JAMES MORTIMER, (b. 1989) is a British painter and sculptor. He studied at the Bath School of Art and Design, receiving the Kenneth Armitage Sculpture Prize. His work has appeared at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Saatchi Gallery, and Christie’s London. It is held in private and institutional collections in Europe, the US, and Asia. He lives and works in the UK.
EXHIBITIONS
June 2024 – Pleasure Gardens, James Freeman Gallery, London.
April 2024 – Christies, London. Charity auction to benefit the Terrence Higgins Trust.
November 2023 – Winter Exhibition, Prince and Pilgrim Gallery London
September 2023 – Solo Contemporary 2023, Saatchi Gallery London
February 2023 – Two by Two at Morrell House, London
November 2022. ‘Eaten Alive’, Solo Exhibition, James Freeman Gallery, London
October 2022 – October 2023 – Art Unmasked, Westfield London
May – July 2022 – Clifford Chance Pride Art 2022.
May 2021. ‘Fantastic Art’, The Catto Gallery, London.
January 2020. The London Art Fair, James Freeman Gallery, London.
February 2019. ‘The Land of Mortimer’, Solo Show, James Freeman Gallery, London.
September 2018. The September show, Prince and Pilgrim Gallery, Kew, London.
August 2018. Feathers, The Catto Gallery, London.
January 2018. The London Art Fair, James Freeman Gallery, London.
November 2017. Mortimer at the Catto Gallery II. The Catto Gallery. Hampstead. London.
January 2017. The London Art Fair, James Freeman Gallery, London.
September 2016. ‘Primordial Soup’, James Freeman Gallery, London.
May 2016. ‘Exhibition 3’, Prince and Pilgrim Gallery, Kew, London.
April 2016. Chelsea Art Fair, Amanda Aldous Fine Art, London.
November 2015. Mortimer at the Catto Gallery. Catto Gallery. Hampstead. London.
June 2015. Hackwood Art Festival, Hackwood Grange, Hampshire.
December 2014. Launch exhibition, Prince and Pilgrim Gallery, Kew, London.
October 2014. “Mortimer!”, Solo Show, James Freeman Gallery, London
March 2014. Affordable Art fair, James Freeman Gallery, Battersea, London.
November 2013. Pipe Dreams, The James Freeman Gallery, London
June 2013. Solo Show, Catto Below, The Catto Gallery, London
June 2013. Hampstead Affordable Art, James Freeman Gallery, London
March 2013. Battersea Art Fair, James Freeman Gallery, London
December 2012. The Winter Garden, James Freeman Gallery, London
December 2012. The Winter Show, Foss Fine Art, Battersea, London
October 2012. The Chase Charity Art Fair, Kensington, London
June 2012. The Decadence, Solo Show, Accesso Gallery, Pietrasanta, Italy
November 2011. The Others Art Fair, Turin, Italy
November 2011. Chase Charity Fair, Kensington, London
Summer 2011. Summer Show, Accesso Gallery, Pietrasanta, Italy
June 2011. Hackwood Art Festival, Huish House, Hampshire
November 2010. Sailors, Pipes and Birds, Solo Show, Prince and Pilgrim Gallery, Kew, London.
MEDIA & PRESS
We And The Colour – James Mortimer Solo Exhibition at The James Freeman Gallery, 2022
Bath Life issue 384, The Big Interview – James Mortimer, pages 46-51, February 2019.
Jackson’s Art Blog, James Mortimer Interview: Land of Mortimer Exhibition Preview, February 2019.
Wall Street International, James Mortimer at the James Freeman Gallery, February 2019.
Country and TownHouse, 15 best current art exhibitions in London, February 2019
Creative Boom, James Mortimer’s mythical landscapes. January 2019
Royal Academy of Arts – 250th Summer Exhibition Illustrated 2018. ISBN 978-1-910350-84-3 (p.72). June 2018
Together and Sunspell, James Mortimer Painter and Sculptor home and studio. March 2018
GQ Magazine, Home game, the gentlemans’ quarters. Oct/December 2017
Tatler Magazine, Insider Knowledge. October 2017.
Somerset Life, James Mortimer – The One to Watch. July 2017.
House and Garden Magazine, The Art Edit. June/October 2017
The Resident, Why the art scene will always thrive in Islington. 21st October 2016
Sunday Telegraph, My Space feature – “In the Home of artist James Mortimer.” 18 September 2016
The Palette Pages, Interview with James Mortimer. 21 August 2016
The Art Collector. Spotlight on up-and-coming artist James Mortimer. 11 august 2016.
The Jackdaw, Easel Words by James Mortimer, January 2016.
The Independent, ‘One to Watch – James Mortimer’, 21st November 2015
Nashville Arts, ART AROUND: JAMES MORTIMER A MEETING OF THE ARTIST’S MIND, January 2016
Just Luxe, The Carnally-Elegant World of James Mortimer, December 4th 2015
The I Newspaper, ‘One to Watch – James Mortimer’, 21st November 2015.
We and the Color, James Mortimer at the Catto Gallery, November 2015.
River’s Edge, James Mortimer Interviews Himself, November 4th 2015
Figure/Ground, A Conversation with James Mortimer, October 18th 2015
Visual Arts South West, James Mortimer Announces New Body of Work, October 2015.
Art Rabbit, James Mortimer at the Catto Gallery, 30th September 2015.
Sonic Shocks, James Mortimer at the Catto Gallery, September 2015.
The Art of Man, Cover and interview, Edition 18, July 2014.