James Coleman (born 1941) is an Irish installation and video artist associated with

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works: sequences of still images fading one into the other with synchronized sound. Often, social situations are depicted with a precision which, paradoxically, creates a narrative ambiguity. James Coleman was born in

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. He studied at the

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, Dublin, and at

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and then spent time in Paris and London before moving to

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, where he stayed for twenty years. He now lives and works in Ireland. He represented Ireland in the 1973 Paris Biennale. He was conferred with the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts ''honoris causa'' by the

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in June 2006.

Work in collections

*S.M.A.K. - Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent *Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris *

Musée National d'Art Moderne The Musée National d'Art Moderne (; "National Museum of Modern Art") is the national museum for modern art of France. It is located in Paris and is housed in the Centre Pompidou in the 4th arrondissement of the city. In 2021 it ranked 10th in ...

, Paris *

Museum Ludwig Museum Ludwig, located in Cologne, Germany, houses a collection of modern art. It includes works from Pop Art, Abstract and Surrealism, and has one of the largest Picasso collections in Europe. It holds many works by Andy Warhol and Roy Lich ...

, Cologne *

Irish Museum of Modern Art The Irish Museum of Modern Art ( ga, Áras Nua-Ealaíne na hÉireann) also known as IMMA, is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. Located in Kilmainham, Dublin, the Museum pr ...

, Dublin *

Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art ( ca, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, , MACBA) is a contemporary art museum situated in the Plaça dels Àngels, in El Raval, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The museum opened to the publ ...

, BarcelonaList of Artworks at MACBA
*Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern

References

*Paula Murphy (2002), ''Coleman, James'' in Brian Lalor (Ed.), ''The Encyclopedia of Ireland''. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan.

External links

Simon Lee Gallery, London.Exhibited at DIA Chelsea
announces purchase of important works by James Coleman.

Aosdána biographical note
Exhibition at Documenta 12Exhibition at Fundació Antoni Tàpies.
1941 births Living people Irish installation artists Irish contemporary artists Aosdána members People from County Roscommon Alumni of the National College of Art and Design {{Ireland-artist-stub