John Brooks’ work spans the mediums of weaving, collage, drawing, video and soft sculpture, exploring textile history, ecology, duality, mythology and alternate realities.

He has a background in Studio Textiles at RMIT, and completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2013 and a BFA honours from Monash University in 2014.

During his residency at the ATW, John developed a series of drawings inspired by the Icelandic landscapes in Blonduos, into a series of small tapestries. Like the drawings themselves, the tapestries have an abstract landscape quality that draws from the idea of alternate realities and the otherworldly quality of the Icelandic landscape.