James Springall is a pop art provocateur. Armed with a scalpel and glue, he takes found imagery out of context to create alternate narratives, often employing satire to make social commentary.
His work has been shown at the Royal Academy of Arts, Saatchi Gallery and across Europe. He has been featured by publications like AnOther, Elephant and Huck, undertaken commissions for brands like VICE, Rough Trade and Noble Rot, and is profiled in The Age of Collage 3 (Gestalten, Berlin, 2020).
He has curated two exhibitions of Contemporary Collage - Tribute to Viborg for the Viborg Museum, Denmark, and The International Weird Collage Show for Jealous Gallery, London.
British, b. 1977. Lives and works in Bergerac, France.
“James Springall uses collage to make perfect pop art”
Gestalten
“Collages that are hilarious and poignant in equal abundance”
AnOther Magazine
“Collages
known for their punchy, provocative aesthetic “
Huck Magazine
“Bringing comedy to collage”
Made in Shoreditch Magazine
Selected Group Exhibitions
LESS Festival of Contemporary Collage Art
Viborg, Denmark
September 2020
Art Car Boot Fair
Dreamland, Margate, UK
September 2019
The Age of Collage 2
Feinkunst Krüger Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
March 2019
Tribute to Viborg, 1018 - 2018
Viborg Museum, Viborg, Denmark
October - December 2018
The International Weird Collage Show
Jealous Gallery, London, UK
February 2018
Bloom
Street Gallery at UCLH, London, UK
November 2017 - January 2018
London Original Print Fair
Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
May 2017
50 x 50 II
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
January - February 2017
Jealous Needs You
Jealous Gallery, London, UK
November 2016
People of Print
KK Outlet, London, UK
December 2015
Curatorial
Tribute to Viborg, 1018 - 2018
Viborg Museum, Viborg, Denmark
October - December 2018
The International Weird Collage Show
Jealous Gallery, London, UK
February 2018
Co-curated with The Weird Show
Selected Press & Publications
LESS
Vice
Huck
AnOther
AnOther
AOAP
Tribute to Viborg
The Weird Show
The Age of Collage
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