James Newton Adams
James Adams was born in 1971. After completing a degree in Fine Art (Sculpture), James started up his own business in London designing and making metal furniture and products for the retail market as well as undertaking various private commissions from architectural ironwork through to product design and sculpture, teaching himself the rudiments of Blacksmithing along the way.
By late 2004 and after running a wrought iron curtain pole business in London, James decided to return to his roots in sculpture and painting and set up a workshop & painting studio based on the Isle of Skye.
By late 2004 and after running a wrought iron curtain pole business in London, James decided to return to his roots in sculpture and painting and set up a workshop & painting studio based on the Isle of Skye.
Working as a sculptor and painter, I explore my experience of the land and seascapes of Scotland as well as the people, animals and objects that inhabit them, often highlighting tensions in their relationships with each other and with the landscape itself. I work from memories of such places, drawing upon a narrative within. This allows me to build a composition around a theme - the title will as often inform the work as the other way round. The perspectives in my work are the perspectives of memory, in which different stages of a narrative may be seen simultaneously or a scene may be viewed from above as if in a dream or a map.
Exhibitions
2016
Kilmorack Gallery Spring show March 20th 2016
2015
Kilmorack Gallery Solo show "The Unbearable Brightness of Being" Aug 12th - Sep 12th 2015
2014
Union Gallery Solo show Sep 4th - Oct 1st 2014
2013
Union Gallery Autumn Exhibition 5th Sep - 30th Sep 2013
Red Rag gallery -Summer Exhibition 14 Aug 2013
Inchmore Gallery Solo show 1st June 2013- 15th July 2013
Union Gallery”Its the Little things” 10th jan - 7 Feb 2013
Red Rag gallery -Summer Exhibition 14 Aug 2013
Inchmore Gallery Solo show 1st June 2013- 15th July 2013
Union Gallery”Its the Little things” 10th jan - 7 Feb 2013
2012
Market House Gallery (Solo Show) Aug - Sep 2011
Mulberry Tree Gallery (Group Show) July 2011
The Inchmore Gallery (Mixed Show) May 2011
Kilmorack Gallery (Spring Show) April 2011
McAllister Thomas Fine Art (Joint Show/Mungo Powney) March 2011
McAllister Thomas Fine Art “Naive Britain” (Group Show) January -February 2011
Airt Gallery “And Earth Stood Hard” (Group Show) Dec 2010 - Jan 2011
Mulberry Tree Gallery (Group Show) July 2011
The Inchmore Gallery (Mixed Show) May 2011
Kilmorack Gallery (Spring Show) April 2011
McAllister Thomas Fine Art (Joint Show/Mungo Powney) March 2011
McAllister Thomas Fine Art “Naive Britain” (Group Show) January -February 2011
Airt Gallery “And Earth Stood Hard” (Group Show) Dec 2010 - Jan 2011
2011
Market House Gallery (Solo Show) Aug - Sep 2011
Mulberry Tree Gallery (Group Show) July 2011
The Inchmore Gallery (Mixed Show) May 2011
Kilmorack Gallery (Spring Show) April 2011
McAllister Thomas Fine Art (Joint Show/Mungo Powney) March 2011
McAllister Thomas Fine Art “Naive Britain” (Group Show) January -February 2011
Airt Gallery “And Earth Stood Hard” (Group Show) Dec 2010 - Jan 2011
Mulberry Tree Gallery (Group Show) July 2011
The Inchmore Gallery (Mixed Show) May 2011
Kilmorack Gallery (Spring Show) April 2011
McAllister Thomas Fine Art (Joint Show/Mungo Powney) March 2011
McAllister Thomas Fine Art “Naive Britain” (Group Show) January -February 2011
Airt Gallery “And Earth Stood Hard” (Group Show) Dec 2010 - Jan 2011
2010
Union Gallery (Christmas Show) Dec 2010
Market House Gallery “The Primitive and the Naive” (Group Show) Nov - Dec 2010
Kilmorack Gallery (Group Show) Nov 2010
Aberdona Gallery (Affordable Art Fair London) Oct 2010
The Fotheringham Gallery Oct 2010
Seascape Gallery Sep 2010
Left Bank Gallery, Tarland (Solo Show) Aug 2010 - Sep 2010
