John Q Meyer GuitarARt
John Q Meyer - Modern Artist
John Q Meyer is a mixed media juried artist living near Chicago, IL. He cuts, removes, reconstructs, re-wires, and adds rusty metal, wood, and leather to what were formerly perfectly good guitars.
John was born in Chicago, and has lived there his entire life.
John is a mixed media, juried artist living near Chicago, IL. He enjoys sawing, cutting, re-wiring, and reconstructing Guitars. Adding in rusty metal, wood, gauges, gears, bearings, and leather to what were formerly perfectly good guitars to create an entirely new feel and message. As a former Aerospace Engineer and Musician, he has combined these passions into pieces which can be utilized as pure Art or at times, functioning instruments.
He has climbed through abandoned factories and junk yards collecting artifacts for these pieces. He tears apart electronics, vintage telephones, phonographs, and projectors to create the appearance of a mechanical mousetrap in his GuitarARt.
Whether it is vintage car parts, old clock springs, bearings, or gears, the GuitarARt becomes a new reconstructed image, with a new theme and feel.
Using old car parts, old clock parts, Bearings, Gears, and other mechanisms old or new, John Q. Meyer creates a new guitar art form. He cuts, routes, and re-wires these guitars to create visually stimulating pieces that are modern, and classical at the same time. Themes vary from Cyberpunk to Americana
Education
1982 - 1986
University of Illiinois
2000 - 2002
Northwestern University
Exhibitions
Solo
2021
Evanston Art & Big Fork - August 13-15, 2021.
Dear John Meyer
A huge congratulations on your acceptance to the Evanston Art & Big Fork Festival! We look forward to having you exhibit your work on August 13-15, 2021.
2021
Gold Coast Art Fair - Sat & Sun, Aug 21-22, 2021.
Chicago, IL - Grant Park. Butler Field. $10 entrance fee. Kids free.
Contact Me
224-250-8918