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John is a Chicago native who earned his B.F.A. in Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2001. He was ordained a Permanent Deacon for the Archdiocese of Chicago in 2015 and was assigned to Blessed Aloysius Stepinac Croatian Catholic Mission, where he assists the Croatian Franciscans of North America.

John has been an artist his entire life. His work includes murals in schools, airports, and public buildings, with his most recent Chicago murals featured in the Chicago Sun Times and international publications. He has created works for multiple Archdiocesan buildings and churches in Chicago, including a life-size Divine Mercy painting at St. John the Evangelist in St. John’s, Indiana.

At Northridge, John teaches Art & Music in both Middle School and High School. He continues to work on commission for portraits and landscapes and as a live painter at weddings and events.