Juan Fernandez (b. 1980, Grand Rapids, MI, USA) is an artist based in the suburbs of Chicago, IL. He is currently an adjunct professor at Waubonsee Community College and Elgin Community College.
His work varies in form, but is conceptually tied to the examination of form, structure, and order and its relationship to authority and identity. His photographs are in various collections including the Rockford Art Museum (IL,USA), The Center for Photography at Woodstock (NY, USA), and in The Midwest Photographers Project at The Museum of Contemporary Photography (IL, USA).
He has also been exhibited in numerous national and international shows including the Catherine Edelman Gallery, Boecker Contemporary in Heidelberg, Germany, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Newspace Center for Photography, the Griffin Museum of Photography, and The Houston Center for Photography.
About ‘That day may come’:
‘That Day May Come’ is an ongoing project in which I work through my issues of anxiety relating to being a husband and a father. I consider the work to be a contemplative collection of moments that illustrate my own fear and hope of living up to the ideal created by my father. As the project and my familial role evolve, I realize that these changes are less about the stress of life than they are real opportunities to create new moments.