READ, John Akatsu
John Akatsu Read was born in Cambridge in 1948. John studied at Cambridge School of Art 1965-1967; Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts for his B.A. Fine Art 1971; Open University Humanities B.A. degree course 1997-1999; University of East Anglia for a master's in Culture & Communication 1999-2001 and PhD research 2001-2005 and also studied with Urasenke Foundation London (Japanese 'Tea Ceremony') 1978-1995. An architectural modelmaker 1973-1976, notably for the Burrell Museum, Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, project of Sir Barry Gasson, studio assistant to artist and typographic designer Gordon House 1976-1982, English teacher in Tokyo, Japan 1977-1978, and lecturer at Cambridge School of Art 1979-1987. He founded John Read Design in 1984 to design and manufacture craft-made products such as lighting and furniture, supplied to the Futon Co. and various craft galleries including Primavera Cambridge. Since around 1989 a resident in Eye, Suffolk and in 2012, with etcher Nigel Oxley (1949-) founded Prism Print International to promote international social and artistic exchange through fine art printmaking and has been chair and curator for eleven years. He has exhibited widely in the U.K., Europe and Japan including in Suffolk at the Edmund Gallery, Bury St Edmund's, Forum Gallery Hadleigh, Pond and Quay Galleries at Snape Maltings Galleries, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh and elsewhere.
Website: https://www.john-read.co.uk
Works by This Artist
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Terminal-VelocityAcrylic-paint-on-canvas
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Motor HeadsArchival pigment ink print on paper
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