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== Biography ==
== Biography ==


John Neylon was born in 1944 in South Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Neylon |url=http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/artists/11672/ |website=Prints and Printmaking |accessdate=12 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Germaine |first1=Max |title=Artists & galleries of Australia. 2 2 |date=1990 |publisher=Craftsman House |location=Sydney, NSW |page=503 |oclc=836855246 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/836855246 |language=English}}</ref> He is an independent arts writer, [[Art critic|critic]], curator, painter, [[printmaker]] and arts educator in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=John Neylon |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-school/staff/academic-staff/john-neylon/ |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=12 April 2019 |date=13 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Germaine |first1=Max |title=Artists & galleries of Australia. 2 2 |date=1990 |publisher=Craftsman House |location=Sydney, NSW |page=503 |oclc=836855246 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/836855246 |language=English}}</ref> He has a Diploma of Teaching (Visual Art) from the [[South Australian School of Art]] (1966),<ref>{{cite web |title=Curator profile |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/fileadmin/public/gallery/2016/anything%40all/AAA_Curator_Profile_John_Neylon_SALA_Festival.pdf |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref> where he studied with [[Franz Kempf]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Osborne |first1=Margot |title=Master of his universe |work=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide |date=10 June 2006 |pages=W12}}</ref> He also has a Bachelor of Education from the South Australian College of Advanced Education (now University of South Australia) (1982).<ref>{{cite web |title=Curator profile |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/fileadmin/public/gallery/2016/anything%40all/AAA_Curator_Profile_John_Neylon_SALA_Festival.pdf |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref>
John Neylon was born in 1944 in South Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Neylon |url=http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/artists/11672/ |website=Prints and Printmaking |accessdate=12 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Germaine |first1=Max |title=Artists & galleries of Australia. 2 2 |date=1990 |publisher=Craftsman House |location=Sydney, NSW |page=503 |oclc=836855246 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/836855246 |language=English}}</ref> He is an independent arts writer, [[Art critic|critic]], curator, painter, [[printmaker]] and arts educator in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=John Neylon |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-school/staff/academic-staff/john-neylon/ |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=12 April 2019 |date=13 September 2018 |archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412023442/http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-school/staff/academic-staff/john-neylon/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Germaine |first1=Max |title=Artists & galleries of Australia. 2 2 |date=1990 |publisher=Craftsman House |location=Sydney, NSW |page=503 |oclc=836855246 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/836855246 |language=English}}</ref> He has a Diploma of Teaching (Visual Art) from the [[South Australian School of Art]] (1966),<ref>{{cite web |title=Curator profile |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/fileadmin/public/gallery/2016/anything%40all/AAA_Curator_Profile_John_Neylon_SALA_Festival.pdf |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref> where he studied with [[Franz Kempf]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Osborne |first1=Margot |title=Master of his universe |work=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide |date=10 June 2006 |pages=W12}}</ref> He also has a Bachelor of Education from the South Australian College of Advanced Education (now University of South Australia) (1982).<ref>{{cite web |title=Curator profile |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/fileadmin/public/gallery/2016/anything%40all/AAA_Curator_Profile_John_Neylon_SALA_Festival.pdf |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref>


From 1988 to 2005, he was Head of Education at the [[Art Gallery of South Australia]] and, since 2012, has lectured in art history at [[Adelaide Central School of Art]].<ref>{{cite web |title=John Neylon |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-school/staff/academic-staff/john-neylon/ |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=12 April 2019 |date=13 September 2018}}</ref> He became the inaugural art critic of The [[Adelaide Review]] in 1985 and continues to write for it.<ref>{{cite web |title=Writing and rampaging with Christopher Pearson |url=https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/writing-and-rampaging-with-christopher-pearson |website=Eureka Street |date=18 July 2013 |accessdate=12 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=John Neylon – Author at The Adelaide Review |url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/writers/john-neylon/ |website=The Adelaide Review |accessdate=12 April 2019 }}</ref>
From 1988 to 2005, he was Head of Education at the [[Art Gallery of South Australia]] and, since 2012, has lectured in art history at [[Adelaide Central School of Art]].<ref>{{cite web |title=John Neylon |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-school/staff/academic-staff/john-neylon/ |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=12 April 2019 |date=13 September 2018 |archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412023442/http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-school/staff/academic-staff/john-neylon/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He became the inaugural art critic of The [[Adelaide Review]] in 1985 and continues to write for it.<ref>{{cite web |title=Writing and rampaging with Christopher Pearson |url=https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/writing-and-rampaging-with-christopher-pearson |website=Eureka Street |date=18 July 2013 |accessdate=12 April 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=John Neylon – Author at The Adelaide Review |url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/writers/john-neylon/ |website=The Adelaide Review |accessdate=12 April 2019 }}</ref>


