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Professor, Professor
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John was born in Blackpool in 1954; he studied at the Royal College of Art and worked a ‘war artist’ commissioned by the Imperial War Museum, taught at a number of art colleges in the UK. Since 1996 he has been Head of Department of Design and Visual Arts at Coventry University School of Art and Design.
He has exhibited widely in UK and abroad, with works in a number of public and private collections, including the Unilever Collection, Ocean Transport and Trade PLC, Coventry University, The Imperial War Museum, British Council collections in Oviedo and Las Palmas.
His exhibitions and accolades include:
My REF research is inspired by an ongoing interest in the practice of painting and related theories of representation and depiction. My aim is to resolve a body of work which is contextualised in terms of testing the impact and viability of figurative painting in the digital age. My research is also concerned with fine art pedagogy and the differing models of practice, which coexist in the world of contemporary art practice.
Fine Art, MA, Painting, Royal College of Art
30 Sept 1977 → 28 Jun 1980
Award Date: 30 Jun 1980
Professor, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA)
1 Jun 2018 → …
External Examiner, University of Central Lancashire
4 May 2018 → 30 Sept 2022
Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Composition
Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Digital or Visual Media
Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Exhibition
Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Exhibition
Research output: Practice-Based and Non-textual Research › Exhibition
Devane, J. (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Devane, J. (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Devane, J. (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference