James Dearlove

James Dearlove lives and works in Cornwall, UK. He studied at the Slade School of Art, London, and Turps Art School. Recent solo presentations include The Trilling Wire, galeriepcp, Paris (2025); a solo booth in Platform at London Art Fair, curated by Gemma Rolls-Bentley (2024) and Tales of the City, Tales of the Sea, BWG Gallery, London (2023). He was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2023, exhibiting at Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, and Camden Art Centre, London. Recent group shows include Ancient Modern, Brooke Benington, London (2026); Mythic Manifest, Love Waxes Cold, London (2025); Pourquoi London, Canopy Collections and Gertrude Art, London (2024); Slow Painting, Contemporary British Painting, Studio KIND, Barnstaple (2024); Ingram Collection Presentation, British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London (2022); Burra and Friends, Rye Art Gallery, Rye (2021); and Queer as Folklore, Gallery 46, London (2021).

In 2021, Dearlove was awarded the Ingram Prize, and his work was subsequently acquired by the Ingram Collection. He has undertaken residencies at General Assembly Summer Residency, Loire Valley (2026), Clover Mill, the Netherlands (2024) and Colstoun House, Scotland (2023). Dearlove’s work has been featured in Apollo, i-D, Hero, Floorr, ArtMaze, Fetch London, Richardson and FAD magazines.