Juliet James is a contemporary British artist specialising in expressionistic figurative and semi-abstract painting, Her work is characterised by confidently fluid lines in a monochromatic palette (with bursts of colour) executed with a minimalistic sensibility,
Process and experimentation is the driving force in Juliet's artistic practice: the constant evaluation of ideas and techniques inspires each new series of paintings. Photography, traditional printmaking and digital image manipulation are cross-referenced and re-worked several times over to result in unique and unexpected pictorial elements.
Juliet's work is known for a favoured subject matter of playfully erotic, sensual nudes with interjections of nature - particularly plants, foliage, birds and the sea. Objects merge into negative space or are camouflaged against bold areas of geometric pattern, Subtle humour and subversive twists add a tongue-in-cheek redefinition of the concept of erotica and the male gaze (as portrayed by a female artist).
Juliet is a graduate of Central St Martin's College of Art and Design (UAL), where she gained a BA Honours degree in Fashion and Print Design. In 2018 Juliet had two paintings, the Garden of Venus and Hot Pants (Replication I1), selected by Grayson Perry to hang in the Central Gallery of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, as part of the 250th Summer Exhibition.
Juliet is based in East Sussex and works from her studio at Thames-side Studios in Greenwich, London. She has participated in a number of group exhibitions, and has artwork collected in private collections across Europe and the USA.
Exhibitions / CV Summary
Education & Art Training
BA Honours Degree in Fashion Design (Print specialism), Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, London, 1994.
Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions
The Art of Spring, Atherton Green Art Gallery, Hampshire (April 2024)
ECOFeminism Festival, Art Pavilion, London (March 2024)
Atherton Green Art Gallery Winter Exhibition, Hampshire (December 2023)
Fresh Art Fair, Ascot (September 2023)
EAL 2023 (Erotic Art London), Bargehouse Gallery, London SE1 (September 2023)
Atherton Green Art Gallery Summer Exhibition, Hampshire (July 2023)
Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham (April 2023)
Shade: Solo Exhibition, Thames-Side Studios, London (February 2023)
Atherton Green Art Gallery Winter Exhibition, Hampshire (December 2022)
Fresh Art Fair, Ascot (September 2022)
Black & White Exhibition, Newart Gallery, Eastbourne BN1 (September 2022)
Hailsham Festival Art Trail, East Sussex (September 2022)
Drifter Galleries Summer Exhibition, London NW6 (July 2022)
Drifter Galleries Artist in Residence (2 week residency), London NW6
Atherton Green Art Gallery Summer Exhibition, Hampshire (July 2022)
The Female Gaze Exhibition (REFA), Burgh House, London NW3 (July 2022)
Thames-Side Studios Annual Exhibition & Open Studio, London SE11 (June 2022)
The Unseen (Rankin Creative), Quantus Gallery, London E1 (June 2022)
EAL 2022 (Erotic Art London), Bargehouse Gallery, London SE1 (April 2022)
Atherton Green Art Gallery Winter Exhibition, Hampshire (December 2021)
The Lonsdale Exhibition (Drifter Galleries), London NW6 (December 2021)
The Hailsham Festival 2022 Virtual Art Trail (September 2021 ONLINE)
Artists Open Houses / Atherton Green Summer Exhibition, Surrey (June 2021)
Atherton Green Art Gallery Winter Exhibition, Hampshire (December 2020)
Windsor Contemporary Art Fair (Autumn 2020 ONLINE)
Surrey Contemporary Art Fair (Autumn 2020 ONLINE)
Surrey Contemporary Art Fair (Spring 2020)
Windsor Contemporary Art Fair (Autumn 2019)
FOEH St Andrews Exhibition, Eastbourne (December 2019)
Green and Stone Summer Exhibition, London SW3 (July2019)
St Ives September Festival, Cornwall (September 2019)
Rossocinabro Gallery, Rome, Italy (August 2019)
Salon des Refuses, Happenstance Gallery, London NW1 (June 2019)
Contemporary Art Fair, Newbury (Autumn 2019)
Brick Lane Gallery, London E1 (March 2019)
The Yellow Room Artists, Grierson Galleries, Sevenoaks, Kent (December 2018)
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London SW1 (June 2018)
Secret Sevens, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 (June 2018)
Kent Artists Open Houses (2014, 2017)
Brasted Autumn Festival, Kent (October 2011)
The Genitals Are Beauty, House of Blake, London W1 (1996)
The Way We Live Now, Gardner Arts, Brighton (1996)
Alternative Fashion Week, Spitalfields, London E1(1994)
Graduate Fashion Week, BDC Islington, London N1(1994)
Publications
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 250th Anniversary Illustrated Catalogue
Press
Hampstead & Highgate Express, Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph, Wired Magazine, Financial Times, Meridian News (ITV), the Clothes Show (BBC).
Commissions / Collections
Ongoing commissions undertaken for contemporary portraiture (2018 to present)
Series of paintings for Spa Centre, Portugal (2015)
Mural for Private Villa, Tuscany (2010)
Paintings held in private collections in the UK, Italy, Portugal, Hong Kong, USA.
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