James Green

My work explores the dynamic created between image, object and viewer. Through the use of printmaking, sculpture and moving image, mark making in its many forms is a fundamental area of inquiry; addressing themes such as, failure, dematerialisation, self-reference and the process of making.

Through the juxtaposition of objects and images, significance is created through the relationship they share with one another, imbuing each with a sense of performance and mood. Many of my works suggest functionality and performance, offering a trapped moment in flux - slumped prints on paper against a wall, bent aluminum sheets and objects, which imply the capability to print. Invented uses and interpretations between works can therefore evolve in an imaginative sphere. The combination and eclectic mix of different processes and techniques is integral to creating these strange relationships between object and image.

The bricoleur is adept at performing a large number of diverse tasks: but, unlike the engineer, he does not subordinate each of them to the availability of raw materials and tools conceived and produced for the purpose of the project (Lévi-Strauss, 1966).

Reminiscent of the bricoleur, the range and sometimes "˜...

2012 - Camberwell College of Arts. MA Fine Art.
2002 - The Glasgow School of Art. BA Fine Art (Painting and Drawing)

Selected Solo Shows

2012 All is Not Lost, OFS, Oxford.
2008 James Green, Agnes b, Oxford.
2005 9 Paintings, Lolopoloza Gallery, Oxford.
2001 Clyde Series, Vic Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art.


Selected Group Shows

2013 Shortlisted: Future Map, London.
2012 M.A Degree Show, Camberwell College of Art.
2012 bend over shirley, Beaconsfield, London.
2012 Fetish, Mori @ Stein Gallery, London.
2012 Camberwell MA Fine Art, Gasworks, London.
2011 Masak-masak, ICAS Gallery, Singapore.
2011 Flash in the Pan, Beaconsfield, London.
2010 Young Contemporaries, The Shop, Cambridge.
2009 Hunting the Phoenix, Ovada, Oxford.
2008 Oxford Open, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford.