John H Howard
John H Howard
Long Beach, NY, United States
About John H Howard
John H Howard was born in London and attended the Camberwell School of Art noted for its rigorous adherance to objective realism and strict formal academic tradition. Studying under the then maverick painters, Uglow, Auerbach and Kitaj he graduated with a BA in Fine Art (painting, printmaking and art history). After a three year stint at the British Museum he taught at several secondary schools before leaving to work part time at Camberwell and Guildford Arts Schools. He first visited New York in 1968 and showed paintings from that extended trip at the South London Art Gallery the same year. During the 70's he joined the prestigious artist's Co-op at St. Katherine's Dock run by Bridget Riley and Peter Sedgley and later moved on to the studios at Stepney Green. During this period he travelled and showed extensively in Europe residing briefly in Amsterdam and Berlin. A successful show at the Belgis-Friedel Gallery in New York City prompted a move to the United States and with the help of the painter, designer, and illustrator Roy Carruthers and the use of his studio at the Chelsea Hotel, a parallel career in illustration was developed. Initially, editorial, it rapidly expanded to encompass major design, advertising and corporate clients. Among them are Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Esquire, Bantam Books, Sony Music, Warner Bros., Dean Witter Reynolds, Booz Allen Hamilton, Hewlett Packard and most recently Global Crossing. In this field John has been the recipient of many awards including six silver, one bronze and in 2002 a gold medal from the New York Society of Illustrators. His work is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian, the Library of Congresss and the MTA, NYC. In 1997 he was the invited guest of honor at the Montreal "Hommage A Lumiere" and in 1998 he showed and discussed 50 years of work at the Society of Illustrators guest Lecture Series. In 2000, his paintings were chosen by the Albright-Knox Museum for a travelling show of works on paper and in 2002 "The Relevance and Use of Sketchbooks" in conjunction with a show at Kim Foster Gallery. He was guest lecturer at RIT Illustration department in 2002 and the same year at Parsons. In 2003 he had an exhibition of small sculpture that included text at the Kim Foster Gallery and completed illustrations for the SEIU 2004 calendars. Between 2004 and 2011 he has annually produced posters for Black History Month, The National Federation of Labor calendar and for the two years the op-ed page of Crains NY Weekly. At present he is blogging on art/illustration topics at Drawger.com and online mentoring classes at Tutormill.com. He is represented in NY by the NewBorn Group (Illustration) and the Kim Foster Gallery (Fine Art).
Education:
Camberwell School of Art, BA
Exhibitions:
2012 “What’s My Line? Group Show, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
2012 “Monkey Spoon” Group Show, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
2011 Long Beach Public Library – One Man Show
2011 Elevation of the Specious , Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
2008 Summer Group Show, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
2008 Shizray Galllery, Island Park, New York
2007 Summer Group Show, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
2006 Summer Group Show, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
2005 Long Beach Annual Fine Arts Show, Best in Show
2005 Summer Group Show, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
2004 Peekaboo, Deja Vu, Group Show, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
2004 Group Show, Gallery 1199, New York City
2003 Sculpture Show, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
2003 Summer Group Show, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
2002 Notebooks, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
2001 Black &White Group Show, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
2000 Albright-Knox Art Museum, Traveling Show 2000
2000 One Man Show, UFA Gallery, New York City
1999 Group Exhibition, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
1999 One man show, Sun and Dove Gallery, London
1998 Fanelli Group Show, OK Harris, New York City
1998 Art Walk Auction, Puck Building, New York City
1997 One Man Show, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
1997 Homage A La Lumiere, Montreal, Guest of Honor
1997 Group Show, Daniel Peretz, New York City
1996 “Collaborative Works on Paper” John Howard & Eric Buechel, Kenneth Winslow, New York City
1995 One Man Show, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
1995 Group Exhibition, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
1994 “Pages”, Group Show, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York City
1994 Works on Paper, Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
1993 “Leaving the Word Behind”, Waterside Gallery, CT
1992 “Six Artists”, Lustrare Gallery, New York City
1992 Group Show, Artists Space, New York City
1991 “Three Great Britons”, Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
1991 One Man Show, Kent Gallery, Kent, CT
1989 Group Show, Blum Helman Gallery, New York City
1989 One Man Show, Guillaume Galozzi, New York City
1983 “Great Britain Salutes New York”, Show and Poster
1981 One Man Show, Renneth Gallery, Westhampton, NY
1981 Group Show, Yves Arman Gallery, New York City
1980 One Man Show, Neal Street Gallery, London
1979 One Man Show, Belgis Friedel, New York City
1977 Group Show, Genesis Gallery, New York City
1973-75 Royal Academy Summer Shows, London
1971-74 East London Artists, Whitechapel Gallery, London
1972 “Art Spectrum”, London
1971 “London Now”, Messehallen, Berlin