John Kindness

John Kindness (born Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1951) is an Irish artist working a range of media including sculpture and painting. His work often contrasts material, image and reference in an unusual and humorous way. He attended the Belfast College of Art and now lives and works in London.

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• Art of the troubles john kindness
• Artist john kindness galway international arts festival 2014
• Work in collections or on display
• References

Typical of Kindness's work is the Treasures of New York series he produced when he spent time in New York in the early 1990s. Here, scenes inspired by contemporary life but modelled in style on Athenian ceramics are painted on panels from New York yellow cabs, equating the significance and stature of contemporary life with that of classical times. He is also known for his use of tiles in sculpture, often contrasting the domestic and static association of tiling with a dynamic and epic subject.

In 2014, he received an Individual Support Award from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation.

Work in collections or on display

Odysseus (2012), Galway Arts Festival

The Labor Monument: Philadelphia's Tribute to the American Worker (2010), Elmwood Park, Philadelphia (commissioned by the Association for Public Art)

The Big Fish (1999), Donegall Quay, Belfast

Waterfall of Souvenirs (1991),

The Art Council of Northern Ireland, including:

Hermes (1990)

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

The Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston

The Ulster Museum, Belfast, including:

The Belfast Frescoes

The Imperial War Museum, London, including:

Sectarian Armour (1994)

The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin, including:

Monkey and Dog (1986)

The Arts Council of Ireland:

Winged Sneaker (1990)

Design for a New Bridge Across the River Liffey