Image credits: Lenka Rayn H.John Greenwood (B. 1959, Leeds) lives and works in South London.
Greenwood received his MA in Fine Art from the Royal College of Art (1990). Shortly after graduating from the Royal College, Greenwood exhibited eight paintings in Charles Saatchi’s ‘Young British Artists’ show in 1992. Since then he has exhibited nationally and internationally, including solo presentations at Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles and Turps Gallery, London.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2027 (Upcoming), Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
2023 Perfections Revenge, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
2021 I’ve got a massive subconcious, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
2016 A sad miracle, Turps Gallery, London
2014 Being John Greenwood, curated by Juan Bolivar, C&C Gallery, London
2002 Europaische Zentral Galerie, Frankfurt
2000 Gallerie Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt
1998 John Greenwood, Jason Rhodes Gallery, London
1995 John Greenwood, Jason Rhodes Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2026
The Satiric Grotesque, Blackbird Rook
2021
Thing worlds, Art Spot Korin, Kyoto, Japan
2020
Group Show, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
Collectors Room, curated by Karen David, JGM Gallery, London.
2019
Still Life, curated by Ned Armstrong, Middlesex Presents Gallery
Too Cute, curated by Rachael MacLean, Birmingham City Art Gallery
2018
Turps Gallery, London Art Fair
In the Future, Collyer Bristow, London
Paintlounge, with Sluice, Berlin
Site & Scene, Bear Space Gallery, London
2017
Earth, Wind & Fire, Griffin Gallery, London
2016
The Abject Object, Wimbledon Art College, London
Models and Materialities, Bay Art Cardiff
Telling Tales, Collyer Bristow, London
2015
Doppelganger, No Format Gallery, London.
Tutti-Frutti, Turps Gallery, London.
Anti-Social Realism, Charlie Smith, London.
Present Tense, Swindon Art Gallery and Museum, Swindon.
2nd Nanjing International Art Festival, Nanjing, China.
2002
Paintings in Hospitals, Saatchi Gallery, London
The Armoury Show, Rhodes and Mann Gallery, New York, USA.
Guns and Roses, curated by Juan Bolivar, London.
2000
Fusion, Rhodes+Mann Gallery, New York, USA
1999
Cheers, Sun and Dove Gallery, London
1996
The Modern City in Europe, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
1993
Mutations, (Two person show with William Latham), Manchester City art Gallery, Manchester
1992
Young British Artists, Saatchi Gallery, London
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
What They Showed, Sloane Street Galleries, London
COLLECTIONS:
Arts Council of Britain, Saatchi Gallery, Swindon Museum & Art Gallery, Hall Art Foundation, The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Collection Montparnasse, The TI Group, Midland Bank, The Susan Kasen Summer and Robert D. Summer Collection of Contemporary British Painting, Steve Martin, TCH collection, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, and Absolut Vodka.
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS:
2018
Artist in reseidence at City and Guilds of London Art School
2016
Marmite Painting Prize finalist
2015
Bronze Award at the Nanjing International Festival
Residency at C+C Gallery
1989 - 2002
Paintings in Hospitals, The Saatchi Gallery
Wingate Foundation Scholarship
Midland Bank Purchase Award
Cite Internationale Paris - Three Month Residence
PUBLICATIONS:
Turps Banana issue 15: John Greenwood in Conversation with John Greenwood
Shark Infested Waters, The Saatchi Collection of British Art in the 1990s
EDUCATION:
Fine Art (MA) Royal College of Art
Fine Art (BA) Cheltenham College of Art
Foundation in Art, York College of Art & Technology
