John Lyons (poet)

John Lyons (born October 1933) is a Trinidad-born poet, painter, illustrator, educator and curator.[1] He has worked as a theatre designer, exhibition adviser and as a teacher both of visual art and creative writing.[2]

John Lyons
BornOctober 1933 (age 91)
NationalityTrinidadian
OccupationArtist, poet, educator, curator

As an art critic, he has written essays for catalogues, notably for Denzil Forrester's major touring exhibition Dub Transition, for Jouvert Print Exhibition and Tony Phillips' Jazz and The Twentieth Century.[3] His works are held at Rochdale Art Gallery, Huddersfield Art Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum's Word & Image Print Collection and the Arts Council National Collection.[4][5]

References

  1. "John Lyons", Diaspora Artists.
  2. Paul O'Kane, "John Lyons", in Alison Donnell (ed.), Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture, Routledge, 2002, p. 186.
  3. "About John — Visual CV" Archived 2019-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, John Lyons website.
  4. "John Lyons" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Atelier Contemporary Art.
  5. "Jab Jab" (print), V&A.