Born in Quincy, MA, John Bonanno dwells on nine acres of gardens & woodland in Hiram, Maine. John retired November 30, 2010 after a career as a mailman in Portland, Maine. He attended the University of Massachusetts in Boston, graduating with a degree in anthropology and a scholarly interest in the tradition of human sacrifice. He drove a taxi in Boston. He served in the United States Navy for four and a half years, first enlisting and then being commissioned after attending officer's candidate school. He has also worked in sales, as a cook, and in radio. This autodidact artist was first shown at the June Fitzpatrick Gallery in Portland Maine. He founded the Unaffiliated Thelemite Association UTA, now in a period of silence. He is devoting more time to his art since his retirement.
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