johnny macaulay Greater London, United Kingdom

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for three decades I have toured internationally as performer/sculptor/photographer and presently focussing on painting

I am a fifty five year old artist/performer making photography, sculpture, clowns shows , rocknroll concerts for the past thirty years. It hasn’t been a linear path as each project has led me on to the next stage. Presently I earn a living from performing in festivals and other gigs and mobile massage service ,(which I started , repairing circus performing peers and gained further qualifications during lock down during this period of unemployment ). Since the early nineties , I have learned these skills with Circus and theatre companies; Archaos (F) 1990, La Fura del Baus ( Cat) 1994 , Elxt90 (CH), Spamabilly Borghetti (I) 1994-1999 Mutoid Waste 1994-1999 , Jim Whiting ’s Bimbo town 1999 Paka the Uncredible 2008, Giles Walker’s ‘ Monster’2021-2022 International performance street festivals : Spain, France , Germany , Holland, Russia , China , Singapore ,USA, Qatar and Morocco

Education / qualifications: Ba degree ( photography & film) Napier , Edinburgh 1989 Performance diploma , Estudis Teatre, Barcelona 2004-2006 Celta diploma, St Giles ,Brighton. 2018 Sports Massage,Reflexology,lymphatic drainage,Thai certificates ,London school of Massage, 2020-2023

Painting Exhibitions; “1000 Farces Sideshow Banners” Solo show , May 2018 “ Collage” group show, Ben Oakley Gallery, Feb 2022 Cliftonville Junktion , solo show,January 2023 “Close shave” group show Feb 2023 London Fields Lido , solo show March 2023