“Jamie’s exhibition is controversial – there is no doubt about that. As a piece of art, it fulfils all the most basic criteria – a multi-layered experience, it informs, it questions and it provokes a reaction, both emotional and academic. Like Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst… the world will be talking about Jamie McCartney for a long time to come.” – Art of England
I am a full-time artist working largely on figurative sculptures and scanographs for gallery exhibitions and private customers, mostly in Europe, North America and China. With 25 years experience, I have a multidisciplinary approach creating highly finished, museum quality artworks. My personal work often has a strong sociopolitical basis and is frequently experimental. I embrace tricky subject matter and new media and enjoy involving other artists, technicians, scientists and the public Read More My most recognised work is The Great Wall of Vagina (now Vulva). Exhibited in galleries in Brighton and London and at museums in Milan, Lisbon and Miami, it has kept me constantly in the international press since 2008. I have been self-representing since the closure of The Kaleidoscope and Hay Hill galleries in London, who I was with for many years. Before I became a full time artist I worked as a sculptor and prop maker in the film industry, working on feature films such as Casino Royale. At the same time I ran my own forge, making abstract, animal sculptures in steel. In 1997 I established what has become the UK’s most successful body casting studio. We have created private and commercial sculpture commissions for clients in many countries, including A-list artists, celebrities and royals. Director – McCartney Arts Ltd 1991 Bachelor of Fine Art (Summa Cum Laude – with highest honours), Hartford Art School, USA Coming coon FIFA MUSEUM – e-sports Hall of Fame, Zurich, Switzerland Nov 2022 HAY HILL GALLERY – online 10th anniversary Solo show – London UK Jul 2024 BALLROOM ARTS GALLERY – group show, Aldeburgh UK May 2022 THE CLITORIS SUMMIT – The Potent Power of Genital Art – online lecture Jun 2014 French Cinema Release – ‘Tristesse Club’ featrued ‘4×4’ sculpture Aug 2019 French TV2, Stupéfiant! ‘La Revanche du Con’ feature about me and my work 2013 1930’s BATHING BEAUTY – figurative sculpture for Cleethorpes Lido, UK 2014 Runner Up – ES international art competition Read Less
Positions Held:
Advisory Board – The Vagina Museum
Chelsea Arts Club memberEducation:
1986 Art Foundation, London College of PrintingMuseum Exhibitions/Collections:
Acquired Nov 2024 MUSEUM OF DESIRE – Melbourne, Australia
Nov 2022 – Dec 2025 WILZIG MUSEUM – South Beach, Miami, USA
Jun 2022 – Oct 2022 MU-SEX – “Amor Veneris” Palácio Anjos , Lisbon, Portugal
April 2022 – Dec 2022 BRIGHTON MUSEUM – Peace Machine installation, Brighton, UK
Acquired – Sept 2019 STROJER SAMLINGEN – motor Museum, Assens, Denmark
Dec 2012 – Mar 2013 TRIENNALE DI MILANO – design Museum, Milan, Italy
April 2007 – July 2008 AMORA – Museum of Sex & Relationships, London, EnglandRecent Solo Exhibitions:
Sep 2019 GOODWOOD REVIVAL – “Figurative and portraiture” sculpture show
May 2019 DESIGN RENAISSANCE GALLERY – Solo show, Brighton & Hove, UK
Oct 2016 BRIGHTON PHOTO FRINGE – Solo show “Bra Spangled Banner”, Hove UK
Mar 2016 Sh! WOMENSTORE – Great Wall of Vagina mini exhibition, London UK
Feb 2015 GOLDSTONE GALLERY – Solo show “The Sum of Our Parts”, Hove UK
Oct 2014 BRIGHTON PHOTO FRINGE – Solo show “The Sum of Our Parts”, Hove UK
May 2012 HAY HILL GALLERY- Solo show “Skin Deep”, Cork St. London UKRecent Group Exhibitions:
Jul 2024 EASTCLIFF HOUSE GALLERY – group show, Manningtree UK
Mar 2024 CHELSEA ARTS CLUB – group show, London UK
Jun 2022 HEARTS ART GALLERY – Sensual Expression group show. Tallinn, Estonia
Mar 2022 ENCOUNTERS DIGITAL – Group NFT show, Hove, UK
Feb 2020 PHOTO LA – Seer Gallery, Los Angeles
Oct 2018 STAND WITH WOMEN – Planned Parenthood Charity Art Auction, Pittsburgh
Sep 2018 PHOTOFAIRS SHANGHAI, Frogman Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
Sep 2018 COASTAL CURRENTS ARTS FESTIVAL, Group show, Hastings, UK
Apr 2018 GALERIE ROWLAND & KUTSCHERA – The London Five show, Berlin, Germany
Mar 2018 SOHOST LONDON – Group show of The London Five
Oct 2017 SOTHEBYS VIENNA – Charity Art Auction, Sothebys, Vienna
Sep 2017 BATTERSEA POWER STATION – Great Wall of Vagina mini exhibition
May 2016 HAY HILL GALLERY- Group show, Baker St. London UK
May 2016 ART UNDRESSED – group show, Miami, USA
Dec 2015 OXO TOWER WHARF –Freedom from Torture charity auction, London UK
Jul 2015 HENLEY FESTIVAL – London UK
Nov 2014 ART UNDRESSED – group show, Miami, USA
Jul 2014 GALLERY ZOZIMUS – group show, Dublin, Ireland.
