Born 11th February 1949, Stockport, UK

Died 2nd August 2023, Oxford, UK

Education

1965-67 Berkshire College of Art
1967-70 St Martin's School of Art
1970 BA Hons in Fine Art (Painting)
1977 British Council Scholarship in Photography, Ecole de Louis Lumière, Paris
1978 British Council Scholarship in Photography, F.A.M.U., Prague

One Person Exhibitions

1981 `GOTO, PHOTOGRAPHS 1971-81', The Photographers' Gallery, London
1982 Kingston Polytechnic Gallery
MacLaurian Art Gallery, Ayrshire
The Photographers' Place, Hastings
1983 `GOTO, PHOTOGRAPHS 1975-83', PPS Galerie Gundlac, Hamburg
ULUV Gallery, Prague (British Council touring exhibition)
Zvolen Castle, Czechoslovakia
Kosice, Czechoslovakia
Moravian Gallery, Bruno, Czechoslovakia
`GOTO/EACHUS', Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford
1984 `GOTO, PHOTOGRAPHS 1975-83' (British Council touring exhibition), Prima Vera, Barcelona
Sala Visor, Valencia
Torreon de Lozoya, Segovia
1985 `OCCUPIED ZONES', Goto/Eachus, Axiom, Cheltenham
`GOTO, PHOTOGRAPHS 1975-83', Biblioteca Municipal, Leon
Sala Revilla, Valladolid
Casa Municipal de Cultura, Toro
Ayunamiento de Granada, Granada
Caja de Ahorros Municipal de Pamplona, Pamplona
Residencia Univesitaria Esteban Terradas Bilbao
`OCCUPIED ZONES', Goto/Eachus, Spacex, Exeter
`THE NOW OF HERE' Goto/Eachus, Gallery 04, Oxford
1986 `GOTO, PHOTOGRAPHS 1975-83', National Library of Singapore (British Council touring exhibition)
`GOTO, GOTO/EACHUS', Portfolio Gallery, Antwerp
`SITES OF PASSAGE', Goto/Eachus, Fischer Fine Art, London
1987 `YARD OF DOGS', Goto/Eachus, Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery
1988 `SITES OF PASSAGE', Goto/Eachus, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
`TEREZIN', Wadham College Ante Chapel, Oxford, during the International Scholars Symposium, `Remembering for the Future,'
Cambridge Darkroom
1989 `TEREZIN', John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
Cornerhouse, Manchester
Raab Gallery, Berlin
1990 `THE ATOMIC YARD', Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
Portsmouth City Museum and Art Gallery
1991 `THE ATOMIC YARD', Raab Gallery at Millbank, London
`PARIS PRAGUE 1977/8', Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford
1993 `THE SCAR', Benjamin Rhodes Gallery, London
Manchester City Art Museum and Gallery
1994 `RECENT HISTORIES', John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton
1994-5 `JOHN GOTO 94', touring exhibition of Russia, including Perm, Kazan, Osa and Chelyabinsk
1995 `RECENT WORKS` Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
1997 `THE FRAMERS' COLLECTION' Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh
Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
1998 `THE COMMISSAR OF SPACE' Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Herbert Read Gallery, KIAD, Cantebury
'EARLY WORKS' Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
1999 'CAPITAL ARCADE' Seonam Arts Centre, Seoul, Korea
Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
1999/2000 'NPG 2000, PHOTOWORKS' National Portrait Gallery, London
2000 'CAPITAL ARCADE' Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff
2001 'HIGH SUMMER' Andrew Mummery Gallery. London
Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh
Gallery De Pijp, Photofestival Noorderlicht, Groningen, The Netherlands
ImagoLucis Galeria, Oporto, Portugal
' Wolverhampton Art Gallery
2002 'HIGH SUMMER' Holburne Museum, Bath
Art Centre of S. Joao da Madeira, Portugal
Centro Cultural de Anadia, Portugal
Meadow Gallery, Burford Hs, Tenbury Wells
'LOSS OF FACE' Norwich Gallery Norwich School of Art and Design
Wolsey Gallery, Christchurch Mansions, Ipswich
Hartlepool Art Gallery
2002/3 'LOSS OF FACE' Tate Britain
2003 'HIGH SUMMER' Gainsborough's House, Sudbury
'UKADIA' Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham
2004 'GILT CITY' Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
'GILT STREETS' Art in the Streets, Swindon Imaging Festival
2005 'UKADIA' f5.6 Galeria, Munich
Gallery On, Seoul, Korea
'CARRO ELECTRICO 104', Clube Literario do Porto, Oporto, Portugal
2005/9 'HIGH SUMMER' The Reading Room, British Academy, Carlton House Terrace, London
2006 'FLOODSCAPES' Churchill College, University of Cambridge
JOHN GOTO: PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS' (+ FLOODSCAPES) Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
'JOHN GOTO'S NEW WORLD CIRCUS' Gallery On, Seoul, Korea
'JOHN GOTO'S NEW WORLD CIRCUS' UK national tour organised by Focal Point Gallery;
Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate 1/7/06-3/9/06;
Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, 9/9/06-21/10/06;
2007 'JOHN GOTO'S NEW WORLD CIRCUS' Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, 23/1/07-21/3/07;
Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London, 7/4/07-5/5/07;
University of Brighton Gallery, 9/7/07-31/8/07;
Ovada, Oxford, 15/9/07-3/11/07.
'FLOODSCAPES' River and Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames
Hampton Court Palace, London
Circular Gallery, City Hall, London
The Oxford Trust, Oxford
Gallery On, Seoul, Korea
2008 'JOHN GOTO'S NEW WORLD CIRCUS' Voipaala Art Centre, Nr Tampere, Finland, during 'Backlight 08' International Photographic Triennial
'GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND' dOMINIQUE fiAT GALERIE, Paris, during the International Month of Photography
2009 'GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND' shown by dOMINIQUE fiAT GALERIE at Volta NY, New York
'DANCE TO THE MUZIK OF TIME' Gallery On, Seoul, Korea
Second Life
2010 'WEST END BLUES Augmented Reality' project launched in collaboration with Dr. Matthew Leach
2011 'MOSAIC' exhibited at Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery, 14.01.2011- 19.03.2011
'THE INVISIBLE ARTIST' Augmented Reality project launched in collaboration with Dr. Matthew Leach
'JAZZ' Gallery On, Seoul, Korea
'AR GILT CITY' Augmented Reality installation outside the Bank of England, in collaboration with Matthew Leach
2012 'JOSEPH WRIGHT AR' Augmented Reality installation in collaboration with Matthew Leach, The Joseph Wright Gallery, Derby Museum and Art Gallery
'DREAMS OF JELLY ROLL', Freud Museum, London, plus 'HOUSE OF DREAMS' Augmented Reality installation in collaboration with Matthew Leach.
2012/13 'SWEET AUGMENTATIONS', Dominique Fiat Gallery, Paris
2013 '1977: LEWISHAM & BELLEVILLE', Art Jericho, Oxford
2014 'THREE SERIES BY JOHN GOTO', Gallery On, Seoul, Korea
2016 'TWO DAYS AT OXFORD', OFS Gallery, Oxford
2018 'ART IN FOCUS: JOHN GOTO'S 'HIGH SUMMER'', Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA

