Bio

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, PhD. He was an artist in residence at Centraltrack, The University of Texas in 2009. In 2010 Gilbert exhibited “Warnings & Instructions,” a large scale site-specific solo installation including 15 video shorts, at the Dallas Contemporary. Future projects are planned in Denmark, Columbia and The United States.