CURRICULUM VITAE JOHN COURT
Date of Birth 26.9.1969
Address Laivaniementie 341, 95440 Tornio, Finland
Mobile +358 40 758 9810
Email courtblemey@gmail.com
Website http://www.johncourtnow.com
EDUCATION
1994-1997 Norwich School of Art and Design, England 1st Class BA Honours Fine Art in Sculpture
1993 Camberwell School of Art, London, England Foundation course
PERFORMANCE WORK
2017 UP-ON Live Art festival Chengdu China. New Performance Festival Turku Finland. SIGNAL Festival in
Brussels Belgium. Viiankiaapa, Sodankylä Finland. Performance festival in Gdansk Poland. Porvoon
Triennaali 2017 in Porvoo Finland
2016. Oui Performance York, UK . Beijing Live - At the Danish Cultural Center and Institut Goethe in Beijing, China 2016.
New Performance Festival in Turku, Finland Arctic Action - International Action Art Festival in
Svalbard, Norway Rum för performance- At Bildmuséet in Umeå, Sweden. Mope16 Vaasa, Finland.
11th edition Live Action at Gothenburg and Trollhättan Sweden. Interakcje 2016 - XVIII International
Art Festival Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. Performing Drawology Bonington Gallery Nottingham England.
China-UK Year of Cultural Exchange at Potters Fields Park London England,
2015. Drawing Triennial National Museum, Wrocław, Poland. Kunstbanken Hedmark Art Centre
Performance Art Festival Hamar Norway, Viva! Art Action festival Montreal Canada,
Streetlevel, Performance Art in Public Space Festival in Helsinki, Finland,
Veno gård KUNST Venoy Selje Norway. Rapid Pulse Festival Chicago USA, Scores Berlin Germany
Infr’Action Venezia in Venice Italy.
2014. DigitaLive Guangzhou China, "Tonight", Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna Finland, 15 Minutes of
Censorship Trollhättan Konsthall Sweden, Live Action 9 at Gothenburg Art Centre Sweden,
10th edditon of Infr’Action Sète France, Mother tong Performance festival Helsinki,
7a*11d in Toronto Canada in October.
2013. Ikrafestival Haparanda, Sweden, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum,Turku, Finland, Infr’Action
Venezia in Venice Italy Grüntaler9 at the Art Bosphorus in Istanbul Turkey, Uprooted (or Fake
Nations) Festival, Helsinki, Guangzhou Live 4 Guangzhou China, Draw to Perform London England.
2012. SpaceX Gallery, Exeter, UK
2011. Nordic contemporary art seminar, Kokkola, Finland, Ikrafestival Haparanda, Sweden, Be
Captivated live art festival, Bergen, Norway, Fake Fin festival, Helsinki, Finland
2010. Shenzen Action live art festival, Shenzen, China, Guangzhou Live festival, 53 Art Museum,
Guangzhou, China, ANTI contemporary art festival, Kuopio, Finland
2009. Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum,Turku, Finland, Diverse Learners Association seminar Helsinki,
Finland
2008. Mope 08 Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland, TRACE: Artspace, Cardiff, Wales,
Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway
2007. Jyväskylä City Centre, Finland, Stockholm Art Fair, Sollentuna, Sweden, Aine Art Museum, Tornio,
Finland
2006. Amorph 06 live art festival, Helsinki, Finland, Live Action festival, Gothenburg, Sweden, Infi’Action
festival, Sète, France
2005. La bas live art festival, Valssaamo, Helsinki, Finland, Reaction collateral event, 51st Venice Biennale,
Italy, Mänttä art festival, Mänttä, Finland, Mope 05 festival, Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa, Finland, Amos
Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland, Ateneum Museum (sali), Helsinki Finland
2004. La bas festival, Oulu, Finland, Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland, Platform Gallery, Vaasa, Finland
Marginal art festival, Joensuu, Finland, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland, Liverpool Biennial, Walker Art
Gallery, England, Pang art festival, Rovaniemi main street, Finland
2003. Ars Artctica Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland, Perfect Performance,
Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Migration project, Kirkenes, Norway, LAW (Live Art Weekend),
Ferens Gallery, Hull, England
2002. Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland, Mope 02 festival, Vaasa, Finland, Rovaniemi Art Museum,
Finland, Forum Box, La bas 2002, Helsinki, Finland
2001. Muu art gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 12 to 12 festival, Tampere, Finland, Halvare art gallery, Oulu,
Finland
2000. Kemi Art Museum, Finland, Kemi Cultural Centre, Finland
1999. Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland, Creative Space exhibition, Rovaniemi, Finland
1997. Pay and Display car park, Norwich, England, One Night Stand Norwich School of Art gallery, England
1996. Transmutations 96 Zap Art, Brighton, England
SOLO ART EXHIBITION
2012. SpaceX Gallery, Exeter, UK,
2010. Ålands konstmuseum, Åland Islands, Finland, Galleria Aarni, Espoo, Finland
2009. Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum, Turku, Finland, Pihatalon Studio,, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma,
