James Angus (artist)

James Angus (artist)
James Angus (born 1970) is an Australian artist known for 'his engaging and rigorously crafted sculptures'.
Biography
James Angus was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1970. Angus holds a degree in Fine Arts from Curtin University of Technology and a Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture) from Yale University School of Art. He has also lectured at University of Technology Sydney.
Selected grants and awards
Angus has received awards during his career. These include Fulbright Postgraduate Award, 1996; Yale University Travelling Fellowship, 1998; 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 and Australia Council Fellowship, 2009.
Exhibitions
He has exhibited widely at institutions such as the 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; and Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne.
Public collections
Angus' works are included in numerous public and private collections. These include:
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' prominent public commissions have included;
Day in Day Out, 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, 2011
Grow Your Own, Forrest Place, Perth, 2010 (The single largest art commission ever undertaken in Western Australia)
Lycee Ferdinand Buisson, Voiron, France, 2009
Geo Face Distributor, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 2009
Ellipsoidal Freeway Sculpture, Eastlink Freeway, Connect East, Melbourne, 2008
Wave Machine, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, 2005
Public Art Fund, New York, 1999
References
External links
JamesAngus.net
Further reading
Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, "James Angus", (Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2006)
www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/a-revolt-in-art-20110114-19rdf.html
James Angus at Roslyn Oxley 9
James Angus at Gavin Brown's enterprise
James Angus at Triple V
'Gallery's new work has many faces', Border Mail, 27 October 2009, p. 9
Pryor, Sally, 'Not just another face in the crowd', Canberra Times, 27 October 2010, p. 1
Katrina Strickland, 'Mid-City Statement- The evolution of a major new sculpture,' The Australian Financial Review, Thursday 29, July, pp. 44
Andrew Taylor, 'Tractor as art', The Sun Herald, 17 October 2010, pp 36
Bolland, Michaela, 'Orange blob replaces white man on horse', The Australian, 27 October 2009, p. 6
Chapman, Christopher, 'Abstraction and figuration', Portrait34, Summer ed, 2009
Strickland, Katrina, 'Mid city statement: the evolution of a major new sculpture’, Financial Review, 29 July 2009, p. 44
'James Angus', To make a work of timeless art-MCA Primavera Acquisitions, 08-09
Art and Australia, Current, Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand, 2008, p44
Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn. (ed.) 2008 Biennale of Sydney: Revolutions – Forms That Turn, exh.cat. Thames & Hudson: Australia, 2008
Scarlett, Ken, ‘No stopping on the freeway!’, Australian Art Review, August–October 2008, pp. 34–36
Bevan, Robert ‘art & events’, Vogue Living Australia, January/February 2007, pp. 69 – 72
Palmer, Daniel, ‘Looking Back: Retrospectives’, Frieze, mo. 104, December – January 2007, p. 128, p. 130
Angus, James, James Angus, Art and Australia, 2006 (published to accompany the exhibition of James Angus curated by Rachel Kent at the Museum of Contemporary Art)
Broadsheet interview with Linda Michael for 2006 Adelaide Biennial, Broadsheet, Vol. 35 No. 1, March – May 2006 pp. 24 – 27
Boyd, Chris ‘Both literal and figurative’, The Weekend Australian Financial Review, 2 – 3 September 2006, pp. 32 – 33
Clement, T. ‘Collision Theory’, in the Metro, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13–19 January 2006 p. 19
Cook, Robert, ‘James Angus’, 21st Century Modern, 2006 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art catalogue, curated by Linda Michael, published by Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 2006 pp. 18–19
Fortescue, Elizabeth ‘Off the Wall – James Angus at the Museum of Contemporary Art’, Daily Telegraph, 18 September 2006, p. 63
Jinman, Richard, ‘It’s a shift to the right for this old racer’, The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, 13 September 2006, p. 13
Smee, Sebastian, "Watch out for sharp bends", The Australian, Monday 25 September 2006
Charles Robb and Wes Hill, ‘James Angus, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney,’ Eyeline, number 64, pp56–57
