British Contemporary Artist
John Railton
My art deals with the essence of human existence, drawing on the intricate realities of daily life. I compose my scenes like theatrical stages that echo Shakespeare’s lines “All the world is stage” I reflects on how daily routines, repetitive tasks and social connections quietly weave the fabric of life and in doing so, creates community and belonging. I marvel at how communities vary so much across the globe and how each one moves with own its rhythm and its own choreography, thousands of stages across the world perform their very own Theatre of Life every day.
The most important one man shows
1988 - Artist Centre, Granada
1992 - Torres Begue art gallery Madrid
1994 - Dacal art gallery Madrid
1994 - Lecrín art gallery Granada
1995 - Pilar Barrios art gallery Madrid
1997 - Godmil gallery Guadarrama Madrid
1998 - Lecrín art gallery Granada
2003 - Ana Samarán art gallery Pozuelo Madrid
2004 - Caja Rural Bank, Granada
2011 - Gaudi art gallery Madrid
2011,2012 y 2014 - Art fair, arteando Irun, Basque Country
2015 - Cultural centre, Carabanchel, Madrid
2017 - The cultural centre, Galileo, Madrid
2018- International contemporary art fair art 3F Bordeaux France
2024- World Art Dubia UAE
2025 -World Art Dubai UAE
2026- Art Smiley Art Gallery UAE
The most important group shows
1995,96,98 - Art fair, Art in the South, Granada/Malaga
1995 - Summer Salon Goya Art Gallery New York
1996 - Homage to Goya, Casa de Reloj, Madrid
1997, 1999 - Casa de Vacas, Fast painting competition, Madrid
1998 - Homage to Velazquez Art gallery Lecrin, Granada
2000, 2004 2006, 2008. 2012 - Art gallery, Granada Capital Granada
2001 - Caja de Castilla de la Mancha Bank, open air painting, Cuenca
2002 - British artists in Granada in the 21st century Granada
2003 - Regatta fine art gallery Holt, England
2004 - Small format painting, Gallery Ana Samaran. Madrid
2006 - Academy of San Anton Spring Salon, Madrid
2007 - Art gallery Victoria Hidalgo, fast painting competition
The town hall of Torrelodones, competition of open air painting
2008 - Art gallery Victoria Hidalgo, open air painting
Getafe, art gallery mas Arte, Fast painting
Casa de Cordón, Burgos, fast painting open
Art gallery, Paz Feliz, Madrid
Art gallery, Granada Capital, Granada
2009 - Paz Feliz art gallery. Madrid
Granada art gallery, Granada Capital
2010 - Paz Feliz art gallery. Madrid
Art gallery, Granada Capital, Granada
Gaudi art gallery, Madrid
International art fair, Utrecht, Holland
2011 - Art Fair, Marbella Art, Marbella invited by the art gallery, Nui Mil-lini
5 painters, Nuevo Millennium art gallery, Barcelona
Group show, art gallery Nere Chocoa, Biarritz France
Christmas show, Gaudi art gallery, Madrid
2012 – Open air competition, fast painting in Burgos
2012 - Open air painting, Royal places, El Pardo, House of Culture, la Vaguada
2014 Galeria Granada Capital, Granada Spain, Summer show.
Prizes
1988 - First prize, Cultural center of Maracena, Granada
1995 - Third prize, Goya Art Gallery, New York
2005 - Special mention and diploma, fast painting open, El Escorial
2006 - Diploma, fast painting Competition, Frómista Palencia
2007 - Fifth award International fast painting open, City of Cuenca
Fifth prize, Open air painting, Casas Ibañez
Distinction of honour, oil painting, Vitoria, Basque country
2008 - Sixth award and distinction, open air painting, Colmenar Malaga
First prize, international fast painting open, Casas Ibañez Albacete
Sixth prize of fat painting, Almansa, Albacete
2009 - Rotary club of Murcia, open air painting, distinction
Prize and distinction, open air painting El Escorial, Madrid
2012 - Second prize, El Escorial, International open, the mountains (Sierras), El Tineo
2024-World Art Dubai, Certificate for the best stand in the UK pavilion.
Throughout this time I have been a full time Art Teacher and have not taken part in Art competitions save for some years when I would participate in Open Air painting festivals all over Spain.