James Giddy
James Giddy is a multidisciplinary artist who has gainedrecognition for his large-scale public art works both domestically andinternationally. Based in Boorloo (Perth), Giddy was initially recognisedthrough mural work for Form WA’s Public Project (2015) and completed a Bachelorof Fine Arts at Curtin University (2016 Degree Show).
With foundations in watercolour painting, Giddy pays homageto contrast and composition, looking to the natural environment and his nearsurroundings for inspiration. The immediacy and sense-of-place achieved by theFrench motif of ‘en plein air’ painting, translates through a lot of his muraland studio work.
Giddy’s works encourage the audience to question and bringtheir own contextual understanding to the composition, whilst providing aplatform of familiarity in the subject and its action. Through these dynamicsof a subject and its ground, Giddy often visits themes concerning the every-dayand the common civilian, whilst using the public reach of his mural work tolook at environmental awareness and conservation, drawing focus to nature in anurban environment or on a man-made structure
Artist CV
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Curtin University
Solo Exhibitions
May 2024 - Strangers to Mortality Pt. 2
November 2022 - Strangers to Mortality Pt. 1
April 2021 - Honeymoon, Cannery Arts Centre, Esperance, WA
September 2020 - Spectator, Cleaver St. & Co., West Perth
December 2017 - James Giddy Studio Open, Floreat
December 2016 - Thoroughfare, Common Ground Collective, Fremantle
March 2016 - Life's Natural Path, Zig Zag Gallery, Kalamunda
September 2015- Dreams Aside, Open Studio, Floreat
November 2014 -When Rain Makes Mud, Little Wing Corner Gallery, Subiaco
Selected Public Art
January 2025 SlowDaze, Northwood Street WestLeederville, WA
January 2025 ClaisebrookCove EastPerth, WA
(Commissionedby the City of Perth)
September 2024 CuballingClubrooms, Cuballing,WA
August 2024 WooleenStation Murchison,WA
June 2024 Parallel,Recreation Area Barcelona,Spain
June 2024 WolfLane, Perth CBD Perth,WA
March 2024 ChristchurchGrammar School, Claremont,WA
December 2023 Roe Hwy Logistics Park Kenwick,WA
(Commissionedby Hesperia)
November 2023 Wearne Cottesloe Retirment Living Cottesloe, WA
October 2023 Butler College, Butler,WA
September 2023 Broadway Fair Shopping Centre, Nedlands, WA
August 2023 Miniquip Hire, Forrestdale,WA
March 2023 Shire of Wickepin, CRC Western Wall, Wickepin, WA
February 2023 Curtin University, Graphenstone Mural Bentley WA
January 2023 Padbury Shopping Centre, Padbury, WA
January 2023 Winthrop Primary School Winthrop, WA
September 2022 Koorak, Kings Park West Perth, WA
June 2022 Jackadder Reserve, City of Stirling, Woodlands, WA
January 2022 Bunbury Fringe Festival, Bunbury, WA
November 2021 Badgingarra Rest Stop, Badgingarra,WA (Commissionedby the Shire of Dandaragan)
November 2021 Two Rocks Primary School, Two Rocks, WA
November 2021 COP26 Climate Change Murals, Wickepin, WA (Fundedby Andrew and Nicola Forrest)
September 2021 Preston Beach Ablutions, Preston Beach, WA
August 2021 Curtin Heritage Living, Wearne, Cottesloe, WA
July 2021 Lucky Bay Brewery, Esperance, WA
May 2021 Rowland St Carpark, Subiaco, WA (Commissioned by Hesperia)
April 2021 Mukinbudin Drive in Cinema Screen, Mukinbudin, WA
March 2021 Victoria Park Art Framers, Victoria Park, WA
January 2021 Warwick Twin Cinemas, Warwick,QLD (Commissionedby Southern Downs Regional Council)
November 2020 Treendale Farm Hotel, Australind,WA
November 2020 Art Framers Laneway, Mt. Lawley, WA
October 2020 Bob and Jims General Store, Esperance, WA
September 2020 Little Wing Corner Gallery, Subiaco, WA
September 2020 RSPCA Perth, Malaga, WA
April 2020 Karingal Green, High Wycombe, WA
March 2020 Peter Moyes School, Quinns Rocks, WA
February 2020 Little Wing Corner Gallery, Subiaco, WA
January 2020 IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
January 2020 Peter Moyes School, Quinns Rocks, WA
January 2020 Raine Square, Perth, WA
December 2019 White Gum Valley Primary School, WA
November 2019 Two Blind Cows Glamping, Margaret River, WA
October 2019 Yealering Regatta Storage Shed, Yealering, WA
October 2019 First Ave Café, Kensington, WA
August 2019 Lake Yealering Ablutions, Yealering, WA
July 2019 Grandview/ Automatik, West Hollywood, Los Angeles
July 2019 White Gum Valley Primary School, WA
June 2019 The Loco Shed, Donnelly River, WA