Group Exhibitions

1977 `SUMMER SHOW 4', Serpentine Gallery, London, selected by Aaron Scharf, artists include Jane England, Heather Forbes, John Goto, Jim Harold, Paul Joyce, Chris Locke, Peter Mitchell...
1980-81 `BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHERS', touring Australia
1981-82 `PHOTOGRAPHER AS PRINTMAKER', touring UK
1982 `THE THIRD MEANING', Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, artists Paddy Summerfield, Franta Provaznik and John Goto
`SUMMER SHOW', Contrasts Gallery, London
`BENEATH THE ARCH', Stedelijk de Lakenhal, Leiden, Holland
1984 `STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY', Lijnbaancentrum, Rotterdam, artists include Tom Drahos, John Goto, Jan Groover, Dagmar Hartig, Frank Majore, Ruurd Van Der Noord, Olivia Parker, Don Rodan, Sandy Skoglund, Erica Uhlenbeck, Jacques Vilet, James Welling, curated by Joop de Jong
`CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHY', Benteler Galleries, Houston, USA
`REPEATS', Coracle Press Gallery, London, artists include Lolly Batty, Simon Cutts, Chris Drury, Goto/Eachus, Ross Gurney, David Mach, Stephen Skidmore...
1985 `PAINTING/PHOTOGRAPHY', artists Rita Donagh, Ben Johnson, John Goto, Paul Eachus, Ian McKeever, John Stezaker
St Martin's School of Art, London
The Winchester Gallery, Winchester
The Gardener Gallery, Brighton
Dartington College Gallery, Devon
`THE ALBUFERA PROJECT', La Caixa, Valencia, artists include Derek Bennett, Diana Blok, Gabriel Cuallado, Vincente del Amo, Joan Fontcuberta, John Goto, Andreas Muller-Phole, Rafael Navarro, Paulo Nozolino, Humberto Rivas, Philippe Salaun, Manel Ubeda, curated by Josep Vincent Monzo
`AXIOM REVIEW', Axiom Gallery, Cheltenham, artists include Hannah Collins, Matthew Conduit, Huw Davies, Peter Frazer, Michael Ginsborg, Paul Gopal Chowdhury, Goto/Eachus, Paul Graham, Ron Haselden, Paul Hill, Greg Lucas, Sue Packer, Oded Shimshon, Sue Spark, Paul Wombell...
1986 `PAINTING/PHOTOGRAPHY', Richard de Marco Gallery, Edinburgh
`NEXT/TOMORROW', Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, artists include Mona Hatoum, Tony Benn, Alexia Cross, John Goto, Ron Haselden, Sharon Kivland, John Latham, Yve Lomax, Susan Trangmar, Paddy Summerfield...
`FIFTEEN STUDIOS', Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
`LAND MATTERS', with Phillippa Ecobichon, John Goto, Andy Goldsworthy, Garry G. Miller, Roger Palmer,
Blackfriars Arts Centre, Boston
Usher Gallery, Lincoln
Sudley Art Gallery, Liverpool
Winchester Gallery, Winchester
`INTIMATE NATURE', South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, artists Michael Porter, John Goto, Paul Eachus, Nicholas Sinclair
`BOUNDARIES', Cambridge Darkrooms, artists Thomas Joshua Cooper, Hamish Fulton, Andrew Ginn, Goto/Eachus, Jim Harold, Roger Palmer, Chris Wainwright, curator Pavel Buchler
`FROM THE NOTEBOOK', Seventh Floor Gallery, St Martin's School of Art, London, artist include Chris Dorsett, John Dougill, John Edwards, Tricia Gilman, John Goto, Paul Eachus, Margaret Harrison, Bill Henderson, Albert Herbert, Alexis Hunter, Monic Ross, John Stezaker, Anthony Wishaw, Gary Wragg...
`SUMMER SHOW',Benteler Galleries, Houston, Texas, USA
`LA ALBUFERA', Palazzo Sarinelli, Venice (Spanish representative at Europa Genti)
`SIX ON ANTWERP', Portfolio Gallery Antwerp
1987 `MULTIPLE ORIGINALS', Photographers Gallery, London, incl. Irving Penn, Michael Kenna, Eugene Atget, E.J. Bellocq, Imogen Cunningham, Walker Evans, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Fay Godwin, John Stathatos, Pradip Malde, Mari Mahr, John Goto...
`LAND MATTERS', Posterngate Gallery, Hull
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff
1988 `ROMANTIC VISIONS', Camden Arts Centre, including artists Martyn Brewster, Christopher Cook, Peter Ellis, John Goto, Paul Eachus, Sylvia Hays, Wendy Hodge, Putrisha Lawlor, Philip Mead, Philip Stevens, curated by Keith Patrick
1989 `BLASPHEMIES, ECSTASIES, CRIES', curated by Andrew Brighton, artists Therese Oulton, Avis Newman, John Murphy,Frederick Sandys, Arturo di Stefano, Peter de Francia, John Goto, PaulEachus, Jacob Epstein, Edmund Fairfax-Lucy,Carel Weight, George Frederic Watts, Percy Wyndham Lewis, Stephen McKenna ; Andrew Mansfield, Adam Lowe.
Serpentine Gallery, London,
Mostyn Gallery Llandudno Wales,
Norwich Gallery; Norwich,
Herbert Read Gallery Canterbury,
`REVOLUTION', Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, artists include Conrad Atkinson, Stuart Brisley, Nigel Coates, John Goto, Dan Graham and Marie-Paule Macdonald, Richard Layzell, Richard Wrigley...
`PHOTOGRAPHIC ART IN BRITAIN 1945-1989', The Barbican Gallery, London;
Manchester City Art Gallery;
Artists: Keith Arnatt, Gerry Badger; David Bailey; John Benton-Harris; Ian Berry; John Blakemore; Dorothy Bohm; Bill Brandt; David Buckland; Victor Burgin; Helen Chadwick; Calum Colvin; Thomas Joshua Cooper; John Davies; Terry Dennett; Willie Doherty; Euan Duff; Anna Fox; Peter Fraser; Hamish Fulton; Fay Godwin; Andy Goldsworthy; John Goto; Paul Graham; Roberta M Graham; Brian Griffin; Philip Jones Griffiths; Sunil Gupta; Richard Hamilton; Bert Hardy; Tim Head; Nigel Henderson; Paul Hill; Susan Hiller; John Hilliard; David Hockney; David Hurn; Izabela Jedrzejczyk; Peter Kennard; Chris Killip; Karen Knorr; Josef Koudelka; Marketa Luskacova; Angus McBean; Ron McCormick; Donald McCullin; Joseph McKenzie; Mari Mahr; Pradip Malde; Rosy Martin; Roger Mayne; Peter Mitchell; Raymond Moore; Ron O$)A!6Donnel; Sue Packer; Roger Palmer; Martin Parr; Bob Phillips; Ingrid Pollard; Tony Rae-Jones; Paul Reas; George Rodger; Edwin Smith; Graham Smith; Jo Spence; Chris Steele-Perkins; John Sturrock; Paddy Summerfield; Mitra Tabrizian; Maxine Walker; Boyd Webb; Elizabeth Williams.
`METAMORPHOSIS', Raab Gallery, London
1990 `NATURE AFTER NATURE', John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
`THE LANDSCAPE AND THE CITYSCAPE', Raab Gallery, Millbank, London
1991 GALLERY ARTISTS', Raab Gallery, Millbank, London
1992 THE FIGURE LAID BARE', Pomroy Purdy Gallery, London, artists Frank Auerbach, Georg Baselitz, Maurice Cockrill, Arturo Di Stefano, Stephen Finer, Peter De Francia, Lucian Frued, John Goto, Roger Hilton, David Hiscock, Andrzej Jackowski, Ken Kiff, R.B. Kitaj, Leon Kossoff, Adam Lowe, Hughie O'Donoghue, Antonio Argenio
`WORKS ON PAPER', Raab Gallery, London
1993 `JOHN MOORES EXHIBITION 18', Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (prizewinner)
1994 `SIEGE', Impressions Gallery, York
`GALLERY ARTISTS'. Benjamin Rhodes Gallery, London
1995 `AFTER AUSCHWITZ', Royal Festival Hall,London; Manchester City Art Gallery; Northern
Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland; Edinburgh City Art Centre; artists Magdalena Abakanowicz; Shimon Attie; Christian Botanski; Daisy Brand; Melvin Charney; Deborah Davidson; John Goto;Sally Heywood; R.B. Kitaj; Kitty Klaidman; Henning Langenheim; Lena Liv; Fabio Mauri; Zoran Music; Natan Nuchi; Susanna Pieratzki; Mick Rooney; Ellen Rothenberg; Shirley Samberg; Nancy Spero.
`POINTS FORWARD` Jasson & Rhodes Gallery, London, including artists Richard Clegg, Paul Huxley, Kyung-Hee Hwang, John Goto...
`PRETEXT: HETRONYMS` Rear Window, London, artists include Andrea Fisher, John Hyatt, Janis Jefferies, Peter Kennard, Rosa Lee, Avis Newman, John Goto, Roxane Permar, John Stezaker, Richard Wentworth...
1996 `CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE' Terry Atkinson, Willie Doherty and John Goto, University of Brighton
1998 'THE DISCERNING EYE' (invited by Arturo di Stefano) Mall Gallery, London
1999 'RESOLVE' Platform Gallery, London
'ARCHITECTS & ARCHITECTURE' John Goto & John Lessore, National Portrait Gallery, London
2000 'CAPITAL ARCADE' at The Hasselblad Center, Goteborg, Sweden, in the exhibition 'Modern Times 3'
curated by Val Williams including artists Didier Massard, Grennan and Sperandio, John Divola, Katia Liebmann and Melanie Manchot.
'MOVIN' ON UP' Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, artists Philip Akkerman, Chila Kumari Burman, Maria Chevska, Bert de Beul, Richard Forster, Ori Gersht, John Goto, Alexis Harding, Peter Harris, Tim Hemington, Louise Hopkins, Merlin James, Fabian Marcaccio, Ingo Meller, Carol Rhodes, Stuart Taylor, Graeme Todd
2001 'TRADE' Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland, including: Merry Alpern, Olivo Barbieri, Boris Becker, Wout Berger, Blank & Jeron, Frank Breuer, Joachim Brohm, Balthasar Burkhard, Claude Closky, Miles Coolidge, Augusto Alves da Silva, Thomas Demand, Todd Eberle, Pierre Faure / Marie-Francine Le Jalu, Peter Fischli, David Weiss, Karin Geiger, Beate Geissler / Oliver Sann, John Goto, Greenpeace, Isabelle Grosse, Andreas Gursky, Jacqueline Hassink, Romuald Hazoum, Matthias Hoch, Dan Holdsworth, Uschi Huber, Steeve Iuncker, Annica Karlsson Rixon, Julia Knop, Neal Cummings / Marysia Lewandowska, Bettina Lockemann, Manager Magazin / Jo Jankowski, Boris Mikhailov, John Miller, Fernando Moleres, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Marianne Miller, Cat Tuong Nguyen, Ralf Peters, Nina Pohl, Marc Rider, Timm Rautert, Heiner Schilling, Florian Schwinge, Allan Sekula, Henrik Spohler, Joel Sternfeld, Sturtevant, Gerald van der Kaap, Massimo Vitali, Markus Weisbeck, Kelly Wood, World Vision / Kai Uwe Gundlach, Matthias Ziegler
2002 'TRADE' Netherlands Fotoinstituut, Rotterdam
'STITCHED UP' Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum, artists Nicola Donovan, John Goto, Julie Graves, Sally Hughes, Chila Kumari Burman, Jane Simpson, Anna-Nicole Ziesche
'THE EMBARKATION FOR CYTHERA' Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, including Philip Akkerman, John Goto, Iain Hetherington, Louise Hopkins, Merlin James, Alex Pollard, Stuart Taylor, Graeme Todd...
'LIVES LIVED' Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery
2003 'PICTURESQUE' Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, artists Dalziel & Scullion, John Goto, Louisa Fairclough, Nicky Hodge, Masakatsu Kondo, Jane Prophet, Gerhard Stromberg.
'SIGHT SEEING' 4th Austrian Triennial of Photography, Graz, Austria; Ken Lum, Alain Bublex, Roman Ondak, Karl-Heinz Klopf, John Goto, Andrea Zapp, Anna Jermolaewa, Edwin Zwakman, Andrea van der Straeten, Marjetica Potrc, Katrina Daschner, FA +, Damijan Kracina, Anlage Minerva Cuevas, Andreja Kuluncic, Martin Parr, Sabine Grob, Kristina Leko, Miles Coolidge, Helmut & Johanna Kandl
'PRIMARY COLOURS' The City Gallery, Leicester, artists David Batchelor, Ellen Cary, Mat Collishaw, Common Culture, Brian Eno, Inka Essenhigh, John Goto, Dan Hays, Dan Holdsworth, Shaheen Merali, Eva Rothschild
2004 GILT CITY/GONE ASTREY John Goto & Clare Strand, Fotografins Hus during Xposeptember Fotofestival, Stockholm, Sweden
'COLLAGE' Bloomberg SPACE, London, Artists: Eileen Agar, Tariq Alvi, Donald Baechler, Eric Bainbridge, John Baldessari, George Barber, Hans Belmer, Lynda Benglis, Kiera Bennett, Wallace Berman, Pierre Bismuth, Stan Brackhage, Ian Breakwell, Andre Breton, William Burroughs & Ian Sommerville, Claude Cahun, Mark Cannon, Melanie Carvalho, Andrew Child, Gordon Cheung, Bruce Connor, Dan Coombs, Layla Curtis, Guy Debord, Eugenio Dittborn, Thomas Draschan, Marcel Duchamp, The Duvet Brothers, Nusch Eluard, Max Ernst, Erro, Angus Fairhurst, Gelatin, Judith Goddard, John Goto, Brian Griffith, Thomas Grenfeld, Raymond Haines, Rachel Harrison, Nigel Henderson, Nicky Hirst, Hannah Hoech, Christian Holstad, Georges Hugnet, Graham Hudson, Peter Hutchinson, James Ireland, Gwyther Irwin, Andre Breton with Jacqueline Lamba and Yves Tanguy, Gavin Jantjes, Chris Jones, Ray Johnson, Larry Jordan, Asger Jorn, Jeff Keen, Peter Kennard, Lewis Klahr, Jochen Klein, Jiri Kolar, Udomsak Krisanamis, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Jim Lambie, Peter Lanyon, Guy Limon, Linder, Graham Little, Andrew Mania, Christian Marclay. Paul Morrison, Louise Nevelson, Chris Ofili, Claes Oldenburg, Eduardo Paolozzi, Roland Penrose, Richard Prince, Robert Rauschenberg, Carlyle Reedy, Seppo Renvall, Jamie Reid, Danny Rolph, James Rosenquist, Mimmo Rotella, Carolee Schneemann, Kurt Schwitters, Katy Shepard, Ian Skoyles, Nancy Spero, Charles Spurrier, Frank Stella, John Stezaker, Tommy Stockel, Jessica Stockholder, Tomoko Takahashi, Jane Thurley, Fred Tomaselli, Geerten Verheus, Rebecca Warren, Tom Wesselman, Jane Wilbraham, David Wojnarowicz
2005 ' IDENTITY_FACTORIES' , mlr gallery, Bucharest, Romania, with Annika Larsson, AES+F, Lev Manovich, Tim White, John Goto, Common Culture, Peter Kees, Andrei Iancu, curated by Eugen Radescu.
'EXPERIMENTIEREN'. Fotografien aus der Sammlung des IVAM 05.10-18.11 Instituto Cervantes, Berlin, including Eugene Atget , John Baldessari , Gabriele Basilico , Bernd & Hilla Becher , Constantin Brancusi , Bill Brandt , Harry Callahan , Fischli & Weiss , Lee Friedlander , John Goto , Chema Madoz , Man Ray , Duane Michals , Irving Penn , Jindrich Styrsky , Hiroshi Sugimoto , William Wegman ...
'BLACK & WHITE' Galerie f5,6, Munich, including Tomio Seike, Malcolm Pasley, Don McCullin, Olaf Martens, Dieter Hinrichs, Thomas Wrede, Sigrid Rothe, Donata Wenders, Gordon Parks, John Goto...
PARIS PHOTO, BMW prize exhibition
2006' KYBOSH' Picture House, Leicester including Deborah Baker, Joy Greggory, Roshini Kempadoo, John Goto...
