James Angus (artist)


James Angus is an Australian artist. He is known for "his engaging and rigorously crafted sculptures", and large-scale sculptures that often explore geometry, architecture, and the distortion of familiar objects. Grow Your Own is among his most recognised public artworks.

Life and career

James Angus was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1970. He attended Scarborough Senior High School. He holds a degree in Fine Arts from Curtin University of Technology and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University School of Art. He has also lectured at University of Technology Sydney. The first exhibition of Angus' work was at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art in 1992. He left Perth in 1996.

Selected grants and awards

Angus has received the following awards:

Exhibitions

He has exhibited at institutions such as:

Public collections

Angus' works are included in public and private collections including:

Public commissions

Angus' public commissions include:Day in Day Out, 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, 2011Grow Your Own, Forrest Place, Perth, 2010, which the artist's website states is the single largest art commission undertaken in Western Australia.