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1/1/08 - WINNER!!! EROTIC SIGNATURE International art competition. My sculpture, The Impossibility of Passion, has been selected from the many entrants to be included in the who's who book of erotic art, The World's Greatest Erotic Art of Today Vol II. Last year I won the top sculpture prize in this international erotic art competition so I am delighted to be included included in the book two years in a row. FOR PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE
31/12/07 - JAG artists support group art as healing show. Jamie McCartney and Julie-Anne Gilburt, along with celebrity actres Patsy Palmer are displaying their work with local amateur artists who have all used art as a way to overcome trauma in their lives. Unitarian Church Hall, New Road, Brighton (next to the Theatre Royal). The show runs every day until 5th January 2008. FOR PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE
9/11/07 - JAG studio gallery exhibition November 24-25th. Jamie McCartney and Julie-Anne Gilburt will be having a joint exhibition at the JAG to hail my new studio there and to showcase our new work. I will be exhibiting my body cast and other sculptures as well as my new Sexidermy pieces and my Objets d'Aft. Julie-Anne's new multi-layered works on acrylic sheet and her series of 'Lyric' paintings for EMI will be on show for the first time. All are welcome to join us for refreshments, live music, DJs and live celebrity casting on both the Saturday and Sunday. FOR PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE
8/11/07 - JAG artists raise £6370 for Macmillan Cancer Support. My sculpture, Wake Up (and smell the coffee), made £3500 (£1000 more than the estimate). Julie-Anne Gilburt's painting, Storm in a Coffe Cup, made £1900 and her piece, Sorry Gordon, famous for being thrown in the sea by Gordon Ramsey, rasid £620. I was delighted to be the winner at £350 in the silent auction for a sculpture by Tatsuya Kimata. FOR PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE
1/11/07 - Sculpture develops 'skin cancer'. Wake Up (and smell the coffee), on display in the window at Peter Jones and to be auctioned for Macmillam Cancer Support has developed 'skin cancer' from the action of the sunlight coming through the window on the surface of the sculpture. The reclining naked woman, cast in coffeee beans and resin is suffering sun damage in a poignant reminder of the effect sun can have on our skin. FOR PRESS RELEASE CLICK HERE
24/10/07 - My sculpture on show with DAMIEN HIRST skull. My piece, Wake Up (and smell the coffee) is currently on display in the window at Peter Jones alongside works by Damien Hirst, Nicola Hicks and other greats. They are to be auctioned on Nov 8th for Macmillam Cancer Support.
10/09/07 - I WON first prize in the UK's first Art Car Parade which took place in Manchester on September 8th. My entry Car-bon Miles was awarded the Kyoto Prize for the most environmentally friendly vehicle. See this BBC news story.
23/08/07 - The UK's first Art Car Parade will take place in Manchester on September 8th. My entry Car-bon Miles will be an old East German Trabant, converted to pedal power. See http://www.artcarparade.co.uk/artists/jamie-mccartney/ VOLUNTEERS NEEDED NOW!!!
12/06/07 - I have moved to a new studio above the JAG gallery on Brighton seafront next to the pier. Great light, fantastic listed building, wonderful panoramic sea views from the terrace. Come and visit me in Brighton's hottest enclave of talented artists...
10/06/07 - Come to my next exhibition - BODY of WORK Private view 30th June 2007. See my Latest Projects for details...
07/05/07 - I will be sailing across the Atlantic from Antigua back to the UK until 31st May or so. I will largely be out of contact for this period. For press enquiries or other urgent business please visit the Press page for an immediate response from my media relations in the UK.
18/04/07 - Amora, The Academy of Sex and Relationships is now open in London's West End, featuring my prize winning sculpture below...
"The Spice of Life"
Winner of the Erotic Signature international sculpture prize and now featured in the must have coffee table book...
"The World's Greatest Erotic Art of Today"
06/03/07 - I am a judge in the Seeking Picasso art competition. An artist is eliminated each week until we fiind him/her...
10/01/07 - Winner!!! Erotic Signature. I won the sculpture prize in this international erotic art competition
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