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Born in Glasgow in 1948, John Macfarlane trained at Glasgow School of Art. He regards Wales as his home having lived here since 1975.

John has pursued parallel careers in painting and theatre design. He is regarded as one of the world's leading designers for opera and ballet, having worked for all the major opera and ballet companies. He has exhibited his paintings and design drawings throughout Europe, and John is also one of the most collectable of contemporary artists/designers.

His most recent theatre designs include: Prokofiev's Cinderella, Birmingham Royal Ballet; the Rake's Progress, Scottish Opera; Maria Stuarda, Metropolitan Opera, New York; Elektra, Lyric Opera, Chicago; La Baiser de la Fe, Birmingham Royal Ballet; Lâ Heure Espagnole & Gianni Schicchi, Peter Grimes, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk and The Magic Flute: all at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Idomeneo at Vienna State Opera, Don Giovanni and the Fiery Angel for Brussels, and Euryanthe at Glyndebourne. 

Collections

National Museum and Galleries of Wales

Hunterian Museum, Glasgow

V & A Theatre Museum, London

Albertina, Vienna

Kunstshalle, Nuremberg

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea

Arts Council of Wales

Contemporary Art Society for Wales

Archive of de Lâ Opera, Paris

Metropolitan Opera House Collection, New York