Finland, Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
2008. Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
2007.The Cable Factory Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
GROUP ART EXHIBITION
2015 'How to Read in the Dark' Grimmuseum Berlin, Germany 'How to Read in the Dark' Tartu Art Hall
Estonia 'How to Read in the Dark' Joensuu Art Museum, Finland
lying-siting-standing-walking-jumping-flying/ Künstlerforum Bonn Germany
2014. DigitaLive Guangzhou China, Gallery Valo , Rovaniemi, Finland, Trollhättan Konsthall Sweden
2013. Grüntaler9
2012. The North Finland Biennial Oulu Museum of Art, Design and Architecture Gallery Tallinn
Estonia, Latvian Artists’ Union gallery, Riga
2011. Sinne Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, Aistikaaos Oulu Art Museum, Finland
2010. 53 Art Museum, Guangzhou, China, Galleri Heike Arndt, Berlin, Germany, Galleria Kellokas, Ylläs,
Finland
2009. Arctic Culture Centre, Hammerfest, Norway, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland, NYT-näyttely
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
2008. Spiraali Imatran Art Museum, Imatran, Finland, SKjL grant winners show, Uusikuva gallery, Kotka,
Finland, Institut Finlandais, Paris, France, Amorph 08 Muu Studio, Helsinki, Finland, TRACE:
Artspace, Cardiff, Wales, Changing lines Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway
2007. Stockholm Art Fair, Sollentuna, Sweden
2006. Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland, Amorph 06 festival, Helsinki, Finland, Kemi Museum of History,
Kemi, Finland
2005. Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland, Mänttä art festival, Mänttä, Finland, Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa,
Finland, Luleå Art Museum, Luleå, Sweden
2004. Platform Gallery, Vaasa, Finland
2003. Kerava Art Museum, Finland, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2002. 1st Barents Triennial Svolvaer, Norway, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland, Akureyri Art Museum,
Akureyri, Iceland
2001. HALLAA III exhibition, Kemi, Finland, Amorph 01 festival, Helsinki, Finland, Halvare Art Gallery, Oulu,
Finland
VISITING ARTIST, GUEST LECTURER, PANELIST
2017 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland, drawing and performance workshop
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland Site and Situation Basics course.
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland, drawing workshop.
2016 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland, drawing workshop.
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland Site and Situation Basics course.
Nordic Art School, Kokkola, Drawing and Performance workshop
2015. Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland, drawing workshop. Finnish Academy of Fine
Arts, Helsinki, Finland Site and Situation Basics course.
2014. Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, 5 day Site and Situation Basics, Nordic Art School, Kokkola,
5 day Drawing workshop, Nordic Art School, Kokkola, 5 day performance workshop, Nordic Art
School, Kokkola, co-curator student exhibition
2013. Novia University of Applied Sciences, Nykarleby, Finland, 5 day drawing workshop, Finnish Academy
of Fine Arts, Helsinki, 3 week Site and Situation Basics, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki,
Finland, 10 day drawing workshop
2012. Nordic Art School, Kokkola, 4 day drawing workshop, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, 3
week Site and Situation Basics
2011. Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland, 5 day drawing workshop, Novia University of Applied
Sciences, Nykarleby, Finland, 4 day drawing workshop 2010 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts,
lecturer, Shenzhen Action Shenzhen, China, public discussion panel member, Shenzhen Secondary
School, China, lecturer, panel member, Ålands Art Museum, Åland Islands, Finland, public discussion
panel member, Galleria Aarni, Espoo, Finland, public discussion panel member
2009. Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland, public discussion panel member, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum,
Turku, Finland, public discussion panel member
2008. Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland, public discussion panel member
2006. Amorph 06 festival, Helsinki, Finland, public discussion panel member
2005. University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Time + Space 3 day workshop
2004. University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Time + Space 3 day workshop
2003. University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Time + Space 3 day workshop
2001. University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Lava-ice-Forest 5 day workshop
2000. Svefi Academy, Haparanda, Sweden, Time + Space 5 day workshop
1999. University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Time + Space 3 day workshop
