James Allen is a British surrealist / gothic artist based at Sao Paulo - Brazil / London - UK.

James Allen was born at Belfast - Northern Ireland - 1968.

He is primarily a painter, illustrator, glass artist, digital artist and doll maker.

The themes of his work include childhood, innocence, death, life, God, decay, rebirth, mysticism, religion, historic language of symbolic imagery, classical meaning behind the objects and animals are represented in his work. The balance of good and evil, positive and negative, an aura of the unknown and mysticism are always present in his work.

A dark mixture of innocence and the shadow side of life.  There is a certain unnerving element to James work that evokes that feeling you get when you know something is not quite right expresses the inner self and the shadow realms many ignore in the human being.

Son of a protestant father and a catholic mother, James was immersed in the craziness of the riots and terrorism at he early 70's in Belfast.  At the same time James Allen's world was filled with Irish and Brazilian folclore, ghost stories, fairy tales and haunted Irish mansions that he attended while visiting his grandparents mansion and family friends.

James Allen is a self taught artist, he has been doing art since  two years of age. At twelve he was participating in exhibitions with a little twist about his age as most art exhibitions were age limited.
James Allen achieved a degree of Fine Arts M.A - Master of Arts and Stained Glass at Saint Martins College of Art And Design - London - UK
He never stops when it is about discovering new medias for his expression, adding to what his life is all about ...Painting.

Exhibitions:
 
2009
That Damned Show II - Dark Fine Art Exhibition - Detroit - USA ( Special Guest ) -
2009
  MOCA - Museum of Computer Art - Brooklyn, NY - USA
2009
  Tangent Gallery - Detroit - USA
2006
Bizarro Brazil Expo
2004
29° Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto Nacional
2003
54° Salão Paulista de Belas Artes - Governo do Estado de São Paulo - São Paulo - SP
2001
IV Salão Maçônico de Artes Plásticas
2000
XXXV Salão de Maio da Sociedade Brasileira de Belas Artes - Rio de Janeiro RJ
1997
Galeria do Sol - São José dos Campos - SP
1996
Gazebo em Vidros  - Curitiba - PR
1995
Galeria do Sol - São José dos Campos - SP
1993
Galeria do Sol - São José dos Campos - SP
1993
Setembros em Vidros - São Paulo - SP
1993
Sinduscon - São José dos Campos - SP
1991
Central Saint Martins - London - UK
1989
II Grande Mostra Nacional de Artes Plasticas - São Paulo - SP
1988
I Grande Mostra Nacional de Artes Plasticas - São Paulo - SP
1984
I Salão nacional de Artes plásticas Guido Vergani - Belo Horizonte - MG.
1983
IV Salão Oficial de Artes Plasticas
1982
II Salão de Novos da Academia Paulista de Belas Artes - São Paulo - SP
1982
II Salão Nacional de artes Plasticas Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes - São Paulo - SP
1982
I Salão Nacional de Artes plasticas de primavera - São Paulo - SP
1982
I Salão Nacional de Artes plasticas "Ivan Batista Bebret" - São Paulo - SP
1982
V Salão de Artes Plasticas de Itú - Itú - SP
1981
IV Salão de Artes Plasticas de Itú - Itú - SP
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