Biografie

Geboren 1949 in Stockport, UK. Er lebt und arbeitet in Oxford.

seit 2003
Professor of Fine Art, University of Derby
2000-03
Coordinator for Cross Curriculum Developments in Photography (0.5), University of Derby
1987-2002
verschiedene Gastprofessuren, u.a. in Oxford, Jerusalem, Russland und Finnland
1977
British Council Scholarship in Photography, Ecole de Louis Lumière, Paris
1967-70
St Martin’s School of Art
1965-67
Berkshire College of Art

Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl)

2010
Mosaic, Edinburgh Printmakers, Scotland

2009
´GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND’ shown by dOMINIQUE fiAT GALERIE at Volta NY, New York
‘DANCE TO THE MUZIK OF TIME’ exhibition in Second Life
‘DANCE TO THE MUZIK OF TIME’ Gallery On, Seoul, Korea

2008
‘JOHN GOTO’S NEW WORLD CIRCUS’ Voipaala Art Centre, Nr Tampere, Finland, during ‘Backlight 08′ International Photographic Triennial
‘GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND’ dOMINIQUE fiAT GALERIE, Paris, during the International Month of Photography

2007
‘JOHN GOTO’S NEW WORLD CIRCUS’ Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, 23/1/07-21/3/07;
Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London, 7/4/07-5/5/07;
University of Brighton Gallery, 9/7/07-31/8/07;
Ovada, Oxford, 15/9/07-3/11/07.
‘FLOODSCAPES’ River and Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames
Hampton Court Palace, London
Circular Gallery, City Hall, London
The Oxford Trust, Oxford
Gallery On, Seoul, Korea

2006
FLOODSCAPES’ Churchill College, University of Cambridge
JOHN GOTO: PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS’ & ‘FLOODSCAPES’ Derby Museum and Art Gallery
JOHN GOTO: PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS’ & ‘FLOODSCAPES’ Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
JOHN GOTO’S NEW WORLD CIRCUS’ Gallery On, Seoul, Korea
JOHN GOTO’S NEW WORLD CIRCUS’ UK national tour organised by Focal Point Gallery
Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea

2005/2006
‘HIGH SUMMER’ The Reading Room, British Academy, Carlton House Terrace, London

2005
‘HIGH SUMMER’ Galerie f5.6, Munich

2004
‘GILT CITY’ Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
‘GILT STREETS’ Art in the Streets, Swindon Imaging Festival

2003
‘HIGH SUMMER’ Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury
‘UKADIA’ Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham

2002/3
‘LOSS OF FACE’ Tate Britain

2002
‘HIGH SUMMER’ Meadow Gallery, Burford Hs, Tenbury Wells
‘LOSS OF FACE’ Hartlepool Art Gallery

2001
‘HIGH SUMMER’ Andrew Mummery Gallery. London

2000
‘CAPITAL ARCADE’ Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff

1999
‘CAPITAL ARCADE’ Seonam Arts Centre, Seoul, Korea

1998
`THE COMMISSAR OF SPACE’ Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
‘EARLY WORKS’ Andrew Mummery Gallery, London

1995
`RECENT WORKS` Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham

1990
`THE ATOMIC YARD’, Kettles’s Yard, Cambridge

1987
`YARD OF DOGS’, Goto/Eachus, Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery

1986
‘GOTO, PHOTOGRAPHS 1975-83′, National Library of Singapore

Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl)

2009
High Summer images included in ‘LANDSCAPE CONTEMPORARY’ at Haus der Fotografie Dr. Robert-Gerlich-Museum, Burghausen, Germany, with Andreas Gursky, Kamen Stoyanov, Gudrun Kemsa, Thomas Wrede, Michael Reisch, Robert F. Hammerstiel, Günther und Loredana Selichar, Andrew Phelps, Javier Vallhornrat, Andrew Phelps
‘JOHN GOTO’S NEW WORLD CIRCUS’ at Lodz Art Centre, Lodz, Poland, during Fotofestiwal 2009
‘F5.6 SPECIAL EDITION’ curated by Nicole Stanner and Florence Baur, Galerie F5.6, Munich
Salon des Arts Seoul, exhibited by Gallery On with Patrick Taberna, Susan Andrews and Mick Williamson