' 1982' Ovada, Oxford
2007 '4 JAHRE f5.6' Galerie f5,6, Munich, including Beth Yarnelle Edwards, Raghubir Singh, Helen Levitt, Anja Jensen, John Goto...
'THE DISCERNING EYE' (invited by Charles Saumarez Smith), The Mall Galleries, London
'IMPROVISED MAPS', Dispatx Art Collective, internet work LIE OF THE LAND; artists include Gonzalo Puch, Dominic Lash, David Stent, Karen O'Rourke, Santiago Roncagliolo, Enrique Vila-Matas, Daniel Canogar, Kjersti Wikstrom, Eli Goldstein, Christine Rusche, Jeff Thompson, NYSAE...
SOSABEOL INTERNATIONAL ART EXPO, Pyeongtaek City, Korea, exhibited by Gallery On with Mick Williamson and Susan Andrews
SIPA 2007, Seoul, Korea, shown by Gallery Now with Won Sung-Won,Choi Kwang-Ho and Jung So-Young
PHOTO MIAMI, shown by Galerie F5,6 with artists Andreas Lang, Brian Ulrich, Florian Böhm, Richard Caldicott, John Goto, Jon Gitelson, Julia Peirone, Olaf Martens, Matt Siber, Raghubir Singh, Studio Applikazia, Thomas Wrede
2008 SEOUL ART FAIR shown by Gallery On
BRUSSELS ART FAIR shown by Dominique Fiat Gallery, Paris
2009 'LANDSCAPE CONTEMPORARY' at Haus der Fotografie Dr. Robert-Gerlich-Museum, Burghausen, Germany, with Andreas Gursky, Kamen Stoyanov, Gudrun Kemsa, Thomas Wrede, Michael Reisch, Robert F. Hammerstiel, G$)A(9nther und Loredana Selichar, Andrew Phelps, Javier Vallhornrat, Andrew Phelps
'JOHN GOTO'S NEW WORLD CIRCUS' at Lodz Art Centre, Lodz, Poland, during Fotofestiwal 2009
'F5.6 SPECIAL EDITION' curated by Nicole Stanner and Florence Baur, Galerie F5.6, Munich
SALON DES ARTS SEOULS, exhibited by Gallery On with Patrick Taberna, Susan Andrews and Mick Williamson
PARIS PHOTO shown by Dominique Fiat Galerie with Hannah Collins, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Philippe Gronon and Tania Mouraud
2010 LONDON ART FAIR shown by Galerie F5.6 (Munich) with Richard Caldicott
ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY, 184th Annual Exhibition (invited artist). Exbibition selected by Ian McCulloch RSA: artists include John Byrne, Joyce Cairns, Grant Clifford, Calum Colvin, Gareth Fisher, Ronald Forbes, Gordon Munro, Keith Rand, Kate Downie, Beth Fisher, Neil MacPherson, Arthur Watson. Invited Non-Members: Sean Ambrose, Ross Brown, Lys Hansen, Margaret Hunter, Paola McClure, Ron O$)A!/Donnell, Douglas Thomson, John Taylor, James Tweedie, Callum Mackenzie.
ELDERS PROJECT, ‘Elsewhere – Idyll and Friction in the Landscape’. Billboard project, Sint-Michielsgestel, Holland with Peter van Beek, Wout Berger, Reinout van den Bergh/Huib Fens, Nico Bick, Sonja Braas (D), Ruud van Empel, Kevin Erskine (US), Stella Faber, Nick Hannes (B), Roderik Henderson, Rob Hornstra, Marcus Koppen (D), Michael Reisch (D), Martin Roemers, Tim Simmons (UK), Andrea Stultiens, Raimond Wouda en Thomas Wrede (D).
21 ANOS DE DONACIONES AL IVAM, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia
ART OF FAITH; 2000 YEARS OF RELIGIOUS ART IN NORFOLK, Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich
ABSTRACT, Galerie f5.6, Munich 26.11.2010 - 29.01.2011 with Antonio Azuaga / Richard Caldicott / John Goto / Edward Mapplethorpe / Silvio Wolf
2011 PERSISTENCE OF VISION, The Gregory J Peterson Collection, New York Academy of Art, USA
HEARTLANDS, Great Bampton House, during the Hay-on-Wye Festival, with Craig Barnes, Derek Curtis, Craig Patrick Edwards, Dmitri Galitzine, Stephen Hartwood, Guy Heyden, Daniel Kelly, Alana Lake, Simon Roberts, Susan Stockwell, Lex Thomas, John Timberlake & Stephen Walter
IMAGINE EARTH, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea ,curated by Yeonha Choi with artists Nick Brandt, Joyce Tenneson, Ruud van Empel, David Maisel, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Mary Mattingly, Giacomo Costa, David Trautrimas, Pipo Nguyen-duy and John Goto. Sponsored by Hankyorea Media Group.
2012 'AN UNCOMMON PAST', The New Media Gallery, Sichuan Fine Art Institute (SCFAI), Chongqing, China, curated by John Goto with artists Cesario Alves, Robert Casselton Clark, Huw Davies, Peter Finnemore, Jane Fletcher, Christine Parker, Stephen Watson, John Goto, Sookyoung Huh, Vered Lahav, Heike Lowenstein, Louise K Wilson.
ELDERS PROJECT, ‘Elsewhere - Idyll and Friction in the Landscape’. Billboard project, Venlo, Holland
2013 THE AUTOGRAPH ABP ARCHIVE IN FOCUS: BACK IN THE DAY, The Drum, Birmingham, curated by Renee Mussai with photographers Raphael Albert, Bandele Ajetunmobi, James Barnor, Colin Jones, Syd Shelton, Neil Kenlock, Vron Ware
UNCERTAIN STATES 2013, The Bank, Whitechapel, London, artists include Ania Dabrowska, Etienne Clement, Federica Landi, Francisco Gomez de Villaboa, Grace Lau, Mick Williamson, Susan Andrews, Victoria Kovalenko, Aviv Yaron, David George, Christoffer Fjatstrom, Tor Simen Ulstein, Tom Hunter, Spencer Rowell...
MEDUSA CARAVAGE SALON, Saison Nouvelles Vagues 2013, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, curated by Massimillana Baldassarri, including artists Rut Blees Luxemburg, Hannah Collins, Eva Nielsen...
2014 TELLING PICTURES, Gallery On, Seoul, with Philipp Schumacher and Julia Christe
TERRITORY AND COMMUNITY, Yoesu International Art Festival, Korea, curated by Sun-jung Kim, Festival Director, artists - Amy Jean Boebel, Annette Bohn & Anneke Dunkhase, Francisco Camacho, Ellen Cantor, Elodie Dornand, John Goto, Erdal Inci, Constantin Jaxy, Fei Jun, Takayuki Katayama, Nakazato Katsuhito, Hyunsin Kim, Maria Loizidou, Clementine Oomes, Tu Pei-Shih, Mark Salvatus, Philipp Schmacher, Susanna Schoenberg, Andre Werner, Thandile Zwelibanzi, Chan-ju Kim, Won-sam Shin, Youn-seok Oh, Taek-kwan Oh, Jae-ho Yoo, Ki-bon Lee, Seung-shin Rhee, Anna Lim, Won-geun Kim
KONSTELLATIONEN, Galerie F5.6, Munich. Curated by Katrin Weber, artists - Olaf Otto Becker & Roman Bezjak, Florian Bohm & Luca Pizzaroni, Richard Caldicott & Erin OKeefe, Juliane Eirich & Daniel Gustav Cramer, Jonathan Gitelson & Sonja Thomsen, John Goto & Calum Colvin, Anja Jensen & Peter Johansson, Gerry Johansson & Allegra Martin & Patrik Elgstrom, Leon Kirchlechner & Moritz Maximilian, Max Regenberg & Jean-Paul Deridder, Anne Schwalbe & Ute Mahler & Werner Mahler, Matt Siber & Hyoungsang Yoo, Brian Ulrich & Shane Rocheleau, Silvio Wolf & Claudia Pozzoli, Thomas Wrede & Scarlett Hooft Graafland
2018 LONDON NIGHTS, Museum of London, showing works from Lovers' Rock series
THEN AND NOW, Catford, London, with photographer Des Willie, organised by Made in Lewisham
2019 BEFORE THE DELUGE; APOCALYPTIC FLOODSCAPES FROM JOHN MARTIN TO JOHN GOTO, 1789 TO NOW, Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, USA
PARIS-LONDRES, MUSIC CONNECTIONS (1962-1989), Musee de L'Histoire de L'immigration, Paris

