JOHN COURT
Lives and works in Tornio, Finland
courtblemey@gmail.com / www.johncourtnow.com
EDUCATION
1994–1997 Norwich School of Art and Design, UK, 1st Class BA Honours Fine Art in Sculpture
1993 Camberwell School of Art, London, UK, Foundation course
CURRENT AND FUTURE
PERFORMANCES (selected)
2023 6 hours 6 days, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland
2022 Seven of Seven, performance and live art festival in Breda, Netherland.
Belfast International Festival of Performance Art Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
2020 Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art Vaasa, Finland
HOUR Bergen International Performance Festival, Bergen, Norway
2019 International Conference Sculpture in Process, University of Arts, Poznan, Poland
2018 State of Move, Performance Art Festival, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
Das Dicke Ende, Art Museum Bern, Switzerland
ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio, Finland
2017 UP-ON Live Art festival, Chengdu, China
SIGNAL Festival, Brussels, Belgium
2016 Beijing Live - Danish Cultural Center & Goethe Institut Beijing, China
China-UK Year of Cultural Exchange, Potters Fields Park, London, UK
2015 Viva! Art Action Festival, Montreal, Canada
Rapid Pulse Festival, Chicago, USA
2014 DigitaLive, Guangzhou, China
Live Action 9, Gothenburg Art Centre, Sweden
7a*11d, Toronto, Canada
2013 Guangzhou Live 4, Guangzhou, China
2012 SpaceX Gallery, Exeter, UK
2011 Be Captivated Live Art Festival, Bergen, Norway
2010 Shenzhen Action Live Art Festival, Shenzhen, China
Guangzhou Live Festival, 53 Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio, Finland
2009 TRACE: Artspace, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway
2006 Amorph 06 Live Art Festival, Helsinki, Finland
Live Action Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
Infr’Action Festival, Sète, France
2005 Reaction collateral event, 51st Venice Biennale, Italy
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2004 Platform Gallery, Vaasa, Finland
Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
Liverpool Biennial, Walker Art Gallery, UK
2003 ARS Arctica, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
Perfect Performance, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
LAW Live Art Weekend, Ferens Gallery, Hull, UK
2002 Mope 02 Festival, Vaasa, Finland
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
Forum Box, Là-bas 2002, Helsinki, Finland
2001 MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1996 Transmutations 96 Zap Art, Brighton, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Galleria G Helsinki, Finland
2018 MA, Art Museum, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
2012 SpaceX Gallery, Exeter, UK
2010 Ålands konstmuseum, Åland, Finland
Galleria Aarni, Espoo, Finland
2009 Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland
Pihatalon Studio, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
The Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
2008 Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
2007 Cable Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2004 Platform Gallery, Vaasa, Finland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2023 Navigating North – Works from Wihuri Foundation Collection at KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland
2020 By Nature, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art Vaasa, Finland
2018 Scandinavian-Japanese Art Collaboration, Gallery Monma, Sapporo, Japan
A Blaze in the Northern Sky, Gallery Rankka, Helsinki, Finland
2014 DigitaLive, Guangzhou, China
2011 Sinne Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Aistikaaos, The Oulu Museum of Art, Finland
2010 53 Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
2008 The Union of Finnish Art Associations (SKJL) grant winners show, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland
Institut Finlandais, Paris, France
TRACE, Artspace, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Changing lines, Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway
2006 Amorph 06, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Mänttä Art festival, Mänttä, Finland
2003 Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2002 1st Barents Triennial Svolvaer, Norway
TEACHING
2012–present Guest lecturer on drawing & performance, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2012–2016 Guest lecturer on drawing and performance at the Nordic Art School, Kokkola, Finland
2011 & 2013 Guest lecturer on drawing at the Novia University of Applied Sciences, Nykarleby, Finland
2001–2005 Guest lecturer on performance at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
2000 Guest lecturer on performance at the Svefi Academy, Haparanda, Sweden
ARTWORKS IN COLLECTIONS
The Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finland
Niklas Belenius Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2017 Berlin Sessions, Berlin, Germany
2003 Migration project, Kirkenes, Norway
GRANTS & AWARDS
Arts Promotion Centre Finland
(1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005-07, 2010, 2012-14, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020-2022, 2023 2024-2029
Alfred Kordelin Foundation (2010, 2017)
Arts Promotion Centre Lapland (2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017)
The Finnish Cultural Foundation (2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018)
Nordic Culture Point (2015)
Frame Contemporary Art Finland (2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
The Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art - NIFCA (2001, 2002, 2003)
The British Council (2006, 2010)
Award For Best Appealing Artist Of Phoenix Art Omnimedia China-UK Year Of Cultural Exchange (2016)
Ars Arctica prize (2003)
MEMBERSHIPS
Lapland Artists' Association, The Association of Finnish Sculptors
PUBLICATIONS
John Court, A Body of Acton Performance Work 1996-2018, Finland 2020
John Court, An idea of performance a idea of art, Finland 2017
Aistikaaos (Chaos of The Senses), The Oulu Museum of Art 2011 (catalogue)
Ferm, U., Ångerman, M. (eds), Don’t look back: Eleven Years of Contemporary Art, Platform, Vaasa 2011
Strek i bevegelse. Tegnekunst gjennom 150 år (Lines in Motion. 150 years of drawing), Lillehammer Art Museum, Labyrinth Press, Oslo 2008 (catalogue)
John Court, John Court Drawings 2006-2007, Finland 2007
Marshall, R. and Sawdon, P. (eds), Hyperdrawing: beyond the lines of contemporary art, I.B.
