John Marriott is a multidisciplinary artist and writer based in Toronto, Canada. His artworks have been featured in exhibitions and festivals nationally and internationally in venues such as The Impakt Festival (Utrecht, 2003), 25HRS (Barcelona, 2003), The Rotterdam International Festival of Film and Video (Rotterdam, 2003), The 7a*lld International Festival of Performance Art (Toronto, 2004), The ZKM (Karlsruhe, 2004) and The Toronto Sculpture Garden (Toronto, 2006) and The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto, 2013, 1996, 1995). His art and artist’s multiples are included in private and public collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario and The National Gallery of Canada. His critical writing and reviews have been published in books, catalogues and magazines including Canadian Art, C Magazine, Mix Magazine and Prefix Photo.
- Christine Braun, “Here to Stay: Highlighting new acquisitions to the AGH – John Marriott,” Art Gallery of Hamilton, November 22, 2018.
- Murray Whyte, “Barnicke Gallery is maxing out Minimalism’s funny bone,” Toronto Star, September 10, 2014.
- David Jager, “Dysphoria on wry,” Now Toronto, October 31, 2013.
- R.M. Vaughan, “Pink towers, axe sculptures: the hot shows,” The Globe and Mail, December 24, 2011.
- R.M. Vaughan, “Avant-garde! There’s a Dadaist in the house,” The Globe and Mail, March 5, 2011.
- Christopher Johnson, “John Marriott,” Canadian Art, Fall 2006.
- Gary Michael Dault, “A fresh whiff of perpetual possibility,” The Globe and Mail, June 28, 2003.
- Gary Michael Dault, “Marriott’s snarl becomes a grin,” The Globe and Mail, June 26, 1999.
- Lisa Gabrielle Mark, “John Marriott,” Artforum, March 1998.
- Deirdre Hanna, “Hip Art That Says Hello takes to T.O.’s streets,” Now Toronto, August 21, 1997.
- David Jager, “Low meets high: Marriott makes intriguing connections,” Now Toronto, 1997.