John J. Marron
Artist / Writer / Teacher / Zen Life Therapist / Activist / Community Organizer
John is a Zen writer, artist, publisher, Family System Life Coach and lay monk student of Robert Aitken Roshi, Manfred Steger, Perle Besserman, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Krishna Das & Dogen Zenji.
John’s art work embraces Wabi-Sabi, Dada, pure play, chance, sumi-e gestural abstraction and poured acrylic. More recently John has completed multimedia commissions to address food insecurity, LGBTQA+ rights, income inequality and climate change.
John is also a passionate community organizer and activist. His many roles include; Chair of the Highland Park Arts Commission, co-founder of the Highland Park Artist Collective, a member of the HP Main Street Board Member/Art Liaison for Window Art Walk, a Family Therapist at UMDNJ/Rutgers U Behavioral Health for 26 years, the author of Haiku/ Language / Concrete Poetry books “Oiyeau”, “Visual Syntax” & “Blips's, a Coordinator of Jizo Mind/Body Institute (Open Circle Meditation Group), an Olli-Rutgers U instructor, and a team member of the social justice public art project “Windows of Understanding”.
John currently resides in Highland Park, NJ.
