Ballymun Equestrian Project
No Subtitle 2009


- Misneach. A Monumental Celebration of Youth."John was commissioned to make an artwork through 'Breaking Ground' as part of the regeneration of Ballymun. From the beginning of 2006 he researched ways to realise a large horse and rider sculpture depicting a young female bareback rider to be erected permanently on a plinth in Ballymun. Early in the year he sourced an existing equestrian monument in Northumberland, England but originally sited in Dublin's Phoenix Park (The Gough Memorial). This had been sculpted by the well-known Irish artist John Henry Foley whose other work included The O'Connell Monument, statues of Goldsmith and Burke outside Trinity College and The Albert Memorial in London. "

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Smokers
2008


- Smokers, 2008"Smokers' was a project undertaken with composer Stephen Gardner who provided the sound track. It marks the early 21st centuary banishment of smokers to the great outdoors in Ireland, having been a pioneer of the practice. It was shot over one November day in and around Dublin. A 'Red Camera' was used which produces very high definition imagery thus enabling it to be projected 'cinema-scale'. It was premiered in The Cube at The Project in Dublin's Temple in December 2008."

Dublin's Last Supper
2004

"In late 2003 John was approached by curator, Cliodhna Shaffrey and asked to come up with a proposal for a large public artwork to be installed in an outdoor space at a new development adjacent to The River Liffey in central Dublin. "

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Would You Die For Ireland?
2003


- Would You Die for Ireland?"In 2003 The Robert Emmet Society commissioned a number of contempory Irish artists to respond to the revolutionary period 1798- 1803, on the occasion of the bi-centenary of Robert Emmet's death in 1803. Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol (now a kind of Interpretative Centre) was the venue for the show entitled 'Dearcadh'. Many of the artists, like John, used cells in the large central area of the prison for their individual pieces. "

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Imagine Belfast 2008
2002

"In 2002 John was commissioned to make a number of images for Belfast’s bid to be European City of Culture in 2008. He made a number of ‘proto-types’ with a view to presenting them eventually as mural or billboard images Here are a few."

The Border Interpretative Centre
No Subtitle 2000


- The Border Itself"The idea of establishing a Border Interpretative Centre for the new millennium came from a line in "The Border Worrier" (1997). I obtained the use of this simple building, which had been a small shop located right on the border itself on the main Dublin-Belfast road. I was supported in all this by Norah Norton, then director of The Temple Bar Gallery. "

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Earlier Work


"Earlier performance based work was generally autobiographical monologue, often in the style of a stand-up. These monologues were punctuated and illustrated by projected backdrops. See some examples here. "

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Comedy work with Kevin McAleer
'90's


- Bigots, 1994

- The Restaurant, 1998"Kevin and John have been friends since meeting in London in the mid eighties. They worked together in Fringe Theatre and Comedy venues around London and through the early to mid nineties made a number of television recordings for BBC Nortnern Ireland and RTE. Here are a couple of examples "

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