Reviews

1982 De Leidse Post, Netherlands
1983 Svobodne Slovo, Czechoslovakia
Art Line No 8, UK
British Journal of Photography No 45
Creative Camera No 228
Ceskoclovenska Fotografia
1984 Journal of Barcelona, Spain
Art Line No 2, UK
Aspects (Nov) (interview with Craigie Horsfield)
Artscribe No 14
Arts Guardian 25 Jan, review by Lesley Kerman
1985 Art Monthly, review by Margaret Garlake
Artscribe, review by Richard Leachman
1986 Creative Camera (Feb) review by Nanette Aldred
Aspects (Feb) review by Brandon Taylor
European Photography (March/April)
Creative Camera 7, review by John Stathatos
Creative Camera 9, review by Brian Human
Arts Review by Jane Norrie
British Journal of Photography, review by John Morrison (6 June)
Knack (Belgium), review by Johan de Vos (June)
Art and Artists, review by Keith Patrick (May)
Artscribe, review by Michael Archer (Dec)
1987 Artline (Jan), review by Richard Leachman
Creative Camera (Feb), review by Craigie Horsfield
1988 Arts Review, review by David Lee (29 July)
Art Monthly, review by Brandon Taylor (Oct)
Creative Camera, review by Ivan Gaskell (Nov)
Jewish Chronicle, review by David Sonin (Jul)
Art and Design, article by Andrew Brighton (Nov)
1989 European Photography (Apr), review by Vilem Flusser
The Independent, 18 July
Tagesspeigel 26 Oct, `Neigung zur Dokumentation'
Berliner Morgenpost, 15 Oct `Kunst als Mittel der Erinnerung' by Renee Schipp
1990 Arts Review (15 June), review by David Lee
20/20 (June), review by Robert MacDonald
New Statesman (1 June), review by Brandon Taylor
Varsity (11 May), review by Rana Haddad
Artscribe (Sept/Oct), review by Margaret Garlake
Green Book Vol III 5
1991 CV Journal of the Arts Vol 3 No 4, interview with Nicholas Wegner
Time Out (Feb 6), review by Jane Norrie
Helsingin Sanomat (17 September), review by Any Uimonen
1993 Arts Review (Sept) review by Mary Rose Beaumont
Time Out (6 Oct) review by Sue Hubbard
Guardian (2 Nov) John Moores review by Robert Clark
The Observer (31 Oct) Moores review by William Feaver
Daily Post (26 Oct) Moores review by Adrian Henri
The Big Issue (23-29 Nov) review by Rob Haynes
1994 Modern Painters (Mar) review by Andrew Brighton
Contemporary Art (Mar) review by Brandon Taylor
Creative Camera (Spring) review by David Green
Local Time (Perm, Russia) 20.9.94 review by K Matroskin
The Star (Perm, Russia) 23.9.94 review by Natalya Zemskova
Local Time (Perm, Russia) 30.8.94 review by V Slavin
The Evening Perm 4.10.94 review by Galina Kulichkin
1995 'After Auschwitz' ed. Monica Bohm-Duchen, pub Lund Humphries, London
Creative Camera (June) review of Angel Row Gallery exhibition by David Green
Art Monthly (DEC) review of 'Pretext: Heteronyms' by Mark Durden
Independent, The (London), Aug 15, 1995 'On Collecting Art' by Iain Gale
1997 Time Out, 28 May review of 'Framer's Collection' by Mark Currah
Whats On in London, 28 May review of 'Framer's Collection' by John Slyce
The List (Scotland) 11-24 July, review of 'Framer's Collection' by Paul Welsh
1999 Creative Camera (Jan) review of 'The Commissar of Space' by John Slyce
The Guardian Guide 25/9/99 review of' 'Capital Arcade' by Simon Grant
Creative Camera(Oct) review of 'Capital Arcade' by John Slyce
Contemporary Visual Arts (26) 'Out with the Old, in with the New' article by Sue Hubbard
2000 Sunday Times Magazine (2/1/00) 'New Order' by Ria Higgins
Hotshoe International (March/April) review of 'Capital Arcade' by Jean Wainwright
Flux (Apr/May) review of 'Capital Arcade' by Paul Antony Black
Contemporary Visual Arts (28) review of' 'Capital Arcade' by James Lawrence
2001 Reviews of High Summer -
The Guardian (11 Aug) by Elisabeth Mahoney
Financial Times (21 Aug) by William Packer
The Independant on Sunday (19 Aug) by Duncan McLaren
The Guardian Guide (4 Aug) by Robert Clark
The Herald (3 Aug) by Moira jeffrey
The List (2-9 Aug) by Jack Mottram
The Scotsman (14 Aug) by Neil Cameron
Scotland on Sunday (12 Aug) by John Calcutt
The Scotsman (7 Aug)
The List (16-22 Aug) by Isabella Weir
The Independant on Sunday (24 June) feature by Simon O'Hagan
The Times (24 Nov) High Summer in Amber Cowan's best shows
The Times Higher Education Supplement (14 Dec) British Academy Portrait
Selection of reviews of 'Trade' reproducing Goto image -Cash 15.6, WoZ 14.6, Stadtblatt 14.6, Meyer's 14.6, Facts, 14.6 zuritipp 15.6, vorwarts 13.7
Nightwaves BBC Radio 3 review of 'High Summer' presented by Isabel Hilton
The Daily Telegraph, Weekend, 21.02.01 George Tiffin on the phenomena of L'Inconnue de la Seine
2002 The Times (2 Jan) review of High Summer by Joanna Pitman
Frankfurter Rundschau Magazin (12 Jan) feature on Capital Arcade
The Guardian Guide (2-8 Feb) Loss of Face by Robert Clark
Time Out (13-20 Feb) Cythera exhibition review by Martin Coomer
2003 The Guardian Guide (25-31 Jan) review of 'Picturesque'
Reviews of 'Sight Seeing' reproducing Goto image - Graz/Anzeigen 6.2.03, Montag 13. 1 03
The Times (17 May) 'High Summer' by Amber Cowan
Financial Times Magazine (14 June) 'High Summer' by William Packer
Free Eye (Amsterdam) No02 'Loss of Face' at Tate Britain by Kate Zamet
a-n Magazine Nov 'UKADIA', review of Djanogly Art Gallery exhibition by S Mark Gubb
Eyemazing (Amsterdam) 01, review of Ukadia book
Private Book Review, review of Ukadia book by Simonetta Franceschetti
2004 Parachute 115 'Resistance' issue. 'Dancing to the Music of the Till: John Goto's Ukadia' by Common Culture (David Campbell and Mark Durden)
The Guardian Guide (30 Oct-5 Nov) 'Gilt Streets' by Robert Clark
Ersatz, CPF, Portugal (March) review of 'Ukadia' by Maria do Carmo Seren
What's On (4 Feb) Gilt City by Laura Gascoigne
2005 'Ukadia' reviewed in Photonet (Korea) May
Suddentsche Zeitung; SZ extra (7-13 April) review of Ukadia at f5.6 Galerie, Munich by Christoph Wiedemann
Abendzeitung AZ (6 April) review of Ukadia at f5.6 Galerie, Munich
'Gilt City' discussed in Picturing the Self: Changing Views of the Subject in Visual Culture By Gen Doy, pub I.B.Tauris 2005 ISBN 1850434123
2006 Misulmunhwa Art Monthly Magazine,(Korea) April
Photonet, Photography and Culture (Korea) April
de Gelderlander (24 Aug) interview with JG regarding Living Sculptures.
Source (autumn) review of New World Circus by Edward Welcher
Flux magazine (July/Aug) Interview with Hannah Duncan regarding New World Circus
The Times; The Knowledge, (12-18 Aug) JG interviewed by Tim Teeman
The Guardian Guide (16-22 Sept) review of Floodscapes by Robert Clark
The Times; The Knowledge, London Guide; image from Floodscapes published in article New Spin; Old City
The First Post, online magazine, review of High Summer by Elaine Hake
The First Post, online magazine, review of New World Circus by Elaine Hake
2007 The Bulletin of the Association of Child Psychotherapists, May *177, review of New World Circus by Nick Midgely
Monthly Photography, Korea, Vol 477 October, interview with Bo-Reung Kim
Artists' Newsletter, review of New World Circus by Micheal O'Connell
Review of MASQUERADE : REPRESENTATION AND THE SELF IN CONTEMPORARY ART by Gen Doy in The Art Book volume 14 issue 1 February
2008 reviews of 'Green and Pleasant Land' at dOMINIQUE fiAT GALERIE, Paris;
Figaro Scope 5.11.08
ParisArt review by Sarah Ihler-Meyer
John Goto interviewed by Laure Troussiere for Zoum Zoum (blog de liberation.fr)
Le blog Photoculteur review
2009 Vilem Flusser Studies; 'Photographic Migrants: John Goto's West End Blues' by Nancy Roth
New York Times on Volta NY
The Artblog by Roberta Fallon & Libby Rosof on Volta NY
Reviews of Dance to the Muzik of Time at Gallery On, Seoul;
PhotoBox+02, Seoul
Camerata, Art and Photography, vol 25 Sept 2009
Asiana Airlines in flight magazine p68-73, 09.2009
Photonet, photo & culture; interview with Sookyoung Huh, p94-99. 09 2009
2011 reviews of Mosaic at Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery:
The Guardian Guide by Robert Clark 22.01.2011
The Scotsman by Susan Mansfield 16.03.2011
Graphic Impressions: Newsletter of SGC International by Carrie Ida Edinger, spring
The Skinny by Emma Fyvie, 26.01.2011
The Journal, review by Jennifer Owen 22.01.2011
2012 Dusk 2 Dawn magazine, augmented reality presentation of 'Joseph Wright AR'
Museums Association online journal Museum Practice article on gallery applications of augmented reality, by Rebecca Atkinson, featuring 'Joseph Wright AR' 20.05.12
New Associations: Journal of the British Psychoanalytic Council, issue 9, interview by Chloe Diski regarding 'Dreams of Jelly Roll' at the Freud Museum, London.
Nouse Journal, review of Dreams of Jelly Roll by Mary O'Connor
The Bund magazine, China, interview with Goto on the occasion of his visit to Chongqing. 04.06.2012
The Chinese Weekly, 15-06-12 on Goto's 'New World Circus' series
2013 Photomonitor, John Goto interviewed by Christiane Monarchi about his exhibition '1977: Lewisham and Belleville'.
2014 John Goto interviewed by Robert Elms, BBC Radio London, about his Lovers' Rock book (6 February). A recording is available at the Stuart Hall Library, London
Lovers' Rock book reviewed by Transpontine blogzine, SE London
Recent books by John Goto and Tom Hunter prompt Mark Aitken's selection of music at Resonance104.4fm 11.02.2014
2016 Two Days at Oxford, reviewed by Patricia Baker-Cassidy 08.02.16 in Photomonitor
2018 Art in Focus: John Goto's "High Summer", Yale Center for British Art, reviewed by Razan Sulieman, Yale Daily News
2019 Waters Rise at YCBA, review by Brian Slattery, New Haven Independent

