Biography 

Marlon James was born in 1980 in Kingston, Jamaica and is currently based in The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, which includes group exhibitions at The National Gallery of Jamaica, Punkt Ø / Galleri F15 (Norway)  Gallery of Mississauga (Canada), The IDB Cultural Center (D.C.), Art Museum of Americas (D.C.), Bargehouse (London), Aliceyard (Trinidad). He has also been published in Small Axe: A Caribbean Art Jornal41, Pictures from Paradise, Jamaica Art: Then and Now and ARC Magazine Issue 4. He received his BFA from the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in 2003.

Statement

Incorporating a raw, unedited approach to photography, I often capture socially controversial subjects who represent taboo aspects of Jamaican society. I started out by documenting individuals in the artistic community, and then gradually branched out to the wider community including the Caribbean.  An impetus for the work came from a search for my own identity. 

Exhibitions:


Solo Exhibition:

Marlon James: Intimate Encounters / March 23, 2013 / NLS, Jamaica


Group Exhibition:

Jamaica Biennial 2022: Pressure, National Gallery of Jamaica


The Photography Show / February  2020 / Y Art Gallery, Trinidad 


Jamaican Spiritual July 2017, St. Stephen Walbrook, London


Jamaica Biennial 2012 / 2014 / 2016, National Gallery of Jamaica


Jamaican Routes exhibition / Punkt Ø Galleri F15 2016, Norway


FLOAT exhibition TRANSFORMER Museum / June 2014, Washington D.C


Contemporary Jamaican Art Exhibit Circa 1962 - 2012 / Gallery of Mississauga 2012, Canada


Wrestling with Image 2011(Art Museum of the Americas), Washington D.C.


About Change- Contemporary Jamaican Artist / IDB Cultural Center 2011, Washington D.C


Shot in Kingston 2010(Alice Yard), Trinidad 


Young Talent V May 4, 2010, National Gallery of Jamaica



Publication


Archives No.2 : Au Courant 

Stranger's Guide : King Yellowman 

Marie Claire : Why Black Women in a Predominately Black Culture Are Still Bleaching Their Skin

Picture from Paradise: A Survey of Contemporary Caribbean Photography 2012(book) Robert and Christopher, Trinidad and Tobago

Jamaica Art: Then and Now 2011(book) LMH, Jamaica

Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism Issue 41 / 2013(book), Duke University, New York

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