John Brooks Fine Art Photography
John Brooks Fine Art Photography
Born in the UK he was educated at Bath and majored in Art and Art history and History of Building.
At college he studied graphics and used photography to create designs commercially and for pleasure. His darkroom work embraced most film types including Litho work and solarisation, working in 35mm, half-plate, 5 x 4, and other media. His early graphic work won him several prizes including one from Oxford University’s Queen’s College.
With an educational background in the history of building, architecture and engineering it is no wonder that his work often consisted of studies of these forms. A study tour of European architecture honed his ability to observe and analyse structure and form. This enabled him to create works that explored the subject matter in new ways. These works led to one of his first exhibitions in the prestigious Arnolfini gallery in his early years of photography.
Since then he has expanded his repertoire to include more abstract and thematic compositions including illustrative work for particular publications.
His landscape work has been assisted by travel to interesting lands including India, Sri Lanka, China, Cuba, Mexico, North Africa, Canada, USA, Russia, inner and outer Mongolia, Belarus, Poland and many European countries.
He has had numerous exhibitions, both solo and joint and has been exhibited by invitation in London and Bristol UK and USA. His work is represented by galleries and other organisations in Los Angeles, Vancouver and Maine USA.
Brooks holds 12 International Awards for his work in the last five years and has work featured in magazines, journals and online image repositories. He has also published two books and work included in a third publication which he authored on behalf of a not for profit arts group.
Awards:
December 2017 Finalist and Distinction Award - Art Expo New York, by the Circle Foundation for the Arts
March 2017 AWARDED SECOND PRIZE “2017 International Juried Exhibition", Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
Grand Prize, New York Center for Photographic Art, Site 109 Lower East Side New York City, USA, May 2016
Special Recognition for Outstanding Art, Light Space & Time Gallery, Jupiter, Florida USA, Seascapes Art Exhibition September 2014,
Honourable Mention, "Transportation”, New York Centre for Photographic Art Site 109 Lower East Side New York City, USA, September 2014
Special Recognition for Outstanding Art, Light Space & Time Gallery, Jupiter, Florida USA.Cityscapes Art Exhibition March 2014,
Silver Medal Award, San Francisco International Photography Exhibition, Gallery Photographica, San Francisco, California, USA July 2013,
Special Recognition for Outstanding Art, Light Space & Time Online Gallery, Jupiter, Florida USA, Abstracts Art Exhibition April 2013.
Special Recognition for Outstanding Art, Light Space & Time Gallery, Jupiter, Florida USA, Seasons Art Competition November 2012.
Artist of Distinction Award, The Stillpoint Art Gallery, Sacred Time, Sacred Spaces, November 2012
Best in Competition Award, Man Made Spaces and Structures, Exhibitions Without Walls, October 2012
Special Recognition for Outstanding Art, Light Space & Time Gallery, Jupiter, Florida USA, Landscapes Art Competition March 2012
Solo Exhibitions
2015 "Unexpected Elements of Landscape", The Paintworks, Bristol, UK
2014 Bristol Festival of Photography: Solo Exhibition: Horizons | Route 66Photographique Gallery, Bristol, UK
Collective Exhibitions
"Electron Salon", Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California, USA, from December 13th 2017 to January 6th 2018
RWA 165th Open Exhibition, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK - October 1st to 3rd December 2017
iPhone Imagery, PhotoPlace Gallery, 3 Park Street Middlebury, Vermont 05753, USA - From October 11 to November 4, 2017
"Topography by 4", Bristol Guild of Applied Art Gallery, Park Street, Bristol from 17th June to 8th July 2017
"2017 International Juried Exhibition", Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California, USA, from 9th March to April 1st 2017, Second Place winner.
