Born 1944, Bradford
Lives in Stourbridge, UK
Education
1991 - 1995
University of Central England in Birmingham,
MA History of Art and Design
1963-67
Durham University, King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne
BA Hons Fine Art
Employment
1989 2001
University of Wolverhampton, Senior Lecturer in Painting
Head of MA Painting programme
1969 1989
Stourbridge College of Art, Senior Lecturer in Fine Art
Solo Exhibitions
2014
John Myers 33 portraits, 14 Boring photographs, 10 televisions, 8 sub stations, 6 houses,
3 furniture stores and one giraffe,
Gallery of Photography, Dublin
2011
John Myers Middle England, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
2006
The Journey to the North, Sixty paintings of the Norwegian Coastal Cruise, Allmenningen Galleri, Bergen, Norway (paintings)
2005
MS Finnmarken, flagship of the Norwegian Coastal cruise (paintings)
2004
Arctic cocktails, jellies, sushi and a few prawns, Allmenningen Galleri, Bergen, Norway (paintings)
2003
Here's One I Made Earlier, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby (paintings)
2002
John Myers, Allmenningen Galleri, Bergen, Norway (paintings)
1990
The Dudley Experience, De-Industrialisation, Unemployment and Enterprise in Dudley M.B.C. 1979-1983, Dudley Art Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008-2010
Unpopular Culture, Grayson Perry selects from the Arts Council Collection
Eight venues across United Kingdom
1987
'State of the Nation', Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry
'Heroes', AIR Gallery, London
1985
Impressions Gallery, York
1980
'Arts Council Collections', Hayward Gallery, London
1978
Midland Group, Nottingham
1973
Serpentine Photography, Arts Council, Serpentine Gallery, London
1972
3rd British International Print Biennale, Bradford
Curated Exhibitions
1976
Seeing the Unseen: The High Speed Photography of Dr. Harold Edgerton
The first exhibition in Europe devoted entirely to the work of Dr. Harold Edgerton (19031990) the inventor of single and multi-flash stroboscopic photography. The exhibition opened in January, 1976 at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham and toured to: Photographers Gallery, London; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University; Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham; M.O.M.A. Oxford; Arnolfini, Bristol.
Awards
2000
Welcome Trust Sciart award winner. The Art and Science of Collaboration
Team of: Adamson-Macedo, Myers, Henley, Walker
1997
TEMPUS Phare Individual Mobility Grant to visit art academies in Poland
1976
Arts Council funding to publish Seeing the Unseen: The High Speed Photography of Dr. Harold E. Edgerton
1973
Arts Council of Great Britain and West Midlands Arts funding to publish Middle England.
Collections
Arts Council of Great Britain
Victoria and Albert Museum