John Patrick O'Carroll (born 1958 in
Cornwall
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, England) is a British archaeological illustrator, painter, and sculptor.
John O'Carroll studied at the Cornwall College of Art.
He worked as an
archaeological illustrator at the
Dakhla Oasis in the
Western Desert of
Egypt
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for 23 years. This experience influenced his subsequent work as an artist. He has collected pigments in the desert to create his own paints. He has also developed an art technique that combines natural pigment layers with wax layers. O'Carroll has worked and exhibited in
Mexico
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,
The Netherlands
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, and the
United States
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.
In 2005, O'Carroll returned to Cornwall, dividing his time between Egypt and the
United Kingdom
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. He is a trustee on the Dakhleh Oasis Project in Egypt.
O'Carroll is a resident artist at the Circle Contemporary gallery
in Hawksfield, located between
Padstow and
Wadebridge in north Cornwall. He has also been represented by the Roger Katwijk Gallery
in
Amsterdam
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, The Netherlands.
O'Carroll's work combines modern and natural materials, referencing ancient worlds.
O'Carroll's works are held in collections including the
Holly Solomon
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Collection (United States) and by the British Embassy Mondrain Foundation (The Netherlands).
His work is in corporate collections, including
Accenture
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,
AkzoNobel
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,
AMC
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,
Loyens & Loeff, and
VUmc.
In 2012, the
National Museum of Antiquities in
Leiden
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(The Netherland) included O'Carroll in the "Colours Of Oasis" exhibition.
In 2015, his work featured at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in
Cairo
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(Egypt). In 2016, O'Carroll participated in the "Antropocine" exhibition at the
Eden Project
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in Cornwall. He has been a consultant for the television documentary series ''
Treasures of Ancient Egypt'' (2014,
BBC Four
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He also appeared on ''
Treasures of Ancient Rome'' (2012, BBC Four) and was credited on ''Ancient Worlds'' (2010,
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).
References
External links
John O'Carroll websiteJohn O'Carrollon
LinkedIn
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1958 births
Living people
People from Cornwall
English illustrators
Scientific illustrators
20th-century British painters
21st-century British painters
20th-century British sculptors
21st-century British sculptors
21st-century male artists
English male painters
English male sculptors