James Tailor

Based London, UK

PURCHASE ARTWORK

About

My work is not circumscribed to any particular medium, I take assemblage as a vehicle for exploring the mnemonic and affective qualities of found objects. Countering the dematerialising character of mainstream visuality, my practice goes back to an embodied materiality that links the personal and the social.

The melancholic severance inherent to the discarded objects I integrate into my assemblages is countered by the unifying quality of an obsessive reworking through acrylic paint. My obsessive application of acrylic paint showcases a desire to display an engagement in the kind of labour intensive work that, since conceptualism the artistic field has seemed to be less passionate about. My fastidious although sometimes fetishistic and even addictive process suffuse my work with human presence and a sense of artisanal fulfilment that transforms melancholy into mourning.

Former Artist in Residence at Sarabande, Alexander McQueen Foundation (2021-2022)
2018 -2019 Assistant to CBE, RA - Phyllida Barlow

Projects & Residency’s

2021-2022 Sarabande, Alexander McQueen Foundation
2019 – Koppel Project Hive, London, United Kingdom
2017-2018 – Helen Scot Lidgett Acme Project
2017 – Nick Knight Video shoot for Tino Kamal at Show Studios, London, United Kingdom
2015 - Global Art Project. Takamatsu, Japan
2013 - Platform Six London Sponsored by Adidas
2013 – Nick Knight Video shoot for Kanye West at Pinewood Studios, London, United Kingdom

Publications

2021 - Exit Ludvig Rage
2020 - FAD Top ten artworks in London - Capacity
2020 - Interview and artist profile, The Elizaberth Coillective, New York
2020 - Interview, The Delphian Gallery
2020 - Artist Profile, Artpiq, Dusseldorf
2020 - Run Riot Magazine, London
2020 - Interview the asian Curator, Goa
2019 - ArtMaz Magazine
2016 – Night Flowers (Damen Frost)
2015 – Complex Typography, The Garden (Book)
2015 – The Catlin Guide 2015 (Book)
2013 – Platform Six (Magazine)
2015 - 10x 10 Charity Auction

Education

2014-2017 Masters of the Arts, University of the Arts - Central Saint Martin’s (Distinction)
2016 Artist Internship with The Chapman Brothers
2011-2014 Bachelor of the Arts, London Metropolitan University (Distinction)
2011-2009 Diploma in Fine Art, City Lit (Distinction)

Selected Exhibitions & Awards

2020 - Capacity, The Smallest Gallery in Soho. London
2020 - A Matter of Soul, ASC Gallery. London
2020 - No Time Like The Present, Public Gallery. London
2019 -2020 - Bodies Self and Sex, No20 Arts. London
2019 - About Painting, No 20 Arts. London
2019 - White Conduit Projects, The Size of Thoughts. London
2018 - Five Years, Two Cakes. London
2018 - Peer Gallery, Bound. London
2018 - MLF Marie-Laure Fleisch, Art Brussels. Avenue du Port 86C, 1000 Brussels, Bélgica
2018 - Cob Gallery, Form. 205 Royal College Street NW1 0SG
2018 - Observatorium, Club Conscious. Samberstraat 40, 2060 Antwerp
2018 - MLF Marie-Laure Fleisch, In Favour of Three Dimensions. 13 rue Saint-Georges | Sint-Jorisstraat1050 Brussels
2017 - Degree Show Central Saint Martins, Show 1. London, United Kingdom

Press

2020 - Fad Magazine 'Top Seven Things to see from the Outside'
2020 - Delphian Gallery 'Interview' 2020 - The Asian Curator 'Interview'
2019 - Artmaze mag 'Feature'
2016 – Night Flowers (Damen Frost)
2015 – Complex Typography, The Garden (Book)
2015 – The Catlin Guide 2015 (Book)
2013 - Beige Magazine 2013 – Platform Six (Magazine)
2015 - 10x 10 Charity Auction