Brooklyn born/Jersey raised artist
James Eugene (Jim114) is a hybrid artisan who skirts the line between
traditional and digital art. As a graduate of Atlanta College of Art
(for multi-media and painting), and The Newark School of Fine and
Industrial Art (for painting and illustration), James finds himself
in a very unique position of being a classically trained artist, and
digitally disciplined creative person. While being commissioned for
many illustration works in his career, James considers himself a fine
artist simply because of the vast amounts of personal fine works and
collections that he has produced over the years. He is also known for
using his fine art style to embellish certain commercial projects
that he believes in. Still, the body of his work is totally
encompassed within a dreamlike story that he has been working nonstop
on since 1993.
By combining art nuances from historical art
movements such as Dadaism, Pop Art, Surrealism, Russian
deconstructionism, with his own Haitian, African, and African
American ancestry, James creates the base for his art style. Then,
fusing visions from the uncertain future, propaganda paintings from
the past century, and his own metropolitan upbringing in the
Tri-State New york area, He has added a stylish revolutionary twist
to art possibilities. Lastly, with various musical influence, Ancient
Egyptian-Nubian, Indian, Native American, Asian cultures, and
shamanistic esthetics, the artist James Eugene is poised to have a
global appeal with his uncommon art form self titled, "114".