James is an artist and Senior Lecturer in Interior Design, School of Architecture & Urban Design, RMIT University.
James was an artistic director at BLINDSIDE 2018 – 2022
Born 1977
Lives and Works in Naarm / Melbourne
EDUCATION
RMIT University School of Architecture & Urban Design PhD by Project 2016
RMIT University Bachelor of Design [Interior Design] Honours 2005
Monash University Bachelor of Arts [Chinese] 1999
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- transformations [something poetic] with Bridie Lunney, Mitchel Davis, Erin Hallyburton, Jemima Lucas, and Charlotte Simpson. Lilac City Gadigal / Sydney 2022
- some alchemies [heavy breathing] with Bridie Lunney, Joseph Beuys, Martina Copley, Leslie Eastman, Torie Nimmervoll, Lilian Steiner, and Rosie Westbrook. RMIT Project Space / Spare Room, Naarm / Melbourne 2022
- pond[er] in collaboration with Taylor Knights, NGV Architecture Commission 2021
- to hazelhurst and back [seventeen hours drawing/erasing] as part of Drawn to Time, Loughborough University, UK 2021
- madman inversion [for julius] as part of St. Francis with Joe Hamilton, Ali McCann, Elyss McCleary, Sean McDowell and Ash Keating. Presented by Blackartprojects in the old Madman Entertainment building, Collingwood, Naarm / Melbourne 2019
- ¡ MAINTENANCE ! [a proposition for future architectures] as part of the Oslo Architecture Triennale, Norway 2019
- ! 金 ! curated by Dr Kent Wilson and La Trobe Art Institute, as part of the Castlemaine State Festival, Australia 2019
- future interior with staff and PhD candidates Interior Design, School of Architecture & Urban Design, RMIT as part of Melbourne Design Week 2019
- drawing strength Barn Gallery, Monsalvat 2018
- interruptions Stockroom, Kyneton 2018
- mixed tape Stockroom, Kyneton 2018
- indeterminate duration Neon Parlour, Naarm / Melbourne 2017
- between two homes with Phillip Adams, Peter Bennetts, Matthew Bird, Ash Keating, Edition Office, Robbie Rowlands and Lilian Steiner 41 Hope Street Spotswood, Naarm / Melbourne. Commissioned by Hobson’s Bay Council and presented by Phillip Adams and Blackartprojects 2016
- sighting with Robbie Rowlands 365 – 367 Bell Street Bellfield, Naarm / Melbourne. Commissioned by MCES Darebin and presented by Blackartprojects 2016
- to wonder // to wander in collaboration with Megan Cope and the Culpra Milli Aboriginal Corporation, Mildura Arts Centre, 2016
- wall work[ing] 7 Kings A.R.I. Gallery, Naarm / Melbourne 2015
- beginning in incompleteness: works in formation with Phoebe Welman Whitman, Louisa King and Saskia Schutt RMIT Project Space / Spare Room, Naarm / Melbourne 2015
- rendered use[less]ness [or] the constellating of marrickville as part of Useless, The Corner Cooperative, Sydney, 2014
- the lightness of one and three doors as part of Situation, RMIT Design Hub, Naarm / Melbourne 2014
- Thisness Bus Projects, Naarm / Melbourne 2014
- 89964 seconds [paces] of drawing [walking] as part of SafARI Wellington Street Projects, Sydney 2014
- fantasy fees apply as part of Mannorisms Naarm / Melbourne 2013
- domestic occupation 1 as part of CSI Flinders Street Station Naarm / Melbourne 2012
- Place of Assembly with Campbell Drake as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Schoolhouse Studios 2012
- A Look Back, Tinning Street Gallery, Naarm / Melbourne 2012
- In the Pines Fracture Gallery, Naarm / Melbourne 2011
- Sculpturescape as part of The Lorne Sculpture Show, Lorne 2011
- nothing obvious is sought Tinning Street Gallery, Naarm / Melbourne 2011
- Google Me This Fitzroy Library Artspace 2011
- High Tea Bundoora Homestead 2010
- domesti[city] White Street Projects, Frankston 2010
- a taming Kings A.R.I. Gallery, Naarm / Melbourne 2010
- Penthouse Mouse L’Oreal Fashion Festival, Naarm / Melbourne 2010
- Convergence as part of the State of Design Festival Naarm / Melbourne 2009
- Penthouse Mouse L’Oreal Fashion Festival, Naarm / Melbourne 2009
- 2020? Next Wave Festival, Nth Melbourne Meat Market, Naarm / Melbourne 2008
- 10 lines: East, West Trajectory as part of Depot Dandenong, Naarm / Melbourne 2008
- Penthouse Mouse L’Oreal Fashion Festival, Naarm / Melbourne 2008
- difficult suckerpunches Dire Tribe Gallery, Naarm / Melbourne 2006
PUBLICATIONS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES / WRITING / CURATION / PRESENTATIONS
- DESA Artist Residency, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia 2025 [upcoming]
- last night i dreamt of fountains as part of “Fountains, Failures, Futures: the afterlives of public art” presented by Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art, Lund University, Sweden 2023.
