Todd James
Todd James is a multidisciplinary creator. His work is informed in equal measure by cartoons, graffiti culture, painters such as Willem de Kooning, Peter Saul, Henri Matisse and Franz Kline. His paintings are colourful, vibrant, often humorous, bold and subtle at the same time. He has exhibited extensively around the world, including two participations in The Venice Biennale. James has been an integral part of the genre-expanding exhibitions: Street Market, Beautiful Losers and Art In The Streets. James has painted graffiti in New York under the moniker REAS since the early eighties and collaborated with Beastie Boys, Iggy Pop and Eminem amongst others.
Born 1969 in New York, US
Lives and works in New York, US
SELCECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Garden of Eden, Ross Kramer Gallery, Hamptons, New York, US
Beyond the Streets-On Paper, Long Island, New York, US
I’m going Every Sunday now, Ross Kramer Gallery, Hamptons, New York, US
2020
Garden of Eden, Ross + Kramer Gallery, New York, United States
Warm Welcome, Eighteen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME, Over the Influence, Los Angeles, California, US
2018
Love To Love You, Galeria Javier Lopez & Fer Frances, Madrid, Spain
Interior, Eighteen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016
We Are One, Galeria Javier Lopez & Fer Frances, Madrid, Spain
2015
FUD, Barry McGee & Todd James, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen Denmark
Fantasy Island, Lazarides Rathbone, London
Fly Like The Wind, Nanzuka, Tokyo
PUMP PUMP, A.L.I.C.E. Gallery, Brussels
2014
Supernatural, Sandra Gering Inc, New York
Secret Garden, Patricia Armocida, Milan, Italy
Strange Days, Finca Cortesin Javier Lopes, Malaga
Afternoon Delight, AshioNanzuka, Hong Kong
2013
Splash Damage, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Business As Usual, Javier López Gallery, Madrid, Spain
World Domination, Lazinc, United Kingdom
2012
Beyond Elegance, Valmorbida Gallery, New York, United States
Free to Be You & Me, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Yield To Temptation, Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, Japan
King of the Wild Frontier, Gering & López, New York, United States
2011
Face Makers, The Hole at Royal/T, Culver City, California, United States
What´s He Building In There?, FUSE, New York, United States
Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, Japan
2010
Infinity Lessons, A.L.I.C.E. Gallery, Brussels
Great Adventure, Javier Lopez Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Make My Burden Lighter, Gering & López Gallery, New York, United States
2009
Don’t Stop Get It Get It, Colette, Paris, France
Disaster, Monster Children Gallery, Camperdown, Australia
Double Disaster, Don’t Come Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2008
Blood & Treasure, Lazarides Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2007
Trouble, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002
Beloved Fiend, Todd James, Tate Liverpool Biennal, Liverpool, United Kingdom
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Interior Dialogues, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
V1 XX- Twenty years of V1 Gallery, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021
Lampadephoria, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020
MINE IV, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Birds, CHART Art Fair with V1 Gallery, Kunsthal Charlottenborg,
Copenhagen, Denmark
BEYOND THE STREETS, Brooklyn, New York, United States
2018
Tables, Pots & Plants – A Song for Matisse, V1 Gallery at VOLTA14,
Basel, Switzerland
BEYOND THE STREETS, Werkartz, Los Angeles, California, United States
2016
Art Basel Hong Kong 2016, Nanzuka Gallery. Hong Kong
Greek Gotham, Dio Horia, Greece
Juxtapoz x Superflat, Takahashi Murakami Juxtapox, Seattle, United States
Character, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
No Commision, Dean Collection, New York, United States
2015
Venice Biennale 2015, Bridges Of Graffiti, Venice, Italy
Natural Selection, The Hole, New York, United States
2014
VOLTA10, V1 Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
New York Paint, Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
Knock! Knock! Javier Lopez, New York, United States
2013
Chicken Or Beef, curated by Jesper Elg, The Hole Gallery, New York, United States
Meet Your Maker, Bleecker Street Arts Club, New York, United States
2012
Supergrass, Bloom Projects, New York, United States
V1X: Tonight We Wont Be Bored, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011
Art in the Streets, The Geffen Contemporary, MOCA, Los Angeles, United States
Travelling to Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Dadarhea, Canada Gallery, New York, United States
Brothers of the Weird, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Con amor, Leif Djuurhus Collection, AROS, Aarhus Museum Denmark
Volta, V1 Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Contemporaries, Galeria Patricia Armocida, Milan, Italy
2010
Brush Strokes, Todd James & Lydia Fong, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Album, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
USA Today, Centro Torrente Ballester, Ferrol, Spain
The Nordic Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
HK Art Fair, Nanzuka Underground booth, Hong Kong
2009
The Paper Chasers, O.H.W.O.W, Miami, FL, travelling to Plaything Gallery,
Auckland, New Zealand
The New Yorkers, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008
The Outsiders, The Lazarides Gallery, New York, United States
Destruction of Atlantis, Union Gallery London, United Kingdom
2007
Paper Trails, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006
High Math, V1 Gallery Copenhagen, Denmark
Arkitip, Venice Beach, October, Todd James and Kaws, Venice, Italy
Arkitip, Tokyo, December, Todd James and Kaws, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Beautiful Losers, Baltimore Contemporary Museum, June 25 – Sept 25,
Baltimore, United States
Beautiful Losers, Orange County Museum of Art, February 6 – may 15,
Orange County, United States
2004
Beautiful Losers, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, March 13 – May 15,
Ohio, United States
Beautiful Losers, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, October 3, San Francisco,
United States
2002
Beloved Fiend, Tate Liverpool Biennal, Liverpool, UK
Pot o’Gold 3,
PAM Gallery Australia, Perks, Australia
2001
Tits and Ass, Todd James and Jamil GS, Huston Gallery, Seattle, United States
Pot o Gold 2, Todd James, Chris Johanson, and James Jarvis, PAM Gallery Australia, Perks, Australia
2000
Street Market, with Todd James Steve Powers Barry Mcgee, Deitch Projects, New York, United States
Street Market, with Todd James Steve Powers Barry Mcgee, Parco Gallery, Japan
Street Market, with Todd James Steve Powers Barry Mcgee, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Untitled 2000, Japan Group show Kieth Harring Foundation, Japan
1999
Indelable Market, Todd James, Steve Powers, Barry Mcgee, Institute for Contemporary Art, Philladelphia, United States
1998
Daze/Crash with guest Reas, Recent Works, Pallazzo Enrico Coveri Florence, Florence, Italy
Adventures of the Four Letter Word, with Steve Powers
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2018
Cartoon Castle, Trojan Horse Press, on the occasion of Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair, 48 pages
We are one, published by Testity Books, featuring 35 gouache paintings on paper made between 2009-2016, 64 pages
2016
We are One, published by Testify Books
2015
The Bridges of Graffiti, catalogue from The Bridges of Grafitti exhibition at
Venice Biennale
2014
Beyond The Gates, published by the artist, 40 pages
2006
Attitude Dancer, soft cover coloring book, 24 pages
2008
Todd James: Blood & Treasure, published by Lazarides Gallery London
2000
Street Market – Barry McGee, Stephen Powers, Todd James, published by Little More, Taka Kawachi
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