Jesse James Nagel

Jesse James Nagel was born in 1993 on a planet that most refer to as Earth and his favourite things are drawing and girls. He finds creating his art exhilarating – “Not like a relaxing chess game, it feels pretty action packed to me. I don't know what is going to happen and there is lots of spontaneity”. His work begins with a few pencil sketches but no real plan, and then he feels his hand just does the work, led by his subconscious and believing it would be ‘boring’ if he knew the final outcome. Nagel adds detail and colour and as he goes along with the title evolving as the work progresses. He wants audiences to have a strong reaction to his work – “It doesn't need to be entirely positive but I do want people to spend time looking and have an opinion”.

2023 There’s Something in There, Halle Saint Pierre, Paris
2023 Why We Linger, Darbyshire, London
2022 Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion in New York, with Jennifer Lauren Gallery
2020 Outsider Art Fair (with Jennifer Lauren Gallery), Paris, Online
2019 Bethlem Gallery Founders Award, Maudsley London Gallery, London
2019 Bethlem Art Fair, Bethlem Gallery, Kent