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Name: John A. Blythe PGDip(Ed), MFA

Currently living and working in Oxfordshire, UK

Education:
Oxford Brookes University, Master of Fine Art in Fine Art
Oxford Brookes University, PGDip(Ed), Artist Teacher Scheme
Studied under Michael Schaaf, Wet Plate Collodion and Salt Printing
City of Westminster College, Cert in Photographic Practice

Exhibitions:
Solo/Joint Exhibitions:
2018 – Accord – The Old Fire Station Gallery, Oxford, UK
2017 – Journey: Vol1 – Nuffield OC, Headington, Oxford, UK
2016 – The Blue of Distance – Atelier 37, Oxfordshire Artweeks, UK

Recent Group Exhibitions:

2024 – An Exploration of Colour – Centre for Print Research – University of West of England, Bristol, UK
2024 – Radical Residency VIII – Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London, UK

2023 – Reconstruct – The Secret Salon #2, Create & Destroy Studio, London, UK
2023 – Rethinking The Landscape – Conversations with Artists – online
2023 – ABSTRACT – New York Centre for Photographic Art, New York, USA
2023 – Out of the Box – BBK Art Space, Bonn, Germany
2023 – Der Greif 15th Anniversary Exhibition – “Contextualise”, Pinakothek Der Moderne, Munich, Germany

2022 – RESTORE – Cornerstone Gallery, Didcot, UK
2022 – BOX | Bonn Oxford art eXchange – St Michael’s Church, Summertown, Oxford UK
2022 – Flux noun [CHANGE] – The Jam Factory Gallery, Oxford UK
2022 – FRACTURE! – Art at The Old Fire Station Gallery, Oxford, UK

2021 – Fringe Arts Bath Open Prize – 44AD artspace, Bath, UK
2021 – Fabric of Photography – Art at The Old Fire Station Gallery, Oxford, UK
2021 – Art from the Heart – Zuleika Gallery, Woodstock, UK (awarded ‘best in show’)
2021 – Abstraction – Envision Arts, Dallas, USA

2020 – Works on Paper – Candid Arts Gallery, London, UK

2019 – Body of Work (MFA Show) – Richard Hamilton Building, Oxford, UK
2019 – Hide & Seek – 44AD artspace, Bath, UK
2019 – Priceless – Gallery 8, Magdalen Road Studios, Oxford, UK
2019 – Brickwork – Boiler Room Gallery, The Jam Factory, Oxford, UK
2019 – Chromantics – The Cornerstone Gallery, Didcot, UK

2018 – DreaMFActory – Glass Tank Gallery, Headington, Oxford, UK
2018 – ‘Blue’ (ALiM) – gallery@oxo, Southbank, London, UK
2018 – Thresholds – Siggrou 24 Project Space, Thessaloniki, Greece
2018 – Real/Unreal – Bath Photography Festival, Bath, UK
2018 – Mental Health – The Cornerstone Gallery, Didcot, UK

2017 – DreaMFActory – Glass Tank Gallery, Headington, Oxford, UK
2017 – Beyond Surface – Glass Tank Gallery, Headington, Oxford, UK
2017 – Seven Counties Open – OVADA Gallery, Oxford, UK (Award Winner)
2017 – Artist Teacher Collective – Nuffield OC, Headington, Oxford, UK

2016 – Evolving Forces – Glasgow Room, Harcourt Hill Campus, Oxford, UK
2016 – Experimental Film & Video Exhibition – CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2016 – Realisation, Pop Up Artist Teacher collective exhibition – Harcourt Hill, Oxford, UK
2016 – Resistant Forces – OVADA Gallery, Oxford, UK

Television/Radio/Podcasts:
Photographic history expert commentary and technical process demonstration – Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2021), Series 10, Episode 1. STV/BBC, 2nd Nov.

