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Born in Glasgow, John graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1990 and from The Royal College of Art in 1993, specialising in Printed and Mixed Media Textiles. His working practice includes painting, printmaking and textile design.
His paintings are inspired by observations of urban and domestic life and form a narrative; they are captured moments from actual events mixed with remembered ones, depicting people in ordinary everyday settings. The daily mundane activities we all do or see. The sometimes ambiguous scenes and the titles encourage the viewer to continue their own narrative. This narrative approach has also been extended to his practice as a successful and award-winning textile designer and he is in the process of creating a collection of narrative-based printed textiles for the interiors market.
He has exhibited regularly with London galleries such as Lena Boyle, Modern Artists Gallery, StART Space, Pryory Art, Cadogan Contemporary, Thompson’s and Macgregor Fine Art. He has also been involved in group exhibitions in Glasgow, Oxford, Bristol, Edinburgh Miami and New York. His work is included in The Fleming-Wyfold Foundation Collection, London as well as numerous private collections.
John is also currently employed as a part-time lecturer on the BA Textile Design course at Norwich University of The Arts.
Group Exhibitions
Mar 2016, Lynn Stainers Painters, Mall Galleries, London
Jun 2016 – Ashursts Art Prize, Ashursts, London
Jan 2015 – Hidden In Plain Sight, NUA, Norwich
Sep 2015 – Gemini Art Prize, Menier Gallery, London
Mar 2013 – Macgregor Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland
May 2013 – Palace Art Fair, Fulham, London
Jul 2013 – London Print Studio, LPS, London
Dec 2013 – London Foodie, Islington, London
Jan 2012 – REPEAT, NUA, Norwich
Aug 2011 – Cork Street Open, 28 Cork Street, London
Aug 2011 – Bite, Mall Galleries, London
Sep 2011 – Brighton Art Fair, Corn Exchange, Brighton
Feb 2010 – Lena Boyle, Ashursts, London
Mar 2010 – Originals, Mall Galleries, London
Mar 2010 – Start Space, Columbia Road, London
Aug 2010 – Cork Street Open, 28 Cork Street, London
Aug 2010 – Thompson’s, Marylebone, London
Jan 2009 – Modern Artists Gallery, Pangbourne, Berkshire
Jan 2009 – Start Space, Columbia Road, London
Aug 2009 – Cork Street Open, 28 Cork street, London
Oct 2009 -Brighton Art Fair, Corn Exchange, Brighton
Dec 2009 – Start Space, Columbia Road, London
Dec 2009 – Modern Artists Gallery, Pangbourne, Berkshire
Oct 2008 – Modern Artists, Pangbourne, Berkshire
Dec 2008 – Modern Artists Gallery, Pangbourne, Berkshire
Jun 2007 – Lena Boyle, Fulham, London
Jul 2007 – Piers Feetham, Fulham, London
Mar 2007 – Jennifer Gerard, Abingdon, Oxford
Mar 2006 – Thompson’s, Marylebone, London
Feb 2005 – Thompson’s, Marylebone, London
Jun 2005 – Thompson’s, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Dec 2005 – Lena Boyle, Fulham, London
Jan 2004 – Urban Art, Fleming Collection, London
Feb 2004 – Thompson’s, City Gallery, London
Dec 2004 – Thompson’s, City Gallery, London
Jul 2003 – Cadogan Contemporary, Chelsea, London
Jul 2003 – Start Space, Columbia Road, London
Sep 2003 – Thompson’s, City Gallery, London
Dec 2003 – Thompson’s, City Gallery, London
Art Fairs
Oct 2013 – Lena Boyle Fine Art, Affordable Art Fair, London
Jun 2012 – Lena Boyle Fine Art, Olympia Art Fair, London
Mar 2012 – Neville Contemporary, Affordable Art Fair, London
May 2012 – Neville Contemporary, Affordable Art Fair, Bristol.
Jan 2011 – Lena Boyle Fine Art, London Art Fair, London
Jan 2010 – Lena Boyle, London Art Fair, London
Sep 2010 – Brighton Art Fair, Corn Exchange, Brighton
Oct 2010 – Palace Art Fair, Fulham, London
Jan 2008 – Lena Boyle, London Art Fair, London
Mar 2008 – Start Space, Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow
Feb 2007 – Piers Feetham, 20/21 Art Fair, London
May 2007 – BCAF, Battersea, London
Oct 2007 – Lena Boyle, Affordable Art Fair, London
Jan 2006 – Lena Boyle, London Art Fair, London
May 2006 – Thompson’s, Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow
Jan 2005 – Start Space, Miami Art Fair, Miami
May 2005 – BCAF, Battersea, London
Oct 2005 – Lena Boyle, Affordable Art Fair, London
Nov 2005 – BCAF, Battersea, London
Jan2004 – Start Space, London Art Fair, London
Apr 2004 – Start Space, Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow
May 2004 – BCAF, Battersea, London
May 2003 – BCAF, Battersea, London
Jul 2003 – Fresh Art, Islington, London
Oct 2003 – Start Space, Affordable Art Fair, London
Nov 2003 – Start Space, Affordable Art Fair, New York
Education
Master of Arts – Mixed Media Textiles, Royal College of Art, 1991-1993
BA Hons – Printed Textiles, Glasgow School of Art, 1986-1990
