Artworks by Merlin James at Sikkema Jenkins Co on artnet

Merlin James

(Welsh, born 1960)

Merlin James

Between the House and the Studio, 2019

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Merlin James

Green Blind, 2019

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Merlin James

Slings, 2016–2018

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Merlin James

Bridge and River, 2018

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Merlin James

Carlton Place, 2018

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Merlin James

Indian Toys II, 2018–2019

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Merlin James

Night Window, 2017–2018

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Merlin James

Far Bank, 2018

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Merlin James

Birdcage, 2018

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Merlin James

Dredge, 2018

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Biography

Timeline

1960: Born in Cardiff
1978 - 1979: Cardiff College of Art
1979 - 1982: BA (Hons), Central School of Art, London
1983 - 1986: MA in Painting, Royal College of Art, London
: Lives and works in Glasgow

Exhibitions

2013: Parasol unit, London, UK (solo)
: Art Paris 2013, Grand palais, Paris (solo)
: Painting,Galerie Les Filles du calvaire, Paris (solo)
: Gallery of modern art, Glasgow, Scotland
: Museo Pucci, Prato, Italy
2012: Interior Visions,Colby College, Maine, USA
: Broken/Window/Plane,Tracy Williams Gallery, New York, USA
: Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Irland
: In the Gallery, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Irland (solo)
: Long, Long Gone,Leo Koenig, New York, USA
: Self-Consciousness, Veneklasen Werner, Berlin, Germany
: Le Tableau, Cheim and Read, New York, USA
: RHA, Dublin, Ireland
2011: Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, USA (solo)
2010: Sikkema Jankins, New York, 'Building on a Cliff', USA
: 'Frame Paintings' Mummery+Schnelle, London, UK (solo)
: Southside Studios, Glasgow, Scotland
: Estorick Collection, London, UK
: FairfieldBuilding, Glasgow, Scotland
: Cheim and Read, New York, 'Le Tableau', USA
: Veneklasen Werner, Berlin, 'Self-Consciousness', Germany
: Leo Koenig, New York, 'Long, Long Gone', USA
: Mummery+Schnelle, London, 'The Beholder's Share', UK
: Doppo Gobbo, commissariat de Luca Francesconi, Fluxia Gallery, Milan, Italy
2009: 21: Selections of Contemporary Art from the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklym Museum, Brooklyn, USA
2008: Brooklyn Art Museum, USA
: Mummery and Schnelle Gallery, London, UK (solo)
: Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (solo)
: Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, USA (solo)
: Galleria Fortes Vilaca, São Paulo, Brazil
: Centre d'art contemporain, exposition du Pavillon du Pays de Galles, 52è Biennale de Venise, Italy Oriel Newtown, Wales
: Chapter, Centre d'art contemporain, exposition du Pavillon du Pays de Galles, 52è Biennale de Venise Cardiff, Wales
: And so it goes, artists from Wales at the 52nd Venice Biennale
2007: Venice Art Biennal, Wales Pavilion, Venice, Italy (solo)
: Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Brussels (solo)
: Painting to Painting, New York Studio School, New York (curated by David Cohen) (solo)
: Full House, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
: Andrew Mummery Gallery, London (solo)
2006: What We Lost in the Fire, Transition Gallery, London
: Faces of a Collection, Kunsthalle Mannheim
: Sikkema, Jenkins and Co, New York (solo)
2005: Interested Painters, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
: Sea, Kerlin Gallery , Dublin (solo)
: Short Stories About Painting, Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, London (curated by Jeffrey Dennis)
: Seeing Things, Galleria Fabjbasaglia, Rimini (curated by Davide Ferri)
2004 - 2005: Direct Painting, Kunsthalle, Mannheim
: Vitamin Arte Contemporanea, Turin (solo)
: No Particular Place to Go, APT Gallery, London (curated by Mary McLean)
: On the Edge of Real, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
: The Five Corners of Painting, artconnection, Lille (curated by Jane Lee)
: Contemporary Painting, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine (curatedby Alex Katz)
: Sidelonging, 117 Commercial Street, London (curated by Andreas Leventis)
