CV & Bio
James Patrick Cox (born 1993, Bath) lives and works in Frome, Somerset. His practice is concerned with the struggle of language, and takes the form of performances, text, spoken word, video, sound, and installations. James is interested in the process of getting information in and out of one’s head, and what is lost and gained in the process. The work also looks at the anxiety that comes from this process, and how anxiety is a generative energy to produce.
These interests stem from James’ experience of being dyslexic and is informed by his academic research into the connection between dyslexia and creativity. James is interested in the language used around neurodiversity, and writing research and engaging in projects that move conversations away from a reductive view of learning disabilities as purely disabilities, and towards them as vital human conditions, that help form the political, cultural, and aesthetic value systems of creative practitioners that greatly affects their creative practice and work.
Education:
2020-2022 MA Fine Art - The Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
2012-2015 BA Fine Art - Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Awards & Scholarships:
2022 Henriques Prize for Achievement and Excellence at The Slade School of Fine Art
2021 Slade Print Fair Prize
2020 UCL Studentship Scholarship
Solo Exhibitions:
sinking in, Artsite, Swindon, 2023
Forever Fallow, Forever Flourishing, Spit and Sawdust, Cardiff, 2017
Group Exhibitions:
t-e-s-t-c-a-r-d, 2022. Link: https://www.t-e-s-t-c-a-r-d.com/
MA Degree Show, UCL, The Slade School of Fine Art, London, 2022
Judd, Artworks Project Space, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London, 2022
Generations Passing (with Bill Cox), Artsite, Swindon, 2020
Well now, hold on / maybe I won't go to sleep at all (with Bill Cox), Made in Roath, Cardiff, 2020
The Arcades Project, Duke Street Arcade, Cardiff, 2019
Overlap (with Shaun James), The Gate, Cardiff, 2018
Maiden: A show about Love, Ruin Café, Cardiff, 2018
Sightseers, g39, Cardiff, 2018
The hinge that separates and connects, Deli Rouge, Cardiff, 2017
does that include us? / yn cynnwys ni?, g39, Cardiff, 2016
Residences
Generations Passing (with Bill Cox), 1A Inverness Place, Cardiff, 2019
Unit(e) 2018, g39, Cardiff, 2018
Community Projects:
Post me a Place (with Pip Tudor), Made in Roath, Cardiff, 2018
By My Side: Come Rain or Shine (with Pip Tudor), Made in Roath, Cardiff, 2017
Spitting Feathers (with Cinzia Mutigli), Spit and Sawdust, Cardiff, 2017
Flags of Roath, Made in Roath, Cardiff, 2016
Made in Spring: Red Route March, South Wales, 2016
Cardiff Without Culture March, Cardiff City Centre, 2016
Made in Spring: Red Route March, South Wales, 2016
Talks:
My Friend Dyslexia, Disability Arts Cymru, 27th March 2023
Experience:
Invigilator, Ffotogallery, Cardiff 2017 – 2019
Presenter on Pitch Illustration Radio, Radio Cardiff, 2015 – 2018
Invigilator for Wales in Venice at the Venice Biennale, Venice, 2017
Festival Volunteer and Events Coordinator, Ffotogallery, Cardiff, 2017
Warp Intern and Volunteer Coordinator, g39, Cardiff, 2016