James Moore

James Moore's paintings are inspired by landscapes. Dramatic skies, open spaces and distant horizons are painted in a subtle way that focusses on the beauty of this historical genre. The works fall into different projects but they all share an underlying character. James has exhibited twice at the Saatchi Gallery in London in 2018.

A current series of pictures called 'Voyager' focus on the experience of looking out upon the landscape through a variety of windows. They're about the opportunity to daydream and let your mind wander into a state of deep thinking, and they use paint to try and capture the space between the interior & the exterior.

Another series called 'The Tour' represents places that James has ridden through during long distance cycling trips. They seek out an emotional, memory laden connection to landscape. The paintings try to hold onto moments.

The paintings are made using layers of oil paint and smooth applications of colour that are glazed over the surface to create imagery that sometimes veers towards photorealism or computer rendering, and at other times exposes the qualities of the materials.

In an ongoing practice that spans over 20 years, James' works have repeatedly picked up on cues from artificia...

MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design
BA Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University

2025 - Stage (Part 2), Bay Art, Cardiff
2025 - MADE Summer Exhibition, Cardiff
2025 - Ruskin Art Prize, London
2024 - Antidote, Oriel Canfas
2024 - The Omnipotence of Dream, Salford Museum & Art Gallery
2024 - Beep Painting Biennial, Swansea
2024 - Y Lle Celf, National Eisteddfod Wales
2023 - Stage - Kingsgate Projects, London
2022 - Paper After All, Paper & Saul Hay, Manchester
2022 - BEEP Painting Prize, Elysium, Swansea
2022 - The Competition, Paper, Manchester
2022 - Binary, Terrace, London
2021 - Walking in Two Worlds, Oceans Apart, Salford
2021 - Plymouth Contemporary, Plymouth
2019 - Rumblestrip, g39, Cardiff
2019 - The Jacksons Painting Prize, London
2019 - The Penultimate Truth, Elysium, Swansea
2019 - Rumblestrip, g39, Cardiff
2019 - The Jacksons Painting Prize, London
2019 - Brex-kit, Creekside Project, London
2019 - Paint Dada, Oriel Canfas, Cardiff
2018 - RUG, Cardiff
2018 - Abstract:Reality, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018 - Into a Light, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018 - BEEP Painting Prize, Swansea
2018 - Nightswimming, Mission Gallery, Swansea
2018 - London Art Fair