James Marks
About Artist
Basic Information
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About me
I make people out of wire using electric fencing from feed stores, high voltage power lines from scrap yards, and cotton pipe cleaners from New Jersey. My art never leaves my side; coming with me to parties, past security checkpoints, and even funerals. My work ranges from ladies small enough to fit in your hand, to wire monsters screwed onto telephone polls, and twenty foot tall metal men. Don’t be afraid to touch my creations! I am a provider of playthings rather than an aloof artist, only to be observed. My website? WireWirePantsOnFire.com -
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Assistantships:
New Orleans Airlift - May 2015
Wayne White Puppet Parade - July 2014
Doug & Chris Fitch “La Belle Poubelle, Economy of Means in a Mean Economy” - August 2012
Patrick Dougherty Arcadia, August 2004
Selected Shows:
“Chicken Stock” – featured artist – Cultural Crossroads, Minden, LA April 2012
BECA:Bridge for Emerging Artists - group show - Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2010
“Art is Gift” – one man show – Columbia Cafe, Shreveport, LA December 2009
“Person, Place, or Thing” – one man show – Columbia Cafe, Shreveport, LA September 2004
“Illumination de LUMIERE” – group show – Lee Hardware Gallery, Shreveport, LA September 2002
“Shreveport Homegrown” – group show – Artspace, Shreveport, LA March 2002
“Girly Girl and Manly Man Show” – Group Show – minicine, Shreveport, LA October 2001
“CovertArts” – group show – Bailey's Manhattan, Shreveport, LA March 2001
Selected Teaching Experience:
Renzi Education & Art Center – wire, robots, and ceramics – 2003 – Present
Minden Cultural Crossroads – pipe cleaner art – 2011 – Present
Noel United Methodist Church Summer Program - pipe cleaner art - 2011
Caddo Magnet High School - wire sculpture - visiting artist - 2012
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Website
- Member since
- Tuesday, 21 July 2015 00:00
- Last online
- 8 months ago