James Cherry (b. Chicago, 1996) is an artist working primarily in lighting and sculpture. His work is focused on material manipulation to transform found elements into viscerally intimate objects that mine his surroundings, and the zeitgeist of today.
Education: Bard College, BFA
Solo Exhibitions/Design Collections
2024 From Pollen, Tiwa Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Paper Lamp Collection, Spartan Shop, Portland, OR
2024 Listening, Schlomer Haus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Juno Lamp Collection, Lawson Fenning, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Split Second, Solito Galleria Contemporanea, Naples, Italy
2023 Fraternal, NOON Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2019 (thesis exhibition) Binky, UBS Bard College, Red Hook, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Coetir, Tiwa Select, New York, NY
2023 BOND, Dries Van Noten x SIZED, Los Angeles, CA
2023 All Hands: Design Week Presentation, Matter, New York, NY
2023 Green World, Emma Scully Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Design For All, New York Design Week, Pink Essay, New York, NY
2022 Emma Scully Gallery Echo 1 Release Collaboration, New York, NY
2022 Sirkus, NOON Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Supergroup: Vessels, Superhouse, New York, NY
2021 Design Miami x James Cherry XY&Z Lamp Release, Miami, NY
Selected Press
2024 Wallpaper* Magazine, Sculptor James Cherry’s always playful and sometimes strange lamps set New York's Tiwa Gallery aglow, Diana Budds
2024 Art in America: Winter Print Issue, Artist's Lamps, Andy Battaglia
2024 World of Interiors (print issue), Supernatural Selection, Diana Budds
2024 Architectural Digest, Artnet’s Annie Armstrong on the James Cherry piece that mirrors her drive, Anna Carlson
2024 Surface Magazine, Designer of the day: James Cherry, Ryan Waddoups
2024 Fad Magazine, James Cherry Talks About ‘Listening’: His Debut SF Exhibition, Lee Sharock
2024 Inside Hook, 9 San Francisco Art Galleries to Visit Right Now, Adrian Spinelli
2023 Office Magazine, Bond with Dries Van Noten, Izzy Capulong
2023 Juliet Art Magazine (Italy), James Cherry- Split Second, Vincent Bogard
2023 Artillery Magazine, GALLERY ROUNDS: James Cherry, Emma Christ
2022 Architectural Digest Spain, (print issue) Illuminacion Especial, Mariona Sabates
2022 Art Net, Wet Paint: Frieze Week Walkthrough, Annie Armstrong
2022 ID, The Best of Frieze New York (and beyond)
2022 Curbed, NYC x Design's 10th Anniversary Recap
2022 Sight Unseen, New York Design Week - Fair Report (Pink Essay's "Design for All"), Jill Singer