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2017 Berlin Sessions Berlin Germany
2003 Migration project, Kirkenes, Norway
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Taiteen Keskustoimikunta (Arts Council of Finland) 1999, 2001,2002 2003, 2005-07, 2010, 2012-15
Alfred Kordelin Foundation 2010, 2017
Lapin Taidetoimikunta (Arts Council of Lapland) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (The Finnish Cultural Foundation) 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2015
FRAME (Finnish Fund for Art Exchange) 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013
NIFCA (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art) 2001, 2002, 2003
Finnish national Ars Arctica prize 2003
British Council travel grants 2006, 2010
MEMBER OF ORGANISATIONS
Lapin Taiteilijaseura (Lapland Artists' Association) - elected and MUU ("other") artists' association - elected
WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation collection, Rovaniemi Art Museum Finland
OTHER COLLECTIONS
Niklas Belenius Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
PUBLICATIONS
An idea of performance a idea of art by John Court ISBN 97vw52-93-8547-8 published with the support of the Arts Council of Finland and FRAME
Aistikaaos (Sensory Chaos) catalogue, Oulu Art Museum, Finland, 2011 ISBN 978-952-5465-46-4
Don’t look back Ferm, U., Ångerman, M. (eds), Platform, Vaasa, Finland, 2011 ISBN 978-952-67484-1-2
Strek i bevegelse. Tegnekunst gjennom 150 år (Lines in Motion. 150 years of drawing) catalogue, Lillehammer Art Museum, Labyrinth Press, Oslo, Norway, 2008 ISBN 978-82-91388-54-0
John Court Drawings 2006-2007 John Court and Steve Pratt, foreword by Heikki Lyytinen PhD, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 20007, published with the support of the Arts Council of Finland and FRAME, ISBN 978-952-92-1832-5
Hyperdrawing: beyond the lines of contemporary art book, Marshall, R. and Sawdon, P. (eds), TRACEY Drawing and Visualisation Research, Loughborough University, for publication by I.B.Tauris, London
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1780762542/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
REVIEWS PRESS
An idea of performance a idea of art by John Court http://nathan-walker.co.uk/blog/write-knowing
Nom de Strip The Impossibility of the Word by Pamela Peter-Agbia September 29, 2012
Frieze Art Magazine: Anti Festival 2010 by Emma Cocker, issue 136, January-February 2011
Helsingin Sanomat Finnish national daily: Lukihäiriöstä syntyy kuvataidetta (Dyslexia inspires art) by Leena Pallari, 2 October 2010
Helsingin Sanomat Finnish national daily: Teksti muuttuu kuvaksi (The text will change the image) by Veikko Halmetoja, 27 January 2010
Kymen Sanomat Finnish daily: Puhuvat kuvat (Talking about pictures) by Tuula Huittinan, 19 October 2008
Salusjärvi Keskisuomalainen Finnish national daily: John Court: miekkaa mahtavampi kynä (John Court: the pencil is mightier than the sword) by Aleksis Salusjärvi, 4 April 2008
Framework Finnish art review: Reaction – Performance in Venetian Public Space in Extra 51, June 2005
Teatteri (Theatre) magazine: Likettä kohtip performanssia (Moving on Towards Performance) by Pekka Luhta, Number 2, 2002
Pohjalen Sanomat Finnish daily: Kahdeksan lyijykynän lastuna (Eight hours with pencil shavings) by Marko Korhonen, 29 March 2000
ONLINE
An idea of performance a idea of art by John Court http://nathan-walker.co.uk/blog/write-knowing
Nom de Strip The Impossibility of the Word http://nomdestrip.co.uk/blog/john-court/
Dysleksia voi inspiroida taiteilijaa (Dyslexia to inspire artists), preview article by Jussi Mankkinen for YLE Finnish national TV news item, below, uploaded 12:55 hrs 8 January 2010: http://yle.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/2010/01/dysleksia_voi_inspiroida_taiteilijaa_1355410.html
'is drawing a language' is a inter net Research theme from TRACEY Drawing and Visualisation Research, Loughborough University July 2008 http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/sota/tracey/journal/idal/court.html
TV
YLE Uutiset Finnish national TV news arts and culture strand and YLE website, above: Dysleksia voi inspiroida taiteilijaa (Dyslexia to inspire artists), presented by Jussi Mankkinen, 8 January 2010
Date of Birth 26.9.1969
Address Laivaniementie 341, 95440 Tornio, Finland
Mobile +358 40 758 9810
Email courtblemey@gmail.com
Website http://www.johncourtnow.com
EDUCATION
1994-1997 Norwich School of Art and Design, England 1st Class BA Honours Fine Art in Sculpture
1993 Camberwell School of Art, London, England Foundation course
PERFORMANCE WORK
2017 UP-ON Live Art festival Chengdu China. New Performance Festival Turku Finland. SIGNAL Festival in
Brussels Belgium. Viiankiaapa, Sodankylä Finland. Performance festival in Gdansk Poland. Porvoon
Triennaali 2017 in Porvoo Finland
2016. Oui Performance York, UK . Beijing Live - At the Danish Cultural Center and Institut Goethe in Beijing, China 2016.
