O.Two / James Carey
Born 1979, London based and Hell-bound.
The artist creates work based on the written type-form. Urgent and precise motions draw together traditional typography, a hopeless addiction to Black Sabbath, and shattered interpretations of New York graffiti in rapid, abstract gestures amongst mists of ambient colour. The canvas works are intricate, refined adaptations of teenage delinquency - they offer glimpses of a guilty rhythm; snap-shots of fractured typography, hooded themes, and veiled motives.
They are not street-art.
Exhibitions
2010
Metal Lourd: rockGroup™ show with SheOne. CNAR Niort. France.
2009
Megadef: rockGroup™ show. Out Of Step Gallery. London.
No Comply: Group show with Will Barrass / Luca Ionescu / Meggs / KR / SheOne and others. Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
2008
All Right Pal: Groupshow with Futura / Daze / Stash / SheOne / Dave White and others. Recoat Gallery. Glasgow.
2007
Calibrating Delinquency: rockGroup™ show with SheOne, as part of Designers Block. Highbury Studios. London.
Nude: Group show. Covent Garden. London.
2006
Artistic Vandals Part II: Group show. Sartorial Contemporary Art. London.
Lucid Union: Group Show with Danny Sangra / Chrissie Abbott / Rob McNally / Yuko Kondo and others. Kingly Court, London.
Artistic Vandals Part I: Group show with James Jessop / Martin Lea Brown and others. No More Grey. London.
Matsuri: A series of Live painting performances. 93feetEast. London.
2005
Talking Walls: Group exhibition with Nick Walker / Mudwig Dans / SheOne / Paris / Eko and others. Arnolfini Gallery. Bristol.
Matsuri: Live painting performance. 93feetEast. London.
2004
Gra[ff]ite: Group exhibition of Drawings. Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles.
One/Two: rockGroup™ show with SheOne. Covent Garden, London.
Black Letter: Solo show. Best. London.
2003
Streetwise 2: Group show with Doze Green / Kami / Logan Hicks / SheOne / Scrawl Collective. Kunsthoff Gallery. Berlin.
5eme Edition Festival Art et Hip-Hop: Cultural Centre du Arts, Niort. France.
Urban Dreams 2: Palais Des Beax Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.