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Oli James

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Forms of mediation

Duo show with @kamekamemikame as part of Chelsea College of Arts degree show by @olijames39

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4 months ago

Abstract relations between abstract points (2026)

Link in bio by @olijames39

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6 months ago

𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 — 𝗢𝗟𝗜 𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦
@olijames39

London-based interdisciplinary artist Oli James works across text, sculpture, painting and sound. His practice examines how meaning shifts between objects, language and viewers, opening space for multiple readings rather than a single fixed interpretation.

In Unanchored City, Oli explores empire and time through obelisk-like forms and fragmented texts. His works question the authority of monuments and consider how power continues to shape the present, creating unstable, layered encounters that remain open to interpretation.

𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘
𝟔–𝟗 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐏𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐦
@copelandparkse

Presented by DoMo collective @domocltv

Support or share our Crowdfunder via the link in bio. taken in Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London by @olijames39

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2 months ago

And now the dust has settled …

Thank you for everyone who helped me throughout the show

And @kamekamemikame for a great exhibition

Special thanks to
@mik_e_mcshane
@tape_2046
@katiesurridgeart
Weng and the whole wood team
Nick, tiff and Isabelle
@oltarzewska and falcon
@chelsea.kilns and Melissa

All the tech team
@david_weatherburn
@elliot_bottle
Sara
@beaamayorga
@jakejwheatley
@jessica.panchi
@gormluss
@ruthbriscoe__
Frank Kat and Ali
@olkamll for the beautiful drawing
@oh02.__ for the photography
@aur9ll @nikkoiino for help painting

And everyone who took time to talk to me about the work

Lots of love by @olijames39

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3 months ago

Mine and Charlie’s work at Peckham waiting room

Thank you @et_al.collective 🧡 by @olijames39

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7 months ago

Your voice or mine - 2026
At Chelsea college of arts

There is no distinction
Between my voice and yours
Between my actions and yours
Between my thoughts and yours by @olijames39

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7 months ago

The closer you are to me - 2026

Group show at @pushergallery

Curated by @zoya_il
Photos by @aaannettttt by @olijames39

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8 months ago

Outside looking in - 2025

Timeless
Bodyless
Often in less
You see more
In darkness
You see light
Possibilities
Of the inevitable fall by @olijames39

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a year ago

Time (Dis)continued - 2025 found wood, pewter cast, oli paintings, kinetic sculpture, mixing desk, pre amp, mic, speakers, laser cut ply sheets

The remains of a stage lost in time
The past present and future
collapsing in on itself
The audience, the work, the artist
fade into the void
What remains is the infinite
The fragments that will always be

There is no distinction
Between my voice and yours
Between my actions and yours
Between my thoughts and yours

We have accepted death
and in turn have become
One taken in Chelsea College of Arts by @olijames39

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a year ago

Spectre into motion

In The Garrison Church Woolwich
@moth_ldn by @olijames39

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a year ago

by @olijames39

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a year ago

by @olijames39

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