Drawing inspiration from aerial views of cities and maps, James Fowler's acrylic, oil and gouache works on canvas, paper, and wood are playfully geometric and resonate with the digital world, and culture of online information distribution. His non-traditional landscape paintings borrow from cartography and geometric abstraction, and celebrate both urban centres and rural living. He attended York University in Toronto for Film Studies and maintains a full time studio practice as a painter in Toronto.   His work has exhibited in Canada and United States, and his work can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, US and Europe.

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Artist Statement

Canadian art has a long history of landscape painting. While many Canadian artists have historically submitted that the spirit of Canadian art lies in the land, there have been many Artists, particularly in Quebec, who contend that the spirit of painting is in the mind of the artist and in the culture of the people, which gives birth to Canadian abstract painting. My art has been respectful of both traditions and is an attempt to unite two historic models. In creating these paintings I hope to evoke the same lively feelings one gets when flying into a new big city for the first time, when we try to take everything in, or the lasting impressions stored in our memories of travelling anywhere far from home.

Media

Aug 2022 Northern Artists in Toronto for Old Growth BayToday
Aug 2022 10x10 Celebrates LGBTQ Culture Makers for a Final Year Toronto Star
Jan 2022 Queering The North Richard Fortin Presents
Nov 2021 Episode 11 - James Fowler Art Conversations w/ Lisa Irvine
Sept 2021 Episode 70 - James Fowler Talking To Artists w/ Kate Taylor
Aug 2019 Wonderful Geometric Landscapes O Canada Blog
April 2018 Toronto Artist Celebrates Cities and Towns from Above Toronto Savvy
July 2018 Success Story: Nuit Rose Unbound Community One Foundation
Aug 2017 Beautiful Amazing Mindful Troublemakers CBC Arts
May 2017 The Art of Self Promotion Art Bridges
July 2016 10x10 Returns to the Gladstone Hotel The Purple Scarf Blog
June 2015 Queering Space & Time XTRA Magazine
June 2015 Queering Space Exhibition The ArQuives
Feb 2015 Urban Artist Finds Inspiration in Bancroft Bancroft This Week
Oct 2013 Church Street Mural Project Brings Colour To Toronto’s Village XTRA Magazine
Oct 2013 Church Street Murals Will Welcome World Pride Toronto.com
Aug 2013 Paint Begins for Church Street Murals Project XTRA Magazine
July 2012 10x10 Kicks off Toronto Pride week at the Gladstone Hotel Toronto Life
Feb 2011 Queer Subject Matter in Store for Latest Photo Exhibition Toronto Life
Feb 2008 Let’s Chat Abstract Art Roadside Scholar