ABOUT JOHN MEIKLE
Landscape and the Natural World are the two themes that predominantly inform my sculpture. Often these themes will overlap.
Landscape -
I am interested in the historical and contemporary marks we leave through agricultural and industrial interventions. Strip lynchets, neolithic cup and ring carvings, mining, woodland management etc. References to cartography, drawing conventions used in map making, contour, symbol and scale are employed. Within the work, figures, maps and materials often relate to a specific site.
Natural World -
This reflects my own personal relationship and experiences with the natural world. My interaction, management and observations of the vastly varied organisms that inhabit my own small woodland.
Materials -
Recent sculpture (last 3 years).
Predominately Oak & Hornbeam sustainably sourced from my own woodland, local stone and recycled pewter.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1983 & 82. Heinz and Anna Kroch Foundation Artists Award.
1980 & 81. Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Artists Award. Montreal, Canada.
1980-81. Robert I. Russin Sculpture Fellowship. University of Wyoming. USA.
1979. Welsh Arts Council Artists Award.
1978. Sir James Knott Travelling Scholarship, administered by the R.C.A.
EDUCATION
1975-78. BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture) Gwent College of Higher Education.
1974-75. Foundation Diploma in Art and Design. Newcastle Coll of Art &Technology
1972-74. Certificate in Industrial and Commercial Design. Newcastle College of Art and Technology.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE F/T
1991-2016. Pathway Leader, 3D Design, Foundation Studies in Art & Design, Brighton.
1986-91. Pathway Leader, 3D Design, Foundation Studies in Art & Design, Bournemouth.
1983-86. Pathway Leader, 3D Design, Foundation Studies in Art & Design, Wigan.
1981-82. Community Arts Worker, Newport, Gwent.
SABBATICAL YEAR
1996-97. British Columbia, Canada. Research into the Art and Craft of the First Nation People of the Pacific North West Coast.
ADDITIONAL PART-TIME TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016 – 2021. Lecturer, Foundation Studies in Art & Design. Brighton
1996. External Examiner for the University of Brighton. Certificate Scheme in Arts, Craft and Society.
1992-96. In-Service Training for E. Sussex Ed. Authority Sculpture for Primary and Secondary School Teachers.
1987-91. In-Service Training for Dorset Ed. Authority. Sculpture for Primary and Secondary School Teachers.
1980-81. Sculpture Workshop at the University of Wyoming. U.S.A. M.F.A. Students in Fine Art.
1979-80. Visiting Lecturer in Sculpture, Gwent College of Higher Education. BA (Hons) Fine art.
EXHIBITIONS
2024. Royal Cambrian Academy, 2024 Open group show.
2023. Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Winter group show.
2023. Spring Cheltenham, Small works.
2023. Wales Contemporary 2023, The Waterfront Gallery.
2023. Wells Cathedral, Wells art contemporary 2023, Sculpture Installation.
2023. Royal Cambrian Academy, 2023 Open group show.
2022. Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Winter group show.
2022. Ryebank Gallery, Rye, Group show.
2005,6,7. Michelham Priory, Sussex, Outdoor Sculpture.
2000. Hung Drawn and Quartered. Phoenix Gallery, Brighton.
1995. Open Studio, “Work in Progress”, Seaford.
1994. Group Show. Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton.
1985. One Man Show. The Orangery, Welsh Sculpture Park, Margam.
1985. Forms in the Shadows, Turton Tower, Lancs, Group show
1982. Welsh Group Open, Newport Museum and Art Gallery.
1982. Northern Open. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
1982. One Man Show, Llantarnum Grange, Gwent.
1980-81. Various Group Shows in The U.S.A.
1979. New Contemporaries. I.C.A. London.
1978. New Contemporaries. I.C.A. London.