James Carey

Working primarily in mural and canvas, Carey is a self taught painter. Informed by a youth spent painting graffiti in the 1990’s and 2000’s, his work is a direct translation of techniques picked up while writing on walls and the complimentary lang...

Working primarily in mural and canvas, Carey is a self taught painter. Informed by a youth spent painting graffiti in the 1990’s and 2000’s, his work is a direct translation of techniques picked up while writing on walls and the complimentary language of abstract painting. Carey is interested in the confluence of graphic elements and the landscapes they occupy - advertising and graffiti typography and the walls and environments they adorn. Sprayed paint becomes the shadow of a stencilled letterform, or a typographic element gives structure to ethereal, ambient colour and space.