Ian Green has been an exhibiting artist in San Francisco since the late 1980s. A recipient of a Peter S. Reed Foundation grant, his work has been shown in galleries in San Francisco, Toronto, Houston, Chicago, and Aberdeen, Scotland, and is held in several museum collections. Over the past two years, he has returned to the foundations of his practice (New Landscapes), returning to the aesthetic and conceptual influences of his formative years at the Colorado College Color Photography Program. During this time, the New Topographics movement—defined by its cool, detached examination of human-altered landscapes and the built environment—was at its height. These classes lead by Mark Johnstone and Ben Benschneider featured influential lecturers such as Jerry Burchfield, Nathan Lyons, Kenda North, and John Upton. Ian continues to make works which use photography as a point of departure, exploring the space between representation and abstraction, truth and fiction while working on the New Landscapes series.
