John Eden

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Biography

Drawing and painting since Southport Art College in the 80s. Art teacher since 1991. At Kalamunda SHS since 2002. The pandemic pushed me hard. Since the very specific date of March 16th, 2020 this is me, an artist.

Solo Exhibitions

2023
Water & Time

Kolbusz Space. Karijini paintings and drawings

2023
Karijini Dreaming

Zig Zag gallery. The second half of my Karijini paintings and drawings.

2023
no stone unturned

A solo to finish my residency at The Vancouver Centre in Albany. Rock paintings.

2022
Tales from the bush

Mundaring Art Centre Saturday 5th February to April 3rd

2022
Art is History

My first Zig Zag solo of bush drawings and paintings.

2021
Landmarks

My first show of drawings of bush and abandoned cars at Paper Mountain.

2021
Between Borders

My second solo at The Nyisztor Studio. Drawings of my pandemic escapes in South America.

Awards

2024
The Minnawarra Art Award

Finalist

2024
Mandorla Art Award

Finalist

2024
The Darlington Open Art Exhibition

Painting and sculpture finalist.

2024
The City of Bayswater Community Art Awards

Sculpture finalist.

2024
Castaways

Small sculpture finalist.

2023
Darlington Open

Finalist

2023
Bunbury Biennale (Culture/Nature)

As a finalist in this show I had 12 drawings and ran a workshop.

2023
The Stirling Art Awards

Finalist

2023
The Cossack Art Award

Finalist

2023
The City of Armadale Minnawarra Art Show

Finalist

Galleries

Kolbusz Space

Residencies

2024
Denmark Arts

5 week residency working with the community to produce a show connecting the coast to the mountain.

2023
Vancouver Art Centre

4 week residency exploring the rock

Artist Statement

I am an English artist and art teacher, who immigrated to live and work Kalamunda in 1998. Common to my art practice is a physical exploration of the land, looking for signs of human activity. The nonsense others leave behind inspires my work.