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Biography
b.1981 Hobart
James is an Australian visual artist and filmmaker born in Tasmania and based in Lisbon, Portugal. His practice is research-orientated – bound to a process of public engagement, contextual and historic investigation.
James has presented his work in solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe, Australia and in Asia over the last 20 years and has been awarded numerous grants, international residencies and awards in recognition of his work.
James has exhibited in galleries, museums and film festivals including: Podroom Gallery (solo), Belgrade, Serbia, 2024; Galeria Boavista (solo), Lisbon, Portugal, 2023; The Edith Russ Haus for Media Art (solo), Oldenburg, Germany, 2023; the Samstag Museum of Art (solo), Adelaide, Australia, 2023; Porto Photography Bienal 2021 and 2025; Carpintarias de São Lázaro (solo), Lisbon, 2020; Appleton Cultural Association (solo), Lisbon, 2019; the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2013 and 2019; Perth Revelation International Film Festival, 2019 and 2020; Contemporary Art Tasmania, 2007 and 2018 (solo); Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 2011 (solo) and 2021; Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, 2018; Ar Sólido, Lisbon, 2016; Carriageworks, Sydney, 2015; Lumiar Cite (solo), Lisbon, 2013; Queensland Art Gallery, 2012; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2010; the Gallery of Fine Arts (solo), Split, Croatia, 2010; and Rosalux (solo), Berlin, 2009 and 2010.
James has lectured in Time Based Media, at the University of Tasmania, School of Creative Arts and has been a visiting professor at the City University of New York; Sound Image Culture, Brussels; and the Tromsø Art Academy, University of Tromsø, Norway. He has won several prizes including the Grant for Media Art of the Stiftung Niedersachsen at the Edith-Russ-Haus (2022); the Samstag International Visual Art Scholarship (2012); the Hobart City Art Prize (2011) and the Qantas Contemporary Art Award (2009).
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