James Fisher is represented by Emma Hill Fine Art | Eagle Gallery
159 Farringdon Road,
London EC1R 3AL
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Education
2006-2009 PhD Fine Art | University of Gloucestershire
1995-1997 MA Painting | Royal College of Art
1992-1995 BA (hons) Painting | University of Brighton.
Awards
2002-2007 Acme Live/Work Programme | Sugar House Studios, London
2001 Abbey Scholarship | The British School in Rome
1996 Artist in Residence | The University of Calgary, Canada
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Imagined Worlds | Rosenbaum Contemporary, Florida, US
2022 Linden Lea | Eagle Gallery, London
2020 Sylvania | Eagle Galley Cabinet Room, London
2019 Flotilla | White Conduit Projects, London
2017 Plaything | Collaborative installation for Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London
Denise de Cordova | James Fisher | Curated by Katrina Blannin
2016 Doppelgänger | Eagle Gallery, London
2015 Lies and Camouflage | Collaborative installation for Eagle Gallery Art Projects at London Art Fair Denise de Cordova | James Fisher
2011 Uchiwa-e | Eagle Gallery, London
2009 My Hopes Are Not Entirely Hopeless | Aldeburgh Music
2008 I Came Here a Stranger | Eagle Gallery, London
2008 As A Stranger I Depart | Campden Gallery, Gloucestershire
2005 The Wanderer | Rochester Art Gallery
2005 & Other Reccollections | Eagle Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
The Collector’s Room | Curated by Karen David | JGM Gallery, London
Jonathan Allen | Ralph Anderson | Dominic Beattie | Katrina Blannin | Isha Bohling | Juan Bolivar | Stella Capes Anne-Marie Creamer | Karen David | Rosalind Davis & Justin Hibbs | Richard Ducker | Austin Eddy | Machiko Edmondson Tim Ellis | James Fisher & Kate McLeod | Ludovica Gioscia | Katie Goodwin | Alastair Gordon | Andrew Grassie | John Greenwood | James Hopkins | Chris Jones | Richard Kirwan | Joy Kngwarreye | Hiroe Komai | Caterina Lewis | Karl Marrow | Barbara Nicholls | Plastique Fantastique | John Richert | Lex Shute | Sophia Starling | Holly Stevenson | Daniel Sturgis | Phyllis Thomas | Suzanne Treister | Jessica Voorsanger | Richard Wathen | David Ben White | Alice Wilson | K. Yoland | Neil Zakiewicz
2016
Towards Night | Curated by Tom Hammick | Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
Christiane Baumgarter | Michael Craig-Martin, Julian Opie | Will Gill | Merlin James | Howard Hodgkin | WillIam Scott | Patrick Caulfield | George Shaw | Stephen Chambers | Basil Beattie | Betsy Dadd | Christopher Le Brun | L.S Lowry | Andrew Cranston | David Willetts | James Fisher | Emma Stibbon | Vija Celmins | William Blake | William Crozier | Tom Hammick | Georgia Keeling | Helen Turner | Humphrey Ocean | Julian Bell | Craigie Aitchison | Mark Wright | Ken Kiff | Matthew Burrows | Andrzej Jackowski | Sarah Raphael | Nick Bodimeade | Nick Carrick | Mary Newcomb | Hurvin Anderson | Peter Doig | Phoebe Unwin | Danny Markey | Sara Lee | Simon Burton | Susie Hamilton | Marc Chagall | Alfred Wallis | Emil Nolde | J.M.W. Turner | Prunella Clough | Samuel Palmer | Louise Bourgeois | Caspar David Friedrich | Alex Katz | Ewan Gibbs | Andrzej Jackowski, Amanda Vesey | Edward Stott | Gertrude Hermes | Rose Wylie | Sidney Nolan | John Constable | Emil Nolde, Hiroshige | Edvard Munch | Eileen Cooper | Charles Neame-Spencer | Samantha Cary
Orpheus Ascending | Eagle Gallery, London
Stephen Chambers RA | Anne Buchanan Crosby | James Fisher | Ken Kiff RA
2015
Neiland's Choice | GX Gallery, London
