Sid and Jim (b. Kent and Suffolk, UK) are a London based collaboration working in multiple mediums. Their work is often influenced by fictional tropes and recognisable motifs within popular culture. They use invisibility and absence to propose situations which leave space for the viewer to complete the work, allowing them to fill the gaps and build their own narrative.
In addition to their artistic practice they have also been producing a podcast called Artists and Friends since 2016, which is primarily for reviews of exhibitions both physical and digital, interviews of artists and curators, and discussing ideas. They have also run an online project called The SketchUp Residency since 2016, which is an online project where participating artists are asked to use 3D modelling software Google SketchUp for the duration of their term.
They have previously produced films, sculptures, paintings, and curated exhibitions which call attention to otherwise overlooked elements of our daily lives, that could easily go unnoticed. Their work has been shown nationally and internationally, at various venues around the world, including London, New York, Moscow, Boston, Manchester, Texas, Warsaw, Berlin, Cyprus, Glasgow and others.
They have been commissioned by various institutions and organisations including Queens Hall Digital, NeMe Art Centre, and Aespia Festival.
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Founders of The SketchUp Residency, and the podcast Artists and Friends
Selected Solo Exhibitions/Projects
2019
You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, Darling, Queen's Hall Digital, Online
2017
Hold a penny between your finger and thumb, 'SKELF', Online
Ad-Venture, The Vitrine Project, London
2016
They' as opposed to 'he/she' - The Evie Evie Space, Istanbul
Level Playing Field - The Wellness and Motivational Center, Leeds
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
The New Black - Void Collective, Online
something is doing we don't know what - 65-66 Country Street, London
Any Second Now - Brixton Beneficiary, London
2019
A Black and White Christmas - Pineapple Black, Middlesbrough
The Venice Vending Machine - Hamilton House Bristol
If all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail - Phoenix Art Space, Brighton
24th Gabrovo Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art: Dimensions of Publicness - Museum of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Staged on Screen, Tate Modern, London
S.E.L.F, Gibberish Brewpub, Liverpool
Film as Idea, Film as Film, Film Art - Teatr Studio, Warsaw
The BF Artist Film Festival VIII - SET, London
Co-op(t) - Unit 5, Coventry
The BF Artist Film Festival VIII - serf, Leeds
Self as Actor: Colonising Identity - NeMe, Cyprus
2018
The Age of New Babylon - Lethaby Gallery, London
a place for friends - Harts Lane Studios, London
South Harrow Contemporary (III) - London
The Video Art Film Club #1 - Leydon Gallery, London
101 Media poetry Festival - Russia
Degree Show One - Central Saint Martins, London
Bomb Factory Artist Film Festival Alumni Screening, Art Week Exeter - Exeter
Bad Video Art Festival - A3 Gallery, Moscow
Forced Collaboration - Online
Capsule Machine - Vandal/.
Leeds Digital Festival - Leeds
Testing, Testing - Central Saint Martins, London
SHIFT lecture series - Central Saint Martins London
Artists and Food - Elmer, London
Spillage - The Windows Gallery, London
AucArt - Central Saint Martins, London
Reinventing the studio: how to survive as an artist in the metropolis - Tate Modern, London
Word in Transit 3 - TFL, London
2017
The Morning After The Year Before - Platform 3, Leeds
Wednesday Night Live - 12ø, London
Antidote - Central Saint Martins, London
An Exchange of Sorts - Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Talkies - Chelsea College of Art, London
Mutants - Baynes Street Arches, London
How about just calling them artists? - Central Saint Martins, London
Pre-Sliced Orange Segments - Light Eye Mind, London