New Performance Festival in Turku, Finland Arctic Action - International Action Art Festival in
Svalbard, Norway Rum för performance- At Bildmuséet in Umeå, Sweden. Mope16 Vaasa, Finland.
11th edition Live Action at Gothenburg and Trollhättan Sweden. Interakcje 2016 - XVIII International
Art Festival Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. Performing Drawology Bonington Gallery Nottingham England.
China-UK Year of Cultural Exchange at Potters Fields Park London England,
2015. Drawing Triennial National Museum, Wrocław, Poland. Kunstbanken Hedmark Art Centre
Performance Art Festival Hamar Norway, Viva! Art Action festival Montreal Canada,
Streetlevel, Performance Art in Public Space Festival in Helsinki, Finland,
Veno gård KUNST Venoy Selje Norway. Rapid Pulse Festival Chicago USA, Scores Berlin Germany
Infr’Action Venezia in Venice Italy.
2014. DigitaLive Guangzhou China, "Tonight", Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna Finland, 15 Minutes of
Censorship Trollhättan Konsthall Sweden, Live Action 9 at Gothenburg Art Centre Sweden,
10th edditon of Infr’Action Sète France, Mother tong Performance festival Helsinki,
7a*11d in Toronto Canada in October.
2013. Ikrafestival Haparanda, Sweden, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum,Turku, Finland, Infr’Action
Venezia in Venice Italy Grüntaler9 at the Art Bosphorus in Istanbul Turkey, Uprooted (or Fake
Nations) Festival, Helsinki, Guangzhou Live 4 Guangzhou China, Draw to Perform London England.
2012. SpaceX Gallery, Exeter, UK
2011. Nordic contemporary art seminar, Kokkola, Finland, Ikrafestival Haparanda, Sweden, Be
Captivated live art festival, Bergen, Norway, Fake Fin festival, Helsinki, Finland
2010. Shenzen Action live art festival, Shenzen, China, Guangzhou Live festival, 53 Art Museum,
Guangzhou, China, ANTI contemporary art festival, Kuopio, Finland
2009. Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum,Turku, Finland, Diverse Learners Association seminar Helsinki,
Finland
2008. Mope 08 Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland, TRACE: Artspace, Cardiff, Wales,
Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway
2007. Jyväskylä City Centre, Finland, Stockholm Art Fair, Sollentuna, Sweden, Aine Art Museum, Tornio,
Finland
2006. Amorph 06 live art festival, Helsinki, Finland, Live Action festival, Gothenburg, Sweden, Infi’Action
festival, Sète, France
2005. La bas live art festival, Valssaamo, Helsinki, Finland, Reaction collateral event, 51st Venice Biennale,
Italy, Mänttä art festival, Mänttä, Finland, Mope 05 festival, Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa, Finland, Amos
Andersson Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland, Ateneum Museum (sali), Helsinki Finland
2004. La bas festival, Oulu, Finland, Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland, Platform Gallery, Vaasa, Finland
Marginal art festival, Joensuu, Finland, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland, Liverpool Biennial, Walker Art
Gallery, England, Pang art festival, Rovaniemi main street, Finland
2003. Ars Artctica Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland, Perfect Performance,
Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Migration project, Kirkenes, Norway, LAW (Live Art Weekend),
Ferens Gallery, Hull, England
2002. Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland, Mope 02 festival, Vaasa, Finland, Rovaniemi Art Museum,
Finland, Forum Box, La bas 2002, Helsinki, Finland
2001. Muu art gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 12 to 12 festival, Tampere, Finland, Halvare art gallery, Oulu,
Finland
2000. Kemi Art Museum, Finland, Kemi Cultural Centre, Finland
1999. Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland, Creative Space exhibition, Rovaniemi, Finland
1997. Pay and Display car park, Norwich, England, One Night Stand Norwich School of Art gallery, England
1996. Transmutations 96 Zap Art, Brighton, England
SOLO ART EXHIBITION
2012. SpaceX Gallery, Exeter, UK,
2010. Ålands konstmuseum, Åland Islands, Finland, Galleria Aarni, Espoo, Finland
2009. Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum, Turku, Finland, Pihatalon Studio,, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma,
Finland, Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
2008. Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
2007.The Cable Factory Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
GROUP ART EXHIBITION