Portfolios Published

1975 British Journal of Photography (3 Jan)
Creative Camera (Dec)
1977 Creative Camera No 5
Nye Photo 2
British Journal of Photography Annual
1978 British Journal of Photography (Nov)
1980 British Journal of Photography Annual
1981 British Journal of Photography (24 April)
British Journal of Photography Annual
1983 European Photography No 14 Still Life Issue
Creative Camera (May)
Fotograpohie (Czechoslovia) No 4
Projekt (Poland) No 2
1986 Creative Camera (Mar)
European Photography (Autumn) Text by Joan Fontcuberta
1988 Bildgebende Fotografie by Gottfried Jager
1989 Creative Camera (Jan)
1990 Creative Camera (April)
1992 Creative Camera (Dec)
1996 THE FRAMER'S COLLECTION, Portfolio (Dec) issue 24.
1997 THE FRAMER'S COLLECTION, POINT (Art & Design Research Journal) Number 4.
2001 'HIGH SUMMER' Portfolio no 33 (June) with essay by Robert Clark
2002 'HIGH SUMMER' European Photography
2003 'GILT CITY' Portfolio no 37, article by Val Williams
'GILT CITY' Free Eye no 3, (Amsterdam) article by Kate Zamet
2004 'GILT CITY' Art Photo (Bucharest) article by Mark Durden
2005 'NEW WORLD CIRCUS' Eyemazing magazine (summer), Amsterdam
2006 'NEW WORLD CIRCUS' Portfolio 43 article by Mark Bolland
2008 'DANCE TO THE MUZIK OF TIME' Eyemazing magazine (summer), Amsterdam, with article by Dr. Nancy Roth
'DANCE TO THE MUZIK OF TIME' published in Flux; Life. Fashion. Mischief. magazine, winter 08/09
2009 'WEST END BLUES' published by Activate, Journal of Photography, with article 'Photographic Migrants: John Goto's West End Blues' by Nancy Roth
2011 LOVERS' ROCK published by Small Axe, A Caribbean Platform for Criticism, #34, Columbia University, USA
2013 Back in the Day, Autograph ABP Archive newsheet, LOVERS' ROCK portfolio
Uncertain States 15, cover and images from KAFKA IN AMERICA
2014 Live Sketch, stages in the making of 'Chatsworth' from Dance to the Muzic of Time, Monthly Photo, Korea, Vol 558
2015 Two Days at Oxford portfolio, Uncertain States/24
2016 Two Days at Oxford portfolio, Photomonitor

Catalogues/ works published

1981 `GOTO, PHOTOGRAPHS 1971-81', introduction by Craigie Horsfield, poster and text
1983 `JOHN GOTO', Moravian Gallery, introduction by Dr A Dufek
1984 `OCCUPIED ZONES', Axiom, Cheltenham
1985 `PAINTING/PHOTOGRAPHY', introduction by Mathew Collins
`THE NOW OF HERE', introduction by Andrew Brighton
1986 `LAND MATTERS', introduction by Chris Titterington
`BOUNDARIES', published by Cambridge Darkroom with introductions by Pavel Buchler and John X Berger
`SITES OF PASSAGE', Goto/Eachus, introduction by Andrew Brighton
1987 `MULTIPLE ORIGINALS', introduction by John Stathotos
1990 `THE ATOMIC YARD', text by Craigie Horsfield, Raab, Millbank
1994 'JOHN GOTO 94', text by Natasha Dubrovina, pub. Artist Union, Perm, Russia
1996 `CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE', texts by David Green and Peter Sedon, pub University of Brighton
2000 Images from The Commissar of Space discussed in 'DREAMWORLD AND CATASTROPHE; THE PASSING OF MASS UTOPIA IN EAST AND WEST' by Prof. Susan Buck-Morss, pub. MIT Press, USA
'Portrait of Isaac Julien Beside an Effigy of T.E. Lawrence', image in 'ISAAC JULIEN' catalogue published
by Bard College, USA and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
'Arms, Cash and Culture' published in 'FOTOMONTAJE EN LA COLECCION DEL IVAM' published by IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia, Spain ISBN84 482 2631 3
2003 Deutsche Bank Art Collection, London, catalogue of recent aquisitions
A.H.R.B. Annual Report 2001/2 'Pasturelands' reproduced
Adbuster, Preemptive War Issue/'Mobil Mart' reproduced
2004 Works by Goto discussed in URBAN AVANT-GARDES; ART, ARCHITECTURE AND CHANGE by Malcolm Miles, pub, Routledge, London & New York.
'Farmer' reproduced and discussed by Liz Taylor in 'Sense, Relationship & Power', Teaching History 116
2005 Portrait of 'Dr. Donald Meltzer' reproduced in memorial edition of 'Correlations', COR Northwest Family Development Center, Seattle, USA
'Buddy' from New World Circus published in Adbusters (spring), Vancouver
'Eco Warriors' reproduced and discussed in 'Derivations de l'allegorie dans la photographie contemporaine' by Mirelle Thijsen in L'allegorie visuelle, Protee 33, l'Universite du Quebec, Canada
'Red Cross' from the 'Terezin' series reproduced and discussed in 'Absence/Presence; Critical Essays on the Artistic Memory of the Holocaust' ed Stephen C. Feinstein, pub Syracuse University Press, New York
'Pasturelands' reproduced in Adbusters, The Precarity Issue (Nov/Dec)
2006 'Mobil Mart' published in Design Anarchy by Kalle Lasn. published by Adbusters, Canada
2007 'Portrait of Charlotte Verity' in Verity's 'London Garden' exhibition catalogue, published by Browse and Darby, London
'Freedom Force' used to accompany John Gray's review of Naomi Klein's 'The Shock Doctrine', Guardian 15.09.07
2009 Deutsche Bank Art-Calendar 2009 reproduction of 'Pasturelands'.
'Mosaic 6' published in Portfolio magazine 50th Edition.
2011 'Space Debris' Flusser Studies online academic journal, Photography and Beyond issue: On Vilém Flusser's 'Towards a Philosophy of Photography', .
2012 'Dreamers' in Behind the Image by Anna Fox & Natasha Caruane, p125, AVA Publishing SA
'Mobile Mart' in Meme Wars by Kalle Lasn/ Adbusters, Penguin Books ISBN: 978-1-846-14698-5
2014 Images from Ukadia in 'Photography Today' by Mark Durden, pub Phaidon Press, London, ISBN: 9780714845630
Harbour from 'Kafka in America', The Photography Book (2014 updated edition) by Ian Jeffrey, pub Phaidon Press, London, ISBN: 9780714867380
L'Inconnue de la Seine published with narrative in Scheire en de Schepping, Netherlands, ISBN 978 90 223 29740
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis published in 'RAAbits Kunst', Stuttgart, Germany
2015 My Mother, from The Framer's Collection, published In Memory issue of Monthly Photography, Korea, 05.15
2017 Images from Dreams of Jelly Roll published in 'Inside the Freud Museums: History, Memory and Site-Responsive Art' by Joanne Morra, pub I.B. Tauris, London
Images from Loss of Face published in Das Gesicht, Wallstein Verlag & Deutsche Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany.
2018 Brochure and pdf to accompany Art in Focus: John Goto's "High Summer", Yale Center for British Art
Flower Seller published and other works discussed in 'Peirce's Twenty-Eight Classes of Signs and the Philosophy of Representation' by Tony Jappy, Bloomsbury Press. London
2019 Lovers' Rock portrait selected by Duro Olowu for Luncheon Magazine (March), London

