James Fisher was born in the UK in 1972. He trained at Royal College of Art (1995 - 1997) and was a recipient of an Abbey Scholarship in Painting at the British School at Rome in 2001. He was awarded a PHD in Fine Art at the University of Gloucestershire in 2009 following a series of exhibitions that explored relationships between painting, music and text.
Fisher has had numerous solo exhibitions including Sylvania at the Eagle Galley Cabinet Room, London (2020) and Flotilla at White Conduit Projects, London, as well as Uchiwa-e Eagle Gallery, London (2011); My Hopes are not Entirely Hopeless Aldeburgh Music, Suffolk (2009); I came here a stranger Eagle Gallery, London (2008); As a stranger I depart Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden (2008) and The Wanderer Rochester City Art Gallery (2005).
Fisher has exhibited in Italy, Ireland and the UK and with Rosenbaum Contemporary in the US. He been an invited artist in exhibitions including BITE, Mall Galleries, ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries and the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. He has collaborated with sculptor Denise de Cordova on Camouflage - an installation of sculpture and paintings for the London Art Fair 2015, and Plaything ¬- a collaborative installation for Blyth Gallery, Imperial College, London, curated by Katrina Blannin (2017).
Fisher's paintings are held in many private collections in the UK, Europe and USA, and public collections include FIL Plc, London; the Jerwood Foundation, Hastings and the Hive, Worcester.