James Smith

James Smith is an award-winning sculptor and painter whose work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and the Victoria & Albert Museum.

James was born in Glasgow and moved to London as a teenager. He started painting and sculpting after a career as a geologist and geophysicist. His painting was initially influenced by the Fauves and Van Gogh and he paints mainly in oil on board. He hand-builds his sculptures in clay, adding glazes and sometimes casting the results.

He was awarded the British Institution Fund Award at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2006.