Artist's Catalogues

1984 `SHOTOVER', published by Oxford Polytechnic Press
1988 `TEREZIN', published by `Remembering for the Future' with articles by
Dr D Muhlberger and Craigie Horsfield
1990 `THE ATOMIC YARD', published by Kettle's Yard with articles by Juliet Steyn, Andrew Brighton, Stuart Laing, Nick Bullock, John Caughie and Jim Ede in conversation with John Goto.
1993 `THE SCAR` including three fictions by Durda Otrzan, published by Benjamin Rhodes Gallery, London
1997 `THE FRAMER'S COLLECTION' limited edition H/B artists book
1998 'THE COMMISSAR OF SPACE' texts by Professor Brandon Taylor and John Goto
1999 'CAPITAL ARCADE' presentation postcard set, pub. Korea/British Council
2006 'JOHN GOTO'S NEW WORLD CIRCUS' published by Focal Point Gallery, ISBN: 0-9547777-3-5 texts by Celia Goto, John Goto and Michael Young
'FLOODSCAPES' published by the Environment Agency's Floodscape Project, texts by Egon Walesch and John Goto
2008 'DANCE TO THE MUZIK OF TIME' published by Arts Council England, East Midlands in the form of a calendar for 2009, ISBN 978-0-7287-1422-9
2010 'WEST END BLUES, JAZZ MIGRANTS IN LONDON 1919-74' published by EVERY SECOND, Derby Jazz Festival
2012 'DREAMS OF JELLY ROLL' published by the Freud Museum, London.

Books

2000 'THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY: AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY' texts by Graham Hulme, Brian Buchanan and Kenneth Powell, photographs by John Goto, pub. NPG, London, ISBN 1 85514 293 7
2003 'UKADIA' published by Djanogly Art Gallery, 'John Goto: an appreciation' by Charles Saumarez Smith, 'John Goto: Capital Arcade and High Summer' by Robert Clark and 'Mixed Messages: Disordering Documentary' by Mark Durden ISBN 1 900809 16 8
2005 'CARRO ELECTRICO 104' published by STCP Museum, Porto, Portugal, with an introduction by Olivia du Silva and Carla Dias and article by Steven Sarson; designed by Andrew Howard and coordinated by Cristina Pimentel
2013 LOVER'S ROCK, edited by Mark Sealy and Renee Mussai, with essays by Paul Gilroy, Lola Young, Mark Sealy and John Goto, pub Autograph ABP, London, ISBN978-1-899-282-16-6

Limited Edition Artist's Books

2018 Kafka in America
Celine's London
Prospects
Django; A Life on the Move

Articles and Reviews by John Goto

1979 `The Silent Labyrinths of Mr Sudek', British Journal of Photography (7 Feb)
`Rodchenko', British Journal of Photography (23 March)
1980 `Sudek', British Journal of Photography (7 March)
1983 `Form and Reality', Creative Camera (Dec)
1984 `O Janu Svobodovi V Anglii' Revue Fotografie No 1 Czechoslovakia
Tiche Labyrinty Pana Sudka' Revue Fotografie No 1 Czechoslovakia
`The Work of Elizabeth Williams and the Relevance of Contemplative Art to Contemporary Society' introduction to British Council Catalogue
1985 `An Introduction to the Work of Joseph Sudek' for the Conselleria de Cultura Catalogue, Valencia
1987 `An Introduction to the Work of Pavel Buchler' Creative Camera (Summer)
1988 `Death, Resistance and Art' catalogue introduction to `DEATH' exhibition, Cambridge Darkrooms/Kettle's Yard.
`A New Voice, An Old Language' Creative Camera (June)
1989, 'Kettles' Yard Residence, Cambridge' 18 July, The Independent
`Portraits of a Friend' catalogue introduction to Craigie Horsfield's exhibition, Cambridge Darkrooms.
1991 `Sudek' book review in European Photography (March)
1992 `The Work of Paddy Summerfield` Catalogue published by Ruskin School of Drawing, University of Oxford
1995 `Sworn Enemies`, Modern Painters (Summer)
`Who is buried in Desk Murder` Contemporary Art, Vol.3 No. 1, Winter 1995/96
`Who is buried in Desk Murder` Art, Criticism & Theory, 1. Pluto Press
`Portrait of Nadyezhda Vyetrova` Pretext:Hetronyms. Rear Window Publications
1997 Hogarth's `An Election Entertainment', The Guardian 20 May
2000 Context (47) 'Observations on Art and Child Psychotherapy; Celia and John Goto in conversation'
'Ghost of a Chance' catalogue introduction for 'F12' at the Riverside Studios, London.
2004 'La Grande Parade at the Grand Palais, Paris', exhibition review, King Pole magazine, Circus Friends Association of GB
2005 'A Work in Progress' article and image, ArtPhoto journal (March), Bucharest
Landscape Gardens, Narrative Painting and High Summer in Surface, ed Liz Wells and Simon Standing, University of Plymouth Press
'Digital Photography and its Detractors', NextLevel 8
2006 'A Work in Progress' illustrated article in 'Iconic Worlds' Ed. Christa Maar and Hubert Burda, pub DuMont, Cologne; isbn 10: 3-8321-7995-X
2009 Contributor to 'The Unknown Face', BBC Radio 4, directed by Jeremy Grange 8.4.09
Interview for Kettle's Yard Oral History Archive regarding his experiences as artist-in-residence in 1988/9
2011 interviewed by The Culture Cafe, BBC Radio Scotland about Mosaic exhibition, presented by Clare English, produced by Rich Preston 18.01.2011
"Introducing 'Captured Nature' by Hyongryol Bak", catalogue text, Seoul, Korea
2013 Travels in Augmented Reality, Goto J and Leach M. Scene 1:1, pp63-83, doi:10.1386/scene.1.1.63_1 Intellect Books
On Staging Dreams of Jelly Roll at the Freud Museum, London; Journal of Psychodynamic Practice, Routledge, DOI:10.1080/14753634.2013.771564
Interviewed by Christiane Monarchi for Photomonitor regarding '1977 Lewisham and Belleville ' exhibition
Interviewed by Leah Broad for Oxford Culture Review regarding '1977 Lewisham and Belleville ' exhibition
2014 Review of 'The Oxford Photographs, 1968-1978' by Paddy Summerfield, Photomonitor
2016 'Two Days at Oxford-Statement', Photomonitor
2018 Review of 'Empty Days' book by Paddy Summerfield, Photomonitor
Essay on 'Art Style', Photomonitor
2020 Jan Svoboda: Meetings and Partings
2021 Untitled 2020 interview with Photomonitor

