John Baldassari
John Anthony Baldassari was born in National City, CA on the 17th June 1931, who later became an American conceptual artist who is still known to this day for his work in photography, and was awarded with Honorary Doctorate from Sab Diego State University. Initially, Baldassari was a painter however he started to incorporate texts and photography into his canvass in the mid 1960’s. In 2009, his work exhibition ‘John Baldassari’ was opened at the Tate Modern in London.