I occasionally photographs rooms and buildings.
Chicago, IL
noahvaughn@gmail.com
Education
- BFA, Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1993
Selected Exhibitions
- Lens 2023, Perspective Gallery, Evanston IL, group, 2023
- Photo for Non-Majors (Part 2), Humble Arts Foundation, online, group, 2021
- Vicinity 2020, Perspective Gallery, Evanston IL, group, 2020
- Not Knowing, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL, group, 2017
- FORM 2017: Hybrid Ground, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago IL, group, 2017
- The Structure, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights IL, group, 2016
- 4th Annual Bridgeport Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Gallery, Chicago IL, group, 2016
- 38th Annual Beverly Art Competition and Exhibit, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago IL, group (Photographic/Digital Award), 2014
- Trip Hazard, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Fest 2014 / South Logan Arts Coalition, Chicago IL, group, 2014
- Petty Thieves Three, photo projection curated by Empty Stretch, Washington D.C., group, 2013
- Never a Lovely So Real, Frogman Gallery/Pop-Up Art Loop, Chicago IL, group, 2013
- SLAC Spaces, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Fest 2013 / South Logan Arts Coalition, Chicago IL, group, 2013
- Dead Space: Photography by Noah Vaughn, Saki, Chicago IL , solo, 2012
- Rockin’ the Dan Ryan, Underscene Warehouse Gallery, Chicago IL, group, 2006
- Urban Edges VIII, Barrington Area Arts Council Galley, Barrington IL, group, 2004
- End of the Oil-igarchy: Chicago’s Annual Anti-Auto Show Art Show, Heaven Galley 900, Chicago IL, group, 2002
- Third Annual Critical Mass Art Show, Butcher Shop Gallery, Chicago IL, group, 2000
- Fifteenth Annual Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Central Missouri State University Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg MO, group, 2000
- Contemporary Painting, Erector Square Galleries, New Haven CT, group, 1999
- Re-Presentation, Boise State University Visual Arts Center, Boise ID, group, 1999
- Art in the Woods ‘97, Art in the Woods Gallery, Overland Park KS, group, 1997
- Paintings by Noah Vaughn, Illinois Central College Performing Arts Center Gallery, East Peoria IL, solo, 1996
- Vaughn, Spann, Spidale, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside IL, group, 1994
- The Scope of the Landscape: Urban and Rural, The North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago IL , group, 1993
Professional Activities
- JohnAMallin.com, photo contributor, 2015-present
- ChicagoScreenshots.com, site author, 2011-present
- ForgottenChicago.com, photo contributor, 2010-2012
Selected Features/Press (online)
- Q & A with Noah Vaughn, Belt Magazine, 2014
- Noah Vaughn and the Chicago Landscape, Plane of Focus, 2012
- Dead Space Exhibit Captures Living Decay, NorthbyNorthwestern.com, 2012
- Noah Vaughn, Photographer, ChicagoMag.com, 2011
- Chicagoland, BLDGBLOG.com, 2011
- DMO Galleries (guest photoblogger) (archived version), 2011
- ChicagoPhotobloggers.org interview (archived version), 2010
Publications/Etc.
- The Sorrowful and the Glorious: a Deconstructed Church and an Unexpected Apology, Commonweal Magazine, May 2022 vol. 149 no.5, accompanying photo
- John Anton Mallin: Ecclesiastical Artist and Decorator in Twentieth-Century Chicago, Sacred Architecture Journal, Issue 32, cover and article photos (images/info), 2017
- Chicago’s Historic Churches are Worth Saving, Part 1: Preservationists Prepare for a Crisis, chicago.curbed.com, photos, 2016
- Spatial Sacrality and the Budgetary Wrecking Ball, Sacred Architecture Journal, Issue 28, photos, 2015
- Jeff Kimmel Quartet CD Charm Offensive, cover photo, 2011
- New Homes for Old Church Treasures, U.S. Catholic Magazine, April 2011 vol.76 no.4, accompanying photo
- A Last Look at 825-831 South Wabash, BlueprintChicago.org, text and photos, 2010
- Urban Wasteland – New Life for Disused Land, Bauwelt, issue 36 September 2010, photos
(last updated 3/2/23)