SCALE (ATLAS & Clan Donald Skye Sculpture Trail) July- Sep 2010
The Aviemore Gallery (Mixed Show) July -Sep 2010
Union Gallery (Mized Show) June 2010
Coast Festival of Visual Arts May 2010
Garth Lodge (Art Exhibition and Sculpture Walk) May 2010
Purple Gallery (Group Show “Scotland”) March - April 2010
Airt Gallery “Eye Opener” (Group Show) Feb - May 2010
The Inchmore Gallery Feb - March 2010
Market House Gallery “The Primitive and the Naive” (Group Show) Nov - Dec 2010
Kilmorack Gallery (Group Show) Nov 2010
Aberdona Gallery (Affordable Art Fair London) Oct 2010
The Fotheringham Gallery Oct 2010
Seascape Gallery Sep 2010
Left Bank Gallery, Tarland (Solo Show) Aug 2010 - Sep 2010
SCALE (ATLAS & Clan Donald Skye Sculpture Trail) July- Sep 2010
The Aviemore Gallery (Mixed Show) July -Sep 2010
Union Gallery (Mized Show) June 2010
Coast Festival of Visual Arts May 2010
Garth Lodge (Art Exhibition and Sculpture Walk) May 2010
Purple Gallery (Group Show “Scotland”) March - April 2010
Airt Gallery “Eye Opener” (Group Show) Feb - May 2010
The Inchmore Gallery Feb - March 2010
2009
The Inchmore Gallery (Christmas Show) Nov 2009-Jan 2010
Strathpeffer Pavilion (MacMillan Art Fair) Nov 2009
HOS (Members’ Autumn Exhibition) Nov 2009
VAS (Members Exhibition) Sept - Nov 2009
Left Bank Gallery (Group Show) Aug 2009
Coast Festival of Visual Arts May 2009
The Inchmore Gallery (Summer Group Show) May - Jun 2009
Bridge View Gallery “All at Sea” March - May 2009
Strathpeffer Pavilion (MacMillan Art Fair) Nov 2009
HOS (Members’ Autumn Exhibition) Nov 2009
VAS (Members Exhibition) Sept - Nov 2009
Left Bank Gallery (Group Show) Aug 2009
Coast Festival of Visual Arts May 2009
The Inchmore Gallery (Summer Group Show) May - Jun 2009
Bridge View Gallery “All at Sea” March - May 2009
2008
Cromarty Arts Trust (Christmas Fair) Dec 2008
The Tighnabruaich Gallery (Christmas Exhibition) November 2008 - Jan 2009
The Inchmore Gallery (Christmas Show) Nov 2008 - Jan 2009
Strathpeffer Pavilion (MacMillan Art Fair) Nov 2008
HOS (Members’ Autumn Exhibition) Nov 2008
Perthshire Open Studios "Sculpture Trail" Sept - Oct 2008
Fortingall Art (Group Show) Aug 2008
Fotheringham Gallery Summer Show 28/6/2008
The Aspect Prize June - Aug 2008
The Inchmore Gallery (Joint Show) Mar - May 2008
SLACA (Group Show) March 2008
Strathpeffer Pavilion (MacMillan Art Fair) Mar 2008
Mountain Festival Art ExhibitionFeb 2008
Watermill Gallery (Fortingall Group Show) Feb 2008
The Tighnabruaich Gallery (Christmas Exhibition) November 2008 - Jan 2009
The Inchmore Gallery (Christmas Show) Nov 2008 - Jan 2009
Strathpeffer Pavilion (MacMillan Art Fair) Nov 2008
HOS (Members’ Autumn Exhibition) Nov 2008
Perthshire Open Studios "Sculpture Trail" Sept - Oct 2008
Fortingall Art (Group Show) Aug 2008
Fotheringham Gallery Summer Show 28/6/2008
The Aspect Prize June - Aug 2008
The Inchmore Gallery (Joint Show) Mar - May 2008
SLACA (Group Show) March 2008
Strathpeffer Pavilion (MacMillan Art Fair) Mar 2008
Mountain Festival Art ExhibitionFeb 2008
Watermill Gallery (Fortingall Group Show) Feb 2008
Pre 2008
The Inchmore Gallery (Christmas Show) Nov 2007 - Jan 2008
The Leaping Hare (Christmas Show ) Dec 2007 - Jan 2008
The Leaping Hare (Solo Exhibition) Oct - Dec 2007
Fortingall Art (Group Show) Aug 2007
Kilbryde Castle (Group Show) 2007
Watermill Gallery (Fortingall Group Show) Feb 2007
Gordonstoun OGs Art Works Edinburgh Academy 2006
Fortingall Art (Group Show) Aug 2006
Fortingall Art (Group Show) Aug 2004
The Leaping Hare (Christmas Show ) Dec 2007 - Jan 2008
The Leaping Hare (Solo Exhibition) Oct - Dec 2007
Fortingall Art (Group Show) Aug 2007
Kilbryde Castle (Group Show) 2007
Watermill Gallery (Fortingall Group Show) Feb 2007
Gordonstoun OGs Art Works Edinburgh Academy 2006
Fortingall Art (Group Show) Aug 2006
Fortingall Art (Group Show) Aug 2004