2004: Easel Painting, Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, touring to BayArt Gallery, Cardiff (solo)
2003: Lazarus Effect, Prague Biennale, Veletrzni Palac, Prague (curated by Helena Kontova, Luca Beatrice and Lauri Firstenberg)
: Yes! I am a Long Way from Home, Wolverhampton Art Gallery; The Nunnery, London; Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland; Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury. (curated by Roger Kelly and Bob Matthews)
: Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London
: Andrew Mummery Gallery, London (solo)
: The Middle Distance, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (solo)
: The Embarkation for Cythera, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
: Closer, Standpoint Gallery, London. (curated by Peter Jones)
: Andrew Mummery Gallery at Felixleiter Raum fÃ¼r Kunst, Berlin (with Michael Fullerton and Alex Pollard)
: Landscape, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
: Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (solo)
2002: Galleria Ceribelli, Bergamo (solo)
: Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York (solo)
2001 - 2002: please use space provided, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
2001: Hoffmann Gallery, Paris (solo)
: Andrew Mummery Gallery, London (solo)
2000 - 2001: Painters Painting, The Approach, London
: Is Not Enough, VELAN, Turin
: The Embarkation for Cythera, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, UK
: Painters Painting, The Approach, London, UK
: Not Enough, Velan Centre for Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy
2000: Re-grouping, The Nunnery, London and Stephen Lacey Gallery, London
: Brent Sikkema, New York
: River Deep Mountain High, Cooper Gallery, University of Dundee (curated by Kelly Taylor)
: Stephen Lacy Gallery, London
: Drawings, Thomas Korzelius Gallery, New York (with James Hyde and Joe Fyfe)
: River Deep Mountain High, Gallery Westland Place, London (curated by Kelly Taylor)
: East International (curated by Peter Doig), Norwich Gallery, Norwich
1999: Thomas Korzelius Gallery, New York, USA
: Donâ€™t Smoke in My House, 134 Kingsland Road, London
: Another Country, Brent Sikkema/Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren, New York
: Art First, London
1998: Wooster Gardens (Brent Sikkema), New York (solo)
: Raum, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna
: Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA
: Painting, Wooster Gardens (Brent Sikkema), New York
1997: Francis Graham Dixon Gallery, London (solo)
: Critical Pictures, Andrew Grant Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art (solo)
: East International (selected Peter Doig) Norwich, UK
: Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
: Connaught Brown, London
1996: Kettleâ€™s Yard, Cambridge (solo)
: Critical Pictures, Picker Gallery, Kingston University (solo)
1995: Royal College of Art, London
: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (solo)
: Standpoint Studios, London (solo)
1994: Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London
1993: Delsol et Innocenzi, Paris
1992: Eagle Gallery, London (solo)
1991: Albermarle Gallery, London (solo)
1990: Albermarle Gallery, London

Literature

2007: Merlin James, Venice Art Biennal, Wales Pavilion, Venice
2005: Merlin James: Recent Paintings, Vitamin arte, Turin, (text by Ilaria Bonacossa)
: Contemporary Painting, Colby College Art Callery, Waterveille, Maine
: Merlin James: Easel Paintings, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
2004: Merlin James, published by Vitamin Arte Contemporanea, Turin
: Merlin James – Easel Painting, published by Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
2003: The Lazarus Effect (Prague Biennale)
2002: Merlin James – Pictures, published by Lubrina Editore Bergamo
1996: Merlin James, Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Picker Gallery, Kingston University, text by Juan Cruz
: Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, interview with Merlin James by Simon Wallis

Merlin James

(Welsh, born 1960)

Merlin James

Merlin James

Merlin James

Merlin James

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Merlin James

Merlin James

Merlin James

Merlin James

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

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