16"x16", ink, watercolor @ gouache, 2018.

James Gouldthorpe creates large painting installations that when installed they transform an exhibition space into an immersive narrative. The work often resembles an expansive abstract graphic novel that examines the intersection of literature and visual art. During the pandemic he create Covid Artifacts, a daily series of paintings archiving the objects, people and events that defined the year. A selection of Covid Artifacts was on exhibit at SFMOMA in 2021.

Along with his painting, he works with video, photography and audio. He has been a resident at the Prelinger Archive, Willapa Bay AIR, Montalvo Art Center and Recology at the San Francisco Dump. He has received several grants including the Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant, the Investing in Artist Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation and the Jay Defeo Prize. His work has been shown widely nationally and internationally including Montalvo Arts Center, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, The Provincetown Art Museum, Terrian Gallery Spokane, Southern Exposure, and The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery. He received an MFA from Mills in 1995.

For the past 26 years he has worked as the Senior Conservation Technician in the Conservation Studio at SFMOMA.

This item was kindly donated by James Gouldthorpe

Artist's Website: http://www.jgouldthorpe.com/

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