website movement birth_place training nationality patrons field birth_date article_title name
http://www.jamesjessop.co.uk contemporary art bletchley , england , uk the royal college of art , coventry university british charles saatchi painting 1974 james jessop
 james jessop
james jessop

james jessop -lrb- born 1974 -rrb- is a british contemporary artist .
he trained at the royal college of art -lrb- rca -rrb- and coventry university .
he lectures at city and guilds of london art school .
his work is influenced by early new york city subway art and pop culture .
he mainly works on large scale canvasses with oil paint , mocking spoof horror b-movie posters .
his diptych painting , `` fused foot star '' , in in the collection of the rca .
while working as a security guard , he exhibited in charles saatchi 's march 2004 `` new blood '' exhibition .
jessop was shortlisted for the # 25,000 threadneedle prize at the mall galleries , london in 2010 .
his 2010 solo show , `` beauty and the beast '' , at high roller society in london included some of his largest works to date , dewsigned to make an impact , still fusing street art with more traditional mediums .
jessop has worked extensively with polo ralph lauren jeans in the past year as part of their art stars project .
in may 2012 jessop was featured on bbc 1 's the apprentice uk where the team was challenged to sell the work of various urban artists .
