Resume

John Erskine was born in 1944 in Youghal, Co Cork, Ireland and raised in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. He has travelled extensively, painting and exhibiting his work, throughout his professional life.

2003            Eppstein Germany

               

    Summer Exhibition 12^th –31^st July

 

1999 -2002   Texel, The Netherlands

 

Exhibitions and commissions

                1999 Summer Exhibition

                2000 Summer Exhibition

                2001 Summer Exhibition

                2002 Summer Exhibition

               

1990–1998  Lachania, Rhodes, Greece

 

Exhibitions and commissions, including:

1991–Mill Studio Exhibition

1993-1995 Artist in residence Pefkos Village, Rhodes

1993-1998 Mural projects and commisions

1995-1996 Travelling exhibition – Norway

1998 Art Expo  Lachania, Rhodes,Greece

 

1989 Bennwihr Alsace France

 

 Artist in residence.

                “Free to Create Tomorrow” Mural project ( 6 x 2m) (Bennwihr)      Schiltigheim, Alsace

                 St Charles Medical Pedagogical Centre

“ T’as dex beaux yeux, Alsace “             “ Thou hast beautiful eyes, Alsace ”

 5 x 2m Commissioned Mural completed with 64 students from the School

                   

Portrait of Saint Vincent de Paul, commissioned by the Order of Sisters of Charity of Strasbourg. The portrait is on permanent exhibition at the Convent of Saint Charles, Schiltigheim

 

1987 –1988 Brussels, Belgium

 

Exhibitions and commissions

Exhibition, Villers La Ville     

 

1984 – 1988 USA

 

1988 Laguna Beach California, USA

 

Exhibitions and Commissions: Pacific Gallery

 

1986 – New York, USA

 

1986        Art Expo                                                                                                                                                               

Jacob Javitts Convention centre, New York, USA

 

1985        San Francisco, USA

1985        Exhibitions and Commissions

1985        Landscape on permanent exhibition at the Convention Centre of Kansas City, USA

 

1984 – New York, USA

 

1975 – 1987  Aix-en-Provence (France)

 

Les Amis des Arts

 

11^th Grand Prix International of Contemporary Art, Monte Carlo, Monaco

 

Grand Prix Internationale de Peinture de la Cote D’Azure, Cannes

 

International Art Exhibition, Toulon

                First Prize: Medal of Saint Maxime

 

13^th Grand Prix Internationale de Pienture du Printemps, Cannes

Diploma of Honour, portrait grand finalist

 

Grand Prix Internationale du Printemps, Marseilles ( finalist )Grand Prix International, Avignon.

 

Palais du Papes, poster designed for Exhibition

 

Retrospective of Artist’s Work, portraits and landscapes, La Prevote, Aix-en-Provence

 

Twenty portraits, Hotel de Ville, Aix-en-Provence

 

 

1968 – 1974 London and UK

 

AIA (Association of Industrial Artists) London

 

The Royal Academy London

 

Proscenium Art Gallery, London

 

Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Sussex

 

Sunderland Museum, Tyne & Wear

 

Bermuda – Watercolour series (“Fall through Winter”)

 

 

Gallery Shows:

 

 

Gallery La Prevote, Aix en Provence                                                                                    1979 – 1984

Art Association, Arles, France                                                                                                              1980

9^th Salon de Saint Victoire-Puyloubier                                                                                   1980 – 1987

Gallery Ana Schwatrz, Munich, Germany                                                                                              1982

Salon d’Automne, Grand Palais, Paris                                                                                   1984

Maitres Contemporains, Aix en Provence                                                                                            1984

Works produced in New York City                                                                                                     1984

Works produced in San Francisco                                                                                                        1985

Works produced in Geneva, Switzerland                                                                                             1985

5 eme Salon d Art, Palais des Congress, Aix en Provenve                                                   1987

Salon d’Automne, Grand Palais, Paris                                                                                   1987

Exhibition, Gil Advertising, Brussels, Belgium                                                                                      1987

Viller-La-ville, Belgium                                                                                                                           1988

The Pacific Gallery, Laguna Beach, California                                                                        1988

 

 

 

Private Collections

 

USA                        France

Spain                       Germany

England                    Ireland

Scotland                  Wales

Holland                   Sweden

Belgium                   Africa

Canada                    Greece

Australia New Zealand

Reunion Islands      Norway

 

Academic studies and qualifications

 

Intermediate Examination in Arts and Crafts 1960 – 1962

                Sunderland College of Art, specialising in lithography

 

National Diploma in Design 1962 – 1964

                Sunderland College of Art, specialising in etching, lithography and illustration.

 

Royal College of Art 1964 – 1967

 

Associate of the Royal College of Art ( ARCA )

 

M Art (RCA)

Thesis on Ben Shahn held in the library of the Royal College of Art

 

 

 

Professional Assignments

 

Lecturer in Drawing an Illustration 1967 – 1968

                Eastbourne School of Art, Sussex, England

 

Lecturer in Painting, Drawing and Illustration 1969 – 1970

                Winchester School of Art, England

 

Freelance Illustrator 1968 – 1970

                Illustrations and portraits produced for The Times, The Sunday Times, The Observer, Daily Mirror, New Statesman, New Society, Architecural Design, Marshall Cavendish.

                Book jacket illustrations produced for publishers W H Allen, Secker & Warburg, Pengiun, Panthers, Macmillans.

 

 

Head of Fine Arts, Daneford School, Bethnal Green, London 1971 – 1974

 

Director of Fine Arts Programme New London, New Hampshire, USA 1974

                Directed 10 x 80 ft mural entitled “America”.

 

Freelance Art  Series, Provence France 1978

Portraits of famous people of Provence and Aix en Provence, published in Le Provencal: Fredderic Mistral, Paul Cezanne, Emile Zola,Vincent Van Gogh,Adolphe Monticelli,Pauline Bonaparte, Adolphe Thiers,Alphonse Daudet, Luc De Clapiers, Marquis De Vauvenargues, Marcel Pagnol, Leo Marchutz and others.