James Mercer

Canadian artist who has been creating art since the age of ten. My father had a big influence on my thinking--his experiences during WW2 in Europe, and his own [war] art. I explore a variety of media; focusing on painterly traditions that blend constructivist ideas with expressionist forms. I see the artist as an extension of the body living in the world as a subjective omniscience. Being-in-the-world: discloses the infinite realm of possibilities in the human imagination--all forms and psychic mediations reflect the Unitary Reality--that animates the cosmos. Poetic ripples in space-time--flow through the hand onto the canvas--bringing life to inanimate matter through the Primacy of Perception. Art opens up a world to the viewer's soul: transforming myth and reality into new manifestations of Being. I enjoy experimenting and testing design ideas like a scientist in a secret lab...seeking to understand our place in the cosmos. Imagination lives beyond the multiverse--between consciousness and the unconscious--awakening in a sun-wind. The dream-time: speaks when we encounter each sacred 'place of creation'. The artist is a time traveller, and dives into the vortex at the speed of light. I seek to share my quest with you, as a f...

Associate, Ontario College of Art & Design University (Toronto)
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design (Halifax)
BA - University of Guelph
B.Ed - Queen's University at Kingston
MEd - Queen's University
MA - University of Toronto [abd]

Solo and group shows held in Canada, the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea, South America, Mexico, China, Taiwan, Bermuda, Central America, Cuba, Philippines, Africa, Middle East, and Australia. (1978 - 2023)