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Artist Statement:
As an illustrator my work has
crossed bridges spanning
Eastern and Western cultures,
between children's publishing
and commercial illustration,
two very different genres.
Though I maintain a singular
vision I tend to approach the
diverse markets in unique
ways, with distinctly
differing techniques. A good
illustrator has the
chameleon's ability to respond
to the requirements of the
media, a poster in the street
is generally viewed in a
completely different way to a
children's picture book, they
appeal to different parts of
the brain.
I've often felt that
commercial illustration comes
from the head, it's designed
to leap out, grab viewers and
hold them with it's graphic
cleverness, it's visual
sophistication or charm. It
reaches out to seize it's
audience. Publishing work on
the other hand is more the
realm of the heart, perhaps
more feminine in that it
gently charms the reader into
the intimacy of a private
world. It entices the viewer
in. Of course often the
greatest illustrations work on
both levels. ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
MAJOR ONE-MAN SHOWS
1986 - Matrix Gallery, London
1989 - Dentsu Ad Gallery,
Tokyo
1989 - Parco Gallery, Tokyo
1989 - Parco Gallery,
Kichijoji
1990 - Parco Gallery, Gifu +
Kumamoto
1990 - "Topsy Turvey Land"
Show, Gallery Maya, Tokyo
1991 - "Denizens" Show,
Roppongi Art Forum, Tokyo
1998 - "Potboiler" Show, Space
Yui, Tokyo
2000 - Gallery Pax, ...
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John Shelley Biography:
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Male
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| Status |
Widower
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| Children |
3
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Illustration
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| Your Personal Biography |
Birmingham born John Shelley began illustrating in London, his first picture
book being shortlisted for the Mother Goose Award. From 1987 he lived in
Japan for over 20 years as the most established Western illustrator in the
country, receiving numerous awards for commercial illustration in Tokyo in
addition to producing over 30 children's books for Western and Japanese
markets. He returned to the UK in 2008.
Bilingual in Japanese, he stands on the Board of Advisors of the Society of
Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), and is a member of the
Association of Illustrators (AOI) and Society of Authors (SOA).
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