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= John Adair = John Hamilton Adair (also knows as +air born 1 September 1959 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a practising Australian 'visual' artist that works across a number of mediums, with 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional outcomes. His practice arises from a longstanding interest in colour and space, aiming for synthesised and minimal visual outcomes that pertain to 'landscape' both internal and external. Since 2010, Adair lives with his wife and two daughters in the United Kingdom.

Early Life
Adair is the first child of Pamela Margaret Greenwood and Ronald Shafto Adair, an insurance broker and businessman. His paternal grandfather is John Ronald Shafto Adair OBE, an aviator, army officer and businessman.

Brought up in Sydney, with his three siblings, including the artist S.A. Adair, attended Vaucluse Public School and Cranbrook School, until he left in his last year without sitting his Higher School Certificate to pursue drawing, painting and photography studies.

He has a Bachelor of Visual Arts from City Art Institute and a Masters of Fine Art from the National Art School, Sydney. He taught at the National Art School (1998-2010).

Career
In 1998, Adair won the Blake Prize for his minimal 'auto-enamel on aluminium' work, One Dark Night (from St John of the Cross Poem 'Dark Night of the Soul'). He was a finalist of the Blake Prize in 1985, 2006 and 2012.

In 1994 he was winner of the Fisher's Ghost Art 'Open' Award and runner up of the 'Drawing' Award.

He was a Sir John Sulman Prize finalist in 1986, 1998, 2002, 2004.

He was a Wynne Prize finalist in 2001, 2003, 2005.

He was a finalist in Sculpture by the Sea, in 2009 for Firmament 5770 (15 x 5 x 5 metres).