James Stephen Wright | |
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| Born | 1988 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, curator |
| Website | jamesstephenwright.com |
James Stephen Wright (born 1988) is a British multidisciplinary artist whose work combines new media, XR (extended reality), open data, and socially engaged practices to explore ecological, historical, and heritage-related themes.
Wright began his artistic career after graduating from the Glasgow School of Art and the University of Edinburgh. He works across digital media, installation, and XR, often focusing on environmental and social concerns. In 2020, he founded Strange Quark Labs, a creative studio using data and digital technology for social engagement. [1]
In 2019, Wright was awarded a twelve-month fellowship by the State of Bavaria at the Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia in Bamberg, Germany. [2] During his time there, he created a large-scale façade installation inspired by the river Regnitz. The work, titled dualisms_oo, received coverage in local media for its use of digital projection on the historic building. [3]
Wright’s artistic practice blends narrative, performance, and digital technologies. He explores data, heritage, and ecology through immersive and interactive experiences. His XR project Planet Cramond, developed with Asteria Creative, uses augmented reality to create a site-specific digital walk on Cramond Island. [4]
His generative video installation We Pretended It Wasn’t Green used real-time satellite earth data to reflect on environmental denial. Other works include ˈbər-b(ə-)liŋ and performances such as (nɑnkəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl) and prɑːmpt. [5]
Selected recent works:
The British artist James Stephen Wright is a scholarship holder at the Villa Concordia. In his work, he deals with digital media and rivers. This can now be seen on the facade of the house.
James Stephen Wright: Haha C'est La Vie