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
Born on 31st July 1970 in Nairobi, Kenya
Lives and works in Cornwall and London, UK
Education:
1989 - 1992 University College London (BA in English Literature)
1988 - 1989 L’ecole Superieure D’Arts Visuels in Geneva (Foundation)
1992 - 1994 The Slade School of Art (MA in Fine Art)
2019 - 2020 Turps Banana Art School (Correspondence Course)
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Tales of the City, Tales of the Sea, BWG Gallery, 13 Soho Square, London
2021 The Garden Room, Nine Elms Gallery, ARC prints, London
2017 Nocturnes, July 2017, The Studio, Andrew Place, London
Group Exhibitions and Art Fairs:
2024 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Camden Art Centre, London
Platform, London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London
2023 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Grundy Art Gallery, Liverpool
Tom of Finland Art and Culture Festival, Standard Hotel, London
Two by Two, Morrell House, London
Studio1.1 Members Show, Studio 1.1, London
2022 Studio1.1 Members Show, Studio1.1, London
British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London (part of the Ingram Collection presentation)
What Remains, Cyprus College of Art, Cyprus
2021 Ingram Prize Finalist Show, Unit 1 Gallery / Workshop, London
Queer as Folklore, Gallery 46, London
Burra and Friends, Rye Art Gallery, Rye
2020 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition (online due to pandemic)
2019 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2019, Royal Academy, London
2018 Group Show, M.Goldstein, London
2013 Dazed and Refused, Arch Gallery, London
2012 New Work, joint show with Layla Lyons, Michael Simkins LLP, London
Prizes and Open Calls:
2023 Bloomberg New Contemporaries
Jackson’s Painting Prize - longlisted
2022 ArtMaze Magazine (issue 26)
Waverton Art Prize - longlisted
Jackson’s Painting Prize - longlisted
2021 Ingram Prize 2021: Winner (Founder’s Choice Award)
2020 Jackson Painting Prize 2020 - longlisted
Funded Residencies:
2023 Colstoun Artist Residency one month residency, by invitation, board and lodging provided
2022 Cyprus College of Art one month residency, selection through application process, fully funded by Erasmus.
Publications / Press:
2024 Don’t fear the gatekeeper, APOLLO Magazine, by Hettie Judah
Interview with James Dearlove, Floorr Magazine, by Richard Starbuck
“PLATFORM 2024: A MILLION CANDLES, ILLUMINATING QUEER LOVE AND LIFE”, Platform at London Art Fair 2024,
London Art Fair, curated by Gemma Rolls-Bentley
New Contemporaries: cigarettes, scrotums and surreal beasts, The Telegraph, by Alastair Sooke
2023 Video interview between Painter James Dearlove and Art Historian & Director of the Ingram Collection Jo Baring,
on the occasion of James Dearlove’s solo exhibition TALES OF THE CITY, TALES OF THE SEA at Brushes with
Greatness, in London, in October 2023
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions To See in London in November, FAD magazine, by Tabish Khan
2021 The winners of the Ingram Prize 2021 Announced, FAD Magazine, By Mark Westall
The Ingram Prize, Hero Magazine
Ones To Watch: The Ingram Prize 2021: discover the four winning artists and the stories behind their work,
HERO Magazine, by Alex James Taylor
2018 The artists showing at M. Goldstein’s upcoming group show talk us through their work, Hero Magazine, Introduction
by Finn Blythe
The best things to watch, see and do this week in the UK, i-D, Matthew Whitehouse
2013 Portrait of of Michael Kuczynski for Pembroke College, Cambridge University, included in Pembroke Portraits by
A.V.Grimstone first published in November 2013.
Images and words, Richardson Magazine 2 (garden issue)
Images and words, Richardson Magazine 7 (death issue)