Bio
James Needham was born in Rugby, England in 1983 and currently lives and works in Sydney, Australia. He studied at the Oxfordshire College of Art in the UK, graduating with a Diploma in General Art & Design in 2002 and received a Bachelor of Fine Art from Sydney's National Art School in 2018.
Exhibitions
2020- Domestic Bliss - Cook Street Collective, Flinders, Victoria
2020- Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition - Mall Galleries, London, UK
2019- In plain sight- Group exhibition- Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2019- These Days, Joint exhibition with Anh Nguyen - Michael Reid, Sydney
2019- GO WILD - Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2018- Realm - Farr side gallery, Sydney
2018- Wall Pop group exhibition - Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2017- BFA Graduate Exhibition - National Art School, Sydney
2017- "Gridlock" - National Art School, Sydney
2016 - "Another Landscape Exhibition" - National Art School, Sydney
2015 – Immortality & Vulnerability - group show, Zhou B Art Centre, Chicago, USA
2014 -“Being” - joint exhibition with Amber Subaki, CK Gallery, Newtown, Sydney
2012 – Group Exhibition – “In your Face” Portrait Exhibition, The Old Ambulance Station, Nambour, QLD
2012 - Solo Exhibition – Just Us Gallery, West End, Brisbane
Awards and Prizes
2020 Finalist Basil Sellers art prize
2020 Finalist Lethbridge 2000 art prize
2019 Semi Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2019 Finalist SBS Portrait Prize
2018 Semi Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2017 William Fletcher Foundation artist's grant
2016 Semi Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2016 Finalist Blacktown City Art Prize
Collections
Princess Alexandria Hospital, Brisbane
Private Collections in The UK, USA, NZ, Germany, Spain, Brazil, China, Australia
Publications
Work featured in several issues of Poets/Artists magazine 2013-19
Work featured in Serendipity Magazine, Vol. 4 Issue 1, Summer 2014
Work featured in the book “Creating Intimacy” - Published 2013
Illustrated book “The Pavilion” - published 2005
James Needham was born in Rugby, England in 1983 and currently lives and works in Sydney, Australia. He studied at the Oxfordshire College of Art in the UK, graduating with a Diploma in General Art & Design in 2002 and received a Bachelor of Fine Art from Sydney's National Art School in 2018.
Exhibitions
2020- Domestic Bliss - Cook Street Collective, Flinders, Victoria
2020- Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition - Mall Galleries, London, UK
2019- In plain sight- Group exhibition- Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2019- These Days, Joint exhibition with Anh Nguyen - Michael Reid, Sydney
2019- GO WILD - Gormleys Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
2018- Realm - Farr side gallery, Sydney
2018- Wall Pop group exhibition - Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2017- BFA Graduate Exhibition - National Art School, Sydney
2017- "Gridlock" - National Art School, Sydney
2016 - "Another Landscape Exhibition" - National Art School, Sydney
2015 – Immortality & Vulnerability - group show, Zhou B Art Centre, Chicago, USA
2014 -“Being” - joint exhibition with Amber Subaki, CK Gallery, Newtown, Sydney
2012 – Group Exhibition – “In your Face” Portrait Exhibition, The Old Ambulance Station, Nambour, QLD
2012 - Solo Exhibition – Just Us Gallery, West End, Brisbane
Awards and Prizes
2020 Finalist Basil Sellers art prize
2020 Finalist Lethbridge 2000 art prize
2019 Semi Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2019 Finalist SBS Portrait Prize
2018 Semi Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2017 William Fletcher Foundation artist's grant
2016 Semi Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2016 Finalist Blacktown City Art Prize
Collections
Princess Alexandria Hospital, Brisbane
Private Collections in The UK, USA, NZ, Germany, Spain, Brazil, China, Australia
Publications
Work featured in several issues of Poets/Artists magazine 2013-19
Work featured in Serendipity Magazine, Vol. 4 Issue 1, Summer 2014
Work featured in the book “Creating Intimacy” - Published 2013
Illustrated book “The Pavilion” - published 2005
