Exhibitions / Sales Queries:
Selected paintings are available via my page on Rise Art
Direct Email: jamescmoore@hotmail.co.uk
Paper Gallery: papergallerymanchester@gmail.com
LLE Gallery: info@llegallery.com
Artist Text
James Moore's paintings are fundamentally inspired by landscapes. Dramatic skies, open spaces and distant
horizons are painted in a subtle way that plays with beauty of the genre. James' works repeatedly pick up on
cues from artificial environments, such as the landscape from a video game, a film backdrop or a theme park,
and these starting points are used to launch into a meticulously constructed painting.
Other works represent
places that James has ridden through during long distance cycling trips. They seek out an emotional, memory laden connection to landscape and often focus on 'man-made' incursions into these places. Layers of paint and
smooth applications of colour create sensual painted objects that sometimes veer towards photorealism or
computer rendering, and at other times expose the qualities of the material and processes.
Short CV
2023 - Christmas Show, Bay Art, Cardiff
2023 - Stage, Kingsgate Workshops, London
2022 - Paper After All, Paper & Saul Hay, Manchester
2022 - Show 01, LLE Projects at Bay Art, Cardiff
2022 - Y Lle Celf, National Eisteddfod, Wales
2022 - Walking in Two Worlds, Volcano Theatre, Swansea
2022 - BEEP, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
2022 - The Competition, Paper, Manchester
2022 - Binary, Terrace, London
2021 - Walking in Two Worlds, Oriel Carn & Oceans Apart
2021 - Plymouth Contemporary, KARST, Plymouth
2020 - View from the Edge, MADE, Cardiff
2019 - Rumblestrip, g39, Cardiff
2019 - The Jacksons Painting Prize, London
2019 - Brex-kit, Swap Editions, Creekside Projects, London
2018 - Abstract : Reality, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018 - Into a Light, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018 - Night Swimming, Mission Gallery, Swansea
2018 - Twice as Nice, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2018 - Lost in Space, Paper & LLE, London Art Fair
2017 - Island of the Real, Gossamer Fog, London
Biog
James Moore is an artist from Cardiff. He studied a Fine Art degree at Manchester School of Art and a Masters in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art in London. His paintings focus on images of artificial and simulated spaces. They are an ongoing exploration of the visual fictions we create for our entertainment & understanding. Subject matter ranges from theme parks and dioramas through to movie backdrops, NASA simulations of Exoplanets and the conventions of history painting.