EDUCATION
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University
Studies with Ernst Haas and Jay Maisel, Maine Photographic Workshop
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 (to 2012) The Nashville Metropolitan Airport, Nashville, TN
2011 The River Discovery Center Museum, Paducah, KY
2010 Platinum Reflections, Vanderbilt
2010 The River Inside, A traveling museum exhibition of platinum prints, co-sponsored by the
Tennessee State Museum and the Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, Dubuque, Iowa
2010 The Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN
2010 The Delta Heritage Museum, Helena, AR
2009 The Mud Island Museum, Memphis, TN
2009 The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri
2008 The Mississippi River Museum, Dubuque, Iowa
2008 The Tennessee State Museum
2007 River, TAFH gallery, L.A., CA
2007 Noble Elements, The Arts Company, Nashville, TN
2004 Entry, with Paul McLean, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
2002 Fire, Bohan Art Gallery, Nashville
2001 John Guider, Marnie Sheridan Gallery, Harpeth Hall School, Nashville
2001 Sean, with Paul McLean, Attic Gallery, Nashville
1999 “Arts in the Atrium,” with Paul Harmon, Brentwood
1999 Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville
1998 Italy, The Arts Company, Nashville
1996 Paris, Musée de Maillie, Nashville
1997 “Flying Solo,” Nashville International Airport
1994 Un Été du Vin, American Cancer Society
1990 Flo ra li a, Cheekwood Botanic Hall, Nashville
1986 Reflections, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville
1984 John Guider: A Collection, Annie S. Kemmerer Museum, Bethlehem, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 The River, Gallery One, Nashville, TN, 2010, recipient of the juror’s choice award
2008 Water Planet, The State capitol of New Mexico, Santa Fe
2006 Southeaster College Art Conference, Invitational gallery Exhibit
2006 Ingram Gallery, Premier opening, Vanderbilt University
2004 Artists for Oasis: Ten Year Anniversary Show, The Arts Company
2001 Faculty Art Exhibition, Watkins College of Art, Nashville, TN
2003 A Celebration of Fine Photography, The Arts Company
2000 Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
1999 Studio 209, Fort Worth, TX
1998 Warner Brothers/Reprise Records, Nashville
1985 Central South Exhibition, The Parthenon, Nashville, TN
1983 Southern Arts Federation, Atlanta, GA
1982 Southern Photographers (George Tice, Juror) Red Mountain Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
1981 Southeastern Photography Biennial, Asheville, NC
COLLECTIONS
The Tennessee State Museum, Nashville
Broadcast Music Incorporated, Nashville
Broadcast Music Incorporated, London
Dollar General Corporation, Nashville
Opryland Hotel, Nashville
Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Metropolitan Nashville Airport
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2000 (to 2001) Nashville Public Library (one of five photographers commissioned to create
inaugural documentary project for a new building designed by Robert A.M. Stern)
PUBLICATIONS
2008 The River Inside, narrative and photographs by John Guider, FRP Press, 2008
Cover photograph for Taft, a novel by Ann Patchett
Cover photograph for Praying for Sheetrock, a novel by Melissa Fay Greene
2009 (to 2011) Nashville Arts Magazine, numerous articles
AWARDS
2010 Beautiful Minds Finalist, national Council on Ageing
2005 Award of Excellence —Communication Arts, Photography Annual
2004 Graphis Poster Annual
2003 (1978) Addy Awards (Nashville, District) — American Advertising Federation
1997 Certificate of Design Excellence — Print Regional Design Annual
1995 National Citation of Merit — American Advertising Federation
1994 Excalibur Award — American Cancer Society (Infrared images of Sonoma Valley wineries
for Un Été du Vin)
1990 Award of Excellence — Communication Arts Photography Annual 1990 (Polaroid transfer
images of Amy Grant’s farm, American Cancer Society)
1977 Best of Show — Nashville Art Directors
BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTED)
2010 Earth Day Nashville, Featured Speaker
2010 Ertelt, Bonnie Arant, “River Run” Vanderbilt Magazine, Spring
2010 Colette, Sophie, “John Guider, Visions in Platinum” Nashville Arts Magazine
2009 John Seigenthaler’s Word on Words, NPT, Featured Author
2009 (2008, 2007, 2003) Bolger, Terry, Five Feature Stories, Channel Four News, Nashville, TN
2008 Southern Festival of Books, Featured Author
2008 The River Inside, bio-doc by Ruckus Films
2007 Santa Fe Photo Arts Festival, Featured Speaker
2006 Ross, Alan, “Braving the mighty Mississippi” American Profile Magazine, Franklin, TN, October
2003 Bostick, Alan, “Photographer Changes Focus, Sets Sights on River Journey,” The Tennessean,
Nashville, TN
2003 Bostick, Alan, “Guider Surely Has Tales to Tell After 3-Month Canoe Journey,” The
Tennessean, Nashville, TN
2003 Creamer, Colleen, “Rolling On the River,” The City Paper, Nashville, TN, October 20.
2004 Rose, Meryl, Feature Story, Talk of the Town, News Channel 5, Nashville, TN, February
2003 Tate, Mindy, “Franklin Man Begins Canoe Trek to Gulf,” The Review Appeal, Franklin, TN,
August 10.
2003 Tate, Mindy, “100 Days Alone on the Mississippi,” The Review Appeal, Franklin, TN, November