John Sanborn
- January 9, 2024
- Video Artist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | John Sanborn |
| Occupation | Video Artist |
| Date Of Birth | Nov 24, 1954(1954-11-24) |
| Age | 70 |
| Birthplace | Huntington |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | West Virginia |
| Horoscope | Sagittarius |
John Sanborn Biography
| Name | John Sanborn |
| Birthday | Nov 24 |
| Birth Year | 1954 |
| Place Of Birth | Huntington |
| Home Town | West Virginia |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
| Spouse | Sarah Cahill |
| Children(s) | Miranda Sanborn |
John Sanborn is one of the most popular and richest Video Artist who was born on November 24, 1954 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States.
In the late 1970s Sanborn was one of the artists-in-residence at TV Lab at Thirteen/WNET, an experimental environment started by the Rockefeller Foundation and Nam June Paik as a playpen for video artists to create works for broadcast television. He also created works for the VISA series (originated by Paik) and showed installations at the Whitney Museum, participating in two Biennial Exhibitions.
In the 1980s Sanborn was an artist-in-residence at the 1980 Winter Olympics “Olympic Fragments” as well as one of the first directors with work appearing on MTV where he created over 30 music/videos including works with Nile Rodgers, Rick James, Sammy Hagar, Philip Glass, Tangerine Dream, Peter Gordon, Grace Jones, King Crimson and Van Halen. At the request of Jim Fouratt at the nightclub Danceteria, he created the first “video lounge” and hired video artists to VJ video clips and video art. The lounge became a cultural phenomenon in New York City.
John Sanborn Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Video Artist |
| House | Living in own house. |
John Sanborn is one of the richest Video Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Sanborn 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
John Sanborn (born 1954) was a key member of the second wave of American video artists that included Bill Viola, Gary Hill, Dara Birnbaum and Tony Oursler. Sanborn’s body of work spans the early days of experimental video art in the 1970s through the heyday of MTV music/videos and interactive art to digital media art of today.
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Who is John Sanborn Dating?
According to our records, John Sanborn married to Sarah Cahill. As of December 1, 2023, John Sanborn’s is not dating anyone.
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In the 21st century, while continuing to make art, Sanborn became a corporate creative director for public companies. In 2000 he built a digital division for the basic cable network Comedy Central, and developed in house creative agencies for eBay (2003–2006) and Shutterfly (2006–2014), where he retired with the title of Vice President, Creative Services.
Facts & Trivia
Ranked on the list of most popular Video Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John Sanborn celebrates birthday on November 24 of every year.
After returning to making media art full-time Sanborn created “PICO” (Performance Indeterminate Cage Opera) a 90-minute live performance “happening” in celebration of the centenary of American Composer John Cage. The work featured 8 musicians, six video channels, 32 dancers and over 90 audience participants. It premiered before a sold-out house at the Berkeley Art Museum in 2012. Sanborn then turned the live event into a video memoir that played at film and video festivals worldwide.