Bio
Maggie James (born 1956) is a British painter, who has exhibited widely, since gaining an MA at the Royal College of Art in 1982. Elected as a member of The Welsh Group in 2019 and Open Books 2012. Paintings in private collections in UK, USA, China and Australia.
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2026 Summer Show, Celf Gallery
2026 ‘Arboreal’ Celf Gallery Cardiff
2025 L8ER The Welsh Group, Queen St Gallery, Neath
2025 ‘The Errant Collaborators’ (Stage III) MIRROR, Arts University Plymouth
2025 ‘The Sculpted Path’ Summer Show Upton Castle
2024 Seen and Unseen BayArt
2024 Silent Disco ’24 Greystone Industries, Wickham Market
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2021 Creative Wales Ambassador Open Books /Paper Exchange Wales China. Wales Arts International ACW Create Award - Curator/Artist. OpenBooksOnline - OpenBooks and The GoDown KL. in collaboration with Butetown Artists
2017 and 2018 Invited by Wales Arts International to join the Cultural Delegation to China, as a representative of Open Books. Travel Grant - Wales Arts International
2016 Co-curator Open Books, LAC Ottawa, Canada. Travel Grant - Wales Arts International
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1979 - 82 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London
1975 - 78 BA Hons, 2.1 Fine Art, Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic
1974 -75 Foundation Art & Design, Cardiff College of Art