/ John Hooper /
Photographic Artist
John is co-director of Pale Blue Dot Collective and a regular contributor to super/collider. He has been using his photography to discover the natural world and the vastness above our heads. Not taking the traditional route of many astro photographers John prefers to navigate the heavens using skills honed from years of landscape photography.
Clients
2022 - Present:Teaching Canterbury Christ Church
2022 - Present: Providence Equity Partners, Headshots, corporate portraiture
2017 - Present: Insight Investment, Headshots, corporate portraiture and content.
2001 - Present: Margaret Howell, Fashion Retail, Look-books, Advertising, ecommerce
2013 - Present: Warner Media, Corporate portraits
2006 - Present: super/collider
2010 - Present: Art & Graft
2017 - Present: Public
Awards (including Pale Blue Dot Collective) Commissions and Selected Group Shows
2023
April - Lom +You, Award for organizations that would use the microphones in projects addressing climate change, environmental protection and social justice.
2022
14 August - BigCi Environmental Art Award Open Day Exhibition, Bilpin, Australia
27 May - 04 December - Sensational Books, ST Lee Gallery, Weston Library, Bodleian Library, Oxford, England
2021
Royal Photographic Society/ Science Photographer of the Year, Shortlisted
2020
Arts Council England/ Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) Grant
Bodleian Library Sound Commission
SECCADs Sole Trader Grant
Residency at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, Aotearoa New Zealand
Arts Council Emergency Response Fund
BigCi Environmental Award 2020
Sensational Books – Sonic Art Programme - Bodleian Library & Fusion Arts
super/collider x Jenna Lawson : biodiverse/earth, Imperial College London, London, England
20 February - 16 March - Mars and Beyond, Bargehouse, London, England
16 - 22 January - Tender Feelings + Sci-Fi Situations, Softspot, Manchester, England
2019
21 - 24 November - super/collider x Sail Britain: The Fragile Ocean, St John on Bethnal Green, London, England
8 - 28 November - Natural Light, AIR Gallery, Manchester
8 - 10 November - Lumen x Mayes Creative Lizard Point Residency, Lumen Gallery, London, England
15 - 20 October - Through the Looking Glass: Humanity’s Changing View of the Universe, Ugly Duck, London, England
12 October - Bloomsbury Festival: Astronomical Light, St Pancras Crypt Gallery, London, England
03 - 26 October - Lumen x Mayes Creative Lizard Point Residency, Helston Museum, England
01 June - 27 July - Blue Mind - 3rd on 3rd Street, Jamestown, New York, USA
12 May - 09 June - To the Moon and Back: Artists Exploring Outer Space - Mirror Gallery, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Reading, England
01 - 03 March - Bompas and Parr - The Scent of Other Worlds, Lumen Studios, London, England
25 - 27 January - Lumen: Falling Stars / Stelle Cadenti - Lumen Residency 2018 Exhibition, The Crypt Gallery London (St Pancras), London, England
2018
03 - 11 August - Empty Vessels by Scaffold Gallery at Bankley Gallery, Manchester, England
25 - 27 May - Lumen: Cosmic Perspectives, Ugly Duck Gallery, London, England
21 - 23 Jan Lumen Atina Residency Exhibition, The Crypt Gallery, London, England
2017
01 - 07 Dec Lumen, Bankley Gallery, Manchester, England
13 Aug Lumen Residency 2017, Atina, Italy
07 - 09 Jul Bluedot Festival, Jodrell Bank Observatory, England
03 - 05 Feb Lumen: School of Light - Ugly Duck, London, England
2016
25 - 26 Nov La Fine dell’Universo - The Crypt Gallery, London, England
13 Sept Residency Exhibition, Atina, Italy
21 Jun - 7 Jul VOID, Lumen Studios, London, England
26 May Astronomical Light, Stour Space, London, England
2015
13 - 28 Mar Lumen II: Dark from Night, The Belfry, St Johns on Bethnal Green, London, England
2014
17 - 22 Dec Lumen I, Crypt Gallery, London, England
May 2014 super/collider, Drop Everything, Sky Henges installation, Inis Oirr, Aran, Eire.
2012
25 Oct - 20 Dec Nous Vous: Canal and River Trust, London England
21 - 23 Nov Crafts Council: Added Value, London England
2011
29 Jul - 10 Aug super/collider: Island/Universe. So Far The Future, London UK
2010
15 - 23 Jan Its Nice That: If You Could Collaborate, London England
Shortlisted Awards/ Grants including Pale Blue Dot Collective
2022
Kent Council C-Care Technology Resilience Grant, Kent, England
2020
PRAKSIS Oslo - Climata: Capturing Change at a Time of Ecological Crisis
2019
VARC Residency at KielderheadR.A.W Lbs Residency #7
Residencies
2021
BigCi Environmental Art Award Residency
2020
The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, Aotearoa New Zealand
2019
June Self initiated residency in New Zealand with Louise Beer
Lizard Point Residency
2018
Aug Lumen: Atina IV, Atina, Italy
2017
Aug Lumen: Atina III, Atina, Italy
July Lumen: Castel Gandolfo, Italy
2016
Sept - Lumen: Atina II, Atina, Italy
April - Natives, Swaledale, Yorkshire.
Workshops201712 November Microscopic Polaroids, The Photographers Gallery, London, England
Education1995 - 98 BA(Hons) - Graphic Design - Camberwell College of Art 1993 - 95 Graphic Design - Blackpool and the Fylde College