John
Kayser
John
Kayser
John
Kayser
John Kayser (1922-2007, US) lived and worked in Los Angeles, California.
Since the 1960s Kayser had been making photographs and films, yet he wasn’t discovered until after his death. His house and the streets of Los Angeles were stage for the private rituals that defined his obsession with female beauty. His work has been exhibited at Delmes & Zander in Berlin and Cologne, Germany, Galerie Christian Berst in New York, US, FARAGO in Los Angeles, US and The Journal Gallery in Brooklyn, US.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
John Kayser CV
Born in North Dakota in 1922 and died in Los Angeles in 2007.
Lived and worked in Los Angeles, California.
Education/residency
1952
Allied Art School, Glendale, Californië (VS)
1948-1954
Art Center, Los Angeles, Californië (VS)
Solo exhibitions
2019
John Kayser – Photographs and Films, Ampersand Gallery, Portland (VS)
2016
Sitting, The Journal Gallery, New York (VS)
Women, FARAGO, Los Angeles (VS)
2015
Direct Contact, Galerie Christian Berst, New York (VS)
Rose, Ampersand Gallery, Portland (VS)
John Kayser: SITTING – Part I, Delmes & Zander, Cologne (DE)
John Kayser: SITTING – Part II, Delmes & Zander, Berlin (DE)
Group exhibitions
2015
Works in Series – Horst Ademeit, Adelhyd van Bender, William Crawford, John Kayser, Type 42, Delmes & Zander (DE)
Publications
2017
Purple Magazine – John Kayser, Purple 25yrs Anniv. issue 28
2016
Ravelin Magazine – Gazing at the Voyeur, John Kayser at the Journal
New York Observer – How a Photographer’s Secret, Kinky Obsession Wound Up In a Hip Williamsburg Gallery
Paper Magazine – Women on Top | Print Issue
Wall Street Journal Magazine – John Kayser Exhibition Opens in LA
AnOther Magazine – Examining the Strange Sensuality of John Kayser’s Erotica
Huffington Post – The Mystery of John K. and His Trove of Erotic Photographs
2015
Brut Force – Joyful Voyeur: John Kayser’s Playful Intimate Photography
Musee Magazine – John Kayser: Direct Contact at Christian Berst
Need Supply Co. Blog – John Kayser: Direct Contact
Revista Wilco – Desnudos en los años 50 de la mano de John K.
2014
GQ Italia – Nude, vintage e sedute dovunque: le ragazze di John K
art Das Kunstmagazin – John K. – Köln: Hommage an einen unbekannten Künstler
