John Howard

Associate Lecturer: BA(Hons) Drawing

An award-winning painter and printmaker, John has exhibited regularly for over 25 years and has won many prizes at national open exhibitions. He has undertaken a number of commissions including work for St John's College, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham School of Art, Southern Electric and Birmingham City Council.  His work is held in many public and private collections including the main galleries in Birmingham, Manchester, Falmouth and Walsall and also at the V&A, House of Commons and Surikov Academy in Moscow. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers in 1995, and is a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists and the Penwith Society of Artists.

John has extensive experience in printmaking at a high level across a range of print processes and continues to develop his own practice whilst supporting the development of printmaking skills for other artists in his own print studio in Penryn. He leads an annual printmaking exhibition showcasing work produced in the studio.

John’s own work is characterised by monochromatic depictions of the natural world, with a particular interest in exploring perspective and the qualities of light and experimenting with form and structure, both natural and man-made. His specialist interest is in traditional intaglio processes and in life drawing.

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Contact details

Email john.howard@falmouth.ac.uk
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    Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Year Qualification Awarding body
    1989 BA (Hons) First Class in Fine Art University of Central England

    Honors and awards

    Year Description
    1988 Finalist, Royal Academy Young Printmaker of the Year (London) First Prize, Whitworth Wallis Marine Painting Competition (Birmingham)
    1989 Galleries Magazine 1989 Print Award (London) First Prize, Whitworth Wallis Marine Painting Competition (Birmingham) Runner up, Graduate Artist of the Year (London)
    1993 First Prize, Major Open Award (Manchester)
    1994 Third Prize, Royal West of England Academy Open Print Exhibition (Bristol)
    2010 Best Print in Show - Grenville Davey Award, Originals 2010, Mall Galleries., London Foley Art Prize, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Open Exhibition

    Teaching

    Areas of teaching

    • All aspects of printmaking
    • Life drawing

    Courses taught

    • BA(Hons) Drawing
    • Foundation Diploma

    Professional Engagement

    Independent professional practice

    Exhibitions (selected)  
    Open Exhibitions:  
    1988 – 1994      Annual Exhibition, ‘Mid Art’, Dudley Art Gallery
    1988 -- 1990      Annual ‘Open Print’ Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London  
    1990 – 1994      Manchester Academy of Fine Art Open, Annual Exhibition  
    1990, 1993 – 1996 2003 – 2004      Annual Hunting National Art Exhibition
    1991 – 1994 1997, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2010      Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
    1990     114th Exhibition of Contemporary Prints, Bankside Gallery, London  
    1994      Royal West of England Academy Open Print Exhibition, Bristol 
    1995, 1996  National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London 
    2000  Christmas Exhibition 2000, South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts  
    2001      Open Exhibition 2001, South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts 
    2007      The Pastel Society Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London Originals ’07, Mall Galleries, London  
    2008, 2010      Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Open Exhibition St. Ives Society of Artists Open Exhibition  
    2009      Originals ’09, Mall Galleries, London Royal West of England Academy Open Print Exhibition, Bristol  
    2010     Originals 2010, Mall Galleries, London Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Biennial 2010 - Guest Artist   ‘Printmakers and Painters’ exhibition, Artmill, Plymouth Mini Picture Show, Bankside Gallery, London    
    2011 Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London      

    Group Exhibitions    : 
    1989 ‘Whitworth Young Contemporaries’, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
    1990 BT New Contemporaries Touring, ‘The Birmingham School’, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery  
    1991 –  2006, 2009     Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers Annual Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London  
    1991     ‘Print Europe’ Touring, Barbican, London  
    1992 ‘Birmingham Contemporary Artists’, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery Edinburgh Contemporary Art Fair  
    1994     ‘In Search of the Black Country’, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery  
    1996, 1997     Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Members Exhibition  
    1998     ‘Prints in Focus: Whistler to Hockney and beyond’, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery  
    1999     ‘No Day Without a Line: Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers 1880 –1999’, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford  
    2001     ‘Off Cuts’, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London ‘Art and Industry’, Dudley Museum and Art Gallery  
    2002     ‘Starting a Collection, Art First, Cork Street, London  
    2003     Art First in Print, Art First, Cork Street, London   ‘Hellenic Adventure’, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London       2004 Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers Exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey  
    2005     ‘Virtual to actual’, Silverwell Fine Art, Falmouth Arts Centre   ‘Impressions’, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists  
    2006     Landscapes and Interiors, Lander Gallery, Truro      
    2007       Printmaking in Penwith, Penlee Museum and Art Gallery Penwith Printmakers, Lander Gallery, Truro      
    2008       Coast Exhibition, Lander Gallery, Truro   Penwith Printmakers, Atlantic Gallery, Falmouth and St. Just ‘Prints from the Studio’, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth and Gallery 49, Falmouth  
    2009 Impress ’09 National Printmaking Exhibition, Gloucester Printmaker Birmingham In Print, Bond Gallery, Birmingham   Four Printmakers from the John Howard Print Studio, Morvah Schoolhouse Gallery   ‘Prints from the Studio’, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth       2010  A4 Printmakers Exhibition, Guest Artist, Open Space Gallery, Penryn Print Exhibition, Bedales Arts Gallery, Petersfield   2011 A4 Printmakers Exhibition,  Exchange Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall  
    2012  ‘Prints from the Studio’, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth  
    2013 ‘Prints from the Studio’, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth    , 'Print!', Exchange Gallery, Newlyn
    2014  ‘Prints from the Studio’, Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth and at the Crypt Gallery, St Ives      
     
    Solo Exhibitions:      
    1991 ‘A Piranesian View of Birmingham’, Midlands Contemporary Art, Birmingham  
    1992     ‘A Piranesian View of Birmingham II’, Midlands Contemporary Art, Birmingham Solo Exhibition, St. George’s Brandon Hill, Bristol  
    1995     ‘Piranesian Views’, Art First, Cork Street, London then Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham Solo Exhibition, University of Central England, Birmingham  
    1996     ‘Soho House: Interior and Ornament’, Soho House Museum, Birmingham  
    1998     Solo Exhibition, North Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, Camelford, Cornwall  
    2000     ‘still,seeing’, Falmouth Arts Centre, Cornwall  
    2001 Recent works, Falmouth Arts Centre, Cornwall    Solo Exhibition, Cornerstone Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall  
    2002     Solo Exhibition, Cornerstone Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall     2002 – 2007 Recent works, Falmouth Arts Centre, Cornwall   
    2012     Highgate Contemporary Art, London  
    2013 Highgate Contemporary Art, London