John G. Boehme identifies as a cisgender white male of German and Scottish heritage in Victoria, BC, Canada, the lək̓ʷəŋən speaking homeland of the Esquimalt, Songhees peoples. John is an Artist and Educator, teaching Performance Art, Ceramics and Sculpture as a continuing faculty of the Visual Arts Department at Camosun College. His early art practice included painting, sculpture, performance video, digital technology, installation and photography. Boehme describes recent work as "trans-disciplinary," often employing performance, video, audio and objects in some pieces simultaneously; Boehme is not constrained to any particular creative mode and therefore utilizes integrated approaches to realize the work. John continues to have exhibitions and screenings and participates in festivals across Canada, Australia, the Americas, the United Kingdom, Europe and China.

What interests me is the ongoing reformulation of a set of critical interests. These interests draw from my observations of Western society's less-considered compulsions. I explore language and paralanguage, that is, both the spoken and gestural aspects of human communication. The performance of gender, specifically masculinity, valorization of labour, the pursuit of leisure, and marshalling amity are areas of investigation. Live artwork presents a direct relationship with material, action and process, and human interaction, as I understand it. Physical involvement is the most embodied way in which to create meaning. Through durational works, the artist and the audience gain access to the unique experience through such commitment—the archetypal modality of 'performance art,' an experience that unfolds over an extended time. Nothing can replace that learning, that specific duration of being. Although there is no alternative to the durational aspect of performance, I remain interested in the question of the representation of performance. The clear and obvious problem is making the ephemeral available to a larger audience at a different time. Using video to "reconstruct" an event makes publication and discourse possible. Despite its material concerns, believing art is ultimately rendered in the social domain. Concerning multi-disciplinary works, I prefer the alternative term "trans-disciplinary," as it refers to integration between media, as opposed to a sequential use of different forms. I am not constrained to any particular mode; instead, I utilize integrated approaches within my practice. For instance, I simultaneously employ performance, video, audio and objects in several of my pieces.