John Clarke graduated from the Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University in 1986. In the years that followed, Clark worked primarily in sculpture, taught at art colleges, and worked in galleries. Clark later worked for Sony as an art director for five years. For more than ten years, Clark has never given up on the pursuit of painting. Finally, in 2010, Clark resigned from his job and returned to the identity of a freelance painter and began to devote himself to painting.
Since 2015, John Clarke has exhibited in London, New York, Bristol and Cambridge, including the Royal Academy of Arts. In addition to these exhibitions, he has given public performances, art fairs, and been a guest artist on BBC Television's 'I Tell Monet', and the British Guardian's 'From Wire to Canvas' column. Clark is currently working hard to complete oil painting orders received from all over the world, and is creating a series of works that will be exhibited in Stockholm, New York and London. Clark's works express the state and psychology of contemporary professional life through simple themes and images, allegories: professionalism, teamwork, tolerance, sense of responsibility, and of course the lack of personal cognition hidden under the surface. of despair. The process and techniques of painting are integrated with the thinking of the living conditions of professionals in modern society. The thoughts and emotions expressed in Karak's paintings are not as simple as painting geometric dolls. The noise of the puppets on his canvas and the single image that can hardly be seen in the dark form a strong contrast, creating a strange and incomprehensible sense of tranquility and loneliness.