2008
Seoul Photo Fair shown by Gallery On
Brussels Art Fair shown by Dominique Fiat Gallery, Paris

2007
’4 JAHRE f5.6′ Galerie f5,6, Munich, including Beth Yarnelle Edwards, Raghubir Singh, Helen Levitt, Anja Jensen, John Goto…
‘THE DISCERNING EYE’ (invited by Charles Saumarez Smith), The Mall Galleries, London
‘IMPROVISED MAPS’, Dispatx Art Collective, internet work LIE OF THE LAND; artists include Gonzalo Puch, Dominic Lash, David Stent, Karen O’Rourke, Santiago Roncagliolo, Enrique Vila-Matas, Daniel Canogar, Kjersti Wikstrom, Eli Goldstein, Christine Rusche, Jeff Thompson, NYSAE…
SOSABEOL INTERNATIONAL ART EXPO, Pyeongtaek City, Korea, exhibited by Gallery On with Mick Williamson and Susan Andrews
SIPA 2007, Seoul, Korea, shown by Gallery Now with Won Sung-Won,Choi Kwang-Ho and Jung So-Young
PHOTO MIAMI, shown by Galerie F5,6 with artists Andreas Lang, Brian Ulrich, Florian Böhm, Richard Caldicott, John Goto, Jon Gitelson, Julia Peirone, Olaf Martens, Matt Siber, Raghubir Singh, Studio Applikazia, Thomas Wrede

2006
KYBOSH’ Picture House, Leicester including Deborah Baker, Joy Greggory, Roshini Kempadoo, John Goto…
1982′ Ovada, Oxford

2005
IDENTITY_FACTORIES, mlr gallery, Bucharest, Romania
Selektion # 1, Galeri ef5,6, Munich
„Experimentieren. Fotografien aus der Sammlung des IVAM“ – Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno

2004
GILT CITY/GONE ASTREY John Goto & Clare Strand, Fotofestival, Stockholm, Schweden
‘COLLAGE’ Bloomberg SPACE, London

2003
‘PICTURESQUE’ Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
‘SIGHT SEEING’ 4th Austrian Triennial of Photography, Graz, Austria
‘PRIMARY COLOURS’ The City Gallery, Leicester

2002
‘TRADE’ Netherlands Fotoinstituut, Rotterdam
‘LIVES LIVED’ Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery

2001
‘TRADE’ Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Schwitzerland

2000
‘CAPITAL ARCADE’ at The Hasselblad Center, Goteborg, Sweden

1999
‘RESOLVE’ Platform Gallery, London

1998
‘THE DISCERNING EYE’ (invited artist) Mall Gallery, London

Rezensionen (Auswahl)

British Journal of Photography, Creative Camera, European Photography, Arts Review, Art and Design, Tagesspiegel, Berliner Morgenpost, Guardian, The Observer, Daily Post, The Big Issue, Sunday Times Magazine, Hotshoe International, Contemporary Visual Arts, Financial Times, The Herald, The Guardian Guide, Eyemazing,

Publikationen

1984
`SHOTOVER’, published by Oxford Polytechnic Press
1988
`TEREZIN’, published by `Remembering for the Future’ with articles by
Dr D Muhlberger and Craigie Horsfield
1990
`THE ATOMIC YARD’, published by Kettle’s Yard with articles by Juliet Steyn, Andrew Brighton, Stuart Laing, Nick Bullock, John Caughie and Jim Ede in conversation with John Goto.
1993
`THE SCAR` including three fictions by Durda Otrzan, published by Benjamin Rhodes Gallery, London
1997
`THE FRAMER’S COLLECTION’ limited edition H/B artists book
1998
‘THE COMMISSAR OF SPACE’ texts by Professor Brandon Taylor and John Goto
1999
‘CAPITAL ARCADE’ presentation postcard set, pub. Korea/British Council
2006
‘JOHN GOTO’S NEW WORLD CIRCUS’ published by Focal Point Gallery, ISBN: 0-9547777-3-5 texts by Celia Goto, John Goto and Michael Young
‘FLOODSCAPES’ published by the Environment Agency’s Floodscape Project, texts by Egon Walesch and John Goto
‘DANCE TO THE MUZIK OF TIME’ published by Arts Council England, East Midlands in the form of a calendar for 2009, ISBN 978-0-7287-1422-9

Sammlungen

Arts Council of Great Britain, Australian National Gallery, Southern Arts Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Valencia, Manchester City Museum, Perm State Museum, Perm, Russia, University of Warwick Collection, British Government Art Collection, National Portrait Gallery, London, Deutsche Bank, London, The British Academy, London, Norwich Gallery Collection, Norwich School of Art and Design, University of Sussex, Eurohypo Bank, London, British Art Center, Yale University, Marjorie Mynard Barley Collection, St Anne’s College, Oxford