HOYLAND, JOHN (British, b. 1934)

Hoyland enrolled at the Sheffield College of Art in 1946 and then from 1956-60 he studied at the Royal Academy Schools, London.
He has travelled widely in Europe and both North and South America, and has been the Artist-in-Residence at the Studio School in New York and at Melbourne University, Australia in 1979.
He was Influenced by Hans Hofmann and his work is abstract, with vibrant blocks of colour poured, splattered, brushed and applied with a palette-knife.
His first one-man show was held in 1964 at the Marlborough Gallery, London, with subsequent exhibitions in London at the Waddington Galleries, Serpentine Gallery, Flowers East and a major exhibition at the Whitechapel in 1967.
Hoyland developed a strong attachment to America, from the late 1960s making visits to New York and setting studio there and in 1972 he became the Charles A Dana professor of fine arts, Colgate University, Hamilton.
He became an influential teacher at Hornsey College of Art, Croydon School of Art, Chelsea School of Art, St Martin’s, the Royal Academy Schools and the Slade from which he resigned in 1989.
Hoyland won a number of prizes, including Calouste Gulbenkian Purchase Award in 1963; first prize at John Moores Exhibition in 1982; joint first prize in Korn Ferry International Award Exhibition in 1986; and in the following year first prize in the Athena Art Awards Exhibition.
He was elected RA in 1991.

Public collections include:
British Council, London
Tate, London