PORRO, John
John Porro, was born at Finsbury Park Street, London in 1951, son of John Joseph Porro (-25 March 1991), a Spaniard. He had a long international career, having exhibited in numerous galleries in London and New York. For several years he has been based in Benamaurel, in the hamlet of Cuevas del Negro in Spain. He has received several awards, including first prize at the Cleveland International Drawing Biennial at the Middlesbrough Gallery. John Porro was a portrait painter of Little Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk when he exhibited at the John Player Portrait Awards at the National Portrait Gallery in 1982. He also exhibited at the Brick Lane Gallery in London in 2006 and 2011 and elsewhere.