James Angus (artist)
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James Angus (born 1970) is an Australian artist. He is known for "his engaging and rigorously crafted sculptures",[1][2][3] and large-scale sculptures that often explore geometry, architecture, and the distortion of familiar objects.[citation needed] Grow Your Own is among his most recognised[where?] public artworks.[4]
James Angus was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1970.[5] He attended Scarborough Senior High School.[6] He holds a degree in Fine Arts from Curtin University of Technology and a Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture) from Yale University School of Art.[7] He has also lectured at University of Technology Sydney.[8] The first exhibition of Angus' work was at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art in 1992.[5] He left Perth in 1996.[6]
Selected grants and awards
Angus has received the following awards:
- Fulbright Postgraduate Award, 1996
- Yale University Travelling Fellowship, 1998[9][failed verification]
- Australia Council Professional Development Grant, 1998 and 2001
- Studio residency, Cite des Arts, Paris, 2003
- Short listed for National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia, 2005
- Basil Sellers Art Prize, Melbourne; 2008
- Australia Council Fellowship, 2009[7]
Exhibitions
He has exhibited at institutions such as:
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
- Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
- Monash University Art Gallery, Melbourne
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- Musee d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
- Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
Public collections
Angus' works are included in public and private collections including:
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
- Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart
- Monash University Gallery, Monash
- Austcorp, Sydney
- Murdoch University Art Collection, Perth
- Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
- Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle
Public commissions
Angus' public commissions include:
- Day in Day Out, 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, 2011[10]
- Grow Your Own (nicknamed the Cactus), Forrest Place, Perth, 2010,[11][12] which the artist's website states is the single largest art commission undertaken in Western Australia.[11]
- Lycee Ferdinand Buisson, Voiron, France, 2009
- Geo Face Distributor, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 2009[13][failed verification][14]
- Ellipsoidal Freeway Sculpture, Eastlink Freeway, Connect East, Melbourne, 2008[15]
- Wave Machine, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, 2005[16]
- Public Art Fund, New York, 1999
