2022
January 22nd – Summer 2022 ~ ICE Galleries, Wilmslow, Cheshire
Work exhibited at ICE alongside the photography of Tim Flach
February 8th – 24th 2022 ~ An Unbroken Duality of Bronze, Marble and Canvas
Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Work exhibited at Artis alongside the sculpture of Margaret Lovell
September 8th – 30th 2022 ~ John Blackburn at 90 – Seven Decades of Painting
Osborne Samuel Gallery, London
2021 CHEFFINS SALE
Mid-Century Artwork & Sculpture
Sourced from two private collections, this was the largest contingent of John Blackburn works to have ever come to auction.
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2019 ALL FIRED UP ~ Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Exhibiting with sculptor Margaret Lovell
‘John Blackburn‘ Catalogue Essay by Christopher Johnstone
2018 PAINTINGS FROM THE STUDIO ~ Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 THE FIRE PAINTINGS ~ Osborne Samuel, London
‘The Fire Paintings‘ Essay by Mark Pulsford
2017 MAYFAIR TO MURIWAI ~ Artis Gallery, Auckland
‘Mayfair to Muriwai‘ Essay by Christopher Johnstone
‘There is no point in simply doing what you already know; the important thing is to search for what you don’t know.’ JB
2016 JOHN BLACKBURN ~ Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2016 INTIMATE WORKS ~ Artis Gallery, Auckland
2016 MATERIAL NATURE ~ Osborne Samuel, London
‘Material Nature‘ Essay by Ian Massey
2015 INSPIRATION ~ Artis Gallery, Auckland
2014 IN ABSENTIA ~ Artis Gallery, Auckland
‘In Absentia‘ Essay by Richard Wolf
‘I think painting is rather like alchemy. Sort of like turning nothing into something. Apart from everything else that happens in the course of the creative process, a little magic is needed also.’ JB
2013 A DECADE OF EVOLUTION ~ Osborne Samuel, London
2013 Art UK
‘Artist in Focus: John Blackburn’ Article by Ian Massey
2012 JOHN BLACKBURN ~ Lemon Street Gallery, Truro
‘The Stuff of Life‘ Essay by Ian Massey
2012 MT MAUNGANUI PAPER SUITE ~ Artis Gallery, Auckland
2012 AND GOD CRYED ~ Studio 3 Gallery, University of Kent at Canterbury in association with Osborne Samuel
John Blackburn : a short film by UKC School of Arts
2011 IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNT ~ Artis Gallery, Auckland
‘In the Shadow of the Mount‘ Essay by Ian Massey
‘Becoming comfortable with what you are doing is the most destructive thing that can overtake a painter.’ JB
2011 NEW PAINTINGS ~ Osborne Samuel, London.
2010 THE MURIWAI PAINTINGS ~ Artis Gallery, Auckland
‘John Blackburn’s Hypnotic Art‘ Essay by John Coley
‘For my part, painting is never easy. Nor should it be. Nothing any good has ever come out of easy.’ JB
2010 JOHN BLACKBURN PAINTINGS ~ Lemon Street Gallery, Truro
2009 JOHN BLACKBURN ~ Osborne Samuel, London
2009 BACK AFTER ALL THESE YEARS ~ Artis Gallery, Auckland
‘Back after all these Years‘ Essay by Christopher Johnstone
‘It is sometimes possible to make sense of the confusion that surrounds us. I paint to find an inner order – this is what drives my work.’ JB
2009 ‘Blackburn’s Back‘ Essay by John Coley
2007 JOHN BLACKBURN PAINTINGS ~ Osborne Samuel, London
2006 JOHN BLACKBURN, REDISCOVERED ~ The Metropole Galleries, Folkestone
‘John Blackburn: a personal appreciation‘ Essay by Christopher Penn
‘John Blackburn: an untold vision.’ Essay by Furse Swann
1967 Bene’t Gallery Cambridge
1965 Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham
1965 Dillwyn Gallery, Swansea
1962 Woodstock Gallery, London; Kettles Yard, Cambridge
1961 John Moores Exhibitor; Walker Gallery; Liverpool Biennale
1958 Auckland City Art Gallery
1957 Circle Gallery, Auckland