James Angus

James Angus (born 1970) is an Australian artist. He is known for "his engaging and rigorously crafted sculptures", and large-scale sculptures that often explore geometry, architecture, and the distortion of familiar objects. Grow Your Own is among his most recognised public artworks.

Life and career James Angus was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1970. He attended Scarborough Senior High School. He holds a degree in Fine Arts from Curtin University of Technology and a Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture) from Yale University School of Art. He has also lectured at University of Technology Sydney. The first exhibition of Angus' work was at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art in 1992. Australia Council Professional Development Grant, 1998 and 2001 Studio residency, Cite des Arts, Paris, 2003 Short listed for National Sculpture Prize, National Gallery of Australia, 2005 Basil Sellers Art Prize, Melbourne; 2008 Australia Council Fellowship, 2009 Grow Your Own (nicknamed the Cactus), Forrest Place, Perth, 2010, which the artist's website states is the single largest art commission undertaken in Western Australia. Ellipsoidal Freeway Sculpture, Eastlink Freeway, Connect East, Melbourne, 2008 Wave Machine, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, 2005 Public Art Fund, New York, 1999