John Furnival
b. 1933 (BAA & BCHE 1966 - present)


Born in London. 1951-55 Wimbledon College of Art; 1957-
60 Royal College of Art. 1960 moved to Gloucestershire
where he taught Fine Art at Stroud and Cheltenham Art
colleges until 1966. 1963 exhibited at Gloucestershire
College of Art, where Dom Sylvester Houédard first saw his
work; together they set up Openings Press, 1964. Included
in Between Poetry and Painting, ICA, 1965. Taught BAA
initially full-time, from 1966, organised many exhibitions of
Concrete Poetry with Houédard that evolved from projects
he worked on with Corsham students. 1967 one-man
exhibition Galerie Riquelme, Paris. Subsequent one-man
exhibitions include 1971 retrospective. Laing Art Gallery,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, organised by Ceolfrith Arts Centre,
Sutherland; 1972 Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh and
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol; awarded Arts Council Prize,
International Print Biennale, Bradford. Frequent international
group exhibitions of visual and concrete poetry. 1974 one-
man exhibition Thumb Gallery; 1979 exhibited with Tom
Phillips, Thumb Gallery.


50 Phoenix 1972
silkscreen print
15 x 12 inches
signed and inscribed
printed by John Vince

This print is one from a folder of six prints
published by Editions Brunidor entitled Trois
Artistes - Six Images
; other artists involved
were Tom Phillips and Henri Chopin


51 Voir au Verso 1972
silkscreen print 71/75
30 x 23 inches
signed
printed by John Vince (signed by printer)