John Bevan Ford (18 April 1930 – 16 September 2005) was a New Zealand Māori artist and educator who started exhibiting in 1966.

[1] In 2005 Ford received the Creative New Zealand Te Waka Toi Kingi Ihaka Award.

[4] Other Māori artists who were also district advisors included Cliff Whiting, Cath Brown, Kāterina Mataira, Sandy Adsett, Ralph Hotere, Paratene Matchitt, Fred Graham (sculptor), Muru Walters, and Marilyn Webb.

[1] In 1973 Ford was one of the people who was part of establishing the Māori Artists and Writers' Association (Nga Puna Waihanga).

[1] Ford presented his work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York through a series of lectures in 1990 (he was the first New Zealand artist to do so).

[12] Notable carvings by Ford are the Gateway at Ōwae Marae, Waitara[13] and the Meeting House, Te Aroha o Aohanga in Wairarapa.