John Vincent is an award winning artist based in Letchworth Garden City, England.
John Vincent is an award winning artist based in Letchworth Garden City, England.
The recent subject matter of John’s work is informed by notions of a contemporary suburban Gothic that touches on science fiction with a distinctly British feel. These ideas have led to the exploration and representation of eerie atmospheric interpretations of everyday life through an oblique selection of elements and compositions. The subjects of the paintings are interrupted and influenced by aspects of painting technique overriding the photographic source material and generating an atmosphere that adds a supernatural feel to often mundane scenarios.
Missing or hidden elements within the scenes convey a sense of mystery by alluding to events that have already occurred (or are about to). This often involves the concealment of the identities of characters (if present) within the frame or by the interaction of characters with the inanimate objects that surround them. John's video work explores similar subject matter through video, animation and audio.
John has exhibited widely including 2007 ‘Cuts’ exhibition in Switzerland as well as several solo and group shows in London and England. He is also a previous prize winner at the Apthorp Prize (2001) and Creekside Open (2011).
EDUCATION
2002 - 2004 - MA Fine Art - University of East London
1996 - 1999 - BA (hons) Fine Art - Middlesex University
AWARDS
2012-16 Digswell Arts Fellowship, Letchworth Garden City
2011 Creekside Open Prize Winner, APT Gallery, London
2001 Apthorp Prize 2001 Award Winner, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 'SPOOKY’, Digswell Arts, Fenners, Letchworth Garden City
2013 ‘A No Place Vacation’, Westminster Reference Library, London
2011 'Oblivion', Westminster Reference Library, London
2009 'With No Hope Of Heaven', The Firestation Arts Centre, Windsor
2007 'Cuts', Fondazione Patrizio Patelli, Locarno, Switzerland
2006 'A Glass Darkening', (PHOTOGRAPHY), Phoenix Arts, Leicester City Gallery
2006 'O Have You Seen The Devle', The Residence Gallery, London
2005 'Swarm Presents.....', Publicis, Baker St, London
1999 'Artificial Mars', Redgate Gallery, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2018 'Paper Cuts', Saatchi Gallery, London
2018 'Video Art Film Club #3', Leyden Gallery, London
2018 'Video Art Film Club #2', Leyden Gallery, London
2018 'Unity Muse', Letchworth Community Museum
2018 'Video Art Film Club #1', Leyden Gallery, London
2018 'Pop Up Art Exhibition', The Cloisters, Letchworth Garden City
2017 'The Garden City Postcard Project', Broadway Gallery, Letchworth Garden City
2017 'Alternative Letchworth POP UP Art Exhibition', The Cloisters, Letchworth Garden City
2016 'Alternative Letchworth Past & Present', Broadway Gallery/Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation
2014 'Vision Of Utopia' Public Programme,'Letchworth: A Dystopian Vision', Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation/Digswell Arts Trust
2014 'The Longest Day', Digswell Arts, Fenners Project Space, Letchworth Garden City
2013 ‘sogno o son desto ?’, Casa Cavalier Pellanda, Biasca, Switzerland
2013 'Timeline', Digswell Arts/Arts Council England, Fenners Project Space, Letchworth Garden City
2012 Fenners Fellows Autumn Show & Open Studio, Letchworth Garden City
2012 ‘Cambridge Artworks Open 2012’, Artspace, Cambridge
2011 'settesale per setteartisti', Casa Cavalier Pellanda Biasca, Switzerland
2011 Creekside Open 2011 (Selected by Dexter Dalwood), APT Gallery, London
2011 Last Friday Shorts, Artist Talk with Q & A, TAP/Old Water Works, Southend
2010 Last Friday Shorts, TAP/Old Water Works, Southend
2009 'Gaze & Body' Screening, ROTORELIEFS, Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, London
2009 PROJECTS Screening, Another Roadside Attraction, The Griffin, London
2009 Shorts, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
2008 '11 UNTITLED', Troubadour Art Gallery, London, UK
2007 'La Collezione', Fondazione Patrizio Patelli, Locarno, Switzerland
2006 'Future First History Last', The Residence Gallery, Hackney, London
2005 'Painting Film: A Multimedia Group Show', Swarm at Lounge Gallery, London
2005 'Dream Room Creation 05', Magdeburg, Germany
2005 'The Housewarming', The Residence Gallery, Hackney, London
2005 'City Intrigue', Signatures Gallery, Duke Street St James, London
2004 MA Fine Art Degree Show, University Of East London, Docklands, London
2004 9th Penguin/DK Annual Art Exhibition, 80 Strand, London
2003 '4X4', Screening of 'Soup', 291 Gallery, London
2003 'Metrospective', Old Aldwych Tube Station, Strand, London, UK
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