| BORN: | - | - |
| LIVERPOOL, UK, 1979 | - | - |
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| LIVES/WORKS: | - | - |
| LONDON, UK | - | - |
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| EDUCATION: | - | - |
| 2004/06 | MA Printmaking | Royal College of Art |
| 2000/03 | BA Fine Art Printmaking | Winchester School of Art |
| 1998/00 | Foundation in Art and Design | Liverpool Community College |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS: | - | - |
| 2009 | James Unsworth | Evan Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 2009 | I Love You Like A Murderer Loves Their Victims |
Sartorial Contemporary Art, |
| 2009 | The Aftermath |
Digitaria, |
| 2008 | Let Me Watch You Fuck Your Wife | |
| 2007 | The Monster From Hell | Crimes Town Gallery, London |
| 2007 | Shithead Kitten Rescue | Wahine Store, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2007 | Nightmares and Illuminations | Raw Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv |
| 2007 | James Unsworth | Vegas Gallery, London |
| 2005 | Bosch | Cite International des Artes, Paris |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: | ||
| 2009 | Betrayal |
Whitecross Gallery, |
| 2009 | Legends of Circumstance | Whitecross Gallery, London |
| 2009 | The Big Drawing Show | Evan Hughes Gallery, Sydney |
| 2009 | New London School (Curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Galerie Schuster, Berlin |
| 2009 | Lump Hammer Love Bites | Concrete Hermit, London |
| 2009 | Let Me Rule | Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague |
| 2008 | The Future Can Wait 2008 (Curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) | Old Truman Brewery, London |
| 2008 | Le Gun-The Family | The Rochelle School, London |
| 2008 | My Giant Colouring Book/You Turn | Campbell Works, London |
| 2008 | Walpurgisnacht | Crimes Town Gallery, London |
| 2008 | Supergraphic | Sartorial Contemporary Art, London |
| 2007 | Daniel Johnston | Vegas Gallery, London |
| 2007 | The Future Can Wait, Ellis Rumley Projects | Atlantis Gallery, London |
| 2007 | Ritual Abuse | The Old Boys Hall, London |
| 2007 | When We Pretend Were Dead | Nog Gallery, London |
| 2007 | Group Show | Hua Li Ge Gallery, Beijing |
| 2007 | Planet Le Gun | Permanent Gallery, Brighton |
| 2006 | Obsession | Sartorial Contemporary Art, London |
| 2006 | Generation | Royal College of Art, London |
| 2006 | Platform For Art | Charing Cross, Earls Court and South Kensington Tube Stations, London |
| 2006 | MAN Group Drawing Exhibition | Royal College of Art, London |
| 2006 | Lets Riot | Café Gallery, Southwark Park, London |
| 2006 | British International Miniature Print Exhibition | Touring |
| 2005 | Life Is A Cabaret | Phoenix 369 Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 2005 | Redundancy | Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth |
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| AWARDS & RESIDENCIES: | - | |
| 2006 | Tim Mara Award, Generation, Royal College of Art | |
| 2006 | Arches John Purcell Paper Award at the RE Student Elections | |
| 2006 | Awarded membership to The Royal Society of Painter Printmakers | |
| 2006 | Joseph Webb A.R.E Commemorative Fund Award Presented by The Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, Awarded to an Outstanding Etcher Under the Age of 35 | |
| 2006/07 | October-March: Artist in Residence, Croydon College | |
| 2005 | April-July: Cite International des Artes, Paris | |
| 2003 | February-May: Brno Technological University, Czech Republic | |
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| COMMISSIONS: | - | |
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| Raw Art, Tel-Aviv | ||
| Amelias Magazine, London | ||
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY: | - | |
| The Independent | ||
| The Times Educational Supplement | ||
| Time Out, London | ||
| Dazed and Confused | ||
| Amelia’s Magazine | ||
| Disorder Magazine | ||
| Le Gun | ||
| The Rebel Magazine | ||
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| COLLECTIONS: | - | - |
| Walker Art Gallery (National Museums Liverpool), Liverpool | ||
| The UBS Art Collection, London | ||
| The Royal College of Art, Print Archive | ||
| The Sarfaty Merchant Collection | ||
| Private collections internationally | ||
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| ARTIST STATEMENT: | - | |
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I want to communicate grotesque humour and an
instant appreciation of weather you like what you see or not, I
don’t want to mystify. I produce prints on materials that have allusions to historic craft techniques or an inherent sense of faded glamour. I reference historic popular print, folk culture and comic books that are a continuation of this. Contemporary references include the tabloid press and my own documentation of transgressive behavior. I am currently transcribing Hogarth paintings updating Hogarth’s social commentary to address current concerns. Within these images I question current ideas of taste, beauty, attraction, highness and lowness. |
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