"James Angus," National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition (exh. cat.), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2005, p. 13
Duncan, Jenepher, "James Angus," Wall Power (exh. cat.), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, 2005 (unpaginated)
Engberg, Juliana, ‘The Body in the Box: Callum Morton and James Angus’, Art and Australia, Vol. 42, No. 4, 2005, pp. 580 – 587
Gallerie d’Art & Co, "A Bocca Aperte: In Australia ‘’arte riesce a togliere il fiato," 2005
Israel, Glenis artwise contemporary: visual arts 10–12, John Wiley & Sons, Qld. 2005 pp. 7 – 13
Margaret Marsh, Michele Watts and Craig Malyon A.R.T. 2 practice, Oxford University Press, Melbourne 2005 p. 212-23
MCA Collection: New Acquisitions in Context, exhibition catalogue, Sydney 2005 p 6, 24
Sydney Morning Herald, "Stories Revisited: The semiotics of installation," (refers to Lenny Ann Low, 6 August 2004), ed. Matt Buchanan, 7 January 2005, p. 26 (Summer Spectrum)
ArtLife, "It’s a Truck!", Monday, 30 August 2004
Crone, Bridget, "Face Up: Contemporary Australian Art in Berlin," Art & Australia, vol. 41, no. 3, Autumn 2004, p. 386, 387
Grayson, Richard, "The Downside up Show," Broadsheet, vol. 32, no. 4, 2/2003 – 12/2004
Higson, Rosalie, "Truckload of meanings squeezed for a tease," The Australian, 6 August 2004
Hill, Peter, "Keep on Truckin’," Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum), 14 – 15 August 2004, p. 8 – 9
Hill, Peter, "Join the Red Dots," Spectrum, 25–26 Sept 2004, p. 8
Holubizky, Ihor, Truck Corridor, exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Projects, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004
Low, Lenny Ann, "Sculptor becomes truckie in the name of art," Sydney Morning Herald, 6 August 2004
Wahjudi, Claudia, "Face up – Xeitgenösshiche Kunst aus Australien," Austellungen, Kunstforum International, Bd. 168, 1 February 2004
Angus, James, "On making Manta Ray," Face Up: Contemporary Art from Australia, exhibition catalogue, Museum for the Present, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2003, p. 59
Carsten Probst, "Face Up – Zeitgenössiche australische Kunst im Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin," DeutschlandFunk – ‘Kultur heute’, 2 October 2003
Angus, James, "Manta Ray: In search of perfect ambiguity," Art & Australia, 40th Anniversary Issue, Winter, vol. 40, no. 4, 2003, p. 580, 581
Apthorp, Shirley, "Urban work smashes cliches: Berlin is set to experience the cutting edge of Australian art," The Australian, Tuesday, 30 September 2003, p. 15
B.R. "Berlin: Opération séduction, L’oeil, Dezember 2003
Berlino, A, "Face Up. L’arte australiana va forte," Arte, December 2003
Boriani, Glenda "artsaustralia berlin 03," tema celeste, (1), No.100, November/December 2003
Dick, T, "Right wavelength keeps career going upwards," Sydney Morning Herald (Metropolitan), Friday, 8 August 2003, p. 12
Duncan, Jenepher and Linda Michael, Monash University and Monash University Museum of Art, Victoria, 2003, p. 45 – 51
Grayson, Richard, "James Angus," Face Up: Contemporary Art from Australia, exhibition catalogue, Museum for the Present, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2003, p. 60, 61
Green, Stephanie, "Review: Gulliver’s Travels, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts," Object, no. 43, 2003, p. 89
Meagher, Caroline, "Bridging the Gap," State of the Arts, October – December 2003
Rees, Simon, "Still Life: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney," Flash Art, vol. 36 no. 233, November –December 2003, p. 51
"Face Up: Contemporary Australian Art," review, Flash Art, October 2003, vol. 36, no. 232, p. 46
Shineberg, Susan, "Triumph in the teeth of adversity," The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 October 2003
Shineberg, Susan, "In the jaws of Berlin’s Great Whites, a taste of Australia," The Age, Saturday, 4 October 2003, p. 9 (News)
Von Thomas Joerdens, "Poppig und gefährlich" Oranienburger Generalanzeiger, 7 October 2003
"Face up – Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Australien"
McKenzie, Dr. Janet, "FACE UP," Studio International, UK, 4 December 2003
Palmer, D. "A Surrealist Party Tape", Critical Interventions – Biennale of Sydney 2002, Artspace Visual Arts Centre, Sydney
Hynes, V and Pryor L. "James Angus – 2002 Biennale of Sydney" Sydney Morning Herald feature, May 2002
Delaney, Max, "Skeletons in the closet: from the monument to the model – sculpture in the Collection," Monash University
21st-century Australian sculptors
Living people
1970 births
Artists from Perth, Western Australia
Curtin University alumni