James Springall appropriates found imagery to take it out of context and create alternate narratives. This reordering of existing material subverts its original message, giving it an entirely new identity whilst making modern-day social commentary.
Springall’s work has been shown at the Royal Academy of Arts, Saatchi Gallery and across Europe. He recently curated two exhibitions of contemporary collage: Tribute to Viborg, 1018 - 2018 at the Contemporary Collage Art Museum in Denmark, and The International Weird Collage Show at Jealous Gallery in London, UK. His work is profiled in The Age of Collage 3, published by Gestalten and released in 2020.
British, b. 1977
Lives and works in Bergerac, France
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
Huck Magazine, Exposing the Everyday Eccentricity of British Life
AnOther Magazine, Where Ancient Artefacts Meet 1980’s Beauty Magazines
AnOther Magazine, Fortune Cookies Repurposed in Collage Form
LOOSE, Issue 3
hate, The Environment Issue
The Age of Collage 3, published by Gestalten
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