1953 Born, Derby UK
1978-79 Medway College of Design, Kent
1979-82 Winchester School of Art - BA in Fine Art Painting (1st class)
1983-86 Royal College of Art - MA in Painting
1982 Winchester School of Art Drawing Prize
1982 South West Arts Project Award, Working in Norway
1992 British Council Award
1992 South West Open Prize Winner
1993 Malvern Open Drawing Award
2003 Arts Council Award
2006 Arts Council Award
1986-88 British School at Rome Painting Scholarship
1988-89 Cheltenham School of Art Painting Fellowship
1992-93 Artist in Residence, Axiom Arts Centre, Cheltenham
1991/92 Guest Artist, Vestlandets Kunstakademi, Bergen, Norway
1992 Artist in Residence, Hovden, Norway
1997/2002 Artist in Residence, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2003 Artist in Residence, Seian University of Art and Design, Japan
2006 Artist in Residence, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1989 Benjamin Rhodes Gallery, London
1990 Vestlandets Kunstakademi, Bergen, Norway
1994 ‘Beyond the Surface’ International Arts Festival, Melbu, Norway
1995 ‘Beyond the Surface’, Brewery Arts , Cirencester
1995 ‘Heaven and Earth’, Axiom Arts Centre, Cheltenham
1999 ‘Sacred Interiors’ (part one), Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery
2000 ‘Sacred Interiors’,(part two), Krefelder Kunstverein, Germany
2001 ‘Sacred Interiors’ Dynamic Silence, Trinity House Gallery, Leicester
2003 ‘Sacred Interiors 1997 – 2003’, APT Gallery, London
2003 Artist in Residence show, Maronie Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2005 ‘Hidden Geometry’ +‘Wave Motion’ Fletcher Gallery, DeMontfort University, Leicester
1980 Robert Colquoun Memorial, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh
1981 Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
1982 Stowell’s Trophy, Royal Academy, London
1985 Riverside Open, Riverside Gallery, London
1986 John Lancaster & Dennis De Caires, Winchester Gallery
1987 Mostra ‘97, British School, Rome
1988 Artisti dell’academia Britannica, Rome
1990 ‘Rome Scholars 1980-90’, Gulbenkian Gallery, London
1992 South West Open, Plymouth Museum & Art Gallery
1993 Drawing Open, Malvern Art Gallery
1993 Artists in Residence Show, Axiom Art Gallery, Cheltenham
1995 ‘Artists at Work’, De Montfort University Exhibition Centre, Leicester
1995 Axiom Artists and Associates, Axiom Art Centre, Cheltenham
1995 ‘Wild Places’, Corinium Museum, Cirencester
1995 ‘Affinities’, Kunstlerhaus Gottingen, Germany
Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham:Islington Arts Factory, London
1996 ‘Italian Connections’, Vicarage Gallery, Newcastle
1997 ‘Cheltenham fellows’, Cheltenham Museum & Art Gallery
1997 ‘Histories’, Bonleiu Centre de Cultur, Annecy, France
1998 Beatrice Royal Contemporary Gallery, Hampshire
1999 ‘Interiors’, Beatrice Royal Contemporary Gallery
2000 Cheltenham Drawing Exhibition. Pittville Gallery and Kunsthalle, Sierre, Switzerland
2001 ‘Made in England’, Four British Artists, Maronie Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2006 ‘Wave Motion’, Two person show Depot Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006 ‘Wave Motion’, EPS. Gallery, UNSW Sydney, Australia
2006 ‘Wave Motion’, Span Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2007 ‘Island of Treasures 1’, Cultural Exchanges Arts programme, Shree Arts Centre, Leicester
2007 What do you think you are looking at, Two person show. Space 4 gallery, Peterborough museum
2007 ‘Island of Treasures 2’, Two person show. Richard Attenborough Centre, Leicester University
2007 'Decor Art', Farnham Maltings, Surrey, Hampshire
Public collections
University of Southampton
Royal College of Art
British School at Rome
Leicester University
1994 Beyond the Surface. Touring one person exhibition. Norway, Cirencester, Cheltenham. ISBN 1 857210 30 1
1995 Affinities. (4 Artists) Touring exhibition. Cheltenham, Germany. ISBN 1 857210 85 9
1996 Histories. (4 Artists) France.
1999 Sacred Interiors. (1 Artist) Peterborough. Germany. ISBN 185 721 29 68
2000 Sacred Interiors series 4. (1 Artist) Leicester. ISBN 1 8572 13 86
2003 Made in England. Japan
2006 Hidden Geometry and Wave Motion (John Lancaster) Blue Violet and Purple Brown and other untitled stories (Ian Kirkwood). Australia ISBN 1 857 2137 69
2007 What do you Think You Are Looking At? Peterborough Museum ISBN 0 905 952 05 7
2000 Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art and Craft gallery Biography. BBC production. Arts council lottery fund grant
2007 What do you think you are looking at. Peterborough Museum funded DVD of the exhibition, artist’s conversation and studio working processes
1989 Recent work: Benjamin Rhodes gallery
Guardian review.1992 – 1995 Beyond the Surface: Fiskeindustrimuseet, Melbu, NORWAY
(One person exhibition and Artist in Residence) Exhibition toured to Brewery Arts centre, Cirencester, Gloucestershire.Andayposten
11 July 1992
Farrerikdommen er overveldende
Review with photoBladet vesteralen
16 July 1992
Marlekurs I Hovden
Review with photoVesteralen Avis
25 June 1994
Vesteralen med nye oyne
Review with PhotoL.P.
24 June 1994
Britisk maler pa Melbu
ReviewBladet Vesteralen
29 June 1994
Inspirert av vesteralen – under overflaten med John Lancaster
Review with photoVesteralen Avis
June 1994
Utstilling ved Museet
ReviewBladet Vesteralen
18 June 1994
Engelsk Bo-maler pa Neptun
Full page review with full colour photoGloucester Echo
6 April 1995
Exhibition is inspired by artist’s experience overseas
Review with Photo1996 Affinites; Kunstlerhaus, Gottingen, Germany, touring to Islington Arts Factory London
Islington Arts
10 may 1996
An affinity with past and present
Full page review with photo
1997 Histories Exhibition. Bonlieu gallery (Public gallery), Annecy, FranceLe Dut Du
10 September 1997
Les peintres de Bayruth et Cheltenham exposent a Bonlieu
Review with photo2000 Sacred interior series 3 (part two of a one person show) Krefelder Kunstverein, Krefeld, Germany
Auszug aus der Rheinischen Post Krefeld
11 March 2000
Im Kunstverein Bilder von John Lancaster, Maurisches Dekor
ReviewAuszug aus der Westdeutschen Zeitung
11 March 2000
Licht splitter zwischen maurischen saulen
Review with PhotoAuszug aus der Rheinischen Post Krefeld
11 March 2000
Gelochtes blech und Alhambra
Review with photo (group)Auszug aus der Rheinischen post Krefeld
13 March 2000
Kunstaustausch soll um Musik erganzt werdenAuszug aus der Westdeutschen Zeitung
13 March 2000
Impulse fur die partnerschaft
Review with photo (group)
1988 Artist talk, Rhode Island University of Art and Design, Rome
1990-91 (6 month contract) Head of School of Fine Art, Vestlandets Kunstakademi, Bergen, Norway
1990-92 Guest Artist, Vestlandets Kunstakademi, Norway
1990-93 Visiting Lecturer
University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham
University of Central England, Birmingham
University of Northumbia, Newcastle upon Tyne
DeMontfort University, Leicester
University of Sunderland
1993–present Principal lecturer, De Montfort University, Leicester