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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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Exhibitions for John Shelley:
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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, Tokyo
2002 - "Tinpot Tales" Show, Art Box Gallery, Tokyo
2006 - "Unknown Andersen" Show, Maruzen, Tokyo
2006 - "Unknown Andersen" Show, Space Yui, Tokyo
2009 - "Kingdoms Curious" Show, Pinpoint Gallery, Tokyo
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