James’ ceramic wares are tactile, dynamic objects that traverse art and design contexts. They uniquely reflect his humour, physical gestures and broader social and philosophical concerns. His typically colourful, highly textural and sometimes slapstick works include references to religion, pop culture, insects and global ceramic forms. While he primarily works with clay, he often embeds other objects such as bricks, precious stones and discarded ephemera to develop his expressive, sculptural vernacular. He is also known for his creation of content on social media. His performative or comedic approach to this digital space reflects his ruminations upon daily life and aids in generating ideas in his studio.
Selected Works
Overview
im fucking pissed, 2023,
kiln brick, gold, glaze and stoneware
72 x 22 x 17 cm
you are a winner, 2023
kiln brick, gold, glaze and stoneware
46 x 23 x 12 cm
worms and scraps 1, 2022
stoneware, glaze and gold
35 x 45 x 45 cm
sitting atop
stump plinth, 2022
stoneware, glaze and gold
40 x 29 x 29 cm
kiln brick, glaze, gold, enamel, mixed media
180 × 50 × 60 cm
stoneware and glaze
78 × 27 × 27 cm
brick facade (located at Ace Hotel Sydney), 2022
kiln bricks, glaze, enamel and epoxy
900 x 5500 cm
stoneware, kiln bricks, gold and glaze
51 × 39 × 39 cm
kiln brick, glaze and stoneware
larger side: 26 × 70 × 36 cm
smaller side: 26 × 32 × 37 cm
kiln brick, gold, glaze and stoneware
46 × 23 × 23 cm
stoneware, kiln bricks and glaze
59 × 23 × 24 cm
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About
James Lemon
Biography
James’ ceramic wares are tactile, dynamic objects that traverse art and design contexts. They uniquely reflect his humour, physical gestures and broader social and philosophical concerns. His typically colourful, highly textural and sometimes slapstick works include references to religion, pop culture, insects and global ceramic forms. While he primarily works with clay, he often embeds other objects such as bricks, precious stones and discarded ephemera to develop his expressive, sculptural vernacular. He is also known for his creation of content on social media. His performative or comedic approach to this digital space reflects his ruminations upon daily life and aids in generating ideas in his studio.
James has collaborated with a range of institutions and individuals in diverse settings. He has developed exclusive collections for the respective design stores of The National Gallery of Victoria and Heide MOMA. He has exhibited multiple times for Melbourne Design Week. He has featured in publications such as Wallpaper* Magazine, Art Guide, Art Collector, Architectural Digest, Vogue Living, Vault Magazine, The Design Files, The Journal of Australian Ceramics and Broadsheet.
He is also an active member of the arts community, routinely teaching workshops and masterclasses in his studio and showroom. His work is represented by Sullivan+Strumpf in Sydney and Melbourne. He is represented in the permanent collection of The National Gallery of Victoria.
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