James

Gallagher

James Gallagher is a master of contemporary collage and has been celebrated globally for his bewitching visual investigations into personal identity and the human form. With a keen sense for re-contextualization, Gallagher forges bonds across ages by connecting universal experiences of the human condition.

To me, collage is the way in which I’m able to express my thoughts and emotions. My process is completely intuitive and has developed over decades based on deep-seated habits and passions. I work in a very spontaneous manner: get it out quick and figure it out later. The final collages are raw, rough around the edges, and full of the scraps and debris from my studio. This mess is the DNA of my work. It's all extremely personal. And totally human.

James Gallagher

James Gallagher uses collage to investigate human form and personal identity. Gallagher’s work has hung in galleries around the world and he has curated international collage exhibitions in New York City, Berlin, and Cork County, Ireland. His art has been featured in publications such as Elephant Magazine, unFlop Paper, Juxtapoz Magazine, The Paris Review, and The New York Times and can be seen every week in the Sex Diaries column at The Cut. Gallagher is the co-editor of Gestalten’s Cutting Edges: Contemporary Collage and publisher, editor and creative director of the contemporary art magazine Secret Behavior which launched to much acclaim in 2013. Gallagher earned a BFA from The School of Visual Arts in New York City.

James Gallagher was born in 1965 in Detroit, Michigan. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.