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 lives and works in Cornwall, UK. He studied at the Slade School of Art, London, and Turps Art School.
Recent solo presentations include The Trilling Wire, galeriepcp, Paris (2025); a solo booth at Platform at London Art Fair, curated by Gemma Rolls-Bentley (2024); Tales of the City, Tales of the Sea, BWG Gallery, London (2023) and a solo booth at Tom of Finland Art Fair London (2023).
He was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2023, exhibiting at Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, and Camden Art Centre, London.
Recent group exhibitions include Ancient Modern, Brooke Benington, London (2026); Mythic Manifest, Love Waxes Cold, London (2025); Pourquoi London, Canopy Collections and Gertrude Art, London (2024); Slow Painting, Contemporary British Painting, Studio KIND, Barnstaple (2024); Ingram Collection Presentation, British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London (2022); Burra and Friends, Rye Art Gallery, Rye (2021); and Queer as Folklore, Gallery 46, London (2021).
In 2021, Dearlove was awarded the Ingram Prize, and his work was subsequently acquired by the Ingram Collection. He has undertaken residencies at Clover Mill, the Netherlands (2024); Colstoun House, Scotland (2023); and Cyprus College of Art (2022).
Dearlove’s work has been featured in Apollo, i-D, Hero, Floorr, ArtMaze, Fetch London, Richardson and FAD magazines.