John Sparagana received his M.F.A. from Stanford University in 1987, and has been on the faculty at Rice University since 1989. He has presented exhibitions of his work in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and internationally. Sparagana has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Cité International Des Arts, Paris (through Stanford University). He has published several books, most recently a collaboration with David Grubbs and Reto Geiser, Projectile (Drag City, 2021).