James Barth: The Clumped Spirit

James Barth is a Meanjin/Brisbane-based artist whose work explores self-representation and embodiment. Barth’s unique practice reflects her intersecting interests in painting, self-portraiture, science fiction, and cinematic languages. The artist’s work considers how digital space influences subjectivity and the physical. Her group exhibitions include 18th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Inner Sanctum (Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide/Tarntanya, 2024), Embodied Knowledge: Contemporary Queensland Art (Queensland Art Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane, 2021), New Woman (Museum of Brisbane, 2019), and Assuming Surface (Outer Space, Meanjin/Brisbane, 2018). Her work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra; Monash University Museum of Art, Naarm/Melbourne; Griffith University Art Museum, Meanjin/Brisbane; and V&A, London. Barth is represented by Milani Gallery, Brisbane.