About

James Joslin is a figurative artist and printmaker based in Hastings, UK. Working primarily across oil painting and etching, he creates intimate depictions of the presence and vulnerability of the human figure whilst revealing fragments of the artwork's construction through exposed layers and visible line.

He studied Music, Technology and Innovation at De Montfort University, Leicester, and has since frequently worked with performers such as Margaret Leng Tan, a leading exponent of composer and visual artist John Cage. James' collage score, Paganini Cut-Up, was recorded by violinist Fenella Humphreys on her 2023 album Caprices, winning the BBC Music Magazine premiere award.

His work and compositions have been presented at the Kensington + Chelsea Art Week, Towner Gallery Eastbourne, The Phillips Collection (Cadaquésan Landscape), and the Singapore, Melbourne, Brunswick and Tasmanian International Festivals of Art (Hatta).

In progress self portrait of the artist sat in an armchair

'Torn' showing at 231LondonRoad's Ruin and Repair exhibition

Torn, an assemblage of oil paint on paper, will be shown at 231LondonRoad's 'Ruin and Repair' exhibition in St Leonards, East Sussex. The group exhibition will run from 20 June to 11 July, and is sponsored and supported by Hundred House's Industry & Art Programme. This work of oil on ripped gessoed paper is an effort to become less precious when painting. It's torn, painted, stuck down with glue and paper tape, and elements are also raised off the surface creating volume and

'Facing the wind' selected for the Ironbridge Printmaking Competition

My etching and aquatint, Facing the wind (in red), has been selected to be exhibited as part of the Ironbridge Printmaking Competition. The exhibition will be on view to the public from 4 July to 26 September 2026. Facing the wind depicts a man searching across an unseen ocean beyond the print’s edge with the wind blowing into his face and through his hair. The image was inspired by a quote often attributed to André Gide: “You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the co

Portrait of Benjamin Britten selected for Summer Contemporary

My portrait of composer Benjamin Britten will be part of Britten Pears Arts' Summer Contemporary exhibition in Snape Maltings and will be available to purchase. Curated by Devi Singh, Summer Contemporary is a five-week visual art exhibition that celebrates artworks in a variety of mediums and disciplines. Between 25 July and 30 August 2026, Snape Maltings will visitors to enjoy visual art alongside music and the unrivalled natural landscape. Britten (1913–1976) had a profound

Group Exhibitions, Events and Residencies

2026

Summer Contemporary, Snape Maltings, UK

Ironbridge Fine Arts Printmaking Competition, Shropshire, UK

2025

In Praise of Darkness, Electro Studios Project Space Off Site, Unit 2, St Leonards, UK

2023

Blast Gallery, Hastings, UK

2022

Open Plan: Summer Studio, Eastbourne Towner Gallery, UK

2021

Fermata, Kensington + Chelsea Art Week, UK

2019

Миниатюра встречается с монументальностью, Re:formers Festival, Moscow, Russia

Honens Festival, Calgary, Canada
Miniature meets Monumental, Melbourne, Australia

2018

The Phillips Collection, Washington DC, USA

2017

Uncaged, Museum Speelklok, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht, Netherlands

2015

Brisbane International Arts Festival, Australia

Singapore International Festival of Arts

Brunswick Festival, Melbourne, Australia

Tasmanian International Arts Festival, Australia

WOMAD, Adelaide, Australia

2014

Singapore International Festival of Arts
Blurred Edges Festival, Kunstforum der GEDOK, Hamburg, Germany

2013

Clocked Out Festival, Brisbane, Australia
XXXV Foro Internacional de Música Nueva, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City

Blurred Edges Festival, Kunstforum der GEDOK, Hamburg, Germany
Chatelet Theatre, Paris, France