Val Archer | Sarah Armstrong-Jones | Sir Peter Blake | Simon Burton | Grace Erskine Crum | Brad Faine | James Fisher | Martin Fuller | Christian Furr | Annabel Gault | Jason Gibilaro | Hugh Gilbert | Michael Harrison | David Hepher | Patrick Hughes | Andrzej Jackowski | David Mach | Danny Markey | Terry New | William Packer | Tom Phillips (RA) | Donald Smith | Justine Smith | Steve Thomas | John Wilkins
Summer Mix | Turps Gallery, London
Jessie Brown | Rose Davey | Carlos David | Dan Davis | Matthew Draper | Stuart Elliot | Louise Evans | James Fisher | Kirsten Glass | Kate Groobey | Lewis Henderson | Sam Herbert | Günther Herbst | Reece Jones | Richard Kirwan | Hannah Knox | Rachel Levitas | Wendy McLean | Mali Morris | Andy Parkinson | Katie Pratt | Dan Roach | David Ryan | Kate Shepherd | Marianne Shorten | Damian Taylor | Alaena Turner | Joan Waltemath | Simon Willems | Mela Yerka | Neil Zakiewicz
Building, Dwelling, Thinking | Eagle Gallery, London
Peter Ashton Jones | Denise de Cordova | James Fisher | Robert Welch
Unfolding the Archive | NCAD Gallery, Dublin | F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio
Edwin Aitken | Simon Burton | Glynis Candler | Sarah Carne | James Fisher | Diane Henshaw | Glenn Holman | Hidehiko Ishibashi | Elizabeth Kinsella | Niamh O’Connor | Andy Parsons
2014
Some of my Colours | Eagle Gallery, London
Simon Burton | Nick Carrick | Denise de Cordova | James Fisher | Fionna Murray
Enclosures, Elsewhere | Curated by James Fisher | Lion and Lamb Gallery, London
Peter Ashton Jones | Kate Belton | Simon Burton | Andrew Cranston | Joe Fan | James Fisher | Paula Kane | Sarah R Key | Paul Rosenbloom
Ceramics, Paintings and Prints | Eagle Gallery, London
Wendy Anderson | Denise de Cordova | James Fisher | Rebecca Sitar
Panel Paintings 2 | Eagle Gallery, London
Simon Burton | Nick Carrick | Stephen Chambers | Natalie Dower | Kevin Finklea | James Fisher | Tom Hammick | Jane Harris | Matt Magee | Mali Morris | Fionna Murray | Dan Roach | Trevor Sutton | Amanda Thesiger | David Webb | Manijeh Yadegar
2013:
Summer Exhibition | Royal Academy of Arts, London
Panel Painting | Eagle Gallery, London
Wendy Anderson | Basil Beattie | Nick Carrick | Stephen Chambers | Natalie Dower | Julia Farrer | James Fisher | Tom Hammick | Harriet Mena Hill | Matt Magee | Lino Mannocci | Zara Matthews | Mali Morris | Fionna Murray | Peter Rasmussen | Dan Roach | Graeme Todd | David Webb
2012
Generations | Arch 402 Gallery, London
Sir Peter Blake | Matthew Burrows | Simon Burton | Stephen Chambers | Brad Faine | James Fisher | Andrzej Jackowski | Lee Maelzer | Brendan Neiland | Katie Pratt | Madeleine Strindberg | John Walker
Voyage North | Eagle Gallery, London
Dido Crosby | Denise de Cordova | James Fisher | Tom Hammick | Jane Joseph
Summer Exhibition | Royal Academy of Arts, London
Meltwater | Eagle Gallery, London
Nick Archer | James Fisher | Tom Hammick | Denise de Cordova | Gallery talk with Thorleif Thorleiffson
2011
Bite: Artists Making Prints | Mall Galleries, London. (Invited Artist)
2010
Then And Now | Eagle Gallery, London
Nick Carrick | Denise De Cordova | James Fisher | Tom Hammick | Zara Matthews | Robert Welch
ING Discerning Eye | Mall Galleries, London (Invited Artist)
Memory's Images | Eagle Gallery, London
Stephen Chambers | James Fisher | Harriet Mena Hill | Maddy Rosenberg | Graeme Todd
Summer Exhibition | Royal Academy of Arts, London (Invited Artist)
2009
Northern Print Biennale | Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
2008
Exchange | Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Basil Beattie | Jane Bustin | James Fisher | Zara Matthews | Peter Rasmussen
Baroque | Eagle Gallery, London
Giulia Zaniol | James Fisher