He has curated exhibitions for the [[Adelaide Central School of Art]],<ref>{{cite web |title=anything at all |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-gallery/exhibitions/anything-at-all/ |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=12 April 2019 |date=13 September 2018}}</ref> [[Flinders University Art Museum]],<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 exhibition program |url=http://flindersart.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/FUAM2013Program.pdf |website=Flinders University Art Museum |accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref> Murray Bridge Regional Gallery,<ref>{{cite web |title=Murray Bridge Regional Gallery |url=http://murraybridgegallery.com.au/exhibitions_display.php?exid=86 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410170916/http://murraybridgegallery.com.au/exhibitions_display.php?exid=86 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 April 2013 |accessdate=12 April 2019 |date=10 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gallery art exhibition showcases Coorong |work=Murray Valley Standard |date=30 October 2012 |page=4}}</ref> and [[Carrick Hill]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Hannaford in Conversation |url=http://www.carrickhill.sa.gov.au/events/events-calendar/robert-hannaford-in-conversation |website=carrickhill.sa.gov.au |accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref>
He has curated exhibitions for the [[Adelaide Central School of Art]],<ref>{{cite web |title=anything at all |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-gallery/exhibitions/anything-at-all/ |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=12 April 2019 |date=13 September 2018 |archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412023444/http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-gallery/exhibitions/anything-at-all/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Flinders University Art Museum]],<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 exhibition program |url=http://flindersart.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/FUAM2013Program.pdf |website=Flinders University Art Museum |accessdate=12 April 2019 |archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412023442/http://flindersart.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/FUAM2013Program.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Murray Bridge Regional Gallery,<ref>{{cite web |title=Murray Bridge Regional Gallery |url=http://murraybridgegallery.com.au/exhibitions_display.php?exid=86 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410170916/http://murraybridgegallery.com.au/exhibitions_display.php?exid=86 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 April 2013 |accessdate=12 April 2019 |date=10 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gallery art exhibition showcases Coorong |work=Murray Valley Standard |date=30 October 2012 |page=4}}</ref> and [[Carrick Hill]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Hannaford in Conversation |url=http://www.carrickhill.sa.gov.au/events/events-calendar/robert-hannaford-in-conversation |website=carrickhill.sa.gov.au |accessdate=12 April 2019 |archive-date=7 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307040346/http://carrickhill.sa.gov.au/events/events-calendar/robert-hannaford-in-conversation |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Neylon is an author who has written several books on Australian and [[South Australia]]n artists including [[Robert Hannaford]], [[Hans Heysen]] (co-authored with [[Jane Hylton]]), Greg Johns, [[Franz Kempf]], Stephen Bowers (co-authored with Damon Moon) and Aldo Iacobelli, as well as contributing catalogue essays for many exhibitions. Neylon has also been on the judging panel for the Whyalla Art Prize (2011),<ref>{{cite news |title=Art Prize Winner announced |work=Whyalla News |date=16 November 2011 |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lloyd |first1=Tim |title=State's prize artistic contingent |work=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide |date=15 October 2011 |page=57}}</ref> and the [[Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize]] (2006).<ref>{{cite news |title=Natural wonders on show for art prize |work=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide |date=6 August 2006 |page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Musa |first1=Helen |title=For art it's only natural to go on show |work=The Canberra Times |date=10 October 2006 |page=6}}</ref>
Neylon is an author who has written several books on Australian and [[South Australia]]n artists including [[Robert Hannaford]], [[Hans Heysen]] (co-authored with [[Jane Hylton]]), Greg Johns, [[Franz Kempf]], Stephen Bowers (co-authored with Damon Moon) and Aldo Iacobelli, as well as contributing catalogue essays for many exhibitions. Neylon has also been on the judging panel for the Whyalla Art Prize (2011),<ref>{{cite news |title=Art Prize Winner announced |work=Whyalla News |date=16 November 2011 |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lloyd |first1=Tim |title=State's prize artistic contingent |work=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide |date=15 October 2011 |page=57}}</ref> and the [[Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize]] (2006).<ref>{{cite news |title=Natural wonders on show for art prize |work=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide |date=6 August 2006 |page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Musa |first1=Helen |title=For art it's only natural to go on show |work=The Canberra Times |date=10 October 2006 |page=6}}</ref>

