John Bram Leigh

 

Born Toronto, Canada

(Parents emigrated from Scotland)

 

  • Move back to Scotland then London (5/6 yrs old)
  • Brought up London. (5 - 11yrs old)
  • Epsom College of Art and Design. Figurative painting (17 yrs old)
  • Continued to paint  and work (18-27yrs old)
  • Work in theatres, Bristol Old Vic as Scenic Artist and then performance work, Initiated Theatre Dance Group 'Performance 6' we won the very first South West Choreographic Award 1983. Worked with Ian Spink, 'Second Stride'!
  • Various Art Performance pieces performed at Dartington and other Dance Festivals, Arnolfini Bristol, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Bristol University, UWE 37 yrs old! (1st Class Honours) Bachelor of Arts. Performance and painting and Film.
  • Various work,  Art and Performance Projects in and including, Yugoslavia, Italy, France, Germany , Switzerland and Luxembourg.
  • Bristol University, MA in Social Work course (Diploma) 46 yrs old. Included were Art and Theatre Projects for young people in Care. Bristol and Plymouth.
  • 10 years Social Worker, Narrative Therapy with young people in care and Art projects.
  • Presently Painting : Vierlande Atilier, Deutschland from 2012 ....
  • Art Meets Refugees Project, 'House im Park`, Hamburg. 2016.
  • 'EXIT' exhibition after BREXIT ....'House im Park', Hamburg. 2018.
  • Collective Art work with Angelo De Martin, Lars Ulrich and Inga De Martin.
  • Collective Art work with Beverley Carter, Julia Swarbrick: art3ko.com
  • Conservation Art work for the Shark Trust '23 plus exhibition of 31 Artists. 2022.....