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| JAMES R. FORD |
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James R Ford is a British artist whose practice is concerned with loss of innocence and
the endearment of the loser. The production and aesthetic is that of home made/made at
home, mimicking the outsider, hobbyist or everyday enthusiast. Combining his 'new
regressive' tendencies with pub quiz knowledge and chutzpah to create works ranging
from a ball of bogies in a broken eggcup, to a formula predicting Bond film plot structure,
to inventing a new home-based sport.
EDUCATION
2005 - 2006 MFA, Goldsmiths College, London
2004 - 2005 Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London
1999 - 2002 BA Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
1998 - 1999 Foundation, Winchester School of Art, Winchester
GRANTS & AWARDS
2005 AHRC Postgraduate Award
2004 Nominated for British Art Show 6
2004 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England, East Midlands x 2
2003 Winner - Net Art Category - Third Place Gallery/Playstation2 Award
2003 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England, East Midlands
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Backseat Tuna Town, Taxi Gallery, Cambridge
2003 Crem Brulay: the art of House Gymnastics, Northern Lights Gallery, Bristol; Brahm Gallery, Leeds
2003 P 420 Big Screen, Café Bar, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
2003 The 25th Element, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
2001 Layers of Trifle, Threshold Space, Bonington Building, Dryden St, Nottingham
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Driven, Fieldgate Gallery, Whitechapel, London
2007 Feel Good Feel Bad Boys and Girls, Lange Gasse 28, Ausberg, Germany
2006 Your Gallery@The Guardian, The Guardian Newsroom Gallery, Farringdon Road, London
2006 Objects in Waiting, End Gallery, Psalter lane, Sheffield
2006 Knock Down Ginger, MyHouse Gallery, Sneinton, Nottingham
2006 Kitson Kaleidoscope, Kitson Road, Camberwell, London
2006 Terrible Toy Fair III, CBGB Art Gallery, 313 Bowery, New York, NY, USA
2006 Another Product - Britishness, Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester
2005 Never Finished, Always Ready, 75 Brushfield Street, Shoreditch, London
2003 Re-Form, The Art Exchange Gallery, Hyson Green, Nottingham
2003 Function, Reactor, 5D Arkwright Street, Nottingham
2003 Trailing Cables, PEA Gallery, 34 Gt Sutton St + 291 Gallery, Hackney, London
2003 Disposable Generation, Bridlesmith Gate Gallery, Nottingham
2003 Made@Home, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
2001 Starbucks, Sex and Space Invaders, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
CATALOGUES AND BOOKS
2006 GROK: An Introduction to New Media Art, Interactive CD-ROM, Rhizome.org
2004 FORD, J., HARRISON, S., House Gymnastics, Random House/Ebury Press, London
SELECTED REVIEWS & ARTICLES
2006 MAYNARD, G. I stuck 4,342 toy cars on my old motor. Daily Express, 27 Nov 2006, p.23
2006 DENES, M. Curate your own exhibition. The Guardian (G2), 6 Sep 2006, p.11.
2006 WILSON, J. The art of smoking. LeftLion Magazine, Issue no.10, Spring 2006
2005 PEPPER, T. Making their own breaks. Newsweek International, 26 Sep - 03 Oct 2005, p.86-93
2005 MARCHEN, J. Hjemmefitness. Berlingske Tidende newspaper (Denmark), 9 Apr 2005, p.12-13 in pull-out
section.
2004 HUGHES, G. Bogey Ball. Bizarre Magazine, Issue no.89, August 2004, p.14.
2004 PERBOS, L., BLANCO, S., LATHERRADE, F. Do it Yourself. Buy-Sellf, Issue no.4 (France) May 2004, p.78-
79, 119.
2004 POULSON, A. But is it art?: General Carbuncle. Dazed&Confused Magazine, March 2004.
2003 ADAMS, T. 2004 tips for a happy new you. The Observer Sunday - Review Section, 28 Dec 2003, p.3
2003 SHEILDS, A. Frothy table reading. Time Out London, 10-17 Dec 2003, p.143
2003 EYRE, H. How extreme is your house? The Independent on Sunday - Life section, 07 Dec 2003, p.3
2003 ANON. The Most Remarkable things in Culture this Month. Esquire Magazine, Dec 2003, p.30
2003 ANON. The World in Pictures. Hello! Magazine, Issue no.784, 30 September 2003, p.99
2003 MOORE, C. The Spectator’s Notes. The Spectator, 13 Sep 2003, p.12.
2003 WOOD, L. How to muscle in at home. Metro Newspaper, 19 Aug 2003, p.15
2003 LEADBEATER, C. House of pain. FHM Magazine, Aug 2003, p.55
2003 ZWEIFEL, P. Don’t try this at home: Jackass in the Living room. 20 Minuten Newspaper, Basel, Switzerland,
07 May 2003, p.25
2003 PIOMBO, F. Gym a la Maison. Maxi, France, Issue no.886, Oct 2003, p.5
2003 JENKINS, W. Driving me up the wall. Dazed&Confused, Feb 2003, p.62
RESIDENCIES
2004 PVA LabCulture, ArtSway, New Forest, Hampshire
2002 Digital Artist in Residence, All Saints’ RC School, Mansfield, Nottingham
the endearment of the loser. The production and aesthetic is that of home made/made at
home, mimicking the outsider, hobbyist or everyday enthusiast. Combining his 'new
regressive' tendencies with pub quiz knowledge and chutzpah to create works ranging
from a ball of bogies in a broken eggcup, to a formula predicting Bond film plot structure,
to inventing a new home-based sport.
