We are John and Anni Furniss, an artist couple living in the Pacific Northwest.
Welcome to our page, where we share about art, blindness, mental health and disability awareness.
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Our Story
Exhibitions
12/08 & 8/09 – Mon Ami Café (Vancouver, WA) solo
7/09 – Grind Coffee House (Vancouver, WA) group
10/09 - Dada Vancouver (Vancouver, WA) group
12/09 – Lincoln’s Gallery (Vancouver, WA) group
1/10 – Paper Tiger (Vancouver, WA) group
2/10 - Launch Pad Gallery, The Love Show (Portland OR) group
2/10 – Brickhouse (Vancouver, WA) group
3/10 – Hidden Gallery (Vancouver, WA) group
7/10 – Angst Gallery (Vancouver, WA) duo
7/10 – Sixth Street Gallery (Vancouver, WA) group
2/11 - Tryckpress Galleri (Vancouver, WA) group
2/11 - Angst Gallery (Vancouver, WA) group
2/11 - Gallery Homeland, The Love Show (Portland, OR) group
4/11 - Cascade AIDS Project Art Auction (Portland, OR) group
4/11-7/11 - Crow Arts Manor, Milepost 5 (Portland, OR) group
5/11 - Urban Grower's Market (Vancouver, WA) group
11/11 - Siren Nation, Albina Press (Portland, OR) group
12/12 - Mon Ami Cafe (Vancouver, WA) group
4/12 - Cascade AIDS Project Art Auction (Portland, OR) group
6/12 - Angst Gallery (Vancouver, WA) group
10/12 – Angst Gallery (Vancouver, WA) group
4/13 – Mon Ami Café (Vancouver, WA) group
4/13 – Cascade AIDS Project Art Auction (Portland, OR) group
9/13 – Angst Gallery (Vancouver, WA) group
11/13 – Angst Gallery (Vancouver, WA) solo
2/14 – Archer Gallery (Vancouver, WA) group
3/14 – Kiggins Theatre / Film Festival (Vancouver, WA) group
6/14 – Compass Coffee (Vancouver, WA) solo
5/15 – Cascade AIDS Project Art Auction (Portland, OR) group
Voice Catcher
The Phoenix
The Vancouver Voice
North Bank Magazine
The Oregonian
Willamette Week
Portland Mercury
The Columbian
Vancouver Vector
Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Jimmy Be Free (CD Cover)
Ladytown (CD Cover)
Sindicate (CD Cover)
Serenity in the Brutal Garden (Book Cover)
Projects
Rumi Speaks Art Card Line Owner & Artist (2011-2014)
GRACE Project (Grass Roots Art for Creative Empowerment) Director (2010-2013)
CouvFestNW Director & Music/Vendor Booking (2011)
The Space Artist Collective Board Member (2010)
Guerrilla-Media Partner (2009-2011)
Keys to the City Artist, Photographer & Videographer (2012-2014)
Portrait of a Town Photographer (2013)
Teaching
GRACE Project – Art instruction in multiple homeless shelters throughout Clark County (2010-2013)
VSAA – “Blind” sensory sculpture workshop with middle school students (11/14)
Cascade Park Library – Cardboard Self Portraits with high school students (1/15)
Awards
Niche Poetry Award Winner (2013)
Best Video “John” – Archer Gallery Group Show (2014)
Best Photographer of Clark County 2014 – Runner Up
Education
Fine Arts Program / Clark College, Vancouver WA (2012-2014)
Photography coursework / Mt. Hood Community College, Portland OR (2008)
2010 - present
2010 - present