John Dalterio

Connecticut, USA

BIO

John Dalterio is a visual artist working across photography, installation, sound, and time-based media. His work explores perception, myth-making, and the quiet thresholds between the everyday and the extraordinary. He has exhibited internationally in the United States, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Peru, with work shown at venues including Robert Klein Gallery, Bromfield Gallery, Gallery Kayafas, and Museo Lugar de la Memoria in Lima.

Dalterio’s work is held in public collections, including a recent acquisition by the Connecticut Office of the Arts for permanent installation at Central Connecticut State University. He was selected as an artist-in-residence by the ARNA Organization in Sweden and received the MFA Teaching Fellowship from Lesley University. He lives and works in Connecticut.

EDUCATION

MFA, Photography and Integrated Media
Lesley Art + Design, Cambridge, MA

BFA, Photography
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

COLLECTIONS & PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS

2025
Rippling Pond, Archival Inkjet Print, 32 × 21.34 in
Acquired by the Connecticut Office of the Arts
Permanent installation at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

2020
Ola and Clause, Soundscape and found-object installation
ARNA Organization, Harlösa, Sweden

2016
Untitled (HTML5 Bouncing Ball), Permanent digital publication
The Garden Review, Mexico City, MX

SOLO & SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2018
Atropa, Bella Donna, Solo exhibition (site-specific installation)
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

Padre Patria (Fatherland) & Las Orquídeas, Moving image installation
Museo Lugar de la Memoria, Lima, Peru
(with Andrew Mroczek and Juan Barbosa-Gabo)

MFA Thesis Exhibition: The Lightning Calculator, Interactive installation
Raizes Gallery, Lesley Art + Design, Cambridge, MA

2017
Suggested for You (Hyperbola Blue), Interactive installation
Gallery South, Cambridge, MA

Suggested for You (Hyperbola Blue), Permanent virtual installation
localhost.gallery

2016
Nonlinear (Hyperbola Blue), Site-sensitive installation
Gallery South, Cambridge, MA

Hammarlunda Mölla: Gallery of Creative Processes, Mixed media
Kalk Gallery, Hammarlunda, Sweden

PUBLICATIONS

2016
“The Photographic Book in Digital Times”
VASA Journal on Images and Culture, Budapest, Hungary

2016
Permanent digital work
The Garden Review, Mexico City, MX

ARTIST TALKS & RESIDENCIES

2018
Artist Talk: On Storytelling: Atropa, Bella Donna
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2016
Artist in Residence, The Windmill Project
ARNA Organization, Harlösa, Sweden

Artist Talk: Installation, UX/UI, and Hyperbola Blue
Lunder Center, Gallery South, Cambridge, MA

Artist Talk: Creative Process and Installation
Hammarlunda Mölla, Hammarlunda, Sweden

TEACHING & COMMUNITY PRACTICE (SELECTED)

2025
Program Director, After School Artists’ Circle
Manchester Youth Service Bureau, Manchester, CT

2017–2018
Teaching Artist, My City My Voice
Cambridge Creativity Commons / Gately Youth Center, Cambridge, MA

Adjunct Faculty and Teaching Assistant, Photography and Digital Storytelling
Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA

GRANTS & AWARDS (SELECTED)

2024
CT Humanities “Quick Grant,” After School Artists’ Circle
Manchester Youth Commission, “Youth-Led Program Grant,” After School Artists’ Circle

2017
MFA Teaching Fellowship
Lesley University College of Art and Design

DiSilva Scholarship

2016
Presidential Scholarship, MFA Photography
Lesley University College of Art and Design

John Dalterio Wish The Pickleball Court at the End of the World Death! At Frog Pond Hyperbola Blue Nayara Almagest Atropa Belladonna The Lightning Calculator Hammarlunda Molla CV ︎ ︎