John Sturgeon is an electronic media artist, practicing in video, installation, performance and interactive forms. His work has received continuing support, with major awards and fellowships including: three National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artists Fellowships, several NEA media arts and state supported production grants, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fulbright Scholar Abroad Fellowship.

Throughout the 1970's, 80's and 90's, Sturgeon has consistently utilized emerging forms of electronic media to articulate a quest for a spiritual persona. His electronic adaptations of ritualistic practices question the role of electronic media in the process of self creation/discovery and community formation, while creating a unique space for the contemplation of these issues.

His work has exhibited nationally, including such notable solo commissions as a video installation by the Museum of Modern Art, NYC, a commissioned performance by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and a retrospective exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art-Boston. His video tapes have been exhibited extensively, including the Whitney Biennal and aired on PBS’s "New Television Series", as well as notable cablecasts and international broadcasts.

Internationally, Sturgeon has participated in numerous exhibitions and symposiums, such as: Castle of Imagination- international meeting of performance artists, Poland; Symposium Moor '92, in Germany, ISEA - the International Symposium on Electronic Arts, the 1976 Biennale of Sydney, Second Link-Video 80's at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam & the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, Third Videonale Bonn, Germany, Videobrasil, Festival Fotoptica Museu da Imagem e do Som, Sao Paulo, Brazil and The Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria.

Sturgeon’s art work is included in the collections of major museums and institutions throughout the world. For thirty years, he has exhibited and lectured internationally on his work, including two "Video View Points" lectures at The Museum of Modern Art, NYC as well as conceiving and chairing a College Art Association panel on experimental media and issues of politics, economics, and content.

John Sturgeon serves as Professor of Art and Chair of the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He currently resides and maintains his studio in Baltimore, Maryland.