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Nathan James
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Degree: Diploma in Visual Art Studies
University: Ontario College of Art and Design
Graduation Year: 2002
New Blood Art Statement
James has exhibited exhibited extensively on an international level. Here in the UK, his works were chosen for artist Stuart Semple’s first curatorial project “Mash Ups”. A 6ft x 4ft foot canvas by American multimedia artist Nathan James is now worth $25,000 compared to just $500 when he graduated eight years ago. The prints on show here are likely to prove a canny investment. His works have been featured in diverse array of print publications, including the Telegraph, I-D Magazine and Arena Magazine.
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Artist Statement
I use a combination of techniques, including traditional painting, silk-screen printing, and stenciling to achieve distinctive works. I find inspiration from many sources, including trash TV, graphic design, vintage photography, popular magazines and my own passion for youth culture.My photo based paintings of trendy youths are intervened by helpings of obnoxious neon slashes, cuts and splashes comprising of pop elements such as cartoons, graphics and text, to create a distinctive style. These combinations of techniques and styles collide as cartoon and plastic clash with figurative flesh and bone elements.
With these paintings I explore the notion that mass media materialism can indeed fulfill some of their promises of leisure and enjoyment but at the cost of forfeiting some of the subjects’ humanity.
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008, On Sugar Mountain, Leslie's Gallery, Luxembourg
2008, Pleasure Island, Empire Gallery, London
2007, Ballads, MLIA Gallery, London
2005, Consumption Junction, Gallery Neubacher, Toronto, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010, Feminism In London, Aubin Gallery, London
2010, Epic Fail, Idea Generation Gallery, London
2010, Return to Reason II, The Empire Gallery, London
2009, Group Show, The Garage CCC Moscow, London
2009, LONDON LOVES…The way things fall apart, Galleria Aus 18, Milan, Italy
2008, LoveArt, LoveBox Music Festival, London
2008, Mash Ups: Post-pop Fragments & Detournements, Kowalsky Gallery at DACS, London
2007, Dorian Gray Project Part 2: Happy Days, John Jones Gallery, London
2007, Young Emerging Artists, Leslie's Art Gallery, Luxembourg
2005, Spring Phantasm Show, 2/20 Gallery, New York
2004, Panorama, S.P.I.N. Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2004, Efficiency 2, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2004, Valley Boys, Gallery Neubacher, Toronto, Canada
2004, Monkey See Monkey Do, S.P.I.N. Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2004, The Parrot Project, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003, Supernumerary, The Fanny Larouche Artspace, Toronto, Canada
2003, Two Weeks in Autumn, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
2000, Hugs - A Show of Affection, Art System, Toronto, Canada
Prizes
2001, Hamilton Women's Association Tuition Scholarship