11 Facts About Naive John

Naive John was born on Ian Wylie; 18 October 1962 and is a British artist and figurative painter.

Naive John has in the past been involved in the Stuckism art movement.

Naive John uses water-based oil paints and his paintings are built up in layers using a variety of techniques: old master's Flemish methods, digital manipulation, sgraffito, rubbing with fingers, wiping paint off with a kitchen towel and other innovative methods.

Naive John's work is represented in private and public collections, including the Hunterian Museum, Scotland and the Roberts Institute of Art.

Naive John was born Ian Wylie in Poole, Dorset, his family moving to Glasgow when he was two years of age.

Naive John adopted the name Naive John in 2004 and founded the Liverpool Stuckist group.

Naive John's painting The Other was the central image featured on promotional literature and attracted the attention of influential collector David Roberts.

In 2007 Naive John was invited to exhibit his work as part of the Fellow Travellers touring group exhibition at Salford Museum alongside Holly Johnson and BP Portrait Award winner Sadie Lee.

Naive John exhibited in the Fellow Travellers show which took place in Korpfulstadir, Reykjavik, Iceland July 2008.

At the invitation of Professor Colin Fallows, Chair of Research at Liverpool School of Art and Design, Naive John led The Triumph of Stuckism, an international symposium on Stuckism announced for October 2006 at the Liverpool John Moores University during the Liverpool Biennial, along with an accompanying exhibition in the 68 Hope Gallery at Liverpool School of Art and Design.

Naive John chaired the symposium, which was announced as a day of illustrated lectures, presented by leading Stuckist artists and independent art historians.