John Freeman

I was born in Nuneaton, and I now live in Bedworth, I studied Art & Design at the University of Central England in Birmingham, at Bournville. Before there I studied at North Warwickshire & Hinckley College as part of my BA Hons Art & Design and PTTLS Level 4 and worked as a sessional tutor.

The mediums I work in are woodcut and linocut print, I have also worked in a low-relief sculptural manner, and also design retro computer games.My main areas of interest include the buildings and places from my local area and earlier have also been strongly influenced by the use of space in compartmented objects, the visual display of information throughout history and how and why it has changed. This has led me to study the notion of over-decoration of data graphics which Edward R.Tufte refers to as ‘chart-junk’ in his book on this subject, this in turn led me to investigate how over-decoration can be used to subvert an information display, and alter the validity and harmony of a data graphic display, distorting the true information passed on to the 'consumer'.

My work has been influenced by artisits and writers such as Graham Clarke, Joseph Cornell, Agnes Martin, Sol LeWitt, Robert Venturi, Edward R Tufte.

I am a member of Art Alert based in Nuneaton and the Coventry & Warwickshire Society of Artists and I have exhibited in locations including Nuneaton, Gloucester, Birmingham and Coventry.

Contact me at john.freeman@phirelight.co.uk