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John
Dyer is one of Cornwall's best known artists. His work has been widely
published and is available in poster and art card form all over the world.
John Dyer was born in Taunton in 1968. He completed a Foundation Art Course
at Falmouth School of Art in 1987 and went on to gain a BA Hons Degree
in Graphic Design at Middlesex Polytechnic in London, showing his final
year work at the Smiths Gallery, Covent Garden. Since graduating John
has concentrated his time on painting as well as teaching as a part time
lecturer at Falmouth College of Arts. John's paintings are bold both in
terms of imagery and colour. His palette has a mediterranean or caribbean
feel with sunny yellows and deep turquoise sea blues. The paintings are
very optimistic and are full of fun and happiness with more than just
a touch of humour with imaginary animals and creatures used as recurrent
themes. Colours are placed in large areas creating a base pattern on which
the other elements are placed.
Mixed
exhibitions
Royal
Photographic Society, London
Smiths Gallery,
Covent Garden,
London Young Designers, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
'Open House' 1991, Newlyn Orion, Cornwall
Mid Cornwall Galleries, Par, Cornwall
Juliet Gould Galley, Fowey
Trelissick Gallery, Truro
Chalk Farm Gallery, London
Artifex Gallery, Birmingham
Falmouth Art Gallery
Cambridge Contemporary Art, Cambridge
Selected Exhibitions
June 1990 Bursary exhibition at Thames Television, Tottenham Court Road,
London
November 1990 Three person exhibition with Taja & Penny Tajima Simpson
at Beside The Wave, Falmouth, Cornwall.
May 1994 Two person exhibition with artist Joanne Short at Juliet Gould's
Gallery, Fowey, Cornwall.
July 1994 One man exhibition "Sun Sea & Fancy Free", Beside The Wave,
Falmouth, Cornwall.
May 1995 Exhibition of paintings with Jack Pender, Anthony Frost, & Brian
Pearce at Juliet Gould's Gallery, Fowey, Cornwall.
July 1995 One man exhibition "Cornish Fancies", Beside The Wave, Falmouth,
Cornwall.
August 1995 Two person exhibition with artist Joanne Short at Juliet Gould's
Gallery, Fowey, Cornwall.
July 1996 One man exhibition "A Splash of Summer", Beside The Wave, Falmouth,
Cornwall.
Summer 1996 ÒViews of Falmouth" By Artists from Turner to the Present
Day, Falmouth Art Gallery.
July 1997 One man exhibition "Beneath Cornish Skies", Beside The Wave,
Falmouth, Cornwall.
October 1997 One man exhibition "Mad about Cornwall", Artifex Gallery,
Birmingham.
July 1998 One man exhibition "Tall Ships and Small Ships', Beside The
Wave, Falmouth, Cornwall.
July 1999 One man exhibition "Watching and Waiting" ', Beside The Wave,
Falmouth, Cornwall.
September 1999 Joint Exhibition with Joanne Short & Ted Dyer "Provence
colour and landscape", Cork Street, London.
July 2000 Joint Exhibition with Joanne Short "Beachy Treats, on holiday
at home", Beside The Wave, Falmouth, Cornwall.
2000/2001 Painter in residence, The Eden Project, Cornwall
Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society
Publications
John's paintings have been reproduced by:
Canns Down Press, Beside The Wave Publishing, & The Art Group.
1989 Poster published by Athena.
1990-1994 Art Cards published by Canns Down Press.
1996 Poster published by The Art Group for Habitat.
1997 Posters published by The Art Group.
1998 Posters published by The Art Group.
1998 The official limited edition print of the Tall Ships' Races published
by Beside The Wave.
1999 Eclipse Limited Edition published by Beside The Wave.
2000 Millenium Limited Edition published by Beside The Wave.
2000 Posters & Art Cards published by The Art Group.
2001 The official limited edition print for The Eden Project published
by Beside The Wave.
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