John Crossley

ELECTED ARWS 2015 & RWS 2017

Born in Dagenham, Essex in 1952 John Crossley studied at St Martin's School of Art from 1970-74. John is represented by Eames Fine Art, London and Mandell’s gallery, Norwich, and has been a member of the London Group since 1978 and the Small Paintings Group since 2021. He has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad in group and solo shows. Upcoming and recent solo shows include ‘Moments in Time’ at South Quay Gallery, Great Yarmouth in 2026 and at Eames Fine Art, ‘The Shape of Things’ in 2025 and ‘Ebb and Flow’ in 2022. Recent group shows include ‘Personal Relations’ in Amsterdam, Italy and London, and ‘Chromascopic’ at the APT gallery, London. Upcoming curated group exhibitions in 2026 include ‘Small Wonders’ at South Quay gallery, and in 2027 ‘Two by Two’ at The Cut gallery, Suffolk and ‘Colour and the Edge’ at Linden Hall studios, Deal Kent.

True to the roots of the artist, he originally studied sculpture in the 70’s at St. Martins School of Art under Anthony Caro, Phillip King and William Tucker, Crossley’s works marry colour with form and space. Unlike many of his contemporaries he is attracted to the resonance of colour as a language of emotional experience. Crossley’s paintings are bright clear notes ringing out amid the cacophony of contemporary art, characterised by their exuberant, gleaming colours, his paintings transcend our assumptions about ‘Englishness’ and beguile us instead with an exotic vibrancy.

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