james gilbert

James Gilbert is a Los Angeles based artist who works across mediums creating drawings, installations with video, and performative art. These works comment on social themes including identity and anonymity in mass media. Gilbert has exhibited nationally and internationally at galleries and museums in the U.S. and Asia. Recent 2008 solo exhibitions include: “(Don’t) Want to be Anonymous”, Los Angeles and “I Know Everything about You and We Haven’t Met”, Dallas. “The Privacy of Underpants”, Seoul and “The Privacy of Underpants- Part II”, Beijing included a catalog with essay by Charissa Terranova. He will be an artist in residence at Centraltak,The University of Texas during fall 2009.

James Gilbert is a Los Angeles based artist who works across mediums creating installations with video and sound, drawings and performance. These works comment on social issues including the uneasy relationship between identity, privacy, behavior and the influences from our environment including 24-hour news cycles, mass media, social networks, mass transportation or the economy. The work relationship exists through concern, social engagement and humor. Gilbert often utilizes materials that have transparency, plasticity, or materials imbued with history and narrative. Gilbert has exhibited nationally and internationally at galleries and museums in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Solo exhibitions include: (Don’t) Want to be Anonymous, I Know Everything about You and We Haven’t Met, The Privacy of Underpants, Warnings & Instructions, and Worker. For more information about specific projects, including statements, essays, press or interviews please visit NEWS or CONTACT.