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'{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2013}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2012}} '''John Bowstead''' (born [[Northampton]] 27 September 1940) is an English artist and contributor to the [[Pop Art]] movement of the 1960s. ==Career== Bowstead studied at the [[Slade School of Fine Art]]. In 1963, with fellow Slade painters [[Terry Atkinson]], Roger Jeffs, and Bernard Jennings, he formed the art group "Fine Artz Associates".<ref>[http://www.yorku.ca/mam/terryatkinson.html Terry Atkinson (Fine Artz Associates)] ''York University''; retrieved 19 April 2011</ref> The group exhibited its work, ''"The Kandilac Kustomised Asteroid Action Seat"'', in the 1964 "Young Contemporaries" exhibition.<ref>[http://www.enotes.com/oxford-art-encyclopedia/young-contemporaries Young Contemporaries]</ref> He worked on the Light/Sound Workshop at Hornsey College of Art (Media Experiments 1-4, 1968; [Project no. 118]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lux.org.uk/blog/young-contemporaries-1968-hornsey-lightsound-workshop |title=Young Contemporaries 1968: The Hornsey Light/Sound Workshop - Blog |publisher=LUX |date= |accessdate=2013-11-11}}</ref> He worked on Airplane Panels for the Milan Triennale installation, 1967-8 (Project no. 107), as featured in Archigram 8, 1968 (Project no. 100.8).<ref>{{cite web|author=exp university of westmister aap |url=http://archigram.westminster.ac.uk/magazine.php?drwid=2034 |title=Archigram Magazine Issue No. 8 - Archigram Archival Project |publisher=Archigram.westminster.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-11-11}}</ref> His project on Information: Multi-Channel Audio-Visual Environmental System, with Roger Jeffs, featured in Archigram 8, while his All-Singing Multi-Media Spectacular, presented with friends, was advertised in Archigram 9, 1970 (Project no. 100.9)<ref>{{cite web|author=exp university of westmister aap |url=http://archigram.westminster.ac.uk/magazine.php?drwid=2370 |title=Archigram Magazine Issue No. 9 - Archigram Archival Project |publisher=Archigram.westminster.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-11-11}}</ref> Bowstead's work is referenced in ''"Too much: art and society in the Sixties 1960-75"'' (Robert Hewson 1986), ''"Burning the Box of Beautiful Things"'' (Alex Seago),{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} and ''"Critical Kitaj: Essays on the Work of R.B. Kitaj"'' (James Aulich).{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} In 2001, he became Head of Visual and Performing Arts at the [[Working Men's College]], and currently teaches on the College's Access to Art & Design course.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} Many Bowstead students later studied at [[Goldsmiths, University of London|Goldsmiths]], [[Camberwell College of Arts|Camberwell]], [[Chelsea College of Art and Design|Chelsea]], [[St Martin's School of Art|St Martins]] and the [[London College of Communication]].{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} ==Personal life== Bowstead is married with two children and lives in [[London Borough of Newham|Newham]], East [[London]].{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} ==Recognition== In 1962, while studying at [[Coventry University|Coventry School of Art]], Bowstead won the Reuters Prize for "Young Contemporaries", alongside [[Maurice Agis]], [[David Hockney]] and [[Peter Phillips (artist)|Peter Phillips]].<ref>[http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookinfo.phtml?o=roe&bnr=006928 Four Young Artists.] ''Institute of Contemporary Arts''1962, First Edition. Folding Sheet. Square 8vo; retrieved 19 April 2011</ref> This led to the exhibition "Four Young Artists" at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]].<ref>[http://www.ica.org.uk/Support%20Structure+18616.twl ICA 1962]</ref> The following year he received an ''"Honourable Mention"'' in the [[John Moores Painting Prize|John Moores Prize]] competition for his piece ''"Surf Citizen"''.<ref>[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/fact_file/fact_file4.aspx John Moores Exhibition 1963]</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{official website|http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/john-bowstead}} *[http://www.artdesigncafe.com/customizing-custom-painting-1992 Art Design Care] {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Bowstead, John | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = British artist | DATE OF BIRTH = 27 September 1940 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bowstead, John}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Alumni of the Slade School of Art]] [[Category:People from Northampton]] [[Category:British pop artists]] [[Category:English contemporary artists]] [[Category:British contemporary artists]]'