Exhibition view
Royal Academy 251st Summer Exhibition, 2019, London
Exhibition view
Royal Academy 251st Summer Exhibition, 2019, London
Exhibition view
Royal Academy 251st Summer Exhibition, 2019, London
Exhibition view
Royal Academy 251st Summer Exhibition, 2019, London
Exhibition view
James Dearlove is a graduate of The Slade School of Art in London (MFA) and Turps Art School. He currently lives and works in Cornwall.
He has exhibited in The Summer Exhibition at The Royal Academy, The Discerning Eye Exhibition, The British Art Fair, The London Art Fair, and numerous group shows both nationally and internationally. His work is held in private and public collections worldwide.
In 2021, James was awarded the Ingram Prize, one of the UK’s leading prizes for emerging contemporary artists. That same year, he had his first solo show, The Garden Room, at Nine Elms Gallery in London.
In 2022, his work was featured in ArtMaze Magazine (edition 26), and he completed an Erasmus-funded residency at Cyprus College of Art. The Ingram Collection also presented his work at The British Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery.
In 2023, he was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries, with his work exhibited at The Grundy Gallery in Liverpool and later at Camden Art Gallery in London. He also undertook a residency at Colstoun House in the Scottish Borders. In November, he had his second solo show, Tales of the City, Tales of the Sea, with BWG Gallery at 13 Soho Square in London.
In 2024, James had a solo presentation with BWG Gallery in the Platform section of the London Art Fair, curated by Gemma Rolls-Bentley. He participated in the Clovermill Residency in the Netherlands and had a solo booth at the Queeriosities Art Fair at The Copeland Gallery. His work was featured in the March issue of Apollo Magazine, and he was interviewed in Floorr Magazine (issue 33).
He is currently preparing for his next solo show which will be in September 2025 with Gertrude Art in collaboration with Galerie PCP in Paris.