, NY

CURATORIAL PROJECTS 
           The Box, Phallus::Fascinum::Fascism, Los Angeles, CA, November 2025 
           Pace Gallery, In No Particular Order, New York, NY, August 2025 
           SPRING/BREAK Art Show, CJ Hendry: DRUG MONEY, New York, NY, March 2019 
           Longhouse Reserve, Olfactive Attractions: Three Parts Water, New York, NY, July 2018 
           SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Antonia Wright: If I Had to Perish Twice, New York, NY, March 2018 
           Sotheby’s Institute of Art, It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s THE YES MEN !!!, New York, NY, November 2017 
           FIGMENT NYC, Olfactive Attractions: The Hanging Eco-portraits of Governor’s Island, New York, NY, June 2017
           Studio 303, New York by Senatori, New York, NY, February 2017 


Selected Works