James Davies.

jim@3jay.com

I studied Fine Art at The Oxfordshire School of Art and Oxford Brookes University. My work covers both painting and sound (in performance and on record), as well as web based projects.

My recent work has emerged from process led improvisations and is concerned with uncovering and exploiting cultural values inherent in formal structures. I am also interested in investigating the potential for narrative within both figurative and non figurative artworks.

I have also been playing guitar in a punk band called Vehicle Derek, as well as working as Spunkle.

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2003; "Loop" - Said Business School, Oxford
  • 2002; "Five Counties Open Exhibition" - Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville
  • 2002; "3jay" - X-Change Gallery, Gloucester Green, Oxford.
  • 2001; "Take Away", Magdalen Road Studios, Oxford.
  • 2001; The Pantomime Ballet "OX1", Oxford Brookes University.
  • 2001; "First International Stuckist's Exhibition", Green Street, Oxford.
  • 2000; Oxford Millenium Festival
  • 1999; "3Jay II", Christchurch College Oxford
  • 1999; "It's a World, World, World, World, Mad", The Conductor's Hallway Gallery, London
  • 1998; "The Electric Showroom", Abingdon
  • 1998; "3Jay", Christchurch College, Oxford
  • 1997; "Wardrobe", Virgin Airways V.I.P. Lounge, Heathrow Airport.
  • 1997; Pyramid Arts International Book Fair, Washington D.C. USA.
  • 1997; "ICE STATION ZEEBRA", 33 Great Sutton Street, London.
  • 1997; "FIRST EXIT", Art Connoisseur Gallery, London.
  • 1997; "Selected Works", Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.
  • 1997; Brookes Memorial Prize.
  • 1997; "New Paintings By James Davies", Original Levi's Store, Oxford.
  • 1997; "SIX", Original Levi's Store, Oxford.
  • 1996; Artweek, Oxford Brookes University.
  • 1995; Cole and Cole, Oxford.

Live performances

As Spunkle

  • August 1997: The Point, Oxford
  • September 1997: The Point, Oxford
  • November 1997: The Point Oxford
  • December 1997: The Garage, London
  • May 1998: Residency, Morals Bar, Oxford
  • July 1998: The Point, Oxford
  • August 1998: The Point, Oxford
  • September 1998: The Bullingdon Arms, Oxford
  • November 1998: The Point, Oxford
  • January 1999: Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
  • December 1999: The Point, Oxford
  • February 2000: Notting Hill Arts Club, London
  • April 2000: The Zodiac,Oxford
  • May 2000: The Point, Oxford
  • October 2001: The Cellar, Oxford
  • August 2002: The Zodiac, Oxford

Recordings

As Spunkle

  • May 1997: Spunkle #1, Spunkle Studios Oxford (tape)
  • August 1997: Lubetune/A Tiny Shoe, Shifty Disco Records (CD Single)
  • January 1998: Play Loud, Spunkle Studios (tape)
  • February 1998: It's a Shifty Disco Thing, Volume One (compilation track), Shifty Disco Records
  • May 1998: Formless Musical Excursions Without Titles Or Scripts, Spunkle Studios (tape)
  • August 1998: The Buzzer, Spunkle Studios (tape)
  • December 1998: Where will you be this Christmas ?, Shifty Disco Records (CD Single)
  • February 1999: It's a Shifty Disco Thing, Volume Two (compilation track), Shifty Disco Records
  • September 1999: Spunkle Autumn Tape, (tape)
  • October 1999: Prepared Vinyl Project, (7" single)
  • October 2000: Tinysongs, Tracker EP
  • April 2001: Tinysongs 2, Tracker EP
  • June 2001: TNO, Track
  • April 2003: Music for Dxing, (LP)

With Vehicle Derek

  • May 2001: Vehicle Derek, (LP) Boss Tuneage Records
  • May 2001: Boss Samplerage, (compilation track) Boss Tuneage Records
  • June 2001: Sing Songs, (compilation track) Moving On Music
  • December 2002: Instant Singles Collection, Boss Tunage Records

With The Botley and Dogdyke Veebic Warriors

  • June 2001: Electronica Exotica, (compilation track) Moving On Music

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