• Artworks
    • James Gilroy Blue Mist, 2008 Oil on canvas 16 x 32 in. 40.6 x 81.3 cm.
      James Gilroy
      Blue Mist, 2008
      Oil on canvas
      16 x 32 in.
      40.6 x 81.3 cm.
    • James Gilroy Breakers, 2019 Oil on canvas 48 x 36 in. 121.9 x 91.4 cm.
      James Gilroy
      Breakers, 2019
      Oil on canvas
      48 x 36 in.
      121.9 x 91.4 cm.
    • James Gilroy First Dawn II, 2019 Oil on canvas 48 x 36 in. 121.9 x 91.4 cm.
      James Gilroy
      First Dawn II, 2019
      Oil on canvas
      48 x 36 in.
      121.9 x 91.4 cm.
    • James Gilroy Morning, 2005 Oil on wooden panel 39 1/2 x 26 in. 100.3 x 66 cm.
      James Gilroy
      Morning, 2005
      Oil on wooden panel
      39 1/2 x 26 in.
      100.3 x 66 cm.
    • James Gilroy Morning Mist, 2019 Oil on canvas 48 x 36 in. 121.9 x 91.4 cm.
      James Gilroy
      Morning Mist, 2019
      Oil on canvas
      48 x 36 in.
      121.9 x 91.4 cm.
    • James Gilroy Rollers, 2019 Oil on canvas 48 x 36 in. 121.9 x 91.4 cm.
      James Gilroy
      Rollers, 2019
      Oil on canvas
      48 x 36 in.
      121.9 x 91.4 cm.
    • James Gilroy Stormy, 2020 Oil on canvas 24 x 36 in. 61 x 91.4 cm.
      James Gilroy
      Stormy, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      24 x 36 in.
      61 x 91.4 cm.
    • James Gilroy Time of the Saints, 2012 Oil on canvas 24 x 48 in. 61 x 121.9 cm.
      James Gilroy
      Time of the Saints, 2012
      Oil on canvas
      24 x 48 in.
      61 x 121.9 cm.
    • James Gilroy Untitled (Landscape 2020), 2020 Oil on canvas 16 x 32 in. 40.6 x 81.3 cm.
      James Gilroy
      Untitled (Landscape 2020), 2020
      Oil on canvas
      16 x 32 in.
      40.6 x 81.3 cm.
  • Editions
  • Biography

    James Gilroy says his work begins as an idea brought into focus by pausing to listen, picking up the brush and then within the pause, letting it tell him what to do. His images are made to be broken, enhanced and changed. Born in New York City in 1948, Gilroy's formal training began at The New York Phoenix School of Design and continued for more than a decade at Art Students League of New York.  The understanding of anatomy was paramount in his education as an artist and a skill he exercises to this day.

    Gilroy believes it takes years of active pursuit to build up the personal muscle to paint what is private but compels to be revealed and spoken.  His work is layered with many colors that transmute and blend together as an alchemy of color where he trusts the rhythm will influence the viewer's eye to travel and be enticed. The substance of light combined with the colors help him break the image into something truer.  In Gilroy's words, "It is vital to me to have my work express a thingness, a movement perhaps even into something that sings."

  • CV

    Lives and works in New York, NY

    EDUCATION

    New York Phoenix School of Design, New York, NY
    Art Students League of New York, New York, NY

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2014
    Simple Ain't Easy, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
    2010
    Urban Zen, Sag Harbor, NY
    2007
    Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities, New York, NY
    2006
    Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
    2002
    Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities, New York, NY
    2001
    Agama Gallery, New York, NY
    1999
    Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities, New York, NY
    ART Gallery, Sussex, NJ
    1998
    Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities, New York, NY
    1992
    291 Gallery, New York, NY

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2017
    White Trash The Collection of Larry Clark, Luhring Augustine, Bushwick, NY
    2015
    PAPERAZZI, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
    2014
    10 Year Anniversary Collection, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
    2013
    1st Annual Holiday Salon Exhibition, ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY
    2012
    The Family Show, ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY
    Open for the Stones, Harper's Books, East Hampton, NY
    The Family Show, ILLE Arts, Amagansett, NY
    2009
    My Heroes, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
    Morgan Fine Arts Evening Salon, Brooklyn, NY
    Paper in the Wind Part 3, Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York, NY
    2008
    New Work from Old Friends, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
    2007
    La Zona Red Hook Art Show, Brooklyn, NY
    2006
    The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
    2005
    Howl Festival, Bowman/Bloom Gallery, New York, NY
    2003
    Heroes & Villians, Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities, New York, NY
    1996
    Drawing Space, New York, NY
    1995
    A Place to Stand, Emerging Collector, New York, NY
    1994
    Heart Attack, Gavin Collection, New York, NY

    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    "Jimmy Gilroy and Cristina V" S Magazine (Denmark), Ajar 7, Summer 2008, Photos by Sophia
    Jack Spade: Bald Ego Sells Out! 2006
    "Works on Paper 2006 by James Gilroy at Boltax Gallery," by Robin F. Smith Dan's Paper, Bridgehampton, NY (June 23rd, 2006)
    "Arts Calendar: Boltax Gallery, James Gilroy Works on Paper through July 19th" The East Hampton Star, East Hampton, NY (June 22nd, 2006)
    "Remember/Reflect/Renew," The New York Times (September 2002)
    "Before and After 9/11," Alexandra, Victoria N. & Maria Villafranca. Dactyl Foundation (2002)
    "Filling a Void," Thomas, Kelly Devine. ARTnews (April 2002)
    Bald Ego: Strip Searching the Soul (2002)
    "James Gilroy at Dactyl Foundation," Gladstone, Valerie. ARTnews (April 2000)
    "James Gilroy: The Limits of Creaturely Love," Henry, Gerrit. Dactyl Foundation (1998)
    New York Magazine May 11th, 1998
    Paper Magazine May 1998
     

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