John works in a variety of styles and media, ranging from abstraction to
realism.
He believes strongly in freedom of expression and the pursuit of excellence
in education and art.
John moved to paint full time at Phillip Island, Victoria,
Australia in 1999.
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1935 |
Born |
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EDUCATION |
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Carey Grammar School Victoria
Australia |
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1949 - 52 |
Melbourne Grammar School Victoria
Australia |
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1953 - 56 |
Swinburne Technical College.
Diploma of Fine Art (Painting) |
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1959 |
Trained Technical Teachers' Certificate |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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1956 - 74 |
Taught Art in Technical Schools |
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1974 - 92 |
Director of Art Melbourne
Grammar School Victoria Australia |
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1960 - 91 |
Adult classes Australia |
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Sale Technical School |
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Macleod Technical School |
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Preston East Technical School |
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Box Hill City Art Group |
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Melbourne Grammar School |
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Painting workshops at Rheola (Central
Victoria) |
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Camberwell Grammar School |
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Mowbray College |
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Green Gully (Castlemaine) |
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1993 |
Lectured at Australian Catholic
University |
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1996 |
Acting Director of Art Camberwell
Grammar School Victoria |
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1996 - 98 |
Taught at Mowbray College
Melton Victoria |
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Continued to paint and exhibit
throughout. |
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ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS |
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1964 |
Toorak Gallery with Dale Hickey |
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1966 |
Victorian Artist's Society |
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1969 |
Source Bookshop |
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1970 |
Gallery 99 |
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1971 |
Sale Regional Gallery |
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1972 |
Country Art Store Eltham |
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1976 |
Studio Exhibition |
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1981 |
Eltham Gallery |
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1983 |
Eltham Gallery |
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1985 |
Eltham Gallery |
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1991 |
Studio Exhibition |
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1995 |
Motor Works Gallery South Yarra |
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1996 |
Old Cordial Factory Castlemaine
(Festival) |
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1997 |
Retrospective Exhibition Mowbray
College Melton |
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1998 |
Mural in Chapel Mowbray College
Melton |
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1999 |
Three Legged Dog Gallery Loch |
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2000 |
Island Influence Phillip Island |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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1962 - 65 |
Victorian Artist's Society |
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1981 - 84 |
Eltham Gallery watercolour
Exhibitions |
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1983 - 85 |
Exhibitions at "The Lodge"
Melbourne Grammar School with Des Norman |
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1986 |
"Moods of the Yarra" Eltham Gallery |
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1988 - 92 |
Art staff Exhibitions Motor Works
Gallery South Yarra |
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1992 |
"Old Melbournian artists" Motor
Works Gallery South Yarra |
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1993 |
Group Exhibition Read House Gallery |
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1996 - 98 |
Mowbray College Melton |
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1999 |
Blue Poles Gallery & Cultural Centre
Cowes Phillip Island |
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2000 to date |
Island Influence Gallery Cowes |
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PRIZES & AWARDS |
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1963 |
Camden Prize Victorian
Artists Society |
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1967 |
Georges Prize
Commendation Award |
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1981 |
Diamond Valley Acquisition Award |
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1994 |
Bendigo Rotary Art Show
Highly Commended |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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1959 - 1962 |
Collaborated with Robert Rooney on a
series of satirical magazines |
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under the general title "Spon" 1959 -
1962. |
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See: "Melbourne Modern, The Art of
Robert Rooney" |
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by Daniel Thomas (Art and Australia, Vol
34, No 4 1997) |
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"Spons I have Seen" by Rosemary
Adam |
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(From the Homefront by Robert
Rooney, Works 1953 - 1998 |
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Selections from these published in "The
Journal of John Spon" |
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(Whole Earth Publications 1976) |
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1973 |
Illustrations for poems by Paul Smith,
"Cradle Mountain" (Seekers Press 1973) |
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1976 |
Drawings, paintings, poems, published in
"Pie" (Whole Earth Publications 1976) |
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Encyclopaedia of Modern Art. Alan
McCulloch 1984. |
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Artists and Galleries of Australia. Max
Germaine (Craftsman House) |
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2000 |
Art Almanac, September Issue. In
Profiles |
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COLLECTIONS |
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Sale Regional Gallery |
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State College of Victoria Hawthorn |
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Shire of Diamond Valley |
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Melbourne Grammar School |
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Camberwell Grammar School |
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Haileybury College |
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Mowbray College |
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TRAVEL |
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1976 |
United Kingdom France
Italy Greece |
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1981 |
India |
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1983 |
India |
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1977 - 92 |
Numerous trips through Central Australia,
including two trips across the |
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Simpson Desert, one along the Roper River
and one through Kakadu National Park |
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1994 |
Germany Italy
France Spain Morocco United Kingdom |
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1999 |
Central Australia |