Projects:
Collaborative Community Art Project – Quarantine Herbarium, Funded by Eden Project and Feast – 2020-2021
Project coordinator – Fusion Arts Community Darkroom, 2019 – 2022 (voluntary)

Publications:
Aeonian Magazine – Issue No. 8 January 2023
@tiedtolightcollective – instagram feature – 2023
Art Seen Magazine – Winter 2022 (p31)
Shutterhub Yearbook, 2022
LandEscape Art Review – Interview, Summer Edition, 2021
The Flux Review – Q&A Interview, 2020
This Is (Still) Not A Solution – London Alt Photography Collective, 2020

Awards:
2023 – shortlisted: Unit 1 Gallery Workshop – Session III Solo Show
2022 – Winner Honorable Mention – 15th Annual International Color Award – Abstract Category
2021 – Zuleika Gallery, Art from the Heart exhibition ‘Best in Show’
2020 – Nominee – 13th Annual International Color Award – Abstract Category
2019 – Nominee – 12th Annual International Color Award – Abstract Category
2018 – Nominee – 13th Black & White Spider Award – Architecture Category
2017 – OVADA Professional Development Award supported by Art at The Old Fire Station, Oxford
2016 – Nominee – 9th Annual International Color Award – Abstract Category

Residencies:
Radical Residency VIII – Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London UK
Artist in Residence – Derby University School of Art, Oct 2019 – March 2020 and Oct 2021 – June 2022
Sustainable Arts Lab – Fusion Arts, January – March 2021
Sustainable Darkroom Residency – Test.Grow.Teach.Learn. – London Alt Photography Collective @ Guest Projects – July 2020
Sustainable Darkroom Residency ‘Remove’ – London Alt Photography Collective @ Guest Projects – April 2020

Collections:
Works held in private and institutional collections worldwide

Workshops, Talks & Teaching/Mentoring

Workshops:
Eco-Developer workshop and Phytogram workshop – Camp Wildfire Festival, 2022
Eco-Cameraless Photographic Image Making – Oxford Summer School, 2022
Lumen Printing – Headington School. 2022
Phytogram Workshop – London College of Communication (UAL), 2022
Cyanotype Workshop – Fabric of Photography Exhibition, 2021
World Cyanotype Day Workshop – Great Big Green Week, 2021
Phytogram Workshop – Great Big Green Week, 2021
Eco-Developer workshop and Phytogram workshop – Camp Wildfire Festival, 2021
Eco-developer workshop – FusionArts Darkroom, 2021
Pinhole Photography Workshop – Fusion Arts Darkroom, 2021
Cyanotype Workshop – Fusion Arts Darkroom, 2021
Cyanotype Workshop – Art at The Old Fire Station, 2021
Looking at Photography – Fusion Arts (online), 2021
Chemigram introduction – OVADA Gallery, 2020
World Cyanotype Day – FusionArts Darkroom, 2019
Introduction to analogue photography – FusionArts Darkroom, 2019
“Alternative Identities’ – Cyanotype and Collage – Parasol Project/Fusion Arts, 2019
Creative darkroom practices – FusionArts Darkroom, 2019
Eco photography – FusionArts Darkroom, 2019
World Pinhole Photography Day – FusionArts Darkroom 2019
‘Alternative Histories’ – Photo Collage – Pitt Rivers Museum for OAT (Oxford Art Teach), 2018
Exposing the Invisible’ Cyanotype Process – FusionArts, 2018
Alternative Scapes’ – Photo Collage – Art at The Old Fire Station, 2018
“Alternative Identities’ – Cyanotype and Collage – Parasol Project/Fusion Arts, 2018

Talks/Lectures:
Failure as Art Practice – Warehouse Art School – 2022
Twitter Guest Room Talk, Curated by Diandra Donecker – Der Greif. 2022
Failure as Art Practice – University of Derby School of Art, MA Photography. 2022
Sustainable Photographic Practice – London College of Communication (UAL), MA UX Design. 2022
Failure as Art Practice – University of Derby School of Art, Foundation Art & Design, 2021
The Stuff of Photography – The Photographers Gallery, 2019
In conversation with…. – OVADA Gallery, 2019
Artists in Conversation – The Old Fire Station Gallery, 2018
‘The Speed of Light, The Speed of me’ – OVADA, 2018

Mentoring:
Artist Mentor – Specialist mentor working with artists with ADHD – 2020 – Present
ShadowLight Artist/Film Oxford Mentor – working with Mark Hemsworth 2020-2022

Teaching:
Teacher of Photography, d’Overbroeck’s College, Oxford, 2017 – Present
Module Leader of Photography, Bellerbys College Oxford. 2011 – 2017
Teacher of Photography, Queen Anne’s School, Caversham. 2010 – 2013
Guest Lecturer, Oxbridge Academic Programs, Pembroke College, Oxford University. 2013
Sessional Tutor of Photography, Redcloud Photography Workshops. 2012
Course Leader, Oxbridge Academic Programs, Pembroke College Oxford University. 2012

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