Fabric flags on poles
Site specific dimensions
2026
"Since leaving Australia some 15 years ago, my work has evolved into a means to ‘dance’ with the landscape/ghosts of my heritage”
“My practice arises from a longstanding interest in colour and space. I aim for synthesised minimal/conceptual visual outcomes, often pertaining to ‘landscape’, both externally and internally”.
John has work in Australian public collections including the Art Gallery of NSW and the National Gallery of Australia, as well as private collections. He has won and been repeatedly shortlisted for Australian national art prizes (Wynne, Sulman, Moet & Chandon (Fellow), Redland Art Award) including a winning entry in the Blake Prize for Religious Art in 1998 and the ‘Open section’ of the Fishers’ Ghost Prize in 1994. John has received national grants and commissions most significantly a number of Visual Arts Board grants from the Australian Council of the Arts/Creative Australia.
Fabric flags on poles
Site specific dimensions
2026
"Since leaving Australia some 15 years ago, my work has evolved into a means to ‘dance’ with the landscape/ghosts of my heritage”
“My practice arises from a longstanding interest in colour and space. I aim for synthesised minimal/conceptual visual outcomes, often pertaining to ‘landscape’, both externally and internally”.
John has work in Australian public collections including the Art Gallery of NSW and the National Gallery of Australia, as well as private collections. He has won and been repeatedly shortlisted for Australian national art prizes (Wynne, Sulman, Moet & Chandon (Fellow), Redland Art Award) including a winning entry in the Blake Prize for Religious Art in 1998 and the ‘Open section’ of the Fishers’ Ghost Prize in 1994. John has received national grants and commissions most significantly a number of Visual Arts Board grants from the Australian Council of the Arts/Creative Australia.
