John Hosking was born in 1952 and studied one year Foundation, three years Fine Art at Epsom School of Art and Design and three years P/T MA Fine Art at Canterbury KIAD.
John's work is in public and private collections including the Metropole Arts Centre Permanent Collection, Hampshire County Council, The Department of the Enviroment and Imperial College, London.
The following is a list of One Man Shows and Exhibitions which have featured his work over the years.
1975
- Camden Art Centre "New Contemporaries"
- Royal Academy "Summer Exhibition"
1976
- Royal Overseas League Exhibition, London
1977
- London and Surrey Arts "Town and Country Exhibition", Kingston upon Thames
- Royal Overseas League Exhibition, London
1978
- Folkestone, New Metropole: Summer Exhibition
1979
- "Kent Artists' Exhibition", Springfield, Maidstone
- Runner-up Prize Winner "Saunders Watercolour Exhibition", Mall Galleries, London
- One person exhibition, Margate Library
1980
- New Metropole, Folkestone "One Man Show"
- One person exhibition, Deal Library
1981
- Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours "105th Anniversary Exhibition", Mall Galleries, London
1982
- "Vision of China", one-person exhibition, Ashford Associate House
- "International Art Exhibition", Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
1983
- "Immediate Response Exhibition", The Gallery, Brixton, London
- Folkestone, New Metropole: Christmas Exhibition
- One person exhibition at Eversley Teacher Training Residential College, Folkestone
1984
- Darwin College, Kent University "One Man Show"
1987
- "Coastline Exhibition" Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
- Prince Consort Gallery, Imperial College London "Mixed Exhibition"
1988
- Dance Attic Studios Gallery "One Man Show" Putney, London
- Royal Watercolour Society "Summer Exhibition" London
- "Epsom Sorts" mixed exhibition, Knightsbridge, London
- "Different Views" St. George's Church Crypt, Bloomsbury, London (Joint exhibition with Bob Meecham)
1990
- "Hunting Group Touring Exhibition" starting at the Mall Galleries, London
1990-91
- "Mixed Christmas Exhibition" The Alton Gallery, Barnes, London SW13
- "Exhibition of Venice Paintings" Scarab Gallery, Folkestone
1992
- "Open Print Exhibition" Royal Society of Painter-Print Makers, Bankside Gallery, Blackfriars, London
- Royal Academy "Summer Exhibition"
- "Group Exhibition" Platform Gallery, Folkestone
- Benjamin C. Hargreaves "Group Exhibition on Venice" Ozten Zeki Gallery, Walton Street, London SW3
1993
- Folkestone Library - One Man Exhibition
- Al-Sharaf Summer Exhibition Halkin Arcade, London SW1X 8JT
- Impressions Marlowe's Faustus Exhibition, Canterbury Arts Festival. "Tabor Gallery", Canterbury, Kent CT1 2AU
- The Exhibition in the Park, Mixed Exhibition, Gillingham Business Park, Kent. Grosvenor Estate Holdings
1994
- Benjamin C. Hargreaves Group Christmas Exhibition, Ozten Zeki Gallery, Walton Street, London SW3
- Group Exhibition, "Landscape Painting and Poetry", The Studio, Folkestone
- Premier Exhibition, Beatrice Royal Art Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire
- "Responses to Landscape", Beatrice Royal Art Gallery
- One person exhibition at The Little Theatre, Sandgate
1995
- Christmas Exhibition, Drew Gallery, Best Lane, Canterbury
- Mixed Exhibition, Rye Gallery, Eastern Rooms, Rye, East Sussex
- Folkestone Metropole Arts Centre Mixed Exhibition
- A Celebration of Romney Marsh, Mixed Exhibition, Folkestone Library
- Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, Battersea Art Centre, Lavender Hill, London
- Mixed Exhibition Beatrice Royal Art Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire
- Bartley Drey Gallery, Summer Exhibition, Chelsea, London
- Royal Watercolour Society, Open Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
1996
- Christmas Exhibition, Rye Gallery, Eastern Rooms, Rye, East Sussex
- Mixed Exhibition, Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- One-person exhibition, Beatrice Royal Art Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire
- Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, Battersea Art Centre, Lavender Hill, London
- Mixed Exhibition, The Morven Gallery, Barvas, Isle of Lewis
- Royal Water Colour Society, Open Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
1997
- Coastline Exhibition, The Marsh Gallery, Southlands School, New Romney
- Battersea Contemporary Art Fair. Battersea Art Centre, Lavender Hill, London
- Mixed Exhibition, Beatrice Royal Art Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire
- Mixed Exhibition, Landscape, Folkestone Library
1998-99
- Mixed Exhibition, Beatrice Royal Art Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire
- Mixed Exhibition, Beatrice Royal Art Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire
2000
- Mixed Show Belgrave Gallery St Ives Cornwall
- Guest artist with Stuckist Exhibition at the Folkestone Metropole Arts Centre
- Studio Exhibition, Coastal Currents visual arts festival
2001
- Royal Watercolour Society Open Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
- Mixed exhibition, Civic Centre Folkestone
2002
- Chichester Hall Sandgate Exhibition with friends incl. Rebecca Holtom, Dave Greenall, Ruth O’dell, Eamon Everall and Bernard Eveleigh
2004
- The Stuckists Punk Victorian. Mixed exhibition at the National Museum Liverpool
- May edition Kent Life magazine. The county on canvas article by Diana Crampton
2005
- Mixed exhibition The Grand Folkestone
2012
- “Two Painters, Two Places” Two person exhibition at Folkestone Library Sassoon Gallery with Rebecca Holtom
2013
- Two person exhibition of paintings and drawings at the Cave Cooperative St Saturnin de Lucian France
2014
- Two person exhibition of paintings at Gallery 66 Folkestone Fringe. 2014 Folkestone Triennial