John Meade (born, Ballarat, 1956) is a sculptor who has participated in regular individual and group exhibitions with commercial and public galleries and museums in Australia and internationally. His public sculpture commissions include Mean Yellow (2000) in the Victorian Arts Centre forecourt for the Melbourne International Festival and Aqualung (2006) at Victoria Harbour, Docklands, Melbourne. His awards include the 2003 Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Art Scholarship, an Asialink residency in India in 1999, and grants from The Australia Council, Cinemedia, Arts Victoria and the Besen Family Foundation His academic achievements include an MA by research from RMIT University (2000) and an MA in Studio Art from New York University (2004).

John Meade’s work is held in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Monash University Collection and the Heide Museum of Modern Art.

John is represented by Sutton Gallery, Melbourne.