James William Murray (b. 1988) is a British artist living and working in Brighton, UK, and Heiloo, The Netherlands. Touch, trace, desire, loss, and bodily fragility are central to his exploration of painting, sculpture, and photography, with memento mori (a reminder of mortality) and the theological concept of the relic recurring as key points of reference.
Murray's work combines the language of formal objectivity with an underlying lyricism that conveys implicit subjectivity. This tension emerges through minimal gestures: solitary handprints appear as faded vestiges on jute, hemp, and linen cloth; graphite is burnished onto birch panels to produce mirror-like surfaces that distort light; brass tubes, brazed with silver, form frameworks that depict crosses breaking free from their structures.
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Murray has presented his work in international solo, group, and two-person exhibitions at venues including Saturation Point, London, UK (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, UK (2023); The Church Tower of Sint Anna ter Muiden, Sluis, The Netherlands (2023); PS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (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 also 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