JAMES FREW
Born 1989, Motherwell UK
Currently lives and works in Glasgow, UK
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy, 2018 - 2021, Glasgow School of Art.
Master of Letters in Fine Art Practice, 2016 - 2017, Glasgow School of Art.
BA Hons Fine Art: Painting & Printmaking, 2011 - 2015, Glasgow School of Art.
Frew's recent work explores the formal dynamics of a traditional painterly discourse re-appropriated in a Post-internet, Post-analogue painting context.His research is concerned with the role of the painted gesture within the Post-digital, in particular its cultural and formal manifestations as a translative entity; specifically, the polymorphic capacity gesture presents amidst analogue and digital modes of production and reception.
He has been featured in Art Reveal Magazine, The Glasgow Herald, List Magazine and STV Online.
Frew is represented by the gallery Art Pistol. His work exists in public and private collections internationally.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Glasgow Comedy Festival Exhibition, Cresswell Lane, Glasgow
Group Show
2018
Post-mortem of the Axiom, Cresswell Lane, Glasgow
Solo Show
2017
Glasgow School of Art Postgraduate Degree Show, Tontine Building, Glasgow
Group Show
2017
Art Pistol Winter Show, Cresswell Lane, Glasgow
Group Show
2015
Art Pistol Autumn Show, Cresswell Lane, Glasgow
Group Show
2015
Art Pistol Graduate Show, Cresswell Lane, Glasgow
Group Show
2015
All You Can Eat, Old Truman Brewery, London
Group Show
2015
Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, Tontine Building, Glasgow
Group Show
2015
I Am [////] For You, Fleming House, Glasgow
Group Show
2014
Berloners, Grace and Clark Fyfe Gallery, Glasgow
Group Show
2014
An Exercise in Pressure, Mackintosh Building, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
Group Show
2013
Y2T3, Grace and Clark Fyfe Gallery, Glasgow
Group Show
2013
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Recipient: The John Mather Rising Star Scholarship
The John Mather Foundation
2016/2017
Recipient: Chairman's Medal (for top graduating postgraduate student in the School of Fine Art)
Glasgow School of Art
2017
Nominated: The Foulis Medal
Glasgow School of Art
2017
Longlisted: Jackson's Open Art Prize
Jackson's Art
2016
PUBLICATIONS
James Frew, 'Digital Facture: Painting After New Media Art', in PhotographyDigitalPainting: Expanding Medium Interconnectivity in Contemporary Visual Arts Practice, (Ed. Carl Robinson), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, Autumn 2020