James Cripps

James Cripps is an artist and musician from Kensal Rise, London. He studied at Richmond upon Thames College.[1]

His 2009 art exhibition was with other young artists who went by the group name of 'Anklebiter'. The show received with acclaim,[2] the center piece of his work being an abstract version of Bouguereau's The First Mourning.

Cripps fronted the punk band Stavin' Chains who cite their influences from Frank Sinatra to The Birthday Party.[3] The BBC invited them to play The Roundhouse 2009 Emerging Proms[4] The band was dissolved in 2011 when its members formed the band Dogfeet.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Artist profiles - Anklebiter". Your Local Guardian. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ "ANKLEBITER at Hepsibah Gallery". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  3. ^ "GDLI 23RD JULY: The Guillotines, Speak and the Spells, Stavin' Chains". Archived from the original on 21 August 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Article on the Emerging Proms season". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Dogfeet biography". Last.fm. Retrieved 10 December 2022.