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John Kirkwood SSA (1947)

Biography

John Kirkwood SSA (b. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 1947) attended George Watson’s College and studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee (1965–70). His practice includes mixed media and he is both a printmaker and photographer. He gained a Scottish Arts Council Award in 1973, with Council Bursaries in 1976 and 1980, and was included in the Council’s show Scottish Art Now in 1982. Kirkwood said that his work was “about trying to communicate with people”. He was influenced by Dada and much of his subject matter was industrial and took a pessimistic view of militarism. He held solo shows at New 57 Gallery, Edinburgh, in 1972 and 1976; Printmakers’ Workshop Gallery, Edinburgh, 1974; and Talbot Rice Art Centre, Edinburgh, 1981.

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UK

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British, Scottish

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