John Steck Jr.

A visual artist and educator whose practice focuses on the creation of photographic and ephemeral objects through light-sensitive emulsions and experimental processes. His work addresses the complex relationship between memory, time, and impermanence through images that fade or form over time. He has exhibited his work across more than twenty states and six countries. In 2025 he presented the project Beneath the Layers at the Metamorphosis of Time conference at the University of Gdansk, and in 2024 he held the solo exhibition A Silver Memory at the Moreau Gallery of Saint Mary’s College, bringing together six bodies of work developed over more than twelve years. His work has been featured in over fifty publications and he has participated in artist residencies in Iceland, Ireland, Canada, and the United States. He is a member of the International Society for the Study of Time and currently serves as Photography Coordinator and Senior Lecturer at the Center for Visual Arts at Johns Hopkins University.