Bursaries, Commissions, Residencies, Awards

1982 Southern Arts Major Bursary
1984 Southern Arts Purchase Award
1985 Albufera Project, commissioned by the Conselleria de Cultura, Valencia
1986 Antwerp Project, supported by the British Council
1987 Southern Arts Exhibition Award
`Enabling Fictions' (short residence) Exeter College of Art and Design
1988 Sponsored by `Remembering for the Future' to complete `Terezin' exhibition
1988/89 Artist Fellow at Girton College/Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge
1991 British Council sponsored lecture tour, Finland
1993 British Council sponsored lecture tour, Perm region, Russia
1993/94 British Council sponsored lecture tour, Israel
1997 Southern Arts New Media Award
1998 British Council sponsored lecture tour,W&L Workshops, South Korea
1999 'Pirandello' Web site commission, Southern Arts
1999-2000 Artist in Residence, National Portrait Gallery, London
1999-2000 Year of the Artist bursary
2001 Portrait commission of the Vice-Presidents of The British Academy
2002 Nominee for 'No Limits' Award at Recontres de Arles, France
'Carro Electrico 104' commission, Museu do Carro Electrico, Porto, Portugal
Osterreichische 4th Triennale zur Fotografie commission, Graz, Austria
2003 A.H.R.B.Small Grants in the Creative and Performing Arts award
Southern & South East Arts; Investment in Artists award
2005 Shortlisted and exhibited artist for BMW prize at Paris Photo
2005/6 'Floodscape' Environment Agency commission
2007/8 Arts Council of England, East Midlands; major commission Dance to the Muzik of Time
2010 Artist-in Residence, EVERY SECOND, Derby Jazz Festival

Public Lectures/Conferences

1982 Museum of Modern Art, Oxford on own work (Feb)
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. The work of Jan Svoboda (Nov)
1984 University of Barcelona and British Institute, Barcelona `Developments in British Photography 1969-84' (April)
1986 Usher Art Gallery, seminar by contributors to `Land Matters' exhibition
International Cultural Centre Antwerp, `On Painting and Photography'
1988 `Photography Destroyed the Image' conference, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
`Perspectives on War', Kettle's Yard/Cambridge Darkrooms
`British Art Now', Tate Gallery, London
`The Making of the Terezin Series', John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
'The Terezin Series', Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester
1990 `The Atomic Yard' Series, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
1993 'The Scar' Lancaster Photo Forum
1994 'The Scar' Counter Image, Manchester
'The Scar' Picture House Centre for Photography, Leicester
'The Scar' Photographs Gallery, London
'The Scar' John Hansard Gallery
1996 'The Framer's Collection', M.O.M.A., Oxford
1998 'The Commissar of Space', M.O.M.A., Oxford
1999 'Tales of the Twentieth Century" KIAD, Cantebury
'Capital Arcade' Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
2000 'Selvedges' Conference, Norwich Gallery
'Post Theory' Conference, University of Derby
2001 Hewlett Packard 'Art and Science' Conference, National Gallery, London
2004 'Landscape gardens, narrative painting and 'High Summer' Land/Water Symposium, University of Plymouth
'A Work in Progress', Fotografins Hus, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 'I WorkPhoto Epson' conference and exhibition, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal
[artphoto]image.festival, Bucharest, Romania
2006 'The Digital Past' paper offered at 'Painting Photographs; Photographing Paintings' conference, Format Photography Festival, Derby
'From Powder Paints to Pixels', Inaugural Lecture, University of Derby
2008 'Is there Power in Critical Art?' presented at The Art Forum, University Museum, University of Oxford; with speakers Marina Warner, Katie Paterson, John Jordan, chaired by John Hoole and organised by Susan Moxley and Tess Blenkinsop, 19 May
2009 'Significant Surfaces' (keynote speaker) with David Surman, Mary Maclean, Dan Hays, chaired by Helen Sear, University of Wales, Newport
Speaker at XIV Edition of the Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Speaker at Rosto Transversal, Imagens do Real Imaginado conference, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal
2011 Keynote Speaker at Digital Policy: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights organised by Prof. Gillian Youngs, School of Art, Media and Design, University of Wales.
2012 In conversation with Wang Chunchen, curator at CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, at Sichuan Fine Art Institute (SCFAI), Chongqing, China

Employment

1972-74 Assistant Photographer, John S. Clarke Studio, London
1974-77 Photographer, British Museum
1979-81 Part-time Lecturer, Camberwell School of Art
1979-87 Part-time Lecturer, Polytechnic of Central London
1979-81 Part-time Lecturer, Oxford Polytechnic
1981-99 Senior Lecturer (0.5), Oxford Brookes University
1979-2012 Visiting Lecturer; Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton; St Martin's School of Art, University of the Arts London; West Surrey College of Art; Exeter College of Art; Slade School of Fine Art, University College London; Faculty of Architecture, Cambridge University; Norfolk Institute of Art and Design; Middlesex Polytechnic; John Cass School of Art, London Metropolitan University; Brighton University; Kent Institute of Art and Design; Newport College of Art, Media & Design, University of Wales; Royal College of Art; Fine Art Dept, University of Reading; BIAD, University of Central England; De Montfort University; University of Westminster; Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College; University College Falmouth; Instituto Politécnico do Porto;
1991 & '96 Visiting Lecturer, University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki and Lahti Design Institute, Finland
1993 Guest Lecturer, University of Perm, Urals, Russia
1992 & '94 Visiting Lecturer, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1987-2002 Visiting Lecturer, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford
2000-03 Coordinator for Cross Curriculum Developments in Photography (0.5), University of Derby
2003-13 Professor of Fine Art, University of Derby
2010-12 Director of D-MARC Digital and Material Arts Research Centre, University of Derby, UK
2014 - Emeritus Professor of Fine Art, University of Derby

Consultancies

1986-89 Visual Arts Panelist, Southern Arts Association
1987-88 District Arts Committee Panelist, Oxfordshire Area Health Authority
1987-88 Panelist on Cambridge Darkroom/Kettle's Yard Open Submission Exhibition, `DEATH'
1988 `Artist's Choice' selector of a film season for the Penultimate Picture Palace cinema, Oxford, `European Films of the 1950s and 1960s'
Panelist on the open submission exhibition `TIME' at Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Curator of `An Evening of Films by the Brothers Quay', Kettle's Yard
Director of a reading of `Memories of Theresienstadt' by Hedwig Ems, performed by the poet Lotte Kramer
1989-90 Vice Chair, Visual Arts Panel, Southern Arts Association
Organiser in collaboration with Kettle's Yard of the lecture series `Circa '57'
1991-96 John Hansard Gallery Advisory Panellist, University of Southampton
1993-2002 Panelist for Multi-Exposure Photographic Awards
1996 Curator of "Perm, Open City, 'Recent Photographs from the Urals", Lower Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. 11 January-11 February
1997 Selector for Oxford/Perm, `24 hours in the City' exhibition
1999-2002 Southern Arts Photographic Development Advisory Group
2006 Judge for World Living Statues awards, Arnhem, Netherlands
2007 Judge for Rugby Art Gallery Open (prize winner Gerard Mermoz)
2011 Awarded 'Pioneer' status for innovative work by the Dutch Augmented Reality company Layar, with Dr. Matthew Leach.
2012 Curator of 'An Uncommon Past' at the New Media Gallery, Sichuan Fine Art Institute (SCFAI), Chongqing, China

Esteem

1991-2017 Debrett's People of Today (discontinued)
2010- Who's Who entrant

Public Collections

Arts Council of Great Britain
Australian National Gallery
Southern Arts Collection
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum of Modern Art, Valencia
Manchester City Museum
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth
Perm State Museum, Perm, Russia
University of Warwick Collection
Royal Crown Derby Museum
Norwich Gallery Collection, Norwich School of Art and Design
University of Sussex
Tavistock Clinic, London
Marjorie Mynard Barley Collection, St Anne's College, Oxford University
Derby Museums and Art Gallery
Eurohypo Bank, London
Deutsche Bank, London
British Government Art Collection
British Art Center, Yale University
National Portrait Gallery, London
The British Academy, London
Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing, China
Map Collection, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

Representation

Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris, France

Last Updated - 15/08/2023