John Appleton

John Appleton has been working as a portrait painter, designer and muralist for the last ten years. He currently resides in Norwich. He worked in the Old Masters department at London auction house. The direct influence of paintings by the Old Masters is evident in the themes and execution of Appleton’s works.
Appleton’s surreal and unsettling images are informed by the traditions of classical portraiture, still life and ornament. His works often employ anthropomorphism and decorative distortion to highlight the theatricality and artifice of the painted image. They also play with the relationship between representation and power and give us cause to reflect upon cultural politics and hierarchies of genre in art and crafts.

Bachlor of Visual Arts 2000

2014
'Palace of wisdom' Unit Three projects , London.

2013
‘Manifold ‘ Solo Show ,Seed Gallery, Auckland , New Zealand.
‘Flora and Fauna’ Group Show , Seed Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
2012
‘Pop up Circus’ Group Show, Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel, London ,United Kingdom.
‘Pop up Circus’ Group Show ,Gasoline Studios, East London, United Kingdom.
‘Hyacinth Girl’ Seed Gallery , Auckland , New Zealand.(Solo.)
‘Seven From Seven’ Seed Gallery , Auckland , New Zealand.
‘Exquisite Corpse’ Seed Gallery , Auckland , New Zealand.
‘Writ Large’ ,Seed Gallery , Auckland , New Zealand.
‘Natural History’ Seed Gallery ,Auckland ,New Zealand.
2011
‘Mimesis’, 100 Vauxhall Walk, London, United Kingdom.
‘Mimesis’ 64 Tyers Street, London, United Kingdom.
‘Stagnation’ Seed Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand. (solo.)
‘Bitten’ Milkbar, Soho, London, United Kingdom.
2010
‘Bowl Me Over’ Seed gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
‘Murderbird Hummingbird’ Nicky Deeley and John Appleton, Milkbar, Soho, London.
‘Ruffle Your Feathers’ Seed gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.



2009
‘Murmerbird’ Milkbar, Soho, London. (solo.)
‘Nec Spec Nec Metu’ Seed Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
‘Hoopla’ Seed Gallery, Auckland, NewZealand.
‘New Ar...