James Oram graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the University of Canterbury in 2004, and is currently based in Auckland. Working primarily in video and sculpture, Orams work often explores introspective battles of individual existence.
Exhibitions include: Physical Video, Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), Brisbane; Unnerved: The New Zealand Project, also at GOMA; Animal Spirits, Sugarcube gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (2011); Game Face, The Physics Room, Christchurch (2010); The Ultimate Time Lapse Megamix, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne (2010); See change, SCAPE Biennial of Art in PublicSpace, Christchurch (2008); Another Destination, Christchurch Art Gallery (2007).

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