James Gordon born in Scotland, now one of Sydney’s most creative personalities.

As the creative name behind successful event management company, James Gordon Workshop, James Gordon has more than 30 years of experience in a range of design disciplines.

His background in fine art and interior design easily lends itself to the development of events that display a unique off-beat edge
along with originality and style.

A celebrated artist, James regularly exhibits his collections of finely executed and sophisticated watercolours and sculptures, including portraits of crumpled international bank notes, alphabets of gum leaves, tumbling ribbons, portraits of roses and gardenias and his current new obsession, paper sculpture, depicting the human hand and delicate insects.

ILLUSTRATION

James' work has been published in a range of leading international
magazines, a children's book, a national food source book and have featured on designer Collette Dinnigan's international fashion show invitations since 1997.

GRAPHIC DESIGN

retail graphics and signage, corporate identity.

RETAIL DESIGN

James Gordon has been involved in the national fit-out of a fashion
retail store amongst other retail stores.

PHOTOGRAPHIC STYLING

For fashion, interiors and homewares.

FINE ARTS

James has regularly exhibited his popular watercolours and painted
objects in Sydney and Melbourne since the early eighties. His most recent exhibition ‘teaparty’ was held at Tim Olsen Gallery Annex with a collection featuring dainty cupcakes, decorative teacups and iced vovo biscuits. A total sellout show.

Professional highlights include

Creating the hospitality suite for the successful Sydney 2000 Olympic
Games bid in Monaco. - A continuing creative collaboration with Collette Dinnigan, including the
design and fit-out of her London store. - Creating the launch events for Vogue Korea, Vogue Taiwan and Vogue
Singapore. - Working with Baz Luhrman and Catherine Martin on various projects
including their famous Nicole Kidman cover for Vogue Australia and the
Sydney premiere of Romeo + Juliet. - Designing the wedding celebrations of Toni Collette to David Galafassi,
Lachlan Murdoch to Sarah O'Hare and James Packer to Jodie Meares. Commissioned to paint two flower watercolour images that were released as exclusive insert prints in INSIDEout magazine in 2004.

EXHIBITIONS

Commissioned to execute relevant watercolour images incorporating actual pearls for Pearlautore exhibition 2002. James achieved this with intricate three-dimensional painted cutouts of sea creatures.
Invited by Jeans for Genes to personalise in his own style, Sarah Jessica Parker’s jeans for the 2003 Art Auction, raising $9000 for the charity.
Commissioned by Elle Magazine in 2001 to paint fashion illustrations to be auctioned for Fashion Target’s Breast Cancer as part of Mer cedes Australian Fashion Week event.
2005 - Melbourne Affordable Art Show, Exhibition at ‘delicious’ cafe - Tim Olsen Gallery Annex ‘Teaparty’ Exhibition
2004 - Tim Olsen Gallery Annex ‘kitchen’ Exhibition
2002 - Tim Olsen Gallery Annex Opening Exhibition - Pearl Restaurant Melbourne, ‘Pearl Inspired Dimensional
Watercolours’ for Autore
2001 - Private Exhibition with Belinda Black @ Lavender Bay ‘Eucalypts &
Insects’
1999 - Tim Olsen Gallery – ‘Empty Vessels, Full Bloom’
1997 - Libbie Edwards Galleries Melbourne – ‘Roses Ribbons & Red’ - Barry Stern Galleries – ‘Roses Ribbons & Red’
1996 - Cintra Galleries Brisbane – ‘Orchids & Oysters’ - Libbie Edwards Gallleries Melbourne – ‘Something Fishy’ Barry Stern Galleries – ‘Something Fishy’
1995 - Libbie Edwards Galleries Melbourne – ‘The Food Show’ - Barry Stern Galleries – ‘The Food Show’
1994 - Bary Stern Galleries – ‘New Work’
1993 - Casey Galleries Sydney – ‘Not Your Normal Still Life’
1992 - Casey Galleries Sydney – ‘A Walk in the Park’
1991 - Casey Galleries Sydney – ‘A Bunch of Iris’
1989 - Casey Galleries Sydney – ‘A Flower Show’