James Johnson-Perkins Society

About Me

James Johnson-Perkins is an international artist based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK. He has recently toured his Hal 9000 video piece, with ART EXPO, to major art spaces in the USA, Spain, Romania and Lithuania. He has collaborated on a Science/Art project with a Bio- Mathematician, Dr Conor Lawless with the rednile residency program, Sunderland, and had the first major solo show of his work in the UK at the King's Lynn Art Centre. Johnson-Perkins' artwork reflects a retrospective and nostalgic gaze at pop culture, exploring iconic imagery and play. Recently he has used materials and subject matter which have a resonance with his past and nostalgic experiences such as: Lego and 80's computer graphics and 80's TV programs. He is currently making a giant army of totemic Lego men, which he calls 'robots', scrolling message boards, supplanted with jokes, giant signs with a bold political messages, a series of Lego plaques with amusing statements and a dazzling array of films using 8 bit computer graphics and modernist geometric shapes. James Johnson-Perkins' website

My Interests

Up and coming exhibitions include: How Does it feel? (solo show), Nospace Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, Robot Dreams (solo show), Red Gallery, Hull, UK, Video Art and Architecture, National Centre for Contemporary Art (NCCA), Moscow, Russia and The 2008 Film Festival, Koos Art Centre, Long Beach, California, USA

I'd like to meet:

MySpace Slide Show Generator

Music:

how does it feel? from James Johnson-Perkins on Vimeo .

Movies:

Don't you want me? from James Johnson-Perkins on Vimeo .

Television:

Hal 9000 from James Johnson-Perkins on Vimeo .

Books:

James Johnson-Perkins' website

Heroes:

James Johnson-Perkins - new exhibitions

My Blog

Up and coming exhibitions, artworks and events

Wednesday 11 June - Saturday 28 June 2008 Waygood Boutique 31 High Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1EW To coincide with North East Festival of Architecture Works for sale by James...
Posted by James Johnson-Perkins Society on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:49:00 PST

New Exhibitions 2008

Robot Dreams, Red Gallery, Hull, UK, July 08 Robot Dreams, solo show by James Johnson-Perkins3rd July - 26th July 2008Private view, 27th June 02, 2008Red Gallery19 Osbourne StHullUK...
Posted by James Johnson-Perkins Society on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:51:00 PST

New Exhibitions 2007

Fermoy gallery/King's Lynn/Nov-Dec 07 PlaySolo ShowFermoy GalleryKing's LynnJames Johnson-Perkins' brightly coloured and light-hearted artworks define an original and highly individual relatio...
Posted by James Johnson-Perkins Society on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:42:00 PST

Writing - Recent exhibitions - Play & I won the maths prize at school

I am a Robot by Helen Smith I suspect that this collection of 'robots' by James Johnson-Perkins is a self-portrait. A collection of superheroes, who are all versions of the ar...
Posted by James Johnson-Perkins Society on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:07:00 PST