John Lefelhocz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1967 and grew up in both Richmond, Virginia and Cleveland, Ohio. John studied mixed media at Ohio University. After college, he has owned and operated a bicycle shop in Athens, Ohio with his wife of 23 years while establishing himself as an artist.

He gained international recognition as a Quilt Artist in the late 1990's and has since shown works nationally and internationally in this medium. John also creates works in many other media including sculpture, painting, cartography, and the graphic arts.