John Loker was born in Leeds in 1938. He studied graphic design at Bradford College of Art & Design (1954-58) and painting at the Royal College of Art (1960-1963). He lives and works in Norfolk, U.K. John has had numerous solo exhibitions in the UK and Europe and has shown regularly at Flowers East, London and the Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam since 1970. His participation in group shows is extensive and he is represented in many public collections including the Tate Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum,British Council and Power Institute, Sydney.

John's recent work has incorporated elements and images such as the whale's tail, the wiper and rocket debris in the desert. These can be likened to icons on a computer screen - click and they open. Loker comments: "Painting is like clicking, to open up the potential and take the images beyond the literal". John's current series is entitled "Rolling Closure", a term used in cycle racing to describe the way in which a route is closed to traffic as a race approaches and opened as it passes, thereby causing minimal disruption. "Rolling Closure" seems to parallel the idea of constantly moving forward and digging deeper into an experience and is fast becoming my working title" says John.