JOHN LYONS
Windrush Award Winner, Arts Achiever of the Year 2003

Co-Founder: Hourglass Studio Gallery
Member of the Board of Trustees:
Hourglass Educational Arts Development Services: HEADS

Education:
      1959-64 - Goldsmiths' College, School of Art, London.
      1964-65 - Art Education Department, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Professional memberships:
International Association of Art
ENGAGE (The National Association for Gallery Education)

Professional positions:
      2004 - Trustee Member of the Board of Hourglass Educational Arts Development Services: HEADS
      2000 - Adjudicator Co-operative Insurance Christmas card competition
      1994-2002 - Member of the Board of Directors, AXIS Visual Arts Information Service
      1994 - External Assessor, BA Hons in Cultural Studies, Norwich School of Art and Design
      1994 - Adjudicator, British Council Children's International Painting Competition
      1994 - Adjudicator for W. H. Smiths Illustration Awards to Schools, John Moores University, Liverpool
      1991-92 - Member of the Board of Directors, Nia Centre
      1991 - Selector for Dub Transition, an exhibition of work by Denzil Forrester, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
      1991 - Selector for the Nottingham Open Exhibition
      1989 - Advisor to Young Contemporaries Exhibition Company
      1988 - Adjudicator for the Young Artist Award, Whitechapel Art Gallery London
      1987 - Selector for the exhibition, Double Vision, Cartwright Hall Bradford
      1987-89 - External purchaser for the Arts Council National Collection

Exhibitions:
I have been exhibiting since the early sixties: From 1972, thirty-three mixed / group exhibitions and fifteen solo exhibitions. The following is a selection of the most recent:

Solo
      2006 - Diorama Art Centre Gallery, London.
      2005 - 3Cups Gallery Ely, Cambridgeshire
      2002 - 'In the Terrain of the Psyche' Hourglass Studio Gallery, Hebden Bridge
      2000 - Theatr Ardudwy, Harlech
      1999 - 'Ovation', Rochdale Art Gallery
      1998 - 'Daydreaming', Lawrence Batley Gallery, West Bretton
      1997 - 'Mythopoeia' a major touring exhibition from Wrexham Art Centre.
      1992-94 - Behind The Carnival; a major touring exhibition Huddersfield Art Gallery.
      1994 - Galway Arts Centre, Republic of Ireland.
      1991 - Castle Museum Nottingham.
      1990 - Salford Museum and Art Gallery.


Mixed / group
      1998 - 'Evocation': Hourglass Studio Gallery.
      1995 - Caribbean Connections, Islington Art Factory, London.
      1990 - 'Let The Canvas Come To Life With Dark Faces' Arts Council sponsored touring exhibition.
      1989 - Jouvert Print Exhibition. The Paddington Print Project, a major touring exhibition.
      1988 - Plotting The Course. Arts Council sponsored touring exhibition.
      1986 - Caribbean Expressions in Britain, Leicester Art Gallery.
      1982 - The Hayward Annual, South Bank, London.
      1982 - Edison Galerie, The Hague, Holland.
      1979 - Galerie du Musee des Duncans, Paris.


Publications:
      2001 - responses: intercultural drawing practice, Centre for Art International Research, Liverpool University
      1998 - The Dictionary of Artists in Britain 1945-1998, David Buckman
      1998 - The Art Pack, History of Black Artists in Britain, Haringey Arts Council
      1997 - Intermediate GNVQ Art & Design, MacMillan
      1997 - Black Art, Plotting the Course, Exhibition Catalogue


Workshops: Numerous
The following is a selection:

      2003 - Carnival Workshops, Youth Bank, Rochdale
      2003 - The Carnival of Chairs, 'Local Children Network. Calderdale Community Foundation.
      2002 - M6 Theatre Company at Hamer School: permanent 3-D sculpture: collaborative process between artist and pupils
      2002 - Belgrave Infant School, Chester, Words and painting
      2002 - Shade School, Todmorden, Masking-making workshop
      2002 - Mixenden Community Drawing on the Earth Project
      2001 - Mixenden Community School holidays, painting workshop
      2001 - Ossette School, Wakesfield, Carnival Costume making workshop
      2001 - Year of the Artist Residency, Stubbings School, Lancashire
      1997 - Paula Rego Exhibition, Tate Gallery Liverpool.
      1995 - Vital, Tate Gallery, Liverpool.
      1994 - Africa Explores, Tate Gallery Liverpool.
      1994 - Artist in Residence, Rush Common County Primary,Oxford.
      1993 - Community Artist in Residence for the Tate GalleryLiverpool.
      1993 - David Tremlett Exhibition, Cornerhouse Manchester.
      1992 - Russel Cotes Museum and Art Gallery, Bournemouth.
      1992 - Visiting Artist, Dept. of Art and Design John Moores University, Liverpool.


Radio Broadcasts:
Community Artist in Residence with Joseph Beuys exhibition at the Tate Gallery Liverpool and Liverpool carnival 1993.
BBC World Service, Meridian programme on Africa Explores.


Television appearances:
      1998 - BBC Television, 'Windrush' 50 commemorative programme
      1997 - HTV Wales, Preview on Mythopoeia
      1994 - 'Lush Life'; Celebration film series, Granada Television
      1990 - The New; Granada Television
      1989 - Jouvert Print Exhibition. Ch.4 Box Office
      1989 - Plotting The Course exhibition, Late Night Show BBC 2


Public collections:
Rochdale Art Gallery. Huddersfield Art Gallery. Victoria and Albert Word and Image Print Collection. Arts Council National Collection.

Private collections:
In England, France, Holland, United States and Switzerland

From 1987 I have been involved with a number of visual art activities. They include, designing the stage set for the play 'Empire' at the Abraham Moss Community Theatre; art lectures and seminars at art galleries and educational establishments, including Cornerhouse, Manchester, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, John Moores University, Liverpool and the Metropolitan University, Manchester. I have also written feature articles on visual art and on art criticism for magazines; eg., Bazaar and The Artful Reporter ( a North West arts magazine, in the 80’s). My visual art writings also include exhibition catalogue essays for the following: Dub Transition, a major touring exhibition of the work of Denzil Forrester; Jouvert Print Exhibition and Tony Phillips' 'Jazz and The Twentieth Century'.