2007
Enchanted | Eagle Gallery, London
Matthew Burrows | Denise de Cordova | James Fisher | Tom Hammick | Graeme Todd
Cities and Eyes | Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh Music
Stephen Chambers | Jane Dixon | James Fisher | Harriet Mena Hill | Andrzej Jackowski | Andrea Pagnes | Terry Smith | Graeme Todd
From Elsewhere | Campden Gallery, Gloucestershire
Matthew Burrows | Denise de Cordova | James Fisher | Tom Hammick
2006
The Pilgrimage Books | Worcester Cathedral and Worcester City Art Gallery
sarahb | James Fisher | Carmel Olivier
Disrupted Narratives | Eagle Gallery London
Stephen Chambers | Denise de Cordova | James Fisher
Cartoon, Collage And The Decorative Motif | Eagle Gallery London
Stephen Chambers | James Fisher | Charlotte Hodes
2005
Folklore | APT Gallery, London
Edwin Aitken | Matthew Burrows | Simon Burton | James Fisher | Glenn Holman | Ansel Krut | Andy Parsons | Kate Scrivener | Swindells & Dutton | Finlay Taylor
Ex Roma | APT Gallery, London
Bernice Donszelmann | James Fisher | Judith Frost | Angela Gill | Beth Harland | Kristin Holder | Jasper Joffe | Paula Kane | Richard Kirwan | Margaret Lansetta | Des Lawrence | David Leapman | David Mabb | Mary McLean | Lee Maelzer | Darren Marshall | Katherine Meynell | Simon Morley | Sadie Murdoch | Sista Pratesi Tim Renshaw | Henry Rogers | ClaudeTemin-Vergez | Roxy Walsh
2004
Conscious Fiction | Eagle Gallery, London
James Fisher | Amanda Thesiger | Rebecca Sitar | Orsina Sforza
Rose Pavilion Interior with muf architecture
Enghien les Bains, France: 5è Biennale d'Art
2002
Fuoriluogo 6 | Palazzo Calabresi, Viterbo, Italy
Paolo Borrelli | Paolo Cardone | Carmine de Soccio | Gabriele Fanelli | Marco Fantacone | Ermelindo Faralli | James Fisher | Judith Frost | Dante Gentile Lorusso | Rachel Inman | Michelangelo Janigro | Vincenzo Mascia | Mauro Presutti | Antonio Priston
2001
Fuoriluogo 6 | Church of San Bartolomeo / Galleria Civica di Palazzo San Giorgio, Campobasso, Italy
Paolo Borrelli | Paolo Cardone | Carmine de Soccio | Gabriele Fanelli | Marco Fantacone | Ermelindo Faralli | James Fisher | Judith Frost | Dante Gentile Lorusso | Rachel Inman | Michelangelo Janigro | Vincenzo Mascia | Mauro Presutti | Antonio Priston
Studio Exhibitions | British School At Rome, Italy
Marianne Basualdo | Annie Cattrell | James Fisher | Judith Frost | Christopher Graham | Lucy Gunning | Cathy Hawley | Rachel Inman | Paula Kane | David Keeling | John Kindness | Lala Meredith-Vula | Tim Stoner | Neal Tait | Valerie Tring | Alexander Zubryn
1999
Open | Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
Catherine Baker | Alexandra Baraitser | James Barron | Tiziana Bendall-Brunello | Margie Britz | Lu La Buzz | Stephanie Douet | Rachel Fermi | James Fisher | Simon Harwood | Gary Lawrence | Tracey Newman | Peter Newton | Margaret Payne | Matt Rogalsky | Oliver Soskice
Selected Publications
2015
Unfolding the Archive | National Irish Visual Arts Library & F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio.
ISBN 978-1-908455-14-7
2012
Royal Academy Illustrated
Royal Academy of Arts. ISBN 978-1-907533-14-3
2010
Royal Academy Illustrated
Royal Academy of Arts. ISBN 978-1-905711-87-1
2009
Northern Print Bienale | Northern Print. ISBN 978-0-9555846-4-0
2008
James Fisher: I Came Here A Stranger, As A Stranger I Depart
EMH Arts, London. ISBN 978-0-9554046-6-5
2007
The Invisible City | EMH Arts, London. ISBN 978-0-9554046-3-4
2001
Fine Arts 2000-2001 | British School at Rome. ISBN 0-904152-36-7
2000
Painting Graduates of the Royal College of Art, 1975-2000
TI Group, Abingdon. ISBN 0-9538306-0-8