2015 'How to Read in the Dark' Grimmuseum Berlin, Germany 'How to Read in the Dark' Tartu Art Hall
Estonia 'How to Read in the Dark' Joensuu Art Museum, Finland
lying-siting-standing-walking-jumping-flying/ Künstlerforum Bonn Germany
2014. DigitaLive Guangzhou China, Gallery Valo , Rovaniemi, Finland, Trollhättan Konsthall Sweden
2013. Grüntaler9
2012. The North Finland Biennial Oulu Museum of Art, Design and Architecture Gallery Tallinn
Estonia, Latvian Artists’ Union gallery, Riga
2011. Sinne Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, Aistikaaos Oulu Art Museum, Finland
2010. 53 Art Museum, Guangzhou, China, Galleri Heike Arndt, Berlin, Germany, Galleria Kellokas, Ylläs,
Finland
2009. Arctic Culture Centre, Hammerfest, Norway, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland, NYT-näyttely
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
2008. Spiraali Imatran Art Museum, Imatran, Finland, SKjL grant winners show, Uusikuva gallery, Kotka,
Finland, Institut Finlandais, Paris, France, Amorph 08 Muu Studio, Helsinki, Finland, TRACE:
Artspace, Cardiff, Wales, Changing lines Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway
2007. Stockholm Art Fair, Sollentuna, Sweden
2006. Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland, Amorph 06 festival, Helsinki, Finland, Kemi Museum of History,
Kemi, Finland
2005. Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland, Mänttä art festival, Mänttä, Finland, Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa,
Finland, Luleå Art Museum, Luleå, Sweden
2004. Platform Gallery, Vaasa, Finland
2003. Kerava Art Museum, Finland, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2002. 1st Barents Triennial Svolvaer, Norway, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland, Akureyri Art Museum,
Akureyri, Iceland
2001. HALLAA III exhibition, Kemi, Finland, Amorph 01 festival, Helsinki, Finland, Halvare Art Gallery, Oulu,
Finland
VISITING ARTIST, GUEST LECTURER, PANELIST
2017 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland, drawing and performance workshop
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland Site and Situation Basics course.
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland, drawing workshop.
2016 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland, drawing workshop.
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland Site and Situation Basics course.
Nordic Art School, Kokkola, Drawing and Performance workshop
2015. Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland, drawing workshop. Finnish Academy of Fine
Arts, Helsinki, Finland Site and Situation Basics course.
2014. Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, 5 day Site and Situation Basics, Nordic Art School, Kokkola,
5 day Drawing workshop, Nordic Art School, Kokkola, 5 day performance workshop, Nordic Art
School, Kokkola, co-curator student exhibition
2013. Novia University of Applied Sciences, Nykarleby, Finland, 5 day drawing workshop, Finnish Academy
of Fine Arts, Helsinki, 3 week Site and Situation Basics, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki,
Finland, 10 day drawing workshop
2012. Nordic Art School, Kokkola, 4 day drawing workshop, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, 3
week Site and Situation Basics
2011. Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland, 5 day drawing workshop, Novia University of Applied
Sciences, Nykarleby, Finland, 4 day drawing workshop 2010 Finnish Academy of Fine Arts,
lecturer, Shenzhen Action Shenzhen, China, public discussion panel member, Shenzhen Secondary
School, China, lecturer, panel member, Ålands Art Museum, Åland Islands, Finland, public discussion
panel member, Galleria Aarni, Espoo, Finland, public discussion panel member
2009. Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland, public discussion panel member, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum,
Turku, Finland, public discussion panel member
2008. Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland, public discussion panel member
2006. Amorph 06 festival, Helsinki, Finland, public discussion panel member
2005. University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Time + Space 3 day workshop
2004. University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Time + Space 3 day workshop
2003. University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Time + Space 3 day workshop
2001. University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Lava-ice-Forest 5 day workshop
