John Lyons (poet)

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John Lyons
BornOctober 1933 (age 90)
NationalityTrinidadian
Occupation(s)Artist, poet, educator, curator

John Lyons (born October 1933) is a Trinidad-born poet, painter, illustrator, educator and curator.[1] He has worked as a theatre designer, exhibition adviser and as a teacher both of visual art and creative writing.[2]

As an art critic, he has written essays for catalogues, notably for Denzil Forrester's major touring exhibition Dub Transition, for Jouvert Print Exhibition and Tony Phillips' Jazz and The Twentieth Century.[3] His works are held at Rochdale Art Gallery, Huddersfield Art Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum's Word & Image Print Collection and the Arts Council National Collection.[4][5]

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  1. "John Lyons", Diaspora Artists.
  2. Paul O'Kane, "John Lyons", in Alison Donnell (ed.), Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture, Routledge, 2002, p. 186.
  3. "About John — Visual CV" Archived 2019-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, John Lyons website.
  4. "John Lyons" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Atelier Contemporary Art.
  5. "Jab Jab" (print), V&A.