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John Read’s work is held in many private collections in England, USA, Germany, and Japan.

Works are held in institutional collections in Japan and the Municipal Collection, Cremona, Italy


His work is available through the Michelle Champetier Gallery, Cannes, France (www.mchampetier.com) and The Yanagisawa Gallery, Urawa, Tokyo, Japan (www.yanagisawagallery.com)

Exhibiting and Curating History

© John Read 2012

All rights reserved




48 international print artists small print exhibition with Haruko Cho at the B-Gallery, Nishi-Ikebukuro, Tokyo (Invited)




Prism Krákow - Conspectus. Centrum Gallery, International Centre for Graphic Arts, as part of the 2021 Krákow international Print Triennial. (Prism curator, catalogue designer and exhibitor).




2nd T-K-O International Miniprint Exhibition 2019-20, B - Gallery, Nishi-Ikebukuro, Tokyo,

Art Zone Kaguraoka, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto and Gallery Irohani, Sakai-City, Osaka, Japan (joint, competition)

Prism 12 - Stockholm. Nordens Ljus Gallery (and Swedish Printmakers’ Association Moriska Rummet gallery). Curator, catalogue designer and exhibitor




10th International Printmaking Exhibition - Cremona 2019, Cremona, Italy (Invited exhibitor)

John Read at B-Gallery, Tokyo , Japan (solo, invited)

Prism at INOAC Namikidori Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan (joint and joint curator)




John Read - Eclogues - Donichi Garoh, Tokyo, Japan (solo, invited)

Miniprint Kazanlak, Kazanlak, Bulgaria (Joint)

Quay Gallery, Snape Maltings Suffolk (joint with Chris Soule, potter)

Prism: Khoros - Clifford Chance Gallery, Canary Wharf, London (joint and Curator)

B-Gallery at Parallax Art Fair, London (Joint)

Graphic Editions - Prism with Belfast Print Workshop, Oriel Gallery, Antrim NI (joint and joint curator)




John Read - Yanagisawa Gallery, Urawa, Japan (solo, invited)

John Read - Gallery Goho, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan (solo, invited)

Prism 8 - At the IXth International Engraving Biennial, Cremona, Italy (joint and Prism curator)




Prism 6 - Clifford Chance Gallery, Canary Wharf, London (joint and curator)

Small Print International - Touring Exhibition 6 UK Cities, Leicester Print Workshop (joint, competition)

Prism 7 - The Spodki Gallery, Bialystok, Poland (Joint and joint curator)

John Read - Groundworks. The Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk (solo)

1st T-K-O International Miniprint Exhibition 2016, B-Gallery, Nishi-Ikebukuro, Tokyo +

Art Zone Kaguraoka, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto +

Gallery Irohani, Sakai-City, Osaka - Japan (joint, competition)



Prism World Printmaking - 4, Goto Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan (joint and curator)

John Read Recent Work - Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk (solo)

Distinct Impressions: Prism 5 London - Identity and the International Print Artist

The Embassy Tea Gallery, Bankside, London (Joint and curator)

Impact 9, China Academy of Art, Hang Zhou, China (joint)





John Read - Metalogues, Yanagisawa Gallery, Urawa, Japan (solo, invited)

John Read - Metalogues - Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk (solo)

John Read & Tricia Colyer - Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk (joint)

Prism World Printmaking - 3, Spazio Ostrakon, Milan, Italy (joint and curator)





Cork Street Open, Cork Street Gallery, London (competition-joint)

John Read - Inscapes, 78 Derngate Museum, Northampton (invited - solo)

Prism World Printmaking - 1, Art Pavilion, Tower Hamlets, London (joint and curator)

John Read - Inscapes Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk (solo)

Prism World Printmaking - 2, Yanagisawa Gallery, Urawa, Japan (joint and curator)

John Read - Inscapes. Edmund Gallery, Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, Suffolk (solo)





Edmund Gallery, Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, Suffolk

Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk

Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk

Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk

Tawny’s Barn, Debenham, Suffolk

Primavera Gallery, Cambridge

Forum Gallery, Hadleigh

Trumpington Gallery, Cambridge

Cherry Orchard Restaurant, London

Alliance Building Society Gallery, London

Centre Gallery, Bath

BIJA Arts Centre, London

King Street Gallery, Bristol

Gallery Soleil, Cambridge




Royal Festival Hall, London

East Anglian Open, Fermoy Gallery, King’s Lynn, Norfolk

Ikebana Trust exhibition, Kensington Orangery, London

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London

East Anglian Artists, Fermoy Gallery, King’s Lynn, Norfolk

Cambridgeshire Artists, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge

Prints from the Eastern Region, Hobson Gallery, Cambridge

Omni 1, Gallery Soleil, Cambridge

Hobson Gallery, Cambridge

Conspectus, Gallery Soleil, Cambridge