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John Dyer Spirit of the harvest art exhibition
Discover Spirit of the harvest - Celebrating the Crops that Feed the World, a new art exhibition at the Eden Project featuring the vibrant work of celebrated Cornish artist and longtime Eden Project collaborator John Dyer.
Now on display upstairs in the Link Building between the Biomes, this captivating exhibition showcases paintings created live on location during John Dyer’s global artist residencies, alongside four brand-new canvases.
About the exhibition
Spanning over two decades of creative expeditions, these works chart an artistic journey through cultures, climates and crops.
Together, John’s paintings celebrate three of the world’s most important crops; rice, potato and banana which are recognized as staples of survival, carriers of culture and symbols of resilience.
The pieces reveal how food, landscape, wildlife and humanity are deeply interconnected, from the tropics to the Andes, from Asia to the Mediterranean.
John Dyer’s creative journey
In 2003, with Bioversity International, John Dyer travelled to Costa Rica to paint smallholders working on their banana plantations amongst the extraordinary biodiversity of the rainforest.
In 2004, during the United Nations International Year of Rice, he painted live in the Philippines, capturing workers growing crops in rice terraces – helped by water buffalo and ducks.
In 2009, for the International Year of the Potato, he journeyed to the Peruvian Andes, to witness harvest-time high above its ancient capital Cusco and on Isla Taquile, Lake Titicaca. Working outside at altitude, he captured the rituals, music and traditions that celebrate this life-giving crop.
All the artworks are for sale and will remain on display until 9 February 2026. For more information visit johndyergallery.com.
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