James Stanford

American multimedia artist James Stanford has earned an international reputation for his exploratory practice founded on the values of meditation. Stanford creates visual expressions of spirituality, Zen Buddhism, and metaphysics. In his Shimmering Zen series, the artist digitally transforms iconic vintage signage from Las Vegas into mandala creations. Finding beauty in discarded signs, he seeks to transform the profane into the sacred. His layered images reflect a mirrored geometry that speaks of unraveling and recomposing.

Stanford’s work can be found in international corporate and private collections around the world. He is represented by Melissa Morgan Fine Art and ArtCulture PR. His book, Shimmering Zen, launched at The London Library in 2018, and he lectures globally, including as a Keynote speaker at Format Festival, the UK's largest photography exhibition.

Stanford earned his MFA from the University of Washington and BFA from the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

2020 Shimmering Zen: Inspired by the Neon Lights of Las Vegas (trade edition), December book release, Smallworks Press, International Publishing Group

2020 ArtCulture PR, Las Vegas, NV, commissioned artworks for The D Resort and Casino, September, Las Vegas, NV

2020 From The Land Beyond Beyond, a 7000+ sqft mural installation at the Neon Museum’s Reed Whipple Building, curated by ArtCulture PR on behalf of the Cultural Corridor Coalition, July, Las Vegas, NV

2020 Kevin Barry Fine Art, commissioned artworks for The Strat Resort and Casino, February, Las Vegas, NV

2019 Art for Tibet, Students for a Free Tibet, 25 October – 7 November, New York, NY

2019 Shimmering Zen et al, Smallworks Press, Las Vegas Book Festival, 19 October, Las Vegas, NV

2019 Tim Burton Glow Award and Boneyard Ball, Neon Museum, 12 October, Las Vegas, NV

2019 A Phalanx of Angels Ascending, a three-sided, 2000+ sqft mural installation, curated by Laura Henkel. Completed July. Located at 705 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, NV. First Phase: South entrance Cultural Corridor beautification

2019 The Strat Resort and Casino, commissioned artworks for private spaces, July, Las V...