Following a degree in Fine Art and Photography, John decided to devote his career to teaching. The majority of his professional life was spent at The Sheffield College as a lecturer in Art and Photography, and he now works part time as a lecturer at Lincoln and Huddersfield College.
Throughout his career he has built a comprehensive list of shows, exhibiting as both a painter and a photographer.
Collections:
• Sheffield City Art Galleries (Schools Picture Lending Services)
• Fire Vale (Earl Marshal) School, Sheffield
Murals:
• Open Air Gallery, Devonshire Street, Sheffield, 1977
• Hollywood Parade, Arundel Gate, Sheffield, 1980
• Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, 1987
• Wombwell High School, Barnsley, 1988
Positions:
• Photographer in Residence, Bretton Hall College, February 1983
• Artist in Residence, York Art Gallery, “The Forests of the Night”, 1987
Publications:
• Camera Weekly, 1982
• Arts Yorkshire, 1983
• Image and Exploration, 1985
• Outdoor Action, 1990
Exhibited at:
• Mappin Art Gallery, 1976
• Graves Open Art, 1977
• Graves Open Art (National), 1978
• Kingfield Art Exhibition, 1979
• Graves Open Art, 1979
• Blue Exhibition, Mappin Art Gallery, 1980
• Graves Open Art (National), 1980
• Graves Open Art, 1981
• Graves Open Art (National), 1982
• South Yorkshire Open Art Exhibition, Cooper Gallery, 1983
• Sheffield Open Art Exhibition, 1985
• Mappin Open Art, 1985
• Photographers Gallery, London - “ Images and Exploration”, 1985
Touring to:
Museum of Applied Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1986
Moravian Museum, Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1986
Trades Union Hall, Zilina, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1987
Innsbruck, Kunstverein, Austria, 1987
Galleria Documenta, Turin (Turin Biennale Photo Fair), Italy, 1987
ZPAF Gallery, Kratowice, Warsaw, Poland, 1987
Osrodek Fotofilmowy, Lodz, Poland, 1987
ZPAF Gallery, Krakow, Poland, 1987
National Gallery, Wroclow, Poland, 1988
Biura Wystaw Artystycznch, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 1988
Reference : BBC Doomsday Project, 1985
• Sheffield Art Show, 1996 – 2005
• Barnsley Open Art Exhibition, 2002 - 2008
One Man Exhibitions:
• Bretton Hall College, West Bretton, 1978
• Vernon Gallery, Building Design Partnership, Preston, 1980
• Untitled Gallery, Walkley, Sheffield, 1981
• Prince Edward School, Sheffield, 1981
• Earl Marshall School, Sheffield, 1981
• Rotherham Art College, May 1983
• Bretton Hall College, July 1983
• Rotherham Art College, July 1983
• William Rhodes School, Chesterfield, November 1983
• Gallery Upstairs, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, June 1984
• “Dance into Summer”, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield 1984
• “Under the Knife”, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, 1999
• “Fragments” Blue Moon , Sheffield 2013
Group Exhibitions:
• Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, November 1980
Awards:
• Awarded financial support (Individual Artists Award) from the Yorkshire Arts Association, 1979
• Sponsors Award - Sheffield Art Show, 1996
• Canon Award - Sheffield Art Show, 1997