Kaserne Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin, Germany

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong, China

James Clar’s work is a fusion of technology, pop art,street culture, and visual information. His work has been an exploration of media technology and often charts the common intersection that is light, the shared element between all visual mediums. Throughout his artistic career,through various developments of media technologies, a defining factor of his work has been a questioning of what we see and how it affects our behavior.

His journey of creating, manipulating and shaping light began as an undergraduate film student at New York University (NYU), concentrating on animation. Under the influence of various media theory, and specifically the writings of Marshall McLuhan, James’ outlook on visual systems began to be stripped down to the basic idea of light.

Following his Masters at Interactive Telecommunication Program (ITP, NYU), he moved away from screen-based work and decided to work directly with light. He began creating his own systems with which to manipulate light - thereby doing away with a reliance on traditional systems such as television or film. James currently has three patents in the US for new engineering systems he created while developing his light art.

2010

"What goes around, comes around", Galerie Caprice Horn Berlin, Germany

SCOPE BASEL, Basel, Switzerland

'Acceleration', Art Dubai 2010, Dubai Spring

2009

"The Singular Suit", Somerset House, London Fall

"For Your Eyes Only", traffic, Dubai Spring

"My Name is Robot", Jam Jar, Dubai Spring

2008

Galerie Roger Tator, Festival of Light, Lyon Winter

"Cliche in a Box", traffic, Dubai

CHANEL Mobile Art, Tokyo Spring

2007

National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo Fall

Tiger Translate, New York March

Lab [AU], Brussels Jan

2006

Pop!Tech conference, Maine Oct

Wired NextFest, New York Sept

SubSpace South, Memphis April

Material Art Gallery, Memphis March

9th Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo March

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York Feb