Born 1947, Accrington, Lancashire

1971 - moved to Green Haworth, Lancashire 
1988 - moved to Exeter, Devon
2004 - moved to London 
2007 - moved to Italy
2009 - moved to North Norfolk

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
John Virtue, New Paintings, Albion Barn, Oxford

2017
John Virtue, Forty Years, Albion Barn, Oxford

2015
John Virtue, Albion Barn, Oxford
John Virtue, New Works, The Hughes Gallery, Sydney
John Virtue, The Sea, Firstsite Gallery, Colchester

2014-15
The Sea, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich - travelling to
Imperial College Healthcare Charity Collection, Charing Cross Hospital
Marlborough Fine Art, London
Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne

2013-14
Venice Monotypes, Somerset House, London

2012-13
London Monotypes, Somerset House, London

2010
John Virtue, Paintings 1999-2009 (Robert Hiscox Collection), Eton College, Windsor

2009
New Italian Landscapes, Annandale Galleries, Sydney

2008
John Virtue, London Venice New Monotypes, Marlborough Fine Art, London

2007
John Virtue, Major Paintings of London, Annandale Galleries, Sydney

2006
John Virtue, London Works, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
John Virtue, New Small London Paintings, Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

2005
John Virtue, London Paintings, The National Gallery, London
John Virtue, London Drawings, Courtauld Gallery, London
John Virtue, Small London Paintings, Annandale Galleries, Sydney

2003
Last Paintings of the Exe Estuary, L.A. Louver, Venice, California
Last Paintings of the Exe Estuary, Annandale Galleries, Sydney

2002
John Virtue, L.A. Louver, Venice, California

2000-01
John Virtue, New Paintings, Tate St. Ives, Cornwall

1999
John Virtue, Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, London

1998
Exe Estuary Paintings, Spacex Gallery, Exeter

1997
John Virtue, L.A. Louver, Venice, California
John Virtue, New Paintings, Jason and Rhodes, London

1996
John Virtue, Etchings, Jason and Rhodes, London

1995
John Virtue, New Works, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, travelling to Arnolfini, Bristol, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

1994
Darklands, Terra Nera, Galerie Buchmann, Basel

1993
John Virtue, L.A. Louver, Venice, California
The Landscapes, 1991-93, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

1992
John Virtue, Louver Gallery, New York

1991
John Virtue, Serpentine Galley, London
John Virtue, Gallery Kasahara, Osaka

1990
Large Works and Miniatures, 1989-90, L.A. Louver, Venice, California

1989
10 New Works, Lisson Gallery, London, travelling to Louver Gallery, New York

1988
Green Haworth 10 Years, 1978-88, Lisson Gallery, London, travelling to Cornerhouse, Manchester, and L.A. Louver, Venice, California

1986
Works, 1985-86, Lisson Gallery, London

1985
John Virtue, Lisson Gallery, London