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John Neylon
Born1944 (age 79–80)
South Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationSouth Australian School of Art, South Australian College of Advanced Education
Known forart critic, Painting, Printmaking

John Neylon (born 1944) is a South Australian arts writer and arts educator as well as being an art critic, curator, painter, and printmaker. He is an art critic for The Adelaide Review, an author for Wakefield Press, and a lecturer in art history at Adelaide Central School of Art.

Biography

John Neylon was born in 1944 in South Australia.[1][2] He is an independent arts writer, critic, curator, painter, printmaker and arts educator in Adelaide, South Australia.[3][4] He has a Diploma of Teaching (Visual Art) from the South Australian School of Art (1966),[5] where he studied with Franz Kempf.[6] He also has a Bachelor of Education from the South Australian College of Advanced Education (now University of South Australia) (1982).[7]

From 1988 to 2005, he was Head of Education at the Art Gallery of South Australia and, since 2012, has lectured in art history at Adelaide Central School of Art.[8] He became the inaugural art critic of The Adelaide Review in 1985 and continues to write for it.[9][10]

He has curated exhibitions for the Adelaide Central School of Art,[11] Flinders University Art Museum,[12] Murray Bridge Regional Gallery,[13][14] and Carrick Hill.[15]

Neylon is an author who has written several books on Australian and South Australian artists including Robert Hannaford, Hans Heysen (co-authored with Jane Hylton), Greg Johns, Franz Kempf, Stephen Bowers (co-authored with Damon Moon) and Aldo Iacobelli, as well as contributing catalogue essays for many exhibitions. Neylon has also been on the judging panel for the Whyalla Art Prize (2011),[16][17] and the Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize (2006).[18][19]

Neylon has been described as one of Adelaide's longest-established art critics[20] and as "penning well-considered, witty, vastly knowledgeable judgments on hundreds of exhibitions a year with sustained panache".[21]

Awards

In 2005, Neylon was awarded the Minister's Award for Excellence in Arts Education by the South Australian Department of Education.[22] In 2014, he was the inaugural winner of the Lorne Sculpture Biennale Scarlett Award for critical writing.[23]

