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James Mortimer

James Mortimer (born 1989, Swindon) is a Bath-based artist.

He is best known for his paintings depicting obsessively-detailed landscapes and interiors, where human figures and animals interact in provocative and macabre scenarios. The primordial and the visceral are recurring themes in recent work, with erupting volcanoes, burning houses, and large bodies of water featuring heavily. Around all these, nude and partially-clothed figures cavort with and attack one another, or are seen being savaged by dogs or eaten alive by sharks and crocodiles – the theme of ‘being eaten alive’ being a recurring obsession.

James studied sculpture at the Bath School of Art and Design, receiving the Kenneth Armitage Prize for Sculpture. In 2018 he was selected for the Royal Academy 250th Summer Exhibition with the bronze ‘Crocodile Head’, and is shown frequently with various gallery exhibitions. He lives and works in the UK.

Works

Paintings

Drawing

Sculpture

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  • Fine Art BA (sculpture), Bath School of Art and Design 2010-13

February 2019. ‘The Land of Mortimer’, Solo Show, James Freeman Gallery, London.

Summer 2018 – Royal Academy 250th Summer Exhibition. The Royal Academy, London.

November 2017. James Mortimer at the Catto Gallery II. The Catto Gallery, Hampstead, London. (Solo)

September 2016. ‘Primordial Soup’, James Freeman (Mixed exhibition with Carolein Smit, Chris Berens and Sam Branton)

November 2015. Mortimer at the Catto Gallery. Catto Gallery. Hampstead. London. (Solo)

October 2014. “Mortimer!”, Solo Show, James Freeman Gallery, London. (Solo)

November 2013. Pipe Dreams, The James Freeman Gallery, London. (Duo exhibition with Claire Partington)

June 2013. James Mortimer at the Catto Below, The Catto Gallery, London. (Solo)

June 2012. “The Decadence”, Accesso Gallery, Pietrasanta, Italy. (Solo)

November 2010. “Sailors, Pipes and Birds”, Prince and Pilgrim Gallery, Kew. (Solo)

January 2020. The London Art Fair, James Freeman Gallery, London.

February 2019. ‘The Land of Mortimer’, Solo Show, James Freeman Gallery, London.

Summer 2018 – Royal Academy 250th Summer Exhibition. The Royal Academy, London.- exhibited work ‘Crocodile Head’, bronze cast, the Sackler Wing.

September 2018. The September show, Prince and Pilgrim Gallery, Kew, London.

August 2018. Feathers,The Catto Gallery, London.

January 2018. The London Art Fair, James Freeman Gallery, London.

November 2017. Mortimer at the Catto Gallery II. The Catto Gallery. Hampstead. London.

January 2017. The London Art Fair, James Freeman Gallery, London.

September 2016. ‘Primordial Soup’, James Freeman Gallery, London.

May 2016. ‘Exhibition 3’, Prince and Pilgrim Gallery, Kew, London.
April 2016. Amanda Aldous Fine Art, Chelsea Art Fair, London.

November 2015. Mortimer at the Catto Gallery. Catto Gallery. Hampstead. London.

June 2015. Hackwood Art Festival, Hackwood Grange, Hampshire.

December 2014. Grand Opening of Prince and Pilgrim Gallery, Kew, London.

October 2014. “Mortimer!”, Solo Show, James Freeman Gallery, London

March 2014. Affordable Art fair, James Freeman Gallery, Battersea, London.

November 2013. Pipe Dreams, The James Freeman Gallery, London

June 2013. Solo Show, Catto Below, The Catto Gallery, London

June 2013. Hampstead Affordable Art, James Freeman Gallery, London

March 2013. Battersea Art Fair, James Freeman Gallery, London

December 2012. The Winter Garden, James Freeman Gallery, London

December 2012. Mixed Winter Show, Foss Fine Art, Battersea, London

October 2012. The Chase Charity Art Fair, Kensington, London

June 2012. The Decadence, Solo Show, Accesso Gallery, Pietrasanta, Italy

November 2011. The Others Art Fair, Turin, Italy

November 2011. Chase Charity Fair, Kensington, London

Summer 2011. Summer Show, Accesso Gallery, Pietrasanta, Italy

June 2011. Hackwood Art Festival, Huish House, Hampshire

November 2010. Sailors, Pipes and Birds, Solo Show, Norfolk House, Richmond, London