Primary locations of residence: Corona del Mar, CA. Laguna Beach, CA.
Capistrano Beach, CA. San Diego, Kauai Hawaii, San Clemente, CA.

Education:

San Diego State College 1964-1970, Bachelor of Arts degree, Liberal Arts and Sciences in Biology

Recreation / Interests:

Surfing, Freediving and Spearfishing, Native American art of California

Career Experiences:

1970 Kauai, Hawaii, Construction, Art Sales associated with the Mandala Art Gallery in Kapaa, Kauai..

1970-1972 Art Sales - participant in Sawdust Festival, Laguna Beach 1971, Construction, Composite manufacturing portable fiberglass composite shelter called Turtle Dome. Introduction to Buckminster Fuller.

1973-1976 Composite tooling, Coast Catamaran (Hobie Cat) This experience included master pattern making, welding, all phases of composite tooling and prototype manufacture. The product produced was primarily tooling for the 18' Hobie Catamaran.

1975-1983 Work Association with Buckminster Fuller . During this time interval several full scale prototypes of previously un-built geodesic domes were described by Buckminster Fuller. Responsibilities included geometric analysis. Master pattern creation, tooling fabrication, part fabrication and assembly. John worked with the Molded Fiberglass Concrete Forms Company in Costa Mesa, CA, a subsidiary of Morrison Molded Fiberglass of Ohio. Three large structures were created titled Fly's Eye domes. Subsequently a project was initiated with Sir Norman Foster and Associates, of London with a novel structure called "Deresonated Tensegrity". The termination of this time period was marked by the death of Buckminster Fuller.

1983 Bogota Colombia SA. Project manager and composite tooling specialist for a joint venture between a Southern California company, Miralite, and a Colombian Company, Cosmotec, in order to create tooling for a 7 meter (24') diameter parabolic earth station antenna in Colombia. In a two month time period the antenna was created and put 'on-the-air' . This tooling became the manufacturing basis for the Colombian corporation. This tooling has now produced dozens of these earth station antennas.

1984-1987 Employment by the Miralite Company as project manager for the creation of a unique 5 meter (17') diameter 'off-set' focal point parabolic reflector for a transmit-receive antenna for communication earth station networks. These antennas were utilized by corporations and educational institutions for teleconferencing. The subsequent 1986 disaster of the space shuttle Challenger marked the functional end of the Miralite Company. Communication satellites were suspended from Space Shuttle launch. Since then the Miralite Company has been resurrected.

1987 Employment for Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an 'on-site, project liaison' for the Deep Space Antenna Network upgrade in preparation for the historic Voyager 2 spacecraft 'Neptune Flyby'. The product was an interim 30' diameter composite subreflector for the DSN antenna in Australia. This large precision component was built at an aerospace company in San Diego under contract with NASA.

1987-1991 Employment with the design firm Dubin and Moore , Laguna Beach, CA. Responsibilities included accurate drafting from rough sketches through manufacturing and installation of 'art furniture' and architectural patination. Primary client was Steve Chase and Associates, Rancho Mirage, CA. Other Dubin and Moore projects included Art in Public Places installation titled 'High Tech Totem' with Developer Leland Enterprises.

1991-2003 Self-employment as independent fine artist in the field of sculpture and furniture. Primary sculptural method is fabricated steel including stainless. Outdoor and indoor work has been produced for Southern California and San Jose del Cabo in Baja California, Mexico . Currently most of the year is spent in fulfilling commissions. From this period of time John Warren has been continuously remained an exhibitor within the Laguna Beach, Festival of Arts. The Festival of Arts is an institutionalized, jurried art exhibition that runs from July through August annually in association with the Pageant of the Masters. Trios Gallery in Solana Beach, CA represents John Warren.