Marty St. James

Marty St. James is known as a pioneer of the framed video portrait and works in a range of contemporary media: performance art, photography, digital video and drawings.

Emeritus Professor of Fine Arts.

He lives and works in London and France.

His exhibitions, collections and screenings include: National Portrait Gallery and Tate (London), Pompidou Centre (Paris), Museum of Photography (Tokyo), National Centre for Contemporary Art (Moscow), Chelsea Art Museum (New York City), Tigre Museum (Buenos Aires), Redtory (Beijing), Blink Gallery (Hong Kong) and AIP Gallery (Guangzhou).

He has undertaken several international artist residencies, including in Antarctica (2010 and 2014).

His latest book: Being in Time - Performance art is out now on Amazon.

Moments in Time (Altamira) (NAT Art Residence - Artists in the Country of Altamira - 07/2022)

As an artist, I am interested in notions of what it means to Be Human in time and space: the figure, human movement, stillness, sequential elements, actions, journeys and temporality. The end result of my processes is digital photographic works, handmade and digital drawings.

During my residency in Altamira, I explored the paintings of our ancestors and their archaeological artefacts. And considered the human figure within the context of the extraordinary caves of Cantabria and the surroundings of Altamira.