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About
James Clar is a media artist whose work is a fusion of technology, popular culture, and visual information. His work explores the limitations of various communication mediums and its effect on the individual and society. Focusing on the visual arts, his work often controls and manipulates light - the common intersection of all visual mediums.
Clar studied film as an undergraduate at New York University focusing on 3D Animation, then continued on to his Masters at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. It was here that he moved away from screen-based work and started working directly with light, creating sculptural lighting pieces. By developing his own systems with which to manipulate light, he discovered he could create unique visual displays, as well as circumvent the limitations of screen-based work, namely resolution and two-dimensionality.
While his early work dealt with analyzing how technology and media work, a move to the Middle East in 2007 has seen his focus shift to how technology and media affect. As an American living in Dubai, his art work has progressed towards deeper conceptual themes. These include nationalism, globalism, and popular culture in the age of mass information, and often analyzes the discrepancy in information between Western media and Middle Eastern media along with its effects on people.
In 2011 Clar opened “Satellite” his art studio located in the Al Serkal art district of Dubai. This space allowed for larger scale experimentation and production. Within Satellite he also curated the Broadcast series; a one-night only installation and performance night by a selected artist to create within the warehouse.
In the past, Clar was an artist in residence at Eyebeam Atelier in New York, Fabrica in Italy, and the FedEx Institute of Technology/Lantana Projects in Memphis. His artwork has been included in the Chanel Mobile Art exhibition (Tokyo), The New Museum of Contemporary Arts (New York), The Chelsea Art Museum (New York), The Somerset House (UK), Museum on Seam (Jerusalem), and Louis Vuitton Gallery (Hong Kong)..
James Clar lives and works between New York and Dubai.
Collections (Selected)
Susan and Michael Hort, New York, USA
The Farook Collection, Dubai
Salsali Collection, Germany
Borusan Contemporary Art Collection, Istanbul, Turkey
Contact
Email Contact:
info [at] JamesClar.com
Gallery (Dubai):
info [at] carbon12dubai.com
Gallery (Los Angeles):
info [at] blytheprojects.net
Direct Mail:
James Clar
c/o Satellite (location Map)
Al Serkal Avenue #C-16
Street 8, Al Qouz 1, Dubai
UAE 6716
Phone: +971 4 347 0209
Fax: +971 4 341 5394
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Works
Iris
Turbulence
The Setting Sun
Cubic Zirconia
Phoenix
Tensile Sphere
Lover's Quarrel
Staring at the Sun
Border Patrol
Boom
Up Against the Wall
Dance Therapy
Media Hype
Infinity
Freefall Series
3D Display Cube
Tensile Series
Nineteen Eighty-Nine
Global English
EK 202
Ball & Chain
Got Recession?
Iron Fist
Pop Culture
For You, Anything
Spike Light
Polygon
Coming Soon
Argyle
Blue Mosque
Waveform
Dust to Dust
The Rat Race
Organix
The Longest Distance
Portal
Starlight
Square Eclipse
You & Me
Blue 88
Boom Box
Inside / Out
Fire Fly
Halo
Flatline
CircleSquare
Line
IDEE Adidas Y-3
Voltron
Infinity Case
Exhibitions
2011
THE STATE: SOCIAL / ANTISOCIAL?, Traffic and The Third Line, Dubai
"WESTEND?", Museum on Seam, Jerusalem
Louis Vitton Gallery, Hong Kong
ART FUTURES, ART HK 11
Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Art Dubai 2011, Dubai
I Don’t Need Your Money Honey All I Need is Love, Traffic, Dubai
2010
Art Asia, Miami
THE STATE, Traffic, Dubai
Armed, Abu Dhabi Art 2010, Abu Dhabi
"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
2005
NHK Digital Arts Festival, Tokyo Fall
Seoul Design Festival, Korea Fall
WIRED NextFest, Chicago June
8th Japan Media Arts Festival, Museum of Photography, Tokyo April
Milan Triennial, Italy Jan
2004
VIPER Basel, Switzerland Aug
The Chelsea Art Museum, New York Spring
Siggraph Manila Animation Festival, New York Spring
Digital Arts at CroBar , New York Summer
"Compact-Impact Night" TKNY, New York Spring
2003
Remote Lounge, New York Winter
New Museum of Contemporary Arts, New York Fall
Siggraph NYC MetroCAF, New York Fall
ITP Spring Show, New York Spring
New York Dance and Arts, New York Spring
"Junichi and Friends" New York Spring
Lectures / Presentations
2010
Art Abu Dhabi 2010, Dubai, UAE
Pecha Kucha Night, Dubai, UAE
ARTHK10 - Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong, China
2009
Tokyo Polytechnic University, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Arquiset Symposium, Barcelona
Lightscapes Workshop @ Hangar, Barcelona
Pecha Kucha Night, Dubai Spring
New York University (ITP), New York Spring
2007
Professional Lighting Designers Conf, London Oct
Tama Art University, Tokyo Sept
2006
American Institute of Architects (AIA), Memphis April
Meisei University, Tokyo Jan
2005
Seoul Design Festival, Korea
Klein-Dytham’s Pecha Kucha Night, Tokyo Fall
New York Design Week 2005,
Core77’s Opening Reception Guest Presenter
Dorkbot New York, Summer
Shift Magazine’s DotMOV Festival, Japan
2004
Ateneo de Manila University Spring



































































