About James

James is an artist and fabricator, specialising in scrap metal sculptures. He started out as part of the Mutoid Waste Company, a performing arts group, under Joe Rush. His personal work takes inspiration from prosthetics and animatronics; to fuse human, animal and machine. He works from his studio in Kent.

Solo Exhibitions

2021

Memories of Things Unseen, for Sakshi Gupta; Stratford, London:

Collaborative sculpture for the new British Council building.

2021

Alternative Limb Project; Darlington Railway Museum:

Installation, including prosthetic limbs, connected to a miniature railway track.

2019

Roadrunner and the Hungry Artist, for FOLD, Canning Town, London:

Two sculptures for a club night venue.

2016

Estrella del mar, for Muelle Uno; Malaga, Spain:

Large outdoor sculpture located in Malaga Port.

Commissions With The Mutoid Waste Company

2020

Playground Sphere, for Apes at Play; Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy

2019

Infrastructure, for Vinegar Yard; London Bridge, London

2016, 2018

Cineramageddon, for Glastonbury Festival; Somerset

2017

Animatronic Phoenix, for Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage; Somerset

2014

Joe Rush’s Kiss on the Apocalypse, for Glastonbury Festival; Somerset

2012

Mechanical installation, for 2012 Paralympics Closing Ceremony; Stratford, London

2010, 2011

Car Henge, for Glastonbury Festival’s Unfairground; Somerset

2009

Pin Ball Machine and Performance, for Glastonbury Festival’s Trash City; Somerset

2008

Pirate Ship, for Glastonbury Parade; Somerset

Other Commissions

2021

Animal Sculptures for Under the Moon Exhibition at Longleat Safari Park, with Iain Coiley

2016

Elsie the Animatronic Dragon, with Paka Johnson

2016

Boomtown Festival; Hampshire

2017

Animatronic Phoenix, for Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage; Somerset

2013, 2015

Fusion Festival; Lärz, Germany

2013

Shrangri-La, Cody Dock, London

2012

Robodock Festival; Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Exhibitions

2016-2018

The Beginning, Artsenal; Malaga, Spain

2016

Untitled Solo Show, Casa del Pero; Frigiliana, Spain