James Rielly

James Malcolm Rielly is a Welsh artist living and working in France.[1] His paintings frequently take on absurd subject matter, and he has done a series of paintings depicting bedsheet ghost costumes.[2] He was born in 1956 in Wrexham.[1] [3] Rielly studied at the Gloucester College of Art & Design in Cheltenham and at Belfast College of Art.[1]

Rielly was associated with the group of artists known as the Young British Artists (YBAs).[4] In 1997 he exhibited with other YBAs in the Charles Saatchi-sponsored Sensation exhibition.[5]

In 2017, Rielly was one of the artists to sign onto Volta 13, the satellite art fair of Art Basel.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "James Rielly". Artnet. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. ^ "The Artspace Group Show: The Supernatural". Artspace. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ^ "RIELLY, James". Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. ^ Fride-Carrasat, Patricia; Marcadé, Isabelle (2005). Movements in painting. Chambers p. 239. ISBN 978-0-5501-0123-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Adam, Georgina (30 September 2006). "Revealed: where the Sensation art is now". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ Cascone, Sarah (11 April 2017). "70 Dealers Sign on for 'Lucky' VOLTA 13 in Basel". Artnet. Retrieved 5 March 2021.