Fountain, fountain... - Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre, Bury
Word in Transit 2 - TFL, London
South Harrow Contemporary (II) - London
Group Show Episode 3: Collaboration - Podcast
A Show About The Show - Scaffold Gallery, Manchester
Repost_Modern - omni_modern, Online
(TO THE HEART AND MIND) IGNORANCE IS KIND - The Hive, London
YOUR ART IS A LOAD OF S**T - The Old Tuman Brewery, London
Cancan Film Competition - LemoArt Gallery, Berlin
Location, location, location - The Old Courts, Wigan
Morguefest - Ladywell Coroner's Court & Mortuary, London
100 years of OUI - Undisclosed toilet, United Kingdom
print out - Double Yolk, Newcastle
Together as One - Rebooted, Leeds
Is this it? - serf, Leeds
Pedagogy as Artistic Practice - Light Eye Mind, London
eight, fourteen, seventeen - thirty.works, Online
Art Gallery Here, Art For All - Manchester
Word in Transit - TFL, London
We like to drink a lot - Central Saint Martins, London
ART + TEXT - 44AD artspace, Bath
How To Get Rich Quick - Scaffold Gallery, Manchester
An Art School - Tate Modern, London
2016
A Group Thing - Thomas Young Gallery, Boston
An evening with isthisit? - isthisit?, Suffolk
Pack it in - Vent, London
Destroy - Bow Arts Wapping Project Space, London
AFK - isthisit, London
3D/XD Open Studios - Central Saint Martins, London
The Bomb Factory Artists Film Festival II - The Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London
Tight Fit: BIG SPACE IV - Central Saint Martins, London
Touch Me Baby - Bones and Pearl Gallery, London
2D/4D Open Studios - Central Saint Martins, London
FIRE + LIGHT - Walcot Street, Bath
Group Effort - Bones and Pearl Gallery, London
Shop Windows - Ofton Festival, Alfreton
Intimacy - Arch 12, London
ACTIVA' 2017 - international sound-videoArt, Online
Bedroom Artists - The Hive, London
Bought Objects - Voidoid Archive, Glasgow
30/30 - 12ø Project Space, London
So, what is it that you do exactly? - SLAM, London
I Exist - The Old Red Bus Station, Leeds
The Great Unanswered II - Scaffold Gallery, Terrace NQ, Manchester
God's Own Country - Western Park Museum, Sheffield
swimmers/secretkeepers - ArtsLav, London
Do you even vlog? - isthisit?, Online
Temporary Allegiance - The Knockdown Center, New York
Hashtags Unplugged - Caelum Gallery, New York
Collection 2 - The Listening Booth, Online
Day 9, Day 11, Day 14 - thirty.works, Online
Unseeing Red - Red Art 2 Mars Gallery, Calgary
People's Choice Salon Show - Green Point Gallery, New York
2015
Trading Places 1.0 - 12ø Project Space, London
2015 FWCAC 9 x 12 Works on Paper Show - Fort Worth Community Arts Centre, Texas
FESTIV_ALT - Wood Street, Wakefield
#15 - Peckham Platform, London
BIG SPACE - Central Saint Martins, London
Bring Your Own Beamer - Freight Art Gallery, Norwich
From Archway With Love - The Rag Factory, London
I'm so tired - Central Saint Martins, London
It's Been Fruitful! - Circus Street, Brighton
BACKWASH - Harts Lane Studios, London
2D/4D Open Studios - Central Saint Martins, London
because the internet - The Rag Factory, London
Selected Curatorial Projects
2019
This Way Up, The Wrong - New Digital Art Biennale, Online
2017
The 15 Cmdments - The Wrong - New Digital Art Biennale, Online
Add to Basket - Online
Pre-Sliced Orange Segments - Light Eye Mind, London
Sunrise Prelude - Dollspace, London
Red Handed - isthisit?, Online
2016
Digital Wasteland - Eiger Studios, Leeds
Residencies
2017
Art4u- Online
WUU2 MATE? - Online
The Old Courts - Manchester
Digital Artist's Residency - Online
Selected Publications
2017
Issue 03 - isthisit? magazine
Issue 02 - isthisit? magazine
Issue 1 - CA Magazine
#1 - A5 Magazine
Issue 01 - isthisit? magazine
2016
Artists Behind the Art - Average Art Magazine
The Research Book Volume II - Scaffold Gallery
2015
30WORKS30DAYS - 12ø Collective
Selected Press
2018
Take Five - Central Saint Martins
Digital Artist of the Day - Leeds Digital Festival
2017
THE WRONG BIENNALE - Annka Kutlys Gallery