John Bowstead, Date of Birth

    

John Bowstead

English artist and contributor to the Pop Art movement of the 1960s

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1940

Profession: artist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About John Bowstead

  • John Bowstead (born 27 September 1940) is an English artist. In 1962 Bowstead exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), as part of the exhibition Four Young Artists.
  • In 1963 he was one of three artists to receive an "Honourable Mention" in the John Moores Prize.
  • The same year, with fellow Slade painters Terry Atkinson, Roger Jeffs, and Bernard Jennings, he formed the art group "Fine Artz".
  • From 1965 he was part of the Light/Sound Workshop at Hornsey College of Art until its demise in 1968He co-authored, with Jeffs, The Archigram magazine (1961–1974).
  • In the magazine he self-advertised a 'John Bowstead and Friends' multi-media event for the Gulbenkian Theatre at the University of Kent.

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