Second Look OPEN Exhibition, The Gallery, Hamilton House, Bristol, from 23rd February to 1st March 2017
"Electron Salon", Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California, USA, from 9th March to April 1st 2017
"Elsewhere" at the A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, USA | March 17 to April 30, 2017
"The Spirit of Bristol", All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol, 21st April to 28th April 2017
RWA 164th Open Exhibition, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK - October 9th to 27th November 2016
"Geometry", New York Center for Photographic Art,The Jadite Gallery,413 West 50th St. New York, NY 10019, October 2016
2016 Artist Network Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2016 LACDA 12th Anniversary Members Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art,Los Angeles, California, USA
2016 "The Art of Regeneration", The Menier Gallery, London, UK
2016 Photography Exhibition, The Nude Tin Gallery, St Albans, Herts, UK
2016 The Affordable Art Exhibition, Crazy Fox Gallery, Bristol, UK
2016 Electron Salon, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
2016 "Unleashed", The Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, London
2016 "Pay & Display", Centrespace Gallery, Bristol
2016 Snap to Grid, LACDA, Los Angeles, California, USA,
2015 –163rd Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2015 "Quartz Visual Arts Festival" Queen's College, Taunton, UK
2015 The Art of Progress", 19 Greek St in Soho, London, UK
2015 "Bristol Places", Bocabar, The Paintworks, Bristol, UK
2015 "Family", The A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, USA
2015 The Human Nature Show, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, UK
2015 STILL POINT VII - Stillpoint Art Gallery, Maine, USA
2015 LACDA 11th Anniversary Represented Artists Exhibition, Los Angeles, USA
2015 Chasing the Light (Finding the Shadow), Stillpoint Art Gallery, Maine, USA
2015 "Diagnosis" Exhibition, Musgrove Park Gallery, Taunton, UK
2014 Royal Scottish Academy Open Art exhibition, Edinburgh, UK
2014 London Calling, Dray Walk Gallery, 91 Brick Lane, London, UK
2014 "Transportation, New York Centre for Photographic Art, New York City, USA,2014 Ten year represented artist retrospective exhibition, LACDA, Los Angeles,
California, USA
2014 Electron Salon, International Group Exhibit, LACDA, Los Angeles, California
2014 Stillpoint Art Gallery, Maine, USA Landscapes by Day, Landscapes by Night,
2014 Snap to Grid, LACDA, Los Angeles, California, USA
2013 Artists Connect Exhibition, Edward Corrigan & Co, Bristol, UK
2013 Electron Salon, LACDA, Los Angeles, California, USA
2013 The Wall, The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
2013 The Cork Street Gallery, London, UK
2013 San Francisco International Photography Exhibition, Gallery Photographica,San Francisco, California, USA
2013 "Passing Through" Exhibition, Musgrove Park Gallery, Taunton, UK
2013 The Royal West of England Academy, "Drawn" Exhibition, Bristol, UK
2013 The Stillpoint Art Gallery, Maine, USA Ordinary Everyday Objects
2013 The Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Snap to Grid Exhibition, Los Angeles, USA
2012 The Stillpoint Art Gallery, Maine, USA Sacred Time, Sacred Spaces Exhibition
2012 “A Fresh Look", The Crypt, St George's Brandon Hill, Bristol, UK
2012 The Cork Street Open Exhibition, The Cork Street Gallery, London, UK
2012 Artists Connect Exhibition, The Parlour Gallery, Bristol, UK
2012 Stillpoint Art Gallery, Maine USA, Elements of Art: Texture
2012 f/16 Second Look Exhibition, The Grain Barge, Bristol, UK
2012 Stillpoint Art Gallery, Brunswick, Maine USA, Still Point IV
2012 Bristol-Autism-Project-Fundraising-Art-Explosion-Show-Auction, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, UK
2011 Stillpoint Art Gallery, Brunswick, Maine USA, Abstraction Attraction
2011 "Spirit of Place - Spirit of Home" Exhibition, Stillpoint Art Gallery, Brunswick, Maine USA
2011 Royal West of England Academy of Art, 159th Autumn Exhibition, Bristol, UK
2011 Stillpoint Art Gallery, Brunswick, Maine USA, Places & Spaces
2011 Symbiose Gallery, Breda, Netherlands, Open Exhibition
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