FEBRUARY JAMES
Born in Washington, DC
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2023 BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Homecoming (I'm Coming Home), Cultural DC, Washington, DC
Will Your Name Be My Love Song?, Anthony Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023
Gap Year, Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
2021
When the Chickens Come Home To Roost, Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
(Don't) Take Me With You, Wiliding Cran Gallery, Los Anegeles, CA
2020
I Painted Flowers For You, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
We Laugh Loudly So The Spirits Can Hear, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019
A Place to Belong, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2024
Picnic at Hanging Rock, Sargent's Daughters, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Singular Views: 25 Artists, Rubell Museum DC, Washington, DC
2022
Set It Off, curated by Racquel Chevremont and Mickalene Thomas, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY
What's Going On, Rubell Museum DC, Washington, DC
Face-to-Face, Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, New York, NY
Adornment | Artifact, curated by jill moniz and Jeffrey Spier, Getty Villa satellite sites, Los Angeles, CA
Juggernaut, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
BodyLand, curated by Lauren Taschen, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
The Air Upon You, Wilding Cran Gallery, London, UK
2021
Portraits, Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
Life in Flowers, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Something About Us, Anthony Gallery, Chicago, IL
Proximity, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
A Strange and Beautiful World, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Open Air, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Nomad St. Moritz, John Wolf Art, Samedan, Switzerland
2019
Punch, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
Double Trouble, Ross + Kramer Gallery, New York, NY
L.A. On Fire, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Mirror Mirror, LatchKey Gallery, New York, NY
Public Collections
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Rubell Museum, Miami, FL
Bibliography
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2024/03/15/art-gallery-shows-dc-area/
Lyall Slaughter, Annie. "10 Women Who Found Freedom in Their Art." Cultured, March 22, 2023.
https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2023/03/22/female-artists-womens-history-month
Bohsali, Kalila. "The Faces We Put On." The Online Gallery, Edition 8, 2022.
Baruch, Yolanda. "L.A. Based Artist February James Wants Her Art To Encourage Black Women To 'Take Up Space'." Forbes, June 16, 2022.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/yolandabaruch/2022/06/16/la-based-artist-february-james-wants-her-art-to-encourage-black-women-to-take-up-space/?sh=47dcee602508
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https://news.artnet.com/buyers-guide/black-history-month-7-african-american-artists-2073089
Slenske, Michael. "After a Meteoric Rise in the Art World, February James Looks to Her Roots," Los Angeles Magazine, September 9, 2021.
https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/february-james-wilding-cran/
Smith, Roberta. "3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now," The New York Times, September 3, 2021. p. C7.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/arts/design/art-gallery-shows-reviews.html
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https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/the-artist-as-changemaker-a-conversation-with-february-james/
Moreira-Brown, Caira, "Emotive States: A Review of Chase Hall and February James at Monique Meloche. New City Art, August 7, 2020.
https://art.newcity.com/2020/08/07/emotive-states-a-review-of-chase-hall-and-february-james-at-monique-meloche/
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https://www.artskop.com/artmedia/en/february-james-1-54-art-fair-exhibition/
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http://www.amfm.life/?p=331
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http://saintheron.com/art/interview-february-james/