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James Joslin (b.1987) is an oil painter and artist based in the UK who focuses on portrait painting and figurative art in oil. His work has been exhibited at the Fermata Festival in association with Kensington + Chelsea Art Week, the Phillips Collection, and the Singapore, Brisbane, and Tasmanian International Festivals of Art.

He originally studied music under Simon Emmerson at De Montfort University where he was a member and contributor of John Richards’ Dirty Electronics Ensemble, performing concerts in the UK with several notable collaborators including Chris Carter (Throbbing Gristle), Keith Rowe (AMM), Nic Bullen (Napalm Death) and Anna Meredith.

Frequently working with performers such as Margaret Leng Tan, a leading exponent of John Cage’s music, James’ compositions have been performed internationally, with notable appearances at Klavier Festival Ruhr, Gaudeamus Muziekweek and XXXV Foro Internacional de Música Nueva.

He received funding from the Daphne Oram Trust to attend Dominic Murcott's Installation Art course at Dartington International Summer School in 2012 and in the same year was commended by the Toby Moores Creative Thinking Awards for his innovative approach to sculpture in his sound installation Clockwork Études 1-8.

James is the founder of Round Revue, a music publishing house making available rare works including new English translations of Erik Satie’s The Ruse of Medusa, Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi (with music by Claude Terrasse) and Elena Guro’s Autumn Dream (music by Mikhail Matyushin).
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Group Exhibitions & Events

JUNE 2021  Fermata, Kensington + Chelsea Art Week, London
NOVEMBER 2019 
Миниатюра встречается с монументальностью​, Re:formers Festival, Moscow
SEPTEMBER 2019  Honens Festival, Calgary
AUGUST 2019  Miniature meets Monumental, Melbourne

OCTOBER 2018  The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
SEPTEMBER 2017  Uncaged, Museum Speelklok, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht
SEPTEMBER 2015  Brisbane International Arts Festival
AUGUST 2015  Singapore International Festival of Arts
MARCH 2015  Brunswick Festival, Melbourne
MARCH 2015  Tasmanian International Arts Festival, Hobart
MARCH 2015  WOMAD, Adelaide
AUGUST 2014  Singapore International Festival of Arts
MAY 2014  Kunstforum der GEDOK​, Blurred Edges Festival, Hamburg
OCTOBER 2013  Clocked Out Festival, Brisbane
JUNE 2013  XXXV Foro Internacional de Música Nueva, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
MAY 2013  Kunstforum der GEDOK, Blurred Edges Festival, Hamburg
MARCH 2013  Chatelet Theatre, Paris
OCTOBER 2012  The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota
SEPTEMBER 2012  Gogolfest, Kyiv
MAY 2012  A John Cage Centenary Tribute, Klavier Festival Ruhr, Essen
MARCH 2012  Conceptualizing Now, European Capital of Culture, Guimaraes
MARCH 2012  Tastenspiele Festival, Berlin
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Awards

2012  G Fowler Prize
2012  Toby Moores Creative Thinking Awards
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Bibliography

Collins, Nicholas, "DJs", Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking, 3rd Edition, June 2020
McPherson, Angus, “Extended Play”, Limelight Magazine, 4 September 2019
Brookes, Stephen, “Avant-garde pianist makes music beyond the keys”, Washington Post, 8 May 2017
Beng, Mervin, “Cabinet of Curiosities”, The Straits Times, 20 January 2016
Davison, Angus, “Colour and Connotation”, Cut Common Magazine (online), 11 March 2015
Brookes, Stephen, “Toying around with preconceived notions”, Vancouver Sun, 6 October 2014
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