Artist Statement

I am interested in making works that, in different ways, acknowledge and play with their positions as artworks. In my paintings and drawings, I employ appropriation as a tactic through which figurative elements can acknowledge and pictorially wrestle with the weight of the history of painting.

My sculptures approach the same subject in a slightly different way – hand modelled in clay, rather than cast from a found source, the sculptures do not quote historical works directly, but instead wrestle with their own pedestals and thus their own positions as art objects.

Artist Bio / CV
EDUCATION

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
University of the Arts, London
BA (Hons) Fine Art
2001 – 2004

Cambridge Regional College, Cambridge
BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
2000 – 2001

RESIDENCIES

Lantana Projects Residency
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
June 2006

EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS

ING Discerning Eye 2006, The Mall Galleries, London
16 November - 26 November 2006

Pulsar, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela
1 October - 18 November 2006

Ann-Marie James 'Mobile' (solo), The Medicine Factory, Memphis, Tennessee
30 June - 6 July 2006

Friday Late Nights at the Whitechapel, The Wormhole Saloon, Whitechapel Gallery, London
17 March 2006

Ann-Marie James / Daniel Todd: Beginning at the end, Art at Carnaby/ National Campaign for the Arts, London
7 - 19 February 2006

Basement Art Project, http://www.basementartproject.com
Online group exhibition of digital and video art
16 December 2005 – 12 January 2006

Max 5 Video Festival, Cafe Gallery Projects, London
13 August 2005

Artist’s Video Lounge, South London Gallery, London
February – March 2005

The Bigger Picture, Co-ordinated by The Cornerhouse, Manchester and the BBC
Exchange Square, Manchester
December 2004

Rencontres internationales Paris/Berlin, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris (catalogue)
28 October – 7 November 2004

www.tank.tv
Online exhibition of artist’s film and video
October - November 2004

60 Seconds, Space-twotentwo, London & 291 Gallery, London
16 July 2004; 21 – 27 July 2004

BA (HONS) Fine Art Degree Show 2004
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London (Catalogue)
18 – 25 June 2004

(X)HIBIT, Davies Street Gallery, University Of The Arts, London, (Catalogue)
13 May – 24 June 2004

Artskool, Paris – London Book Project (Publication and Exhibition)
Galerie gauche, École nationale supériure des beaux-arts, Paris
24 May – 1 June 2004

Le Salon Montrouge, Centre Administratif de Montrouge, Paris
Travelling to Musée Armadeo CARDOSO de SOUZA, Portugal (Catalogue)
29 April – 20 May 2004