By Diana Lehr June 12, 2023

Artist Anthony James and his first exhibition in the region entitled Light at Opera Gallery in DIFC.Antonie Robertson/The National

Anthony James (b. 1974) is a London-born, Los Angeles-based artist who graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design with a degree in painting.

James is known for his monumental sculptures and installations that embrace Minimalism, Transcendentalism and Light & Space. In the winter of 2023, James became the first and only visual artist to have work exhibited on all seven continents when he installed one of his stainless steel, glass, and LED Portals at White Desert’s base camp in Antarctica near the South Pole. “In my practice I’m trying to give a visual demonstration of the infinite or the divinity inside us all,” says James. “If you’re seeing and experiencing this ever-expanding cosmos, hopefully that’s a window to explore this underlying law of nature, this inner light.”

Constellations, Glass, Steel, LEDs. 2020, courtesy Anthony James Studio

Constellations, Glass, Steel, LEDs. 2020, courtesy Anthony James Studio

Wall Portal (detail) 40”, Glass, Steel, LEDs. 2020, courtesy Melissa Morgan Fine Art