Jun 2014 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL – Interactive installation with Guerilla Science.
Jun 2014 WEEKEND WOMEN’S SHOW – Great Wall of Vagina photo show Ontario CA
Mar 2014 MENIER GALLERY – “Time = Change” group show, London UK
Mar 2014 ESPACIO GALLERY – “Time = Change” group show, London UK
Feb 2014 WAREHOUSE GALLERY – “The Naked & The Nude” group show, Brighton UK
Jan 2014 BLACK’S – “Salon Hystérique” group show, Soho, London UK
Oct 2013 HAY HILL GALLERY- Group show, Baker St. London UK
Sep 2013 ONCA GALLERY – ‘Down to the Bone’ group show, Brighton UK
Sep 2013 Macmillan DeLonghi Charity Art Auction, Royal College of Art, London
Jul 2013 HENLEY FESTIVAL – London UK
May 2013 CHELSEA ARTS CLUB – group show London UK
May 2013 JUBILEE LIBRARY – ‘Omnia Scroll’ group show, Brighton UK
Mar 2013 ART STUDIO VENICE – “Omnia Scroll” group show, Venice, Italy
Feb 2013 SIN CITY GALLERY – ‘12” of Sin’ group show, Las Vegas, USA
Feb 2013 THE DIRTY SHOW – group show, Detroit, USA
Oct 2012 FACTORY ART – Group show, Berlin, Germany
Aug 2012 HAY HILL GALLERY- Group show, Cork St. London UK
Jul 2012 HENLEY FESTIVAL – group s show, Hay Hill Gallery, London UK
Jun 2012 PZ GALLERY – Group photography show, Penzance UK
May 2012 CHELSEA ARTS CLUB – group photography show London UK
Mar 2012 CHELSEA ARTS CLUB – group show London UK
May 2011 BRIGHTON FESTIVAL FRINGE – Brighton UK
May 2011 ARTISTS OPEN HOUSES – Brighton, UK
Aug 2010 CHELSEA ARTS CLUB – group show London UK
May 2010 ARTISTS OPEN HOUSES – Brighton, UK
Dec 2009 CHELSEA ARTS CLUB – group show London UK
Dec 2009 MADAME GEISHA – group show Brighton UK
Oct 2009 Macmillan Cancer Charity Art Auction, London UK
May 2009 IMPURE ART GALERY – group show, Brighton UK
May 2009 BRIGHTON FESTIVAL FRINGE VISUAL ARTS – Brighton UK
May 2009 ARTISTS OPEN HOUSES – Brighton, UK
May 2009 SEIZE THE DAY – group show, Martlets Hospice, Brighton UK
Mar 2009 THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR – Battersea, London
Jan 2009 PURE ARTE ART FAIR – Vigo, Spain
Dec 2008 STARS ON CANVAS – Victoria , London
Sept2008 MEN ONLY Everyman Charity Auction– Liberty London
Oct 2008 ART UNDRESSED – group show, Beate Uhse, Berlin, Germany
Jul 2008 THE BIRDS AND THE BEES – Chelsea Arts Club, London
May 2008 IMPURE ART GALLERY – group show, Brighton UK
Dec 2007 THE HEALING POWER OF ART – group show, Brighton UK
Dec 2007 DOUBLE TROUBLE – JAG Gallery, Brighton UK
Nov 2007 Macmillan DeLonghi Charity Art Auction, Arts Club Mayfair, London UK
Jul 2007 BODY OF WORK group show, Lewes UKPublic Lectures/Appearances:
May 2021 THE CLITORIS SUMMIT – The Great Wall of Vagina – online interview
May 2020 WILZIG MUSEUM – A Brief History of Genitals – online lecture
Nov 2019 THE BOOK OF MAN – Genital Diversity – panel discussion
Oct 2019 THE VAGINA MUSUEM London – How to be a Male Ally – panel discussion
Sep 2015 EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CULPTURE CONGRESS – Talk & Q&A, Lviv, Ukraine
Mar 2015 RED TENT REVIVAL – Women’s event – demos and a talk, Boulder USA
Jan 2015 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Arts Festival – Talk & Q&A about my work to date
Oct 2014 CENTURY CLUB London – Slide show & talk on ‘Erotic Art vs Pornography’
Jun 2014 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL – Live photo scanning with Guerilla Science.
Jun 2014 WEEKEND WOMEN’S SHOW – Live photo scanning, Ontario CA
Feb 2014 WAREHOUSE GALLERY – Slide show & lecture on ‘Erotic Art vs Pornography’
Feb 2014 HOME HOUSE Member’s Club, London – Panel discussion on erotic art
Feb 2014 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Arts Festival – Talk & Q&A about my work to date
Oct 2013 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN – The Phil debating society “Is Porn Art?”
