BIO / STATEMENT

Jim Ricks was born in California and currently resides in Ireland. He earned his MFA from the National University of Ireland, Galway/Burren College of Art programme and received his BFA from the California College of the Arts. Ricks has an upcoming show at The Black Mariah (Cork). He is working on the ongoing touring public collaboration In Search of the Truth (The Truth Booth) and recently curated a show in San Francisco titled Death and Sensuality as part of the Imagine Ireland initiative. Ricks has also shown the touring public work Poulnabrone Bouncy Dolmen and had recent solo shows at Peanut Gallery (Chicago), Fort Dunree (Co. Donegal), Occupy Space (Limerick) and Pallas Contemporary Projects (Dublin).

His work deals with property rights, borders, ownership, commodity, institutions and publics. He uses synchronicity, imitation and appropriation as a vehicle to explore these ideas. By openly imitating art and life through available means and materials he explores the grey area between flattery and theft, while re-wiring history into a new narrative. Ricks’ work is influenced by his background as a prolific graffiti artist and a political activist.

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