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