Ann-Marie James

Ann-Marie James was born in Buckinghamshire and currently lives and works in Suffolk. James studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Chelsea College of Art and Design and Wimbledon College of Art, graduating in 2012. James often uses repeated layers of paint, print and drawing to create complex abstract compositions. Drawing on found imagery, she explores her personal responses to historic artists and artworks. The main themes of her practice include change, metamorphosis and dialogue with the cultural past. Her work is represented in the collections of the British Museum, the V&A and the British School at Rome.

In 2019, James created a body of work in response to Hepworth’s sculpture and letters from Hepworth in the archive at Kettle’s Yard. The resultant series included paintings, prints and a patchwork quilt, and was displayed in Helen Ede’s bedroom. Geometria II, now in the Kettle’s Yard collection, used the sculptural surfaces of Hepworth’s Group of Three Magic Stones as forms for an embossed print.