John Loker
<BR>(left to right): David Hockney, John Loker and (on same bike) Roderick Taylor,<BR> David Oxtoby and David Brown

(left to right): David Hockney, John Loker and (on same bike) Roderick Taylor,
David Oxtoby and David Brown, 1957
 
<BR>Skiffle Group on the steps of Bradford Town Hall:  <BR>second row: Bernard Woodward (looking up), John Loker (partially hidden)<BR>back row: David Oxtoby, Norman Stevens and Peter Kaye

Skiffle Group on the steps of Bradford Town Hall:
second row: Bernard Woodward (looking up), John Loker (partially hidden)
back row: David Oxtoby, Norman Stevens and Peter Kaye, 1956
 

Biography
1938 Born Leeds
1954-58 Studied Graphic Design at Bradford Regional College of Art
1960-63 Studied Painting at the Royal College of Art, London
1963 Awarded Abbey Minor Travelling Scholarship

Solo Exhibitions
1969 Studio Exhibition, London
1970 Horizontals and Drawings, Angela Flowers Gallery, London; ICA, London
1973 Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1975 Studio Exhibition, London
Park Square Gallery, Leeds
Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1978 Angela Flowers Gallery, London
Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
Park Square Gallery, Leeds
1980 Angela Flowers Gallery, London
Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
1981 Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
Newlyn Orion, Newlyn
Cartwright Hall, Bradford
Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery, Newcastle
1982 Angela Flowers Gallery, London
Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
1983 Works on Paper 1970-1983, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1984 Galerie du Monde, Hong Kong
1985 Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1986 Wetering Galerie: Amsterdam Studio Exhibition, London
1988 Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1989 A Decade of Prints, Flowers East, London
Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
1990 Flowers East, London
1992 Crossover, Watermans Art Centre, London
Monoprints, Flowers East, London
Chesil Gallery, Dorset
1993 Flowers East, London
1994 Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1995 Flowers Graphics, London
1996 Few Motives, Flowers East, London Fields
1998 Flowers East, London
1999 Chelsea Arts Club, London
2005 Studio Exhibition, London

Group Exhibitions
1978 Het Landschap, Gemoentelijke van Reekumgalery, Apeldoorn, Holland
Landscape to Land Art, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Hovikodden, Norway
John Moores Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1979 Three Artists' Drawings, Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam
Gallery Artists: Drawings and Prints, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
Sixth Bradford International Print Biennale, Bradford
1980 The British Arts Show: Arts Council of Great Britain, touring exhibition
1981 Landscape - The Print-Maker's View, Tate Gallery, London
1982 5 Via De Wetering Galerie, Stichting Beeldende Kunst, Helmond
Landscape Prints, Brighton Polytechnic Gallery
1984 Eighth British International Print Biennale, Bradford
International Drawing Biennale, Rijeka, Yugoslavia
Big Paintings, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
A View from my Window, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1985 Fourth Biennale of European Graphic Art, Baden-Baden, Germany
Tolly Cobbold Easter Arts 5th National Exhibition, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and touring
Small is Beautiful, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
1986 Ninth British International Print Biennale, Bradford
Big Paintings, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
Fourth European Print Biennale, Baden-Baden, Germany and touring
Side by Side: Contemporary British and Malaysian Art, Kuala Lumpur and touring to Hong Kong
Arnolifini Anniversary Show
1987 Process and Product, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, Greater Manchester
Whitegates, Bradford Festival, Bradford
Contemporary Artists, Cartwright Hall, Bradford
Small is Beautiful Part V: Landscape, Angela Flowers Gallery, London
Passage West, Angela Flowers Gallery (Ireland), Co Cork; Crawford Arts Centre, Cork
1988 Royal College, 150 Years, Royal College of Art, London
Small is Beautiful Part VI, Flowers East, London
1989 Big Paintings, Flowers East, London
Monoprints, Flowers East, London
1990 Angela Flowers 1990, Barbican Centre, London
Intergrafik 90, Berlin, Germany
Cubism, Blackman Harvey, London
1991 Flowers West, Watermans, Brentford, London
Art London '91, Olympia, London
Angela Flowers Gallery 1991, Flowers East, London
Art '91, Business Design Centre, London
Recent Print Publications, Flowers East, London
1992 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
1993 10th Contemporary Art Society Art Market
Small is Beautiful Part XI: Homages, Flowers East, London
Small is Beautiful Part XII: Night and Day, Flowers East, London Fields
1995 The Twenty Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East at London Fields
Small is Beautiful: Part XIII: Food and Drink, Flowers East, London
British Abstract Art Part 3: Works on Paper, Flowers East and Flowers East at London Fields
Small is Beautiful: Part XIV: Sex, Flowers East at London Fields
1997 Angela Flowers Gallery 1997, Flowers East at London Fields
Print, Riverside Studios, London
Angela Flowers Gallery (Ireland), Co Cork
Small is Beautiful: Part XV: Death, Flowers East at London Fields
1998 Small is Beautiful: Part XVI: Music, Flowers East, London
Contemporary British Landscape, Flowers East, London
1999 Small is Beautiful Part 1: Abstract, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California
2000 Angela Flowers Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London and Flowers West, Santa Monica
Small is Beautiful: Self Portrait, Flowers East at London Fields
Flowers Two, Flowers Central, London
2001 British Abstract Painting 2001, Flowers East, London
Small is Beautiful XIX: Still Life, Flowers Central, London
2002 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Small is Beautiful XX: Voyage, Flowers Central, London
32nd Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London
Drawings and Works on Paper, Flowers East, London
2003 Elm Hill Contemporary Art
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2004 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
Elm Hill Contemporary Art
2005 Small is Beautiful, Flowers Central, London
Elm Hill Contemporary Art
2006 Elm Hill Contemporary Art
2008 Jill Bishop Contemporary Art

Commissions
1983 Watmoughs Holdings, Bradford
1984 Essex General Hospital
1992 Painting commissioned by Stanhope Developments for the ITN Building (Norman Foster), Grays Inn Road, London

Awards
1994 Winner of the Nordstern Award for best print at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Collections
Arts Council of Great Britain
British Council
Contemporary Art Society
De Beers
Department of the Environment
Deutsche Bank AG, London
Dudley City Art Gallery
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
Hunterian Collection, Glasgow
IBM
Leeds City Art Gallery
Lloyds TSB Group Plc, London
Manchester City Art Gallery
Power Institute of Fine Art, Sydney
Rugby City Art Gallery
Tate
Unilever
Victoria & Albert Museum
Wakefield City Art Gallery
Worcester City Art Gallery


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