Bio
James W Hedges is an artist from the UK, currently based in Hong Kong. He uses computers, painting, writing, performance and installation to explore a range of ideas, including religion and ritual, the future, the occult, apocalypses, human thought and creative processes.
He has shown throughout London and has worked extensively with other artists.
He is currently the co-editor of living in the future magazine, which features writing and art on science fiction and futurology themes.
Publications
Firefly Magazine issue 8
September 2016
Hexus Journal Vol II
April 2016
sluice__ magazine/FUNGICULTURE
Surfing the Timewave: An Exploration and Critique of Terence McKenna’s Novelty Theory
April 2016
Prova 3 – The RCA Humanities Research Forum Journal
April 2016
HOAX Publication #6
November 2015
Roulade: Issue 3 – Alchemy
Walk-through magazine
Husk, London, September 2015
living in the future Issue 3
July 2015
Roulade: Issue 2 – Ceremony
Walk-through magazine
Husk, London, April 2015
living in the future Issue 2
A Short History Of The Apocalypse
July 2014
living in the future Issue 1
Why The Future Can’t Belong To Us
February 2014
Exhibitions
People Mountain People Sea
Solo exhibition at the Aftermath, Hong Kong, February 2022
Joie De Vivre/Joy Of Living
Group exhibition at at Art Hub gallery, London, June 2017
Migration Threshold
Group exhibition and publication launch at XENOplastic, Hong Kong
CAPUT
Group exhibition at The Crypt Gallery
London, February 2017
it is what it is what it is
Group exhibition in Wong Chuk Hang
Hong Kong, March 2016
(in)commensurable
Group exhibition at Gallery 40
Brighton UK, December 2015
Correspondence
Group Exhibition at Prestamex House
Brighton, UK/online, February 2015
Moksha Patam
Group Exhibition at DIG
Lewisham, London UK, July 2014
Eurotrash
Group exhibition at White Trash Gallery
LaSalle, Illinois, USA, March-April 2014
Artroulette
Group Exhibition/event at Hackney Wicked festival
The Glass Factory, August 2013
The Last Gasp
Group exhibition
The Main Yard Gallery, May 2011
TVOD
Group show curated by Paul Kindersley
Transition Gallery, February and March 2011
TVOD page on Transition Gallery’s website
Det Syke Barn
Group exhibition with Marius Grainger, Timothy Lees and Dahlia Westmoreland. Co-curator.
The Rag Factory, September 2010
Red Tape
Group Exhibition, Red Tape Gallery (Oxford), June 2010
Burt Brill & Cardens Graduate Show
University of Brighton, June 2009
Other projects
435 Art Studio Residency
March 2015, Taipei, Taiwan
0->100/0=0
For the Slade degree show, 2013
Voice Performance
The Dreamy Awards
Performance by Ed Fornieles, The Serpentine Gallery, September 2012
Playing character Jamie Woods
Serpentine Gallery: Park Nights The Dreamy Awards (video)
Programme X
Actor.
Film by Ed Fornieles, 2012
Playing character Jamie Woods. Several weeks of character, plot building and improvised scenes led to both this and the Dreamy Awards.
Developing out of the Park Nights commission, Programme X traces the steps of a number individuals in the form of a semi-fictional network and series of encounters that were documented over the course of the summer of 2012. The construction of characters, embodied and online life, and the end of the world all play their part in this film, whose structure borrows from – and critically engages with – the languages of broadcasting and social networking.
Worn Outing
Performance by Mocksim, March 2012
Dorm Daze
Facebook Sitcom by Ed Fornieles, 2011
I acted as character Ricky Nash
Possible Worlds
Performance by Llew Watkins, Copenhagen Place, October 2011
A live table-top role-playing game based on a dream world imagined by Watkins. I acted as one of four adventurers.
Animal House
Performance by Ed Fornieles, Jan 2011
Education
BA (hons) Fine Art (painting)
University of Brighton, 2009