James Johnson-Perkins is a British artist whom has exhibited in the USA, Russia, Japan, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Slovakia, Romania, Lithuania, Macedonia and the UK. Including: The IMAC Theatre, New York, USA, National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow, Russia, Toyota Museum of Modern Art, Japan, Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), Glasgow and The Royal College of Art (RCA), London.

He has recently had solo shows at: Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales, UK, The Bridge Guard Gallery, Štúrovo, Slovakia, The Public, West Bromwich, UK, Kube Gallery, Poole, UK, DLI, Durham, UK, Nospace Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, Red Gallery, Hull, UK and Art Gene, Barrow-in-furnace, UK

Johnson-Perkins has exhibited work in over 50 group events, including: The Venice Biennale, Italy, The Athens Photo Festival, Greece, Digital Long Island Media Festival, New York, USA, Lux Artist Film Festival, The Royal College of Art, London, UK and at The Hay-On-Wye Festival, Wales, UK.

He has been in shows with artists including: Alan Kane, Matt Stokes, Gustav Metzger, Matthew Cowan, Sean Scully, Robin Klassnik, Juneau Projects, Ross Sinclair, Andre Stitt, Michael Nyman, Bill Drummond, Boxi, Bob and Roberta Smith and Antony Gormley.

In 2010 he was the artist in residence: with the Emily Harvey Foundation, Venice, Italy, 23rd February – 27th March (www.emilyharveyfoundation.org) and with the Bridge Guard Residency program, Sturovo, Slovakia, 1st October 2010 – 31st March 2011 (www.bridgeguard.org). In 2011, 1st April - 31st August, he was the artist in Residence with Coachwerks, Brighton, UK.

Johnson-Perkins' art practice is Interdisciplinary and draws from themes such as: memory, nostalgia and play. In his work he uses an assemblage of: childhood materials, nostalgic objects, costume, new media, drawing and performance.

He has also recently been working on a series of ultra-large scale photographic works, using Gigapan technology. These were initiated in Venice, Italy, 2010. The first of these works premiered at The Athens Photo Festival 10, Nov 2010.

In 2011 he was selected by Elysium Gallary to show his video The Štúrovo Super Hero Society (made during his Bridge Guard Residency) at the Venice Biennale, Galleria Perela, Salizada of the Greeks. Sep 2011.

Current artworks include: A Slovakian super hero society, an attempt to beat the world record for the most amount of people doing robotics, a giant army of totemic Mega Blok and Lego characters, Den sculptures, Interactive Ready Mades, Lego plaques with retro statements and an array of animations using 8 bit computer graphics and modernist geometric shapes.

His work has appeared in a variety of International Art Magazines, Catalogues, Newspapers, Radio & TV, including: Fefe & Digimag, Italy, Relevant, Spain, New York Times, USA, The Guardian, UK, The Times, UK, Wave Radio, Czech Republic. BBC 1, UK and Teachers TV, UK. Also over the last 10 years Johnson-Perkins has received 6 UK Arts Council Grants and a UK Northern Film and Media Grant towards international projects and research.

In 2009/10 Johnson-Perkins created two custom made installations for two of the most iconic art spaces built in the UK.

The Kube, Formerly The Study Gallery in 2000, designed by Richard Horde.

The Public Building which is a unique exhibition space that was originally designed by award-winning architect Will Alsop and completed by Flannery & de la Pole architects.

"In Johnson-Perkins’ constructions, in their bright, shiny, simple colours, mediate ironically between the forms of art and the fantasy of childhood play."

Malcolm Gee, Professor of Art History, Northumbria University

"Much like Daft Punk and the Beastie Boys, James Johnson-Perkins has hit upon the winning formula for 'awesome', taking robots and 80s music and mashing them together with the glue of childhood memories."

Kate Weir, Spoonfed