b. 1988, lives & works in Brighton UK.
James William Murray is an artist, curator, and educator. He received an MA in photography from the University of Brighton in 2015 and has exhibited in the UK and internationally. In 2017 Murray co-founded the project space Niagara Falls Projects in Brighton UK. In 2018 he was selected for the Sussex Open Commission Award to produce new work. In 2019 he was artist-in-residence at Towner Gallery Eastbourne UK. In 2020 he will be artist in residence at RULE Gallery, Marfa Texas USA. His work is represented by Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art in Belgium.
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2018 - Lingering (two person exhibition with Philip Van Isacker) Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke BE
2018 - ideal-i (two person project with Alexander Glass) Niagara Falls Projects, Brighton UK
2017 - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (solo exhibition) Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke BE
2017 - Desire Works (solo exhibition) Project 78, St Leonard's by Sea UK
Selected Group Show
2020 - When Net Becomes Form, virtual group show hosted by artetcetcetc (11 May - 1 July)
2020 - Great Small Works, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke BE (22 Feb - 31 Mar)
(with Philip Akkerman, Anonymous, Laurenz Berges, Udona Boerema, Michael Canning, Walter Dahn, Laurent Da Sylva, Raoul De Keyser, Matilde Duus, Ivan Liovik Ebel, Damien Flood, Albrecht Fuchs, Tobias Hantmann, Niek Hendrix, Diango Hernandez, Klara Hosnedlova, Brad Kahlhammer, Natasja Mabesoone, Jesper Skov Madsen, Sally Mann, Lars Morell, David Murphy, James William Murray, Frank Nitsche, Johan Nobell, Jan Schoonhoven, Maximilian Schubert, Robin Seir, Berend Strik, Kei Takemura, Luc Vandervelde, Keke Vilabelda, Masaaki Yamada)
2019 - Grounded, RULE Gallery, Denver CO USA (with Adam Fowler, M Benjamin Herndon, Jill O'Bryan),
2019 - Salon, University of Brighton UK (with Sean Birnie, Joshua Legallienne, Jess Dadds, Ridder Levitt, Rachel Maloney, Simon Sandys, James William Murray, Matt Page, Kirsty Thomas, Thomas Truscott and John Williams)
2019 - On The Stretcher, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke BE (with Jesper Skov Madsen, Maximilian Schubert, Luc Vandevelde),
2018 - Sussex Open 18, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne UK
2018 - Marks Make Meaning: Drawing across the disciplines (curated by: Philippa Lyon, Duncan Bullen with: Rachel Whiteread, Antony Gormley, Irvin Pascal, and Mark Wright), University of Brighton UK
2017 - Old 16 / New 17 (with Berend Strik, Ross Hansen, Laurent Da Sylva), Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke BE
2016 - Screened, Ardesia Projects group show for Brighton Photo Fringe UK
2016 - East Sussex Open, Towner Gallery & Museum. Eastbourne, UK
2016 - NYC Art Book Fair, presentation by Daily Life Storage MoMA PS1. New York, USA
2016 - Athens Photo Festival (photo/artist book exhibition), Benaki Museum (Pireos Annexe), Athens GR
2016 - After Desire MA degree show, University of Brighton UK
2015 - Buzzed, Phillips Auctioneers, London UK
2015 - After Desire: MA Graduate Show, University of Brighton UK
2013 - London Art Fair, Axis project stand, Business Design Centre, London UK
2012 - 200 Faces Kingston House, Birmingham & Quayside Tower, Swindon UK
2012 - Bread & Roses Motorcade Flashparade - Part of the Bristol Biennale, Bristol UK
2012 - Miles Km Bussey Building, Peckham, London UK
2012 - Basement, The Regency Town House, Brighton UK
Curated Projects
2019 - Evil Rises, Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls Projects Brighton UK (with: Ashley Beachey, Sean Birnie, Richard Jed Butler, Bob Visser
2019 - New Alchemy, Niagara Falls Projects Brighton UK (with: Jure Kastelic,)
2019 - Not the Dead Spit, Niagara Falls Projects Brighton UK (with: Sophie Barber & Georgia Hayes)
2018 - Celestial Body, Spiritual Earth Niagara Falls Projects Brighton UK (with: Joseph Long)
2018 - Is this wet p*$$¥ remix no get enemy, nothing like this love that I’m feeling, Niagara Falls Projects Brighton UK, (with:Irvin Pascal)
2017 - E2 - E4, Niagara Falls Projects Brighton UK, (with: Jacob Clayton)
2017 - She, Niagara Falls Projects Brighton UK, (with: Melissa Campbell)
Features/Reviews
2019 - Axis web 'artist of the month' interview
2019 - Review of Grounded by Adrianna Speer
2018 - Review of ideal-i by Geoff Hands
2017 - Supplément à La Libre Belgique - N°25
2017 - Photoworks online showcase
2017 - Photography & issue #1
2016 -YET Magazine issue #10 Studying Photography by Joanna Lowry
2016 - Self Publish Be Happy - online feature
2016 - Mull It Over - Interview
2016 - Ardesia Projects - online feature
2016 - Ardesia Projects Annual - Essay by Benedetta Casagrande
2015 - Art Can't Change The World - collaboration with Dionysis Livanis
2015 - Photoworks MA graduates Showcase
2015 - Source Photographic Review
2015 - An Impossible Task: On James William Murray's Beheld by Seán Padriac Birnie
2015 - After Desire: essay by Joanna Lowry
Talks & Teaching
2020 - Live reading of 'Some Notes on the phenomenology of making' by Robert Morris, Instagram, live
2019 - Writing as artistic expression workshop, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne UK
2019 - Abstract drawing workshop, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne UK
2019 - Visiting lecturer on Fine Art BA, Hastings University Centre UK
2018 - Visiting lecturer on Fine Art BA, Hastings University Centre UK
2017 - Visiting lecturer on Fine Art BA, Hastings University Centre UK
2017 - After School Club artist talk, University of Brighton UK
2017 - Miniclick Photo Talks, Brighton UK
2016 - Alternative Perspectives artist talk, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne UK
2015 - 2016 - Coordinator of Unit 8 peer crit sessions, Brighton UK
Collections
Private collections Australia, Belgium, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, UK, USA
Hellenic Centre for Photography GR
SPBH artist book collection UK
Awards / Residencies
2020 - Artist in Residence RULE Gallery, Marfa Texas USA
2019 - Artist in Residence Towner Gallery, Eastbourne UK
2018 - Sussex Open 18 Commission
2013 - Eye Witness photography award, The independent
Membership of Professional bodies
Artists' Collecting Society (A.C.A)