James William Murray’s work spans monochrome painting, sculpture, and photography. Central concerns include touch, trace, and bodily fragility, with memento mori and the relic recurring as key points of reference. His practice engages a broad range of aesthetic discourses, from early human mark-making and classical form to Christian symbolism, Conceptual art and Minimalism. His work combines the language of formal objectivity with a restrained lyricism that carries implicit subjectivity. This tension emerges through varied gestures: solitary handprints appear as faded vestiges on jute, hemp and linen; graphite is burnished onto birch and maple panels to create dark, mirror-like surfaces; brass tubes, brazed with silver, form frameworks in which cross forms break from their confines.
Bio
James William Murray (b. 1988) is a British artist living and working in Brighton, UK, and Heiloo, The Netherlands. He received an MA in Photography in 2015 from the University of Brighton. Murray has presented his work in international solo, group, and two-person exhibitions at venues including Alice Amati, London (2025); Dr Julius | AP, Berlin (2025); Saturation Point, London (2024); Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke, Belgium (2024, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017); Museum Jan Heestershuis, Schijndel, The Netherlands (2024); iCOON Museum, Hoek van Holland, The Netherlands (2024); Canopy Collections, London (2023); The Church Tower of Sint Anna ter Muiden, Sluis, The Netherlands (2023); PS, Amsterdam (2023); Abingdon Studios, Blackpool, UK (2021); Rule Gallery, Denver, CO, USA (2021, 2019); and Towner Eastbourne, UK (2018, 2016).
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​Contact
E-mail: jameswilliammurray[at]gmail.com
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Gallery
Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art
Golvenstraat 7
8300 Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
​Tel: +32 476 475 928
E-mail: info[at]stephanesimoens.com
Work available at
Canopy Collections
3 Bloomsbury Place
London WC1A 2QA
United Kingdom
E-mail: contact@canopy-collections.com
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RULE Gallery
808 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO, USA
204 E San Antonio St, Marfa TX, USA
​Tel: +1 303 800 6776
E-mail: info[@]rulegallery.com