James Balmforth

James Balmforth was born in Plymouth in 1980. He currently lives and works in London. In 2003, James completed a BFA at Chelsea College of Art & Design. Balmforth's work aims to distil intricate concepts and specific aspects of human experience in deceptively simple forms by exploiting the evocative and analytic potential of material and symbolic structures. In works that often employ mechanical apparatuses to accentuate the primacy of relations of rudimentary materials such as stone and ash, Balmforth reveals the simplicity inherent in elaborate concepts, and the hidden complexities of seemingly straightforward ideas and ...