Bibliography

Books

  • Annette Bezor: Hocus Pocus. Prahran, VIC: The Art Gallery, 1989 (about Adelaide artist Annette Bezor)
  • Gerry King: Shadows and auras, works from the Cicatrix Series. Wollongong, NSW: Wollongong City Gallery, [Wollongong, N.S.W.], 1992
  • Ed Douglas: The lure of unrealised desire. Underdale, SA: University of South Australia Art Museum, 1994
  • Aldo Iacobelli: Two essays on the works to date of the artist. Kent Town, SA: Greenaway Art Gallery, 1994, with Richard Grayson
  • Geoffrey Brown: Survey 1952–2000. Adelaide, SA: Greenhill Galleries, 2000
  • Breakaway 01 : Year 12 visual arts showcase. Adelaide, SA: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2001
  • Horizon: Greg Johns: sculptures, 1977–2002. South Yarra, VIC: Macmillan Art Publishing, South Yarra, 2002
  • Open borders. McLaren Vale, SA: Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale Inc, 2004
  • Hans Heysen: Into the light. Wakefield Press, Kent Town, South Australia, 2004, with Jane Hylton (about Hans Heysen)
  • Ian Chandler. Kent Town, SA: Greenaway Art Gallery, 2004, with Stephanie Britton
  • Deborah Paauwe: Magic window. Paddington, NSW: Sherman Galleries, 2005
  • Mark Kimber: By the dawn's early light. Adelaide, SA: Greenaway Art Gallery, 2005
  • Aldo Iacobelli: I love painting. Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press, 2006
  • Robert Hannaford: Natural eye. Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press, 2007
  • Gavin Blake: Introspection. Norwood, SA: Adelaide Central Gallery , 2008
  • Dystopia: Portraits of the urban landscape. Norwood, SA: Adelaide Central School of Art, 2009
  • Greg Johns: Landings. Armadale, VIC: Axia Modern Art, 2010
  • Franz Kempf AM: Reflections. Murray Bridge, SA: Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, 2012
  • Stephen Bowers: Beyond bravura. Kent Town, SA: Wakefield Press, 2013, with Damon Moon
  • Tough(er) love: Art from Eyre Peninsula. Adelaide, SA: Flinders University Art Museum & City Gallery, 2013
  • Franz Kempf: Thinking on paper. Adelaide, SA: State Library of South Australia Foundation, 2014
  • Edge of time: Greg Johns sculptures 1977–2015. Mile End, SA: Wakefield Press, 2015
  • Franz Kempf: Aspects of a journey 1947 – 2016. Mile End, SA: Wakefield Press, 2016
  • Anything at all. Adelaide, SA: Adelaide Central School of Art, 2016
  • Robert Hannaford. Adelaide, SA; Art Gallery of South Australia, 2016, with Sally Foster and Robert Dessaix

References

  1. ^ "John Neylon". Prints and Printmaking. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ Germaine, Max (1990). Artists & galleries of Australia. 2 2. Sydney, NSW: Craftsman House. p. 503. OCLC 836855246.
  3. ^ "John Neylon". Adelaide Central School of Art. 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. ^ Germaine, Max (1990). Artists & galleries of Australia. 2 2. Sydney, NSW: Craftsman House. p. 503. OCLC 836855246.
  5. ^ "Curator profile" (PDF). Adelaide Central School of Art. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  6. ^ Osborne, Margot (10 June 2006). "Master of his universe". The Advertiser. Adelaide. pp. W12.
  7. ^ "Curator profile" (PDF). Adelaide Central School of Art. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  8. ^ "John Neylon". Adelaide Central School of Art. 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Writing and rampaging with Christopher Pearson". Eureka Street. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  10. ^ "John Neylon – Author at The Adelaide Review". The Adelaide Review. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  11. ^ "anything at all". Adelaide Central School of Art. 13 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  12. ^ "2013 exhibition program" (PDF). Flinders University Art Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Murray Bridge Regional Gallery". 10 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Gallery art exhibition showcases Coorong". Murray Valley Standard. 30 October 2012. p. 4.
  15. ^ "Robert Hannaford in Conversation". carrickhill.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Art Prize Winner announced". Whyalla News. 16 November 2011. p. 3.
  17. ^ Lloyd, Tim (15 October 2011). "State's prize artistic contingent". The Advertiser. Adelaide. p. 57.
  18. ^ "Natural wonders on show for art prize". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 6 August 2006. p. 11.
  19. ^ Musa, Helen (10 October 2006). "For art it's only natural to go on show". The Canberra Times. p. 6.
  20. ^ Lloyd, Tim (16 September 2000). "Contemporary CHEMISTRY". The Advertiser. Adelaide.
  21. ^ Kenneally, Cath (25 January 2003). "Taste makers on show". The Australian.
  22. ^ "Awards for art teachers". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 22 October 2004. p. 29.
  23. ^ "2014 Program". lornesculpture.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
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