James Angus
1970 Perth, Western Australia
Lives and works in New York
Education
1998 MFA, Yale University School of Art
1990 BFA, Curtin University of Technology
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2009
TripleV, Dijon, France
2008
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
“Tree Trunk,” Upstairs @ GBE, New York
2007
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Institute of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
2006
“Three Sculptures,” Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (cat.)
2004
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
"Truck Corridor," Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2002
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2000
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
1999
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York
1997
Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York
1995
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
1994
200 Gertrude St, Melbourne
1993
Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth, as part of the Festival of Perth
1991 Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
"Cubism," Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
2008
“The Freak Show,” Musee de la Monnaie, Paris, France
“Biennale of Sydney,” Sydney
2007
“The Freak Show,” Musee d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France (cat.)
2006
“21st Century Modern,” Adelaide Biennial, Art Gallery of South Australia
‘Scape Biennial of Art in Public Space,’ Christchurch, New Zealand (cat.)
2004
“Gridlock: cities, structures, spaces,” Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth,
New Zealand
2003
“Strange Days,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
“Still Life,” Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (cat.)
“Inaugural Exhibition,” GBE (Modern), New York
“Face Up,” National Galerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (cat.)
“20th Anniversary- Welcome home,” Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
2002
“Biennale of Sydney,” Sydney (cat.)
2001
“Never Never Land”, USF Contemporary Art Museum, College of Fine Arts, Tampa
2000
“New Urban Sculpture”, Public Art Fund, New York
2000
"Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American Culture", curated by Francesco
Bonami and Elizabeth Smith, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1998
"Unfinished History" curated by Francesco Bonami, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (cat.)
1997
"Fischli and Weiss, Hans Accola, and James Angus", Gavin Brown's enterprise,
New York
1996
"Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art," Art Gallery of South Australia (cat.)
"Transformers", Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
"Out of Australia," Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
"Vernacular Signs", Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1993
"115 degrees 58 minutes East, 91 degrees 56 minutes South", Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
"Movement and Light", Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1992
"Primavera," Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (cat.)
"ARX3 (Artists' Regional Exchange)", Lawrence Wilson Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth
Selected Bibliography
2007
Palmer, Daniel, “Looking Back,” (illus.) Frieze, January-February, p. 128
Rawlins, Jarrod, Review, Flash Art, March-April, Vol. XL, no. 253, p.134
Chapman, Christopher, “Art from the Future: Alberto Giacometti and James Angus,” Art Monthy, March, pp. 30- 33
2006
Kent, Rachel, “Shape Shifter: The Art of James Angus,” James Angus, published by the Museum of Contemporary Art: Sydney
Bretton-Meyer, Henrietta “Between Science and Fiction,” James Angus, published by the Museum of Contemporary Art: Sydney
Conland, Natasha, “James Angus” Scape Biennial of Art in Public Space, Christchurch, New Zealand
2004
Holubizky, Ihor, Truck Corridor, cat. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Sullivan, Eve, "Truck Corridor", Broadsheet, December
2003
Turncliff, Wayne, “James Angus,” Still Life: The Inaugural Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney
Schmitz, Britta et. al “ Face Up: Contemporary Art From Australia,” published by Hatje Cantz: Ostfildern-Ruit
“Artist Statement,” Face Up, National Galerie Im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Grayson, Richard, “Artist Text: Ideal State,” Face Up, National Galerie Im Bahnhof, Berlin
Angus, James, “In Search of Perfect Ambiguity,” Art & Australia, Vol. 40, No. 4, June–July-August
2002
Rees, Simon, “2002 Biennale of Sydney,” Flash Art, Vol. 34, No. 225, July-September
2000
Koop, Stuart, “Look Again- The Art of James Angus,” Monument, No. 40, February-March
Newall, Michael, “James Angus,” Like, Art Magazine, No. 13, Summer
Hunt, David, “Gulliver’s Trouble”, Art/Text, No. 68, February
Chapman, Christopher, “Haptic Geometry”, Eyeline 43, spring, pp. 15-17
Kastner, Jeffery, “New Urban Sculpture at MetroTech Center, Brooklyn”, In Process, Volume 8, #2, winter
1999
Vogel, Carol, “Inside Art”, The New York Times, October 15
Sundell, Margaret, Review, Artforum, November
1998
Bonami, Francesco, “Unfinished History,” published by Waker Art Center: Minneapolis
1997
Saltz, Jerry, Time Out New York, October
Johnson, Ken, 'Art In Review', The New York Times, September 26
1996
Schubert, Robert, " The 1996 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art", Flash Art, Nov/Dec.
1996
Chapman, Christopher, "1996 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art", published by Art Gallery of South Australia: Adelaide
1993
Stringer, John, Art + Text, May
1992
Michael, Linda, PRIMAVERA catalogue, published by the Museum of Contemporary Art: Sydney
Barret-Lennard, John, Artlink, vol11/4, summer
Public Collections
Auckland City Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of South Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
National Gallery of Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago