John Lyons (poet)

John Lyons (born October 1933) is a Trinidad-born poet, painter, illustrator, educator and curator."John Lyons" , Diaspora Artists. He has worked as a theatre designer, exhibition adviser and as a teacher both of visual art and creative writing.Paul O'Kane, "John Lyons", in Alison Donnell (ed.), Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture, Routledge, 2002, p. 186. 

As an art critic, he has written essays for catalogues, notably for Denzil Forrester's major touring exhibition Dub Transition, for Jouvert Print Exhibition and Tony Phillips' Jazz and The Twentieth Century."About John — Visual CV" , John Lyons website. His works are held at Rochdale Art Gallery, Huddersfield Art Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum's Word & Image Print Collection and the Arts Council National Collection."John Lyons" , Atelier Contemporary Art."Jab Jab" (print), V&A.

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