Visual Artist
About
Work
James Bourbon is a self-taught visual artist based in Meanjin (Brisbane). He works across painting, collage, textiles and installation. He has shown work across Australia and internationally, including London, Tokyo Sydney, Melbourne and Chicago.
His practice sits at the intersection of popular culture, consumerism and collective memory. He is drawn to the images that move through us quietly, the advertising, the propaganda, the mass-produced vernacular that shapes what we believe without ever asking permission.
"My work begins in the past, but it is always about the present. Each fragment becomes a way of asking how culture leaves its mark on us."