May 2013 SUSSEX ARTISTS CLUB – Lecture on “The Nude in Art and Pornography”
Jul 2012 WELLCOME TRUST – Panel discussion at launch of Centrefold Project
May 2011 CATALYST CLUB – Public talk about my work ‘The Great Wall of Vagina’Artworks Featured in TV and Film:
May 2014 BBC 3 – ‘Porn – What’s the Harm’ featrued ‘57 Women’ sculpture
Nov 2013 Channel 4 – ‘The Cruel Cut’ FGM documentary featrued ’57 Women’
May 2011 Music video – ‘If Pacino was God’ featrued ‘The Impossibility of Passion’Personal TV & Radio Appearances:
Jun 2019 BBC RADIO 4, ‘The Culture Kitchen’, interview with me and Richard Strange
Jun 2019 BBC SUSSEX, ‘Drivetime’, interview with me about The Great Wall of Vagina
Sep 2018 BBC WORLD SERVICE, ‘The Benefits of Nakedness’, interview for feature
Oct 2017 BBC 5 Live Breakfast – Guest appearance re The Great Wall of Vagina
Oct 2017 ITV – Loose Women – Guest appearance re The Great Wall of Vagina
Sep 2015 Ukraine TV – Interview in English about the Mission of Culture During Crisis
Nov 2014 ARTE TV France & Germany – The New Feminists – interview
Nov 2014 BBC1 South East – Inside Out – featuring my work for Breast Cancer UK
Jul 2014 New Scientist – Web TV – feature on my installation at Glastonbury 2014
Jan 2014 Brilliant Britain – Community Channel – feature on Brighton’s best.
Apr 2013 Colombian TV – Mi Revelución Erótica – about The Great Wall of Vagina
Jan 2013 BBC Southeast Today News – update on my ‘Messages in Bottles’
Dec 2012 BBC3 Russell Howard’s Good News “Headliners” featured artist
Mar 2012 RSI Switzerland – A Fior Di Pelle – documentary about me and my work
Jun 2011 Bild TV Germany – Intime Kunst – about The Great Wall of Vagina
Apr 2010 Channel 5 – ‘Sex: How to do Everything’ – chat show interview
Sep 2009 BBC4 The Art of Dying with Dan Criuckshank – featured artist
Feb 2009 BBC Southeast Today News – feature on me and my Brighton studio
Dec 2008 BBC Southeast Today News – feature on my ‘Messages in Bottles’
Aug 2008 ITV Trinny and Susannah – artist central to the show filmed at my studio
Jun 2008 Channel 4 – ‘The Perfect Vagina’ creating The Great Wall of Vagina
Jan 2007 BBC Southeast Today News – feature on my ‘Car-bon Miles’ project
Oct 2000 BBC2 Fantasy Rooms surrealist room featured artist making Dali clock
Feb 1998 BBC1 Panorama – Dome! Featured artist on Millennium Dome modelsPublic & Commercial Commissions:
2012 CANCAN – oversize legs sculpture for Dukes at Komedia Cinema– Brighton UK
2008 BONZAI TREE – Madam Geisha Nightclub – Brighton UK
2007 ART CAR PARADES – Manchester and Blackpool UK
2007 AMORA – Six sculptures commissioned by a visitor attraction, London UK
1999 4 FARM ANIMALS – Public steel sculpture, Egham town centre, Surrey UKAwards:
2012 Juror Award – Grand Prix de la Decouverte photographic competition
2010 Runner Up – Aesthetica Creative Works art competition
2009 Winner – BaHBA – Creative Industries Award
2008 Runner Up – ES international art competition
2007 Winner – Kyoto Award – Art Car Parade, Manchester
2007 Winner – Brighton Hilton – Brick in the Wall art competition
2007 Winner – 1st Prize – ES international art competition
Jamie is an English artist with a BFA in Experimental Studio Art from Hartford Art School, USA, class of 1991. Having crewed on a peace boat and campaigned for environmental groups in his youth, Jamie’s socio-political interests often influence his work. With a career-long commitment to experimentation he focuses largely on the body using traditional and novel materials, applying many unusual processes. Often exploring emotive subjects his work tends to court controversy. Read More His most famous work is The Great Wall of Vagina, an eight metre long wall sculpture created from plaster casts of 400 women’s genitals. Five years in the making and entirely self-funded, it typifies Jamie’s artistic determination. Appearing in numerous medical and educational texts it is championed for combating genital anxieties. It has become a hugely influential feminist artwork, which literally changes people’s lives. It has been displayed at the Triennale Museum in Milan in 2013, twice in London at the Mall Galleries in 2015 and the Hay Hill Gallery on Cork Street in 2012 and at the artist’s studio in Brighton in 2011. Jamie is also a successful commissioned artist, creating figurative sculptures in bronze, plaster, glass and fibreglass. He is also increasingly known for his scanner photography, producing life size body portraits, collaged from many images. With his work constantly in the media, Jamie has gained an international reputation a leading underground artist. Publically speaking on subjects such as art versus pornography and the importance of art as an engine of social change, he remains a campaigner and advocate for many causes. He exhibits frequently, has appeared in several art books and has private collectors around the world. Read Less
