John Medina was born in 1980 in Corpus Christi, Texas.  He currently lives and resides in Dekalb, IL, where he is finishing up his MFA in Sculpture at Northern Illinois University.  Medina is an innovator in the sculpture field, having created the world's first anaglyph sculptures.  These multi-media sculptures are enhanced by the use of red and cyan 3-D glasses.  His work focuses on dishonesty and irrational childhood fear and how that relates to the ways in which we consume and process information as a society.  He has exhibited both nationally and internationally, most recently at Kishwaukee College in Malta, Illinois and as a part of the New Capital group show at the Converso Gallery for Art Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.  

Medina is a part of Dumbo Press, a performance group that combines printmaking, sculpture and installation in an effort to make the art world more accessible to the general public.  He is also a writer for the satirical blog, Lighter Fluid, Match, which takes a cynical and humorous approach to art history.  Most recently he was one of the founders and Conference Coordinators for The Jackalope Art Conference, a new forward thinking art conference advocating in-depth discussions in contemporary art making and studio practice.