James Stephen Wright (*1988) is an artist based
in Newcastle upon Tyne. He studied at Leeds College of
Art before graduating with a BA (Hons) in Environmental
Art and Sculpture from Glasgow School of Art in 2011.
He also holds an MA in Contemporary Art from the
University of Edinburgh. He was the artist in residence
at OG9 Kunsthaus Aussersihl in Zurich in 2013; Index
Zurich in 2015; Arthur Junior in Will in 2016; King’s
Mall London in 2017; VR 360 at Surge in 2020. In
2019, James received a twelve-month fellowship and
recognition for lifetime achievements in the arts from
the State of Bavaria at the Internationales Kunstlerhaus
Villa Concordia. He is the founding member of the band
The Modern Institute and a resident artist at Slacks Radio in Newcastle
since 2021. He is also the co-founding member
of the socially engaged Swiss gallery Residence in Art.
Selected exhibitions and live shows include ˈbər-b(ə-)liŋ
performed live at Middlesbrough Art Weekender 2022;
(nɑnkəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl) performed live at GoMA in February
2022; Donor at GENERATORprojects Dundee in 2021,
Anecdotes from The Abyss, in collaboration with George
Finlay Ramsay, FuturShock, FOLD London/ Lahmacun
Radio Budapest in 2021; dualisms_oo, Internationales
Kunstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Bamberg, (DE) in 2019; A
Skulk in London, London Nights Late at the Museum of
London in 2018; Haha C’est La Vie at Cabaret Voltaire
in Zurich during Manifesta in 2016; Acclimation of dark
respiration at the Voidoid Archive in 2015; Book of the
Dead, A Museum for an Imagined City, Soil Seattle, USA;
The Maillard Effect at Drap-Art, Festival of Recycling
Art in Catalonia in 2014.
Previous scientific collaborations include ASCUS
Edinburgh, the University of Edinburgh, Asteria Space
Art & Research Group, The UK Centre for Ecology &
Hydrology.