1959
Born in Northampton, United Kingdom

1979-80
Foundation Course, Coventry Polytechnic

1980-83 
BA Painting, Chelsea School of Art

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1993
Interiors and Exteriors, The Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth

1994
F Stop Gallery, Bath
Frith Street Gallery, London

1995
Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth

1996
Frith Street Gallery, London

1998
Elsewhere, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London

1999
Rome, Lawrence Markey Gallery, New York
Interior, Window, Light, The Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth
The British School at Rome, Rome

2000
Camden Arts Centre, London
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea
Praeterita, tour commencing at the Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield, traveling to The Ruskin Library, Lancaster
John Riddy, Frith Street Gallery, London

2001
Praeterita, The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford
Praeterita-Dilecta, Lawrence Markey Gallery, New York

2004
Frith Street Gallery, London
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam

2006
Views From Shin-Fuji,Victoria and Albert Museum, London

2007
Views From Shin-Fuji,Fokus Foto Kunst Stadforum, Innsbruck

2009
Low Relief - Photographs of London, Frith Street Gallery, London

2010
Views From Shin-Fuji, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam

2012
Palermo, Cairn Gallery, Fife

2013
Palermo, Frith Street Gallery, London

2014
Palermo, Lawrence Markey, San Antonio

2015
Of Things Placed (with James Castle), Firth Street Gallery, London

2018
Half-light, Firth Street Gallery, London


Awards

1997 
London Arts Board Artist's Award

1998-99 
Rome Scholarship, Sargeant Fellowship, British School at Rome

1999 
Photographic Glimpses at ARCO Durham Cathedral



Collections

Tate
Victoria and Albert Museum
De Pont Tilburg
Rubell Family Collection
Margulies Collection
Herman & Nicole Daled-Verstraten Collection Hiscox Collection
Arts Council of Great Britain
Lhoist Collection Belgium
Acme Studios London
British Council Collection
Stedelijk Museum
The Bruce Bernard Photography Collection Nottingham City Art Gallery
Government Art Collection UK
Goldman Sachs International
British Land
UBS Collection London
Stichting Ecliptica Beekbergen
ING Collection Amsterdam
Allreal Collection Zurich
BBC Collection London
Sullivan and Cromwell London
ARCO Foundation Collection Madrid
UMCA Collection Amherst