Merlin James
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Born:1960 South Wales Studied: 1978-79 Cardiff College of Art 1979-82 Central School of Art, London, (BA 1st Class Hons., painting) 1983-86 Royal College of Art, London,(MA, painting) Residencies: 1995 Kingston University, Critic in Residence 1996 Glasgow School of Art, Artist in Residence Positions since 1997 Associate editor, Burlington Magazine Visiting faculty, Bard College, New York Selected Exhibitions: 1990 Albemarle Gallery, London (group) 1991 Albemarle Gallery, London (solo) 1992 Eagle Gallery, London (solo) 1993 Delsol et Innocenzi, Paris (group) 1994 Kapil Jariwala Gallery, London (group) 1995 Standpoint Gallery, London (solo) 1995 National Museum of Wales, (solo) 1996 Connaught Brown, London (group) 1996 Whitechapel Gallery, London (group) 1996 Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (solo) 1997 Francis Graham-Dixon, London (solo) 1997 Andrew Grant Gallery, Edinburgh College of Art (solo) 1997 Picker Gallery, Kingston University (solo) Wooster Gardens (Brent Sikkema), New York (solo) 1998 Kunstlerhaus, Vienna (group) Grand Valley State University, Michigan (group) Wooster Gardens (Brent Sikkema), New York (group) Chicago Art Fair (group) 20th century British Art Fair, London (group) Art '98 Fair, London (group) 1999 Brent Sikkema/Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren, New York Another Country (group) Don't Smoke in my House, Vicki Tarrant, London (group). Art First, London (group). East International, (selected by Peter Doig) Norwich, UK. (group). Stephen Lacey Gallery, London (group). Art First, London (group) River Deep, Mountain High, Gallery Westland Place. London; Thomas Korzelius Gallery, New York, (Three person drawings show with James Hyde and Joe fyfe). 2000 Stephen Lacey Gallery, London (group) The Nunnery, London, (group) Contemporary Art Centre, Dundee, (group). Forthcoming Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, (solo) Select bibliography Merlin James, 'Random Notes', reproductions of paintings with a statement, London Magazine August/September 1988 Merlin James, Albemarle Gallery catalogue, 1990, text by the artist Two drawings reproduced, London Magazine, December/January 1991 John Cornall,'Night-Time Interiors' (review of Merlin James's Albemarle exhibition),London Magazine, June 1991 Review of Albemarle exhibition, Art Line, Summer, 1991 Poussin's Phocion, Standpoint Gallery catalogue, 1995, text by the artist Poussin's Phocion, National Museums and Galleries of Wales hand list, 1995, text by the artist David Cohen, 'A Fine Anxiety' (feature article on Merlin James) Modern Painters, Spring 1995 J. Darracott, report of National Museum of Wales exhibition, Museum News, Spring 1996 J. Lee, 'Persistently Painting'AN magazine, July 1996 Kettle's Yard exhibition leaflet, interview with Merlin James by Simon Wallis, 1996 Critical Pictures, catalogue to Kingston University touring exhibition, text by Juan Cruz,1996 D. Cohen,'Painting with Attitude', review of Kettle's Yard Gallery exhibition,The Independent, 27 August, 1996 Martin Coomer, review of Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery exhibition, Time Out, Feb 25th., 1997. Martin Coomer, review of Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery exhibition, Flash Art, July 1997. D. Cohen, review of Francis Graham-Dixon exhibition, Art in America, February, 1998. Catalogue to 'Raum' exhibition, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna,1998; reproduction and notebook texts Catalogue to 'Critical Faculty' exhibition, Kingston University; (reproduction). Catalogue to 'Open Drawing' exhibition, Cheltenham/Berlin 1998; (reproduction) Transcript magazine, Vol III, No. 2, 1998. Interview with Merlin James, (reproductions). 20th Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, 1998; reproduction of painting by Merlin James. Dictionary of Artists in Britain Since 1945 (David Buckman, London 1998). East, curated by Peter Doig and Roy Arden.(Norwich, 1999). Catalogue. Statement and reproduction. River Deep, Mountain High, (London, 1999) Catalogue.Reproductions. Conversation on drawing with Joe Fyfe and James Hyde, Modern Painters, Autumn 1999. Conversation: Merlin James and James Hyde, Journal of Contemporary Art, New York (forthcoming). British Art in the 90s: The Saatchi Decade.Booth-Clibborn Editions, London. 1999. (reproductions, biography). Art in America, October 1999. (reproduction and discussion by Barry Schwabsky). Merlin Jasmes has written extensively on art and art criticism for the Burlington Magazine, The Times Literary Supplement, and other journals. He is represented by Brent Sikkema New York, and Andrew Mummery London. |
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