Project Description
About James Bland
Born 1979, Grimsby.
Member: New English Art Club
Portraits of NHS Heroes
Subject: Darren Neeld, Paramedic
Original Artwork: 24 cm x 34 cm, oil on panel
Quote from the Subject:
‘It’s been a humbling experience being part of the NHS through the pandemic, the support from the public has been amazing. The #portraitsfornhsheroes is a great example of some of the support we have received. Thank you for such an amazing portrait.’
Darren Neeld
Education:
Academic Qualifications
2005 MA Fine Art, Canterbury Christchurch University
2003 BA (Hons) 1st Class in Fine Art, Canterbury Christchurch University
1999 Diploma in Fine Art, Grimsby College
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Altogether Elsewhere, Gallery 286, London
2019 Paintings 2019, Lilford Gallery, Canterbury
2017 An Artist in Flux, Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
2017 Illuminations, Lilford Gallery, Canterbury
2015 Letting Light In, Lilford Gallery, Canterbury
2007 Wolfson College, Oxford University
Awards
2015 winner, Doreen McIntosh Prize
2014 runner-up, Visitors’ Choice Award, Threadneedle Prize
2013 1st Prize winner, Winsor & Newton Oil Painters Award
2007 winner, Janet Konstam Travel Award
2007 winner, Artist Residency, Centro Verrocchio, Tuscany
2003,05 Darwin College, University of Kent
Bibliography
2019 Seed, John, Disrupted Realism, Schiffer ISBN 0764358012
2019 Pill, Steve, James Bland, Artists & Illustrators, August 2019
2018 Podlesnik, Joseph, Observational Drawing, Tempe Digital ISBN-13 9780986163753
2017 Morton, Walt etc., Poets Artists #86, The New Nude
2016 Bland, James, Imaginative Painting, Artists & Illustrators, December 2016, p. 76 – 78
2015 Vann, Philip, James Bland in the Ruth Borchard Collection, 01 January 2016
2014 Bland, James, introduction to Villaggi, Galleria Elle Arte, Sicily by Ilaria Rosselli del Turco
2014 Eaton, Terri and Pill, Steve, Ones to Watch, Artists & Illustrators, April 2014
1993 Bland, James, Pilltris (Type-Ins), Amstrad Action #92
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Heatherley’s Staff Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
2020 Assemble 20, Shepherds Market, London
2019 Disrupted Realism II, Stanek Gallery, USA
2019 Traces of Light, Tregony Gallery, Cornwall
2019 Art of Painting Conference, Natsoulas Gallery, California
2018 Disrupted Realism, Stanek Gallery, USA
2015 – 2020 International Figurative Biennale, John Natsoulas Gallery, California
2013 – 2019 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London
2017 – 2018 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London
2017 Honouring the Legacy of David Park, Santa Clara University, California
2017, 2014 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2017 A&I Artist of the Year, Mall Galleries, London
2015 ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, by invitation
2014, 2013 Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London
2014 Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2013 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, King’s Place, London