(b. 1941, Ballaghaderren, Ireland. Lives and works in Dublin and Paris.)
James Coleman studied at the National College of Art and Design and University College, Dublin, as well as Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan. Coleman represented Ireland at the 1973 Paris Biennale and has participated in Documenta IX (1992), X (1997), XI (2002), and XII (2007). He received both the Kurt-Schwitters Prize, Hannover, Germany and the Kunstpreis München in 2002, and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the National University of Ireland, Galway, in 2006.
RECENT SOLO SHOWS
2009
James Coleman, Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland; Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland; Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
2008
James Coleman, Compton Verney House Trust, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, England
2007
James Coleman, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
RECENT GROUP SHOWS
2009
Une image peut en cacher une autre: Arcimboldo, Dali, Raetz," Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2007
On History," curated by Gloria Moure, Fundacion Santander Central Hispano, Madrid, Spain
Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany
2006
The 80's: A Topology of Sense," Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal

