Merlin James
B.1960
Biography
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Merlin James was born in Cardiff, Wales and currently lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. As well as a painter he is a writer on art, and from his days as a graduate at London’s Royal College of Art (when the school was located in the Victoria & Albert Museum) he has made extensive use of art history in his own work. Merlin James' solo exhibitions include the Wales Pavilion at the 2007 Venice Biennale and 'Painting to Painting' – an exploration of his use of art-historical precedents – at the New York Studio School (2007).
Merlin James was born in Cardiff, Wales and currently lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. As well as a painter he is a writer on art, and from his days as a graduate at London’s Royal College of Art (when the school was located in the Victoria & Albert Museum) he has made extensive use of art history in his own work. Merlin James' solo exhibitions include the Wales Pavilion at the 2007 Venice Biennale and 'Painting to Painting' – an exploration of his use of art-historical precedents – at the New York Studio School (2007).
Exhibitions
Ann Pibal, David Schutter, Jeronimo Elespe, John Dilg, Josephine Halvorson, Merlin James, Robert Bordo, Ryan McLaughlin
The Big Picture
June 8 - July 25, 2012
Selected Press
Merlin James
Artforum
April 2013
Artforum
April 2013
Hoberman, Mara. Merlin James - Galerie les Filles du Calvaire