James Johnson-Perkins is an international artist with a unique and bold style that is beginning to establish his importance in the UK. He has recently toured Hal 9000, with ART EXPO, to major art spaces in the USA, Russia, Spain, Romania and Lithuania. Including the Long Island Digital Media Festival at The IMAC Cimema, New York and at the Moscow Centre for Contemporary Arts, Russia. He has recenty had solo shows in 2008 at Nospace Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, The King's Lynn Art Centre, UK, Red Gallery, Hull, UK, The Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcasle Upon Tyne, UK and with The Digital Art Gallery.
Current artworks include: a giant army of totemic Lego men, which he calls 'robots', scrolling message boards, Lego plaques with retro statements and a dazzling array of animations using 8 bit computer graphics and modernist geometric shapes.
"Reminiscing about childhood is a practice routinely explored by those after a whimsical slice of the past, but it's something not regularly investigated in art. Newcastle-based conceptual artist James Johnson-Perkins is about to change that.
Offering a nostalgic gaze at pop culture, his work looks at subject matter related to his adolescent experiences, including Lego models and 1980s computer games and TV programmes."
Andrew Fenwick
Metro, UK
"I suspect that this collection of ‘robots’ by James Johnson-Perkins is a self-portrait. A collection of super–heroes, who are all versions of the artist.”
Helen Smith, Director of Waygood Gallery
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
In 2008 Johnson-Perkins directed his first full length feature, 15. He exhibited nationally and internationally in 12 exhibitions including 5 solo shows. His work was featured in: Fefe Magazine, Rome, Italy, The Crack, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, Relevant, Barcelona, Spain and BK magazine, Bangkok, Thailand. He was also commisioned by the Baltic Galley for Contemporay Art to build a Giant Angel Robot for the Anthony Gormley Angel of the North 10 year aniversary event.
James Johnson-Perkins is supported by:
Exhibit Gallery, London, UK
Hole Editions, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
Waygood Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
The Digital Art Gallery, International
The Arts Council, England
Art Expo, Italy
Mega Brands, International