Lot 201 - John Hainsworth - Happy Little Trees

ARTIST INFO

About 

Working from his studio in East Sussex, John creates haunting landscape paintings lost in some not-so-distant future. Through his work, John plays with the idea of exploring and documenting the demise of a fictitious world. This demise comes in the form of presenting the viewer with a surreal and extreme narrative on the current global strain placed on finite resources. It is this strain that allows him to create work focused on the notion of our transition into a new human induced geological epoch called the Anthropocene. Through the medium of painting John creates a narrative that commentates and documents the increasingly complex control and use of resources. Imagery is focused on landscapes of ecological importance and scenes based on his personal experiences from growing up in and around the Teutoburger Wald in North-West Germany. 

Education 

Fine Art at Loughborough University 

Select Exhibitions/Awards 

2023 
Cambridge Contemporary Art Summer Exhibition 
Transplant Links Community, Deck of Cards 
2018 
Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London 
2017 
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London 
2016 
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London 
Transplant Links Community, Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington  
Discerning Eye Winners Exhibition, Temple Church, London 
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London  
2015 
The National Open Art Competition, Royal College of Art, London 
2014 
ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London 
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London 
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London 
2013  
Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London 
Young Artist Award, Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London 

Gallery Representation 

Jill George Gallery 

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork 

For this AOAP series, I wanted to achieve a sense of escape and peace. I've always loved the idea of living by mountains and having a window with a view over nature at its most grand. They are simple landscapes but with a great depth that feel like they are in reach but are always in the distance. 

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