Education
Born in Portadown in 1964, Long studied at the Belfast College of Art and Design before pursuing a Higher Diploma in Painting at Slade School of Fine Art, where he studied under Euan Uglow.
Born in Portadown in 1964, Long studied at the Belfast College of Art and Design before pursuing a Higher Diploma in Painting at Slade School of Fine Art, where he studied under Euan Uglow.
His work has been compared to Velázquez, Piraikos, Chardin, and Cézanne. Early years Upon its completion, he took up the position of Artist in Residence at the Byam Shaw School of Artist Work and awards Teaching John teaches in various colleges including the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
He is currently senior lecturer in painting at Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent, where he lives, and has been invited to give a masterclass and lecture at the RHA in October 2010.
He has also taught at the Taichung Academy of Fine Art in Taiwan, and Dun Laoghaire College of Art And Design.
In London, Long has had exhibitions with Theo Waddington Fine Art and in Dublin his first solo exhibition was with Jorgensen Fine Art in May 1999. He has also exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy Banquet Exhibition, Dublin and at the RHA"s annual exhibitions. Consequently, he was awarded the Taylor de Vere award in 1993, and in 1995 was made an associate member of the Academy. The Arts Council of Northern Ireland recognised his work with awards in 1993 and 1994. Among the major group exhibitions at which Long"s work has been shown are "The Importance of Drawing" exhibition at The Royal Museum, Canterbury. The "Spring Contemporary Exhibition" at the Albany Gallery, London. The "British Art Fair" at the Royal College of Art London and at the "Vital Presence" exhibition at the Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick. Waddington Tribby Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida exhibited his work in 2002. Long"s work in oil on canvas has been described as unafraid "to shy from depicting the mundane and the trivial" and has been noted for its "passion for little things and inclination to save them from dismissal".
He is a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy, and a widely-sought lecturer and teacher. In 2010 he was made a full member of the RHA.
