James Jessop
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James Jessop is a British contemporary artist. He trained at The Royal College of Art and Coventry University
. He lectures at City and Guilds of London Art School
.
His work draws influence from early New York Subway Art. He mainly works on large scale canvasses with oil paint, mocking Spoof Horror B-Movie
posters. He has worked extensively with Jasper Joffe
in organizing exhibitions.
While working as a security guard, he exhibited in Charles Saatchi
's March 2004 New Blood exhibition.
Jessop was shortlisted for the £25,000 Threadneedle Prize at the Mall Galleries, London in 2010.
His 2010 solo show, Beauty and the Beast, at High Roller Society in London received positive reviews and included some of his most adventurous works to date, still fusing street art with more traditional mediums.
Jessop has worked extensively with Polo Ralph Lauren Jeans in the past year as part of their Art Stars project.
Coventry University
Coventry University is a post-1992 university in Coventry, West Midlands, England. Under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act of 1992, the institution's name was changed from Coventry Polytechnic to Coventry University...
. He lectures at City and Guilds of London Art School
City and Guilds of London Art School
The City and Guilds of London Art School is an art college in London, England, United Kingdom. It is one of the country's longest established art colleges, and offers courses ranging from Foundation, through B.A. degree, Postgraduate Diploma and M.A...
.
His work draws influence from early New York Subway Art. He mainly works on large scale canvasses with oil paint, mocking Spoof Horror B-Movie
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
posters. He has worked extensively with Jasper Joffe
Jasper Joffe
Jasper Joffe is a British contemporary artist and novelist.-Life and work:Jasper Joffe was born in the United States in 1975 and moved to England when he was eight. He is the brother of artist Chantal Joffe. He studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford...
in organizing exhibitions.
While working as a security guard, he exhibited in Charles Saatchi
Charles Saatchi
Charles Saatchi is the co-founder with his brother Maurice of the global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, and led that business - the world's largest advertising agency in the 1980s - until they were forced out in 1995. In the same year the Saatchi brothers formed a new agency called M&C...
's March 2004 New Blood exhibition.
Jessop was shortlisted for the £25,000 Threadneedle Prize at the Mall Galleries, London in 2010.
His 2010 solo show, Beauty and the Beast, at High Roller Society in London received positive reviews and included some of his most adventurous works to date, still fusing street art with more traditional mediums.
Jessop has worked extensively with Polo Ralph Lauren Jeans in the past year as part of their Art Stars project.
External links
- Gallery representing the artist in the UK http://www.charliesmithlondon.com/
- Gallery representing the artist in Scandinavia http://www.tomchristoffersen.dk/artists/james_jessop/james_jessop.html
- Gallery selling Jessop's prints online http://highrollersociety.co.uk/