{{Short description|English artist (1940–2020)}} {{about||the English cricketer|John Bowstead (cricketer)}} {{Notability|Bio|date=April 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=February 2019}}
'''John Bowstead''' (27 September 1940 – 12 April 2020{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}) was an English artist and lyricist.
In 1962 Bowstead exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ica.org.uk/Support%20Structure+18616.twl |title=ICA 1962 |access-date=26 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213100853/http://ica.org.uk/Support%20Structure+18616.twl |archive-date=13 February 2009 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> as part of the exhibition ''Four Young Artists'' alongside David Hockney, Maurice Agis and Peter Phillips.<ref>[https://thedavidhockneyfoundation.org/chronology/1962 The David Hockney Foundation]. Retrieved 29 April 2019</ref> In 1963 he was one of three artists to receive an "Honourable Mention" in the John Moores Prize.<ref>[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/fact_file/fact_file4.aspx John Moores Exhibition 1963] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222004734/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/johnmoores/fact_file/fact_file4.aspx |date=22 February 2009 }}</ref> The same year, with fellow Slade painters Terry Atkinson, Roger Jeffs, and Bernard Jennings, he formed the art group "Fine Artz".<ref>[http://www.yorku.ca/mam/terryatkinson.html Terry Atkinson (Fine Artz Associates)] York University. Retrieved 19 April 2011</ref> From 1965 he was part of the Light/Sound Workshop at Hornsey College of Art until its demise in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kontopoulou, Anna|url=http://lux.org.uk/blog/young-contemporaries-1968-hornsey-lightsound-workshop |title=Young Contemporaries 1968: The Hornsey Light/Sound Workshop – Blog |publisher=LUX |date= 15 November 2011|accessdate=11 November 2013}}</ref>
He co-authored, with Jeffs, ''The Archigram'' magazine (1961–1974). In the magazine he self-advertised a 'John Bowstead and Friends' multi-media event for the Gulbenkian Theatre at the University of Kent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archigram.westminster.ac.uk/magazine.php?drwid=2034 |title=Archigram Magazine Issue No. 8 – Archigram Archival Project |publisher=University of Westminster |accessdate=11 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archigram.westminster.ac.uk/magazine.php?drwid=2370 |title=Archigram Magazine Issue No. 9 – Archigram Archival Project |publisher=University of Westminster |accessdate=11 November 2013}}</ref> In 1970 he wrote the lyrics for a musical called "Oh Flux!" with Allan Clarke (lead singer of The Hollies) which also played at the Gulbenkian Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|author=Coxon, Adam|url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/9440/Allan-Clarke-Interview |title=Allan Clarke |publisher=PennyBlackMusic |accessdate=22 May 2020}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Art UK bio}}
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