John Duffin

ELECTED ARWS 2021 & RWS 2024

John Duffin trained as a Naval Architect and Ship Draughtsman working for the Ministry of Defence before studying BA Fine Art at Goldsmiths’ College London alongside the Britart generation in the mid 1980’s. He studied MA Printmaking at Central St Martins and his training as a draughtsman and printmaker have fed into his mark making and sense of composition and design in his works on paper. He uses acrylic and watercolour and works from drawings and colour studies made from life, these are then used in his studio to create his images of urban spaces and city lighting. He favours wide perspectives and high angles to capture the energy, crowds and loneliness of urban life. He is influenced by graphic novels, film noir and UK and US modernism.

His work has won many prizes and is in many public collections including V&A, Fitzwilliam Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Museum of London, BBC, Arts Council and in many private collections.