2000. Svefi Academy, Haparanda, Sweden, Time + Space 5 day workshop
1999. University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Time + Space 3 day workshop
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2017 Berlin Sessions Berlin Germany
2003 Migration project, Kirkenes, Norway
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Taiteen Keskustoimikunta (Arts Council of Finland) 1999, 2001,2002 2003, 2005-07, 2010, 2012-15
Alfred Kordelin Foundation 2010, 2017
Lapin Taidetoimikunta (Arts Council of Lapland) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (The Finnish Cultural Foundation) 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2015
FRAME (Finnish Fund for Art Exchange) 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013
NIFCA (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art) 2001, 2002, 2003
Finnish national Ars Arctica prize 2003
British Council travel grants 2006, 2010
MEMBER OF ORGANISATIONS
Lapin Taiteilijaseura (Lapland Artists' Association) - elected and MUU ("other") artists' association - elected
WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, Finland, Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation collection, Rovaniemi Art Museum Finland
OTHER COLLECTIONS
Niklas Belenius Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
PUBLICATIONS
An idea of performance a idea of art by John Court ISBN 97vw52-93-8547-8 published with the support of the Arts Council of Finland and FRAME
Aistikaaos (Sensory Chaos) catalogue, Oulu Art Museum, Finland, 2011 ISBN 978-952-5465-46-4
Don’t look back Ferm, U., Ångerman, M. (eds), Platform, Vaasa, Finland, 2011 ISBN 978-952-67484-1-2
Strek i bevegelse. Tegnekunst gjennom 150 år (Lines in Motion. 150 years of drawing) catalogue, Lillehammer Art Museum, Labyrinth Press, Oslo, Norway, 2008 ISBN 978-82-91388-54-0
John Court Drawings 2006-2007 John Court and Steve Pratt, foreword by Heikki Lyytinen PhD, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 20007, published with the support of the Arts Council of Finland and FRAME, ISBN 978-952-92-1832-5
Hyperdrawing: beyond the lines of contemporary art book, Marshall, R. and Sawdon, P. (eds), TRACEY Drawing and Visualisation Research, Loughborough University, for publication by I.B.Tauris, London
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1780762542/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
REVIEWS PRESS
An idea of performance a idea of art by John Court http://nathan-walker.co.uk/blog/write-knowing
Nom de Strip The Impossibility of the Word by Pamela Peter-Agbia September 29, 2012
Frieze Art Magazine: Anti Festival 2010 by Emma Cocker, issue 136, January-February 2011
Helsingin Sanomat Finnish national daily: Lukihäiriöstä syntyy kuvataidetta (Dyslexia inspires art) by Leena Pallari, 2 October 2010
Helsingin Sanomat Finnish national daily: Teksti muuttuu kuvaksi (The text will change the image) by Veikko Halmetoja, 27 January 2010
Kymen Sanomat Finnish daily: Puhuvat kuvat (Talking about pictures) by Tuula Huittinan, 19 October 2008
Salusjärvi Keskisuomalainen Finnish national daily: John Court: miekkaa mahtavampi kynä (John Court: the pencil is mightier than the sword) by Aleksis Salusjärvi, 4 April 2008
Framework Finnish art review: Reaction – Performance in Venetian Public Space in Extra 51, June 2005
Teatteri (Theatre) magazine: Likettä kohtip performanssia (Moving on Towards Performance) by Pekka Luhta, Number 2, 2002
Pohjalen Sanomat Finnish daily: Kahdeksan lyijykynän lastuna (Eight hours with pencil shavings) by Marko Korhonen, 29 March 2000
ONLINE
An idea of performance a idea of art by John Court http://nathan-walker.co.uk/blog/write-knowing
Nom de Strip The Impossibility of the Word http://nomdestrip.co.uk/blog/john-court/
Dysleksia voi inspiroida taiteilijaa (Dyslexia to inspire artists), preview article by Jussi Mankkinen for YLE Finnish national TV news item, below, uploaded 12:55 hrs 8 January 2010: http://yle.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/2010/01/dysleksia_voi_inspiroida_taiteilijaa_1355410.html
'is drawing a language' is a inter net Research theme from TRACEY Drawing and Visualisation Research, Loughborough University July 2008 http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/sota/tracey/journal/idal/court.html
TV
YLE Uutiset Finnish national TV news arts and culture strand and YLE website, above: Dysleksia voi inspiroida taiteilijaa (Dyslexia to inspire artists), presented by Jussi Mankkinen, 8 January 2010