John Eaves b. 1929

John Eaves is a British painter and sculptor.

Eaves trained at the Bath Academy of Art between 1949 and 1952, where his tutors included William Scott and Peter Potworowski. He became a Director in the Art department at Bath College between 1958 and 1985.

He has participated in solo and numerous group exhibitions in Germany, England and the USA since 1954. His principal solo exhibitions include Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol in 1966, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, in 1967, Dartington College of Arts, Devon in 1977, the Newlyn Orion Gallery in 1984 and the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath in 1987 and 1991. His work is represented in many public collections including the Arts Council of Great Britain, Royal West of England Academy, South West Arts, Victoria Art Gallery, the University of Bath, Bristol Museum and the City of Braunschweig, Germany.

In 1966, John Eaves was the first to be awarded the Winston Churchill Trust Fellowship, which he used to travel and work in New Mexico. He was then awarded a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship to research Emil Nolde and complete a thematic series of paintings in North Germany between 1986 and 1987 and in 1994 he received a grant from South West Arts to tour Stonehenge and make drawings and associated performances to three schools and a prison.