John D. Freyer

John D. Freyer is an Associate Professor of Cross Disciplinary Media in the Department of Photography + Film at Virginia Commonwealth University. His practice bridges art and public engagement through explorations of everyday objects and social narratives.

• B.A. from Hamilton College
• M.A. & M.F.A. from University of Iowa

Research focuses on consumer culture critique and social practice art, examining commodity fetishism, narrative circulation, and public space interventions. Key projects include All My Life for Sale (personal object commodification), Big Boy (cultural symbolism), and participatory works Free Ice Water and Free Hot Coffee.

His work has been reviewed in The New Yorker, The Sunday London Times, and featured on NBC’s The Today Show. Awards include Fulbright Scholarship and Macdowell Colony Fellowship. Recent exhibitions: Mixed Greens Gallery (New York), Liverpool Biennial Fringe, and Tate Modern's 2018 Tate Exchange Associate program.