| BIOGRAPHY
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 on May 24th 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.
Charity
John's has raised money or awareness
for the following charities & organisations:
Gardens
for Schools
Save
the Children UK
Rainforest
Rescue International
Children in Need
Cornwall Gardens Society
Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust
King Charles Primary School
The Eden Project
International Network for the Improvement of Banana
and Plantain, France
International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute,
Rome
Environmental
John's worlk has been used to help
to raise awareness for the following organisations
INIBAP (Internatioanl
Network for the improvemnet of banana and plantain)
EDEN (The
Eden Project)
IRRI (The International
Rice Research Institute)
IPGRI (The International
Plant Genetic Resources Institute)
John's
paintings are in the Permanent Collections of:
The
National Trust
The
Eden Project
Save
The Children
The
Tresco Estate
The Falmouth Public Art Gallery
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, & Bryan 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.
July 2001 One Man Exhibition "A Piece of Eden",
Beside The Wave, Falmouth, Cornwall.
July
2002 Joint Exhibition with Joanne Short "Tresco
a Cornish Paradise", Beside The Wave, Falmouth,
Cornwall.
October 2002 Exhibition at the Eden Project - paintings
of Italy.
July 2003
Joint Exhibition with Joanne Short "St. Michael's
Mount - the sound of the sea", Beside The Wave,
Falmouth, Cornwall.
September 2003 Joint Exhibition with Joanne Short
& Ted Dyer "Italy Luce e Colori",
Gallery 27, Cork Street, London
July 2004 One Man Exhibition "Cornish Safari",
Beside The Wave, Falmouth, Cornwall.
October
/ November / December 2004 Exhibition at the Eden
Project - 'Rice is Life'
2004 Falmouth Art Gallery - The River
2005 Falmouth Art Gallery - Tremendous
2005 One
Man Exhibition "South Coast", Beside The
Wave, Falmouth, Cornwall.
2005 Exhibition "Round about Tresco", Gallery
Tresco, Isles of Scilly.
2006 Exhibition at the Eden Project - Banrock Station
Paintings.
2006 Exhibition with Gallery Tresco, Isles of Scilly. with Joanne Short
2007 Exhibition"Paintings from a small island"
St Michael's Mount with Joanne Short
Residencies
2000/01/02/03/04/05/06/07/08
Painter in residence, The Eden Project, Cornwall
July 2002 Resident artist with Alan Titchmarsh -
a garden portrait
April
2003 One week residency in Costa Rica for the International
Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain.
August 2003 Resident artist with Kim Wilde - a garden
portrait
April 2004 Resident artist for the International
Rice Research Institute, Philippines
June 2004
Resident artist for BBC Gardeners World Live
2005 Resident
artist for 'Africa Calling' Live 8
2006 Resident
artist for Banrock Station, South Australia
2006 Resident
artist for St Michael's Mount with Joanne Short
2007/08 Resident artist for Giardini Hanbury, Italy
Fellow of The Royal Geographical Society
Fine Art 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.
1999 Eclipse Diary for Primary Schools
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.
2001 The 'John Dyer Collection' Calendar, Diary,
Posters and Drawing book published by the Eden Project.
2002
Tresco limited editions, Eden limited editions
2002 Alan Titchmarsh 'Barleywood' limited editions
2002 Alan Titchmarsh 'Barleywood' posters for Gardeners'
World Magazine
2003 National Maritime Museum Limited Edition Print
2003 Save
the Children 'Rice and Hope' Limited Edition Print
2004 Eden
Project Limited Edition Prints - Bulb Mania!
2004 New ARTCafé range for Alan Titchmarsh
Products
2005 Canns Down Press - Art Cards
2007 The Robertson Collection - Art Cards
2008 The Eden Project - Art on demand range
Magazine
Publications
John's
paintings have been featured in many magazines including:
Art Review
Homes and Gardens
Artists and Illustrators
Time Educational
Eden Friends
BBC Radio Times
Amateur Gardening
Garden Answers
Gardens Illustrated
Inside Cornwall
Cornwall Today
And many more...
Live
Events
'Planting
and Painting' an evening with John Dyer and Alan
Titchmarsh at the Eden Project January 2003
'To Eden and Beyond' The banana story Co presented
with INIBAP September 2003.
'Rice and Hope' Launch of the beat poverty campaign
October 2003
Gardeners World Live June 2004
Launch of 'Edible Playgrounds' with Creative Partnerships
at Eden
Live event with the manager of Banrock Station Tony
Sharley at the Eden Project - May 2006
School
visits
John
has given his time to many schools and has visited
and talked to hundreds of children including:
King Charles Primary,
Porthleven
Threemilestone
Probus
Perranwell
Devoran
and many more.
Teaching
John
taught part time at Falmouth Art School for nine
years from 1991 to 2000 on many corses including:
BA Illustration, BA Journalism, BA Graphics, Foundation.
Competitions
John
has judged many art competitions including:
Trebah Gardens Easter Egg painting competition
BBC Radio Tall Ships Painting competition |