- last night I dreamt of fountains shortlist for Kalorama Land Art Commission 2023.
- 2023 BETTER FUTURE Australian Design Awards – GOLD in Architecture – Cultural Category for pond[er] in collaboration with Taylor Knights
- 2023 BETTER FUTURE Australian Design Awards – SILVER in Architecture – Public and Institutional Category for pond[er] in collaboration with Taylor Knights
- Award for Small Project Architecture, Victorian Architecture Awards (AIA) 2022 for pond[er] in collaboration with Taylor Knights
- Dezeen Awards 2022 – Longlisted – Landscape Architecture for pond[er] in collaboration with Taylor Knights
- all this noise curation of MOBILE Program featuring Geoff Robinson, Sara Retallick, Tamil Rogeon, and Sharni Hodge in collaboration with Daniel Tucceri. BLINDSIDE, Naarm / Melbourne 2021 – 2022.
- pond[er] in collaboration with Taylor Knights, NGV Architecture Commission 2021
- working conditions curation of SATELLITE Program featuring Juliette Pénélope Pépin. BLINDSIDE, Naarm / Melbourne 2020 – 2021
- abstract-abstraction Edited by Takahiro Tanaka 2020
- becoming [in]determinate curation of Satellite Program featuring Eugenia Lim, Joe Hamilton, Sharni Hodge, Nick Rebstadt and Mitch Goodwin. Text by Abbra Kotlarczyk. BLINDSIDE, Naarm / Melbourne 2019 – 2020
- [un]becoming gravity exhibition text for Yvette James’ ‘As We Pull the Earth Toward Ourselves’, BLINDSIDE, Naarm / Melbourne 18 Sep – 5 Oct 2019
- Australia Council for the Arts Grant Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups 2019
- DEBUT XV co-curated with Bridie Lunney, featuring Grace Carver, Paris Fontana, Andre Franco, Lauren Gostin, Erin Hallyburton, Ichikawaedward and Yvette James. Text by Suzie Attiwill. BLINDSIDE, Naarm / Melbourne 2019
- iijournal Volume 5 ‘Adaptive Interventions’ rendering the [im]material: 89964 seconds [paces] of drawing [walking] 2018
- interiority Volume 1 Number 2 indeterminate duration 2018
- popps packing Artist Residency Hamtramck, Detroit, USA 2017
- terra firma magazine Speed = Distance / Time volume 4 pages 158 – 163 2017
- SafARI 2014 written and edited by Christiane Keys-Statham and Liz Nowell, SafARI Initiatives Inc., Sydney 2014
- IDEA Journal rendering the [im]material Visual Essay 2012
- A Place of Assembly Published by Schoolhouse Studios 2012
- Australia Council for the Arts Grant New Work – Emerging July 2010
- InDesign Magazine Issue 36 page 48 February 2009
- Un Magazine Page 56 November 2008
- Moved by Grenda’s Published by the City of Greater Dandenong, October 2008
- Sunday Arts ABC TV – 2020? 2008
- Sunday Arts ABC TV – Depot 2008
- The Age, 12th April 2008 pg 24 “Grendas goes back to the drawing board” Penny Webb
- The Age, 9th April 2008 pg 17 “Tribute to a Depot” Megan Backhouse
- Blanket Magazine Issue 11 Page 35 2008
- Honourable Mention Graduate Exhibition Shanghai Biennale 2007
- Monument issue 77 page 84 2007
- (inside) Australian design review issue 40 page 52 2006