EDUCATION
2005 - 2006 MFA, Goldsmiths College, London
2004 - 2005 Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London
1999 - 2002 BA Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
1998 - 1999 Foundation, Winchester School of Art, Winchester
GRANTS & AWARDS
2005 AHRC Postgraduate Award
2004 Nominated for British Art Show 6
2004 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England, East Midlands x 2
2003 Winner - Net Art Category - Third Place Gallery/Playstation2 Award
2003 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England, East Midlands
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Backseat Tuna Town, Taxi Gallery, Cambridge
2003 Crem Brulay: the art of House Gymnastics, Northern Lights Gallery, Bristol; Brahm Gallery, Leeds
2003 P 420 Big Screen, Café Bar, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
2003 The 25th Element, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
2001 Layers of Trifle, Threshold Space, Bonington Building, Dryden St, Nottingham
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Driven, Fieldgate Gallery, Whitechapel, London
2007 Feel Good Feel Bad Boys and Girls, Lange Gasse 28, Ausberg, Germany
2006 Your Gallery@The Guardian, The Guardian Newsroom Gallery, Farringdon Road, London
2006 Objects in Waiting, End Gallery, Psalter lane, Sheffield
2006 Knock Down Ginger, MyHouse Gallery, Sneinton, Nottingham
2006 Kitson Kaleidoscope, Kitson Road, Camberwell, London
2006 Terrible Toy Fair III, CBGB Art Gallery, 313 Bowery, New York, NY, USA
2006 Another Product - Britishness, Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester
2005 Never Finished, Always Ready, 75 Brushfield Street, Shoreditch, London
2003 Re-Form, The Art Exchange Gallery, Hyson Green, Nottingham
2003 Function, Reactor, 5D Arkwright Street, Nottingham
2003 Trailing Cables, PEA Gallery, 34 Gt Sutton St + 291 Gallery, Hackney, London
2003 Disposable Generation, Bridlesmith Gate Gallery, Nottingham
2003 Made@Home, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
2001 Starbucks, Sex and Space Invaders, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
CATALOGUES AND BOOKS
2006 GROK: An Introduction to New Media Art, Interactive CD-ROM, Rhizome.org
2004 FORD, J., HARRISON, S., House Gymnastics, Random House/Ebury Press, London
SELECTED REVIEWS & ARTICLES
2006 MAYNARD, G. I stuck 4,342 toy cars on my old motor. Daily Express, 27 Nov 2006, p.23
2006 DENES, M. Curate your own exhibition. The Guardian (G2), 6 Sep 2006, p.11.
2006 WILSON, J. The art of smoking. LeftLion Magazine, Issue no.10, Spring 2006
2005 PEPPER, T. Making their own breaks. Newsweek International, 26 Sep - 03 Oct 2005, p.86-93
2005 MARCHEN, J. Hjemmefitness. Berlingske Tidende newspaper (Denmark), 9 Apr 2005, p.12-13 in pull-out
section.
2004 HUGHES, G. Bogey Ball. Bizarre Magazine, Issue no.89, August 2004, p.14.
2004 PERBOS, L., BLANCO, S., LATHERRADE, F. Do it Yourself. Buy-Sellf, Issue no.4 (France) May 2004, p.78-
79, 119.
2004 POULSON, A. But is it art?: General Carbuncle. Dazed&Confused Magazine, March 2004.
2003 ADAMS, T. 2004 tips for a happy new you. The Observer Sunday - Review Section, 28 Dec 2003, p.3
2003 SHEILDS, A. Frothy table reading. Time Out London, 10-17 Dec 2003, p.143
2003 EYRE, H. How extreme is your house? The Independent on Sunday - Life section, 07 Dec 2003, p.3
2003 ANON. The Most Remarkable things in Culture this Month. Esquire Magazine, Dec 2003, p.30
2003 ANON. The World in Pictures. Hello! Magazine, Issue no.784, 30 September 2003, p.99
2003 MOORE, C. The Spectator’s Notes. The Spectator, 13 Sep 2003, p.12.
2003 WOOD, L. How to muscle in at home. Metro Newspaper, 19 Aug 2003, p.15
2003 LEADBEATER, C. House of pain. FHM Magazine, Aug 2003, p.55
2003 ZWEIFEL, P. Don’t try this at home: Jackass in the Living room. 20 Minuten Newspaper, Basel, Switzerland,
07 May 2003, p.25
2003 PIOMBO, F. Gym a la Maison. Maxi, France, Issue no.886, Oct 2003, p.5
2003 JENKINS, W. Driving me up the wall. Dazed&Confused, Feb 2003, p.62
RESIDENCIES
2004 PVA LabCulture, ArtSway, New Forest, Hampshire
2002 Digital Artist in Residence, All Saints’ RC School, Mansfield, Nottingham
