Ian John Solomon (1997) is an Emmy award winning interdisciplinary artist-journo from Detroit, Michigan. After receiving his B.A. in broadcast journalism and a stint as a congressional reporter in D.C., he found his love for community and storytelling required a more expansive modality. Ian's interdisciplinary lens based practice explores themes of identity, ancestry, community and ecology. Deeply motivated by environment, Ian uses land as foundation for artistic expression and questioning.
Ian has exhibited and won awards across Michigan and Ohio, including being a 2023 Summer Fellow at Ox-Bow School of Art, 2024 Playground Detroit Fellow and 2024 Cranbrook Art Museum Purchase Award Nominee. Most recently, Ian received two Emmy nominations, an Emmy Award and a First Place award from the Society of Professional Journalists as host of a PBS-Great Lakes Now series’ Ian Outside’. Ian received his Masters of Fine Art Photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art in May 2024.
