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John Long's meticulously crafted still life, figurative and landscape paintings have won him wide acclaim both in his native Ireland and in England where he now lives. Born in Portadown in 1964, he attended the Belfast College of Art & Design and later took a further degree at The Slade School of Art. On graduating he became artist in residence at The Byam Shaw School of Art. In London he has had solo exhibitions with Theo Waddington Fine Art and in Dublin he had his first solo exhibition with Jorgensen Fine Art in May 1999. He has also exhibited in Dublin at the Royal Hibernian Academy Banquet Exhibition and at their annual exhibitions, where he was awarded the Taylor de Vere award in 1993. In 1995 he was made an associate member of the Academy. He has also been recognized by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland by being given awards in 1993 and 1994. He has participated in many major group exhibitions in both Ireland and England some of which include “The Importance of Drawing” exhibition at The Royal Museum, Canterbury; the “Spring Contemporary Exhibition” at the Albany Gallery, London; the “British Art Fair” at the Royal College of Art London and at the “Vital Presence” exhibition at the Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick.
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