TODD JAMES

Todd James (New York, 1969, lives and works in New York) is an internationally recognized American artist. He is co-founder of significant artistic projects such as: Street Market (Deitch Project, New York, 2000), Beautiful Losers (Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, 2007). In the early 1980s, Todd James, at just twelve years old, began painting New York subway carriages under the pseudonym REAS, gaining great popularity in the writers' culture. In 1987 he designed the Beastie Boys' Brooklyn Dust Elephant logo, later collaborating with artists such as Iggy Pop, Eminem, Pharrell Williams, U2 and Miley Cyrus, just to name a few. His works are exhibited in important cultural institutions including: the Venice Biennale (2001, 2015), the MOCA Museum in Los Angeles (2011), the Brooklyn Museum in New York (2011), the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York ( 2011), the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati (2004), the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco (2004), the Tate Modern in Liverpool (2002), the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia (1999).

Among his solo shows: Room to Breathe, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023; Todd James: Little Goody Two Shoes, Over the Influence Gallery, Paris, France, 2023; Soldier of Fortune, Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, Japan, 2023; Garden of Eden, Ross+ Kramer Galleries, NYC, USA, 2021; Clean Jellybean, Over The Influence Gallery, Bangkok, 2021; The Intrepid, Galeria Javier López & Fer Frances, Madrid, 2020; Dreamer Believer, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei, 2020; Warm Welcome, Eighteen, 2020; There's No Place Like Home, Over the Influence, Los Angeles, 2019; Sanctuary, Galleria Patricia Armocida, Milan, Italy, 2019; Nature Candy, Nanzuka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2018; Gods Are Smiling on Us, Dio Horia, Mykonos, Greece, 2018; Love To Love You, Javier Lopez/Fer Frances Gallery, Madrid, Spain, 2018; Interior, Eighteen Gallery, Copenhagen, 2018; Stay Golden, Aishonanzuka, Hong Kong, China, 2016; Fantasy Island, Lazarides Ratbone, London, 2015; Supernatural, Sandra Gering New York, 2014; Secret Garden, Galleria Patricia Armocida, Milan, Italy, 2014; Todd James, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2014. 

Among the group shows: Brick by Brick, Ross+ Kramer Galleries, NYC, USA, 2024; Beyond the Streets London, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK, 2023; Awakened Voices: A Curated Look From Around The World, Over the Influence, Hong Kong, 2022; Interior Dialogues, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022; See you all, Alice, Brussels, Belgium, 2021; I'm going every Sunday Now, Ross+ Kramer Galleries – East Hampton, East Hampton (NY), USA, 2021; Beyond the Streets on Paper, Southampton Art Center, Southampton (NY), USA, 2021; MINE III, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2019; The Birds, Chart Art Gallery, Art Fair with V1 Gallery, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2019; Beyond the Streets, Brooklyn (NY), USA, 2019; Tables, Pots & Plants – A Song for Matisse, V1 Gallery at Volta14, Basel, Switzerland, 2018; Beyond the Streets, Werkartz, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2018; Stay Gold – Todd James, Geoff McFetridge, Barry McGee and Thomas Campbell, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017; The Hole at Art Los Angeles Contemporary, The Hole, New York City, USA, 2017; Bridges of Graffiti, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2015.