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About John Badcock (artist)
- John Badcock (born 1952, in Queenstown) is a New Zealand artist, based in Geraldine, South Canterbury.
- He was born on 15 September 1952, Queenstown, New Zealand.Badcock comes from a very artistic family.
- His father Douglas Badcock and two brothers Brian and David are also painters.
- Where the other family members specialise in landscape painting, John has become more renowned for portraiture.
- His art is described as Expressionist, and has been compared to works by artists such as Otto Dix.
- His work has encompassed many media – oils, watercolours, charcoals and acrylics. He has been a professional artist for three decades.
- His accolades include solo exhibitions throughout New Zealand since 1985, and more recently the exhibiting of The Last Supper at the ChristChurch Cathedral.
- He has been a finalist in the New Zealand Portrait Awards in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006, and the subject of two New Zealand Art Films (John Badcock – a Film by Brian High, and A Changing Landscape – A Film by Simon Pattison). Badcock's recently published first book, Passing People provides an in-depth look at his latest series of 100 portraits. The following public galleries currently have collections of his work, Christchurch Art Gallery – Christchurch, Aigantighe Art Gallery – Timaru, and Anderson Park Gallery – Invercargill.
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