About

Maggie James paints and draws landscape, linked to physical walks through a varied natural environment, often with high vantage points. Some appear dreamlike and fictional. Her studio practice draws on three years of study at the Royal College ofArt, Painting School, experience as a painter in studios in Newcastle, London and Cardiff and early study in art schools in Newcastle on Tyne and Cardiff. Currently based in Butetown Artists Studios in Cardiff, Maggie is one of the original Open Books artists and an elected member of the Welsh Group, an artists collective in Wales. Recent projects include ‘Seen and Unseen’ at BayArt, 2024 and an exhibition of 30 paintings at Found Gallery Brecon 2022. Her paintings are in private collections in the UK, China, Canada and Australia

Recent exhibitions

2024    Seen and Unseen BayArt
2024    Silent Disco ’24 Greystone Industries, Wickham Market
2023    Celf Gwyrdd The  Welsh Group summer exhibition, Mid Wales Art Centre
2023    PAX Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth & Aberystwyth Art Centre
2023     The Welsh Group in Focus Y Gaer, Brecon
2023     LLE Gallery exhibition and zine event Kingsgate projects, London
2022    Y Silff Canfas, Cardigan
2022    Welsh Group Turner House
2022    Across Two Valleys, Red House, Merthyr Tydfil
2022    Celebration of Contemporary Welsh Painting, Found Gallery, Brecon
2021    Thoughts on Paper Oriel Y Bont, University of South Wales
2021    OpenBooksOnline The GoDown, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2021     Welsh Group at Art Central & Attic Gallery Swansea