A brief note 

JOHN BEARD was born in Abedare, Wales in 1943. He won the Welsh National Art Scholarship in 1962 at the age of 19. He completed his studies at the Royal College of Art. In 1965 he won the British Arts Council International Prize and Commission.

After a number of teaching positions in England, John Beard arrived in Western Australia in 1983, becoming the Senior Lecturer, Head of Painting, at Curtin University. John became an Australian citizen, almost immediately, in 1983.  He exhibited frequently in Perth, as well as in Sydney and Melbourne. He resigned his Curtin position in 1989 and travelled a great deal, living, painting and exhibiting in places such as New York, Madrid, Lisbon and London and established a Sydney base in 1997.

John was awarded the Wynne Prize for Landscape in 2006, and the Archibald Prize in 2007. His exhibition history is too voluminous to record here, and his works are in major collections all around the world.

. He currently alternates between Sydney, London and Lisbon.