Lives and works in Tornio, Finland
courtblemey@gmail.com / www.johncourtnow.com
EDUCATION
1994–1997 Norwich School of Art and Design, UK, 1st Class BA Honours Fine Art in Sculpture
1993 Camberwell School of Art, London, UK, Foundation course
CURRENT AND FUTURE
PERFORMANCES (selected)
2023 6 hours 6 days, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland
2022 Seven of Seven, performance and live art festival in Breda, Netherland.
Belfast International Festival of Performance Art Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
2020 Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art Vaasa, Finland
HOUR Bergen International Performance Festival, Bergen, Norway
2019 International Conference Sculpture in Process, University of Arts, Poznan, Poland
2018 State of Move, Performance Art Festival, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
Das Dicke Ende, Art Museum Bern, Switzerland
ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio, Finland
2017 UP-ON Live Art festival, Chengdu, China
SIGNAL Festival, Brussels, Belgium
2016 Beijing Live - Danish Cultural Center & Goethe Institut Beijing, China
China-UK Year of Cultural Exchange, Potters Fields Park, London, UK
2015 Viva! Art Action Festival, Montreal, Canada
Rapid Pulse Festival, Chicago, USA
2014 DigitaLive, Guangzhou, China
Live Action 9, Gothenburg Art Centre, Sweden
7a*11d, Toronto, Canada
2013 Guangzhou Live 4, Guangzhou, China
2012 SpaceX Gallery, Exeter, UK
2011 Be Captivated Live Art Festival, Bergen, Norway
2010 Shenzhen Action Live Art Festival, Shenzhen, China
Guangzhou Live Festival, 53 Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
ANTI Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio, Finland
2009 TRACE: Artspace, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway
2006 Amorph 06 Live Art Festival, Helsinki, Finland
Live Action Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
Infr’Action Festival, Sète, France
2005 Reaction collateral event, 51st Venice Biennale, Italy
Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
2004 Platform Gallery, Vaasa, Finland
Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
Liverpool Biennial, Walker Art Gallery, UK
2003 ARS Arctica, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
Perfect Performance, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
LAW Live Art Weekend, Ferens Gallery, Hull, UK
2002 Mope 02 Festival, Vaasa, Finland
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
Forum Box, Là-bas 2002, Helsinki, Finland
2001 MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1996 Transmutations 96 Zap Art, Brighton, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland
2022 Galleria G Helsinki, Finland
2018 MA, Art Museum, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
2012 SpaceX Gallery, Exeter, UK
2010 Ålands konstmuseum, Åland, Finland
Galleria Aarni, Espoo, Finland
2009 Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland
Pihatalon Studio, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
The Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
2008 Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
2007 Cable Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2004 Platform Gallery, Vaasa, Finland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2023 Navigating North – Works from Wihuri Foundation Collection at KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland
2020 By Nature, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art Vaasa, Finland
2018 Scandinavian-Japanese Art Collaboration, Gallery Monma, Sapporo, Japan
A Blaze in the Northern Sky, Gallery Rankka, Helsinki, Finland
2014 DigitaLive, Guangzhou, China
2011 Sinne Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
Aistikaaos, The Oulu Museum of Art, Finland
2010 53 Art Museum, Guangzhou, China
2008 The Union of Finnish Art Associations (SKJL) grant winners show, Gallery Uusikuva, Kotka, Finland
Institut Finlandais, Paris, France
TRACE, Artspace, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Changing lines, Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway
2006 Amorph 06, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Mänttä Art festival, Mänttä, Finland
2003 Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2002 1st Barents Triennial Svolvaer, Norway
TEACHING
2012–present Guest lecturer on drawing & performance, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2012–2016 Guest lecturer on drawing and performance at the Nordic Art School, Kokkola, Finland
2011 & 2013 Guest lecturer on drawing at the Novia University of Applied Sciences, Nykarleby, Finland
2001–2005 Guest lecturer on performance at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
2000 Guest lecturer on performance at the Svefi Academy, Haparanda, Sweden
ARTWORKS IN COLLECTIONS
The Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, Finland
Niklas Belenius Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2017 Berlin Sessions, Berlin, Germany
2003 Migration project, Kirkenes, Norway
GRANTS & AWARDS
Arts Promotion Centre Finland
(1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005-07, 2010, 2012-14, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020-2022, 2023 2024-2029
Alfred Kordelin Foundation (2010, 2017)
Arts Promotion Centre Lapland (2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017)
The Finnish Cultural Foundation (2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018)
Nordic Culture Point (2015)
Frame Contemporary Art Finland (2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
The Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art - NIFCA (2001, 2002, 2003)
The British Council (2006, 2010)
Award For Best Appealing Artist Of Phoenix Art Omnimedia China-UK Year Of Cultural Exchange (2016)
Ars Arctica prize (2003)
MEMBERSHIPS
Lapland Artists' Association, The Association of Finnish Sculptors
PUBLICATIONS
John Court, A Body of Acton Performance Work 1996-2018, Finland 2020
John Court, An idea of performance a idea of art, Finland 2017
Aistikaaos (Chaos of The Senses), The Oulu Museum of Art 2011 (catalogue)
Ferm, U., Ångerman, M. (eds), Don’t look back: Eleven Years of Contemporary Art, Platform, Vaasa 2011
Strek i bevegelse. Tegnekunst gjennom 150 år (Lines in Motion. 150 years of drawing), Lillehammer Art Museum, Labyrinth Press, Oslo 2008 (catalogue)
John Court, John Court Drawings 2006-2007, Finland 2007
Marshall, R. and Sawdon, P. (eds), Hyperdrawing: beyond the lines of contemporary art, I.B.