CV | John Gammans

John Gammans

Somerset based Artist

Website johngammans.co.uk
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Organisational Roles

Somerset Art Works

Somerset Art Weeks Area Rep for South Somerset
2021 – Present

Somerset Art Works – Somerset Reacquainted

Steering Group Member
2021 – Present

Juried and Group Exhibitions

Atkinson Gallery | Darkness to Hope

Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Street, Somerset
27th February – 30 March 2023

RWA | 169 Annual Open

Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
8th October 2022 – 8th Januray 2023

BLACK SWAN ARTS | Open Exhibition

Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset
17th July – 11th September 2022

Evolver Prize | Top 50 Exhibition

ACEarts, Somerton, Somerset
2nd July – 30th July 2022

Private Weather Diaries | by Alice Tatton Brown

Collaborative Project with Local Weather Diarists
Burnham-on-Sea Library
20th June – 4th July 2022

ACEarts | Open

ACEarts, Somerton, Somerset
21st May – 25th June 2022

Somerset Reacquainted Tour Exhibition: Slow Time

Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset
15th January – 27th February 2022

Somerset Reacquainted Tour Exhibition: Community

The Brewhouse Theatre & Art Centre
18th September – 26th October 2021

Somerset Reacquainted Tour Exhibition: Re-Imagining Nature

Yeovil Art Space
4th August – 11th September 2021

Illminster Open Exhibition 2021

Illminster Art Centre
20th July – 13th August

Millfield Open Show 2021

Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset BA16 0YD
22nd February – 26th March 2021

Evolver Prize 2020 – Top 50

ACEarts – Virtual Exhibition
6th January 2021

Millfield Summer Show 2019

Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset BA16 0YD
24 June – 2 August 2019

Green Hill Arts ‘OPEN’

Green Hill Arts Moretonhampstead, Devon
28th June – 31st August 2019
Tuesday – Saturday 10am | 4pm

Dig My Earth

ACEarts Gallery, Market Place, Somerton TA11 7NB
1st December – 22nd December 2018
Tuesday – Saturday 10am-5pm

Summer Show

John Leach’s Pottery Muchelney Pottery Nr. Langport Somerset TA10 0DW
2nd June – 28th August 2018
Monday – Saturday 9am-1pm | 2-5pm (Closed between 1-2pm)

Colour & Steel

The Studio & The Malthouse Gallery, East Lambrook Manor Gardens, Silver Street, TA13 5HH
27th July – 11th August 2018 | 10am – 5pm (Closed 30th July and 5th & 6th August)

Millfield Summer Show 2018

Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset BA16 0YD
Monday 25 June – Friday 3 August 2018
Mon – Sat, 9.30am – 5.00pm (closed on Sundays)

Millfield Summer Show 2017

Atkinson Gallery, Street, Somerset
26 June — 4 Aug 2017

SCAN Art Open 2017

The Brewhouse Gallery, Taunton, Somerset
3 July — 29 July 2017

The Observatory: Perspectives on Landscape, Society and Spirit

Exeter University, Exeter, Devon
11 June — 18 June 2017

Across Borders

The Old Meeting House, Ilminster, Somerset
15 May — 3 June 2017

SCAN the Weekend

The Old Town Hall, Somerton, Somerset
28 Feb — 22 Mar 2015

Colour & Light

RedEarth Gallery, Bickleigh, Devon
28 June — 6 July 2014

Christmas Exhibition

Gloss Gallery, Exeter
15 Dec 2013 — 5 Jan 2014

RedEarth Summer Exhibition 2010

RedEarth Gallery, Bickleigh, Devon
6 June — 20 June 2010

Solo Exhibitions

SAW | Somerset Art Weeks – Sanctuary 2022

Venue 006
29 North Street, Martock, Somerset.
24th September – 9th October 2022

SAW | Somerset Art Weeks Open Studio 21

Venue 67
18th September – 3rd October 2021

SAW | Somerset Art Weeks Open Studio 20

Venue 35
19th September – 4th October 2020

SAW | Somerset Art Weeks Festival 19

Venue 49
21st September – 6th October 2019

SAW | Somerset Art Weeks Open Studio 18

Venue 101
15th – 30th September 2018

Octagon Theatre

The Octagon Theatre, Hendford, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1UX
6th September – 11th October 2018

Square One

A2 Gallery, Wells, Somerset

SAW 2017 – Prospect

Venue 96
23 Sept — 8 Oct 2017

Devon Open Studio 2013

RedEarth Gallery, Bickleigh, Devon
7 Sept — 22 Sept 2013

Devon Open Studio 2012

RedEarth Gallery, Bickleigh, Devon
8 Sept — 23 Sept 2012

Devon Open Studio 2011

RedEarth Gallery, Bickleigh, Devon
3 Sept — 11 Sept 2011

Father & Son Exhibition

RedEarth Gallery, Bickleigh, Devon
16 April — 24 April 2011

24hrs at Bewl Water

Bewl Water, Nr Lamberhurst, Kent
Feb 2002 — Feb 2002

Awards

Highly Commended – Ilminster open Exhibition 2021

Collaborations

Private Weather Diaries: By Alice Tatton-Brown

Private Weather Diaries is a collection of weather observations from Burnham-on-Sea and across the Somerset Levels and Moors, created by twenty local Weather Diarists, over two weeks in April-May 2022.

The project takes inspiration from an archive of Weather Diaries in The National Meteorological Archive, in Exeter.

Somerset Solargraphic Society: Established by Dr Janette Kerr PPRWA RSA.

Partnered in January 2021 in a collaboration to develop the society and launch a countywide Solargraphic Project, involving over 100 participants, recording the passage of time over the Somerset countryside and beyond using pinhole cameras.

Collections

Works held in private collections in United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Finland and France.

Curatorial Experience

2022 | Venue 006, SAW22
2022 | SLOW TIME, Black Swan Arts. Co-Curated with Janette Kerr PPRWA
2021 | Venue 67, SAW21
2021 | SPRING OPEN, The Absent Gallery
2020 | LOCKDOWN OPEN, The Absent Gallery
2020 | Venue 35, SAW20
2019 | Venue 49, SAW19
2018 | Venue 101, SAW18
2018 | Colour & Steel, East Lambrook Manor, co-curated with Caroline Mornement
2018 | Octagon Theatre
2017 | Venue 96, SAW17
2017 | SCAN Art Open 2017, The Brewhouse Theatre , co-curated with Caroline Mornement
2017 | Across Borders, The Meeting House, Ilminster Art Centre, co-curated with Caroline Mornement
2017 | Square One Rental Space, A2 Gallery, Wells
2015 | The Old Town Hall, Somerton, co-curated with Caroline Mornement
2010-2014 | REDearth Gallery & Studios, Bickleigh

Commissions