Born – Bletchely , England , 1974
Lives and works in London and Sweden
MA Painting Royal College of Art 1997-1999
BA Hons Fine Art Coventry University 1992-1995
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Thomas Cohn Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2008
'Night of the Demon', Sartorial Contemporary Art, London 2007
‘Subway Ghosts', Sartorial Contemporary Art, London 2006
‘Warning the Monster is Loose', Rockwell, London 2005
‘Funky Paintings' Haye Gallery, ‘Colchester Institute, Colchester 2003
‘Horrific Paintings', This Way Up Gallery, London 2002
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
'Burning Candy', Sartorial Contemporary Art, London 2008
'The Future Can Wait' The Atlantis Gallery, London 2007
It Takes Two Part II' James Jessop & Harry Pye, Sartorial Contemporary Art 2007 'Under My Nails' Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen 2007
'It Takes Two' James Jessop vs Harry Pye, Fishmarket, Northampton 2007
‘New London Kicks', Wooster Projects, New York 2006
‘Artistic Vandals (Part 2)', Sartorial Contemporary Art, Curated by James Jessop, London 2006
‘Admission By Invitation', Galleri : Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen 2006
‘Obsession' Sartorial Contemporary Art, London 2006
‘Artistic Vandals ', Sartorial Contemporary Art at nomoregrey. Curated by James Jessop with Gretta Sarfaty Marchant, East London 2006
‘Cult Media', Bastart, Bratislava 2006
‘Requiem', St. Anselm's Curch, London 2006
‘Water', Sartorial Contemporary Art, London 2006
‘People Like Us', Sartorial Contemporary Art at nomoregrey, East London 2006
‘The Deviants' (part two) – James Jessop and Gavin Nolan, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London 2005/2006
‘Fame', James Jessop & Stella Vine, This Way Up Gallery, London 2005
‘The Deviants', James Jessop & Gavin Nolan, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London 2005
‘Hand in Hand we Walk Alone', Clapham Art Gallery , London 2005
‘Green Door', Sartorial Contemporary Art, London 2005
‘The Forest Show', Rockwell, London 2004
‘Zombie', Galerie Patricia Ferdinand-Ude. Gelsenkirchen , Germany , 2004
‘James Jessop & Jasper Joffe', Joffe Rosy Wilde Gallery, London 2004
‘New Blood', The Saatchi gallery, London 2004
‘Born, Cry, Eat, Shit, Fuck, Die' Rockwell, London 2004
‘The Bold and the Beautiful': New Art From London Rmit Project Space Melborne,Australia 2003;
The Pavillions, London 2002; A Little Bold and Beautiful' Ferguson McDonald Gallery, London 2002
'Tagger' James Jessop & Martin Lea-Brown - Street Art Exhibition, The Bug Gallery, Coventry 1995
SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
Metro, 18 December 'Artistic Vandals II', presented by Sartorial Contemporary Art, London 2006
Sport & Street issue 42 'Subway Ghosts' presented by Sartorial Contemporary Art, Italy 2006
The Rebel issue 1, A free Magazine for ‘People Like Us', presented by Sartorial Contemporary Art, Harry Pye 2006 Guardian, 21 March ‘Picks of the week', James Jessop: ‘Warning the Monster is Loose', Rockwell Gallery, London Jessica Lack 2005
The Guardian, The Guide, 3 July, ‘Preview Exhibitions, James Jessop and Jasper Joffe, Rosy Wilde Gallery 2004
Evening Standard Metro Life, 3 July, ‘Opening this Week, James Jessop and Jasper Joffe' Hephzibah Anderson 2004
Time Out London , 31March, ‘Bad Blood', Sarah Kent is dismayed by Charles Saatchi's ‘New Blood'. Sarah Kent 2004
The Observer, 21 March, ‘He's Gotta Have it' Laura Cumming 2004
The Independent, 17 Mach, ‘Introducing Charles Saatchi's new Proteges' Louise Jury 2004
Evening Standard, 16March, ‘Saatchi snaps up security guard's work' Londoners Diary 2004
Graphotism Issue 27, Special Collectors Edition,'The Call to the Streets Two London Kurt Ivenson 2002
Sidewalk Surfer Skateboarding Magazine, March ‘New Blood: James Jessop' Leo Sharp 1998
CATALOGUES
'It Takes Two' Fishmarket, Northampton 2007
‘Subway Ghosts' Sartorial Contemporary Art, London 2006
‘Zombie', Galerie Patricia Ferdinand-Ude, Gelsenkirchen , Germany 2004
'The Bold and the Beautiful' New Art from London, London and Australia 2002
COLLECTIONS
‘Subway Art' Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen 2006
'Side Street', Saatchi Gallery, London 2005
‘Horrific' (New Blood Exhibition), Saatchi Gallery, London 2004
‘Torso in the Attic' Saatchi Gallery, London 2004
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