May 2019 Bellco Law, Townsville, QLD, (commissioned by Townsville City Council)
May 2019 Ogden St Bus Hub, Townsville, QLD
February 2019 Wickepin Newsagents, Wickepin, WA
January 2019 Tankk Fish & Chips, Como, WA
December 2018 Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley WA
December 2018 Hidden River Estate, Pemberton, WA
November 2018 K.C& Sons, Wickepin, WA
October 2018 Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley WA
August 2018 The Waverley, Westfield Carousel, (Commissioned By Scentre Group)
May 2018 Bus Shelter Activation, Gosnells WA
April 2018 Gulargambone, Central NSW
March 2018 ScotchCollege, Swanbourne WA
February 2018 ReSpoke, East Perth
November 2017 The Studio: Beauty and Wellness, Kalbarri
November 2017 Historic Heart Planter Boxes, East Perth (Peoples Choice Award)
October 2017 Mt Hawthorn Primary School, Mt Hawthorn
September 2017 Cleaver St & Co. (Interior), West Perth
September 2017 Rosemount Hotel (Interior), North Perth
June 2017 Beverley IGA, Shire of Beverley
Penny’s Beauty Salon, Shire of Beverley
Old Supermarket (Forrest St), Shire of Beverley
Country Kitchen, Shire of Beverley
Beverley Pharmacy, Shire of Beverley
May 2017 Richardson Park, Shire of Dalwallinu
April 2017 Eden Light Retreat, Roleystone WA
March 2017 Liquor Barons, Swanbourne
September 2016 Jurien Bay Bowls Club, Jurien Bay WA
July 2016 Source, Hermanus South Africa
June 2016 Little Wing Corner Gallery, Subiaco
May 2016 Coogee St Carpark, Mt Hawthorn
February 2016 Curtin Student Guild, Curtin University
January 2016 Flux Lifeground, Kerobokan, Indonesia
January 2016 Old Mans Canggu, Indonesia
January 2016 Fresh Provisions Carpark, Mt Lawley
December 2015 Cleaver St Coffee Shop, West Perth
December 2015 IGA Express, Dwellingup WA
December 2015 Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch
November 2015 Global Cabling, Osborne Park
November 2015 Senses Australia, Burswood. Commissioned by Brookfield Multiplex
November 2015 Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch
October 2015 Mullaloo Kindy, Mullalloo
April 2015 Broken Hill Hotel, Victoria Park. Commissioned by Form WA
April 2015 Water Corporation, Leederville. Commissioned by Form WA
March 2015 The Good Store, Victoria Park, Commissioned by Form WA
November 2014 Beaufort St Festival, Laneway Collective
August 2014 Corner Markets: Little Wing Corner Gallery, Subiaco
December 2013 Ocean Beach Hotel Beer Garden, Cottesloe
Selected Group Exhibitions
October 2024 - Arte Ricca Exhibition
July 2024 - Fine Art at Hale
February 2024 - Salon, Anya Brock Gallery
January 2023 - Introspective w. Testing Ground Dance, Moana Hall
August 2022 - Donnelly River Residencies, Earlyworks Gallery
November 2021 - Arte Ricca Exhibition
July 2019 - Fine Art at Hale, Hale School, Wembley Downs
May 2019 - PLCOCA Exhibition, PLC Peppermint Grove
December 2018 - '12 x 12', The Stockroom, Melbourne
November 2018 - New Territory, Mt Lawley Art Framers
July 2018 - Fine Art at Hale, Hale School, Wembley Downs
May 2018 - PLCOCA Exhibition, PLC Peppermint Grove
November 2017 - Monday Live Art, Henry on Eighth, Maylands
July 2017 - Fine Art at Hale, Hale School, Wembley Downs
July 2017 - Art of Symphony, Heath Ledger Theater, Perth
July 2017 - Artitude Amplified, The Crown, Burswood
May 2017 - PLCOCA Exhibition, PLC Peppermint Grove
February 2017 - The Other Side, Friday Studios, West Perth
December 2016 - Art for ZERO, WA AIDS, PS Art Space, Fremantle
December 2016 - Curtin University Art Degree Show, Bentley
August 2016 - Emerge Youth Art Award, Nedlands
July 2016 - Fine Art at Hale, Hale School, Wembley Downs
July 2016 - Art of Symphony: Heath Ledger Theater, Perth
May 2016 - PLCOCA Exhibition, PLC Peppermint Grove
March 2016 - Finders Keepers, Little Wing Corner Gallery
July 2015 - Art of Symphony: Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth
July 2015 - Laneway Collective: Little Creatures Main Gallery, Fremantle
July 2015 - Hot Soup Gallery, Fremantle
June 2015 - Night Out for Nepal: Moore Gallery, Fremantle
May 2015 - Art for Spark: Pop-up Gallery Mount Hawthorn
May 2015 - PLCOCA Exhibition, PLC Peppermint Grove
April 2015 - pARTy: Studio 2, Leederville
December 2014 - Where the Fruit Grows: Little Creatures main Gallery, Fremantle
September 2014 - Roll on Rome: Little Wing Corner Gallery, Subiaco
May 2014 - PLCOCA Exhibition, PLC Peppermint Grove
Residencies
Donnelly River Verandah Residency, June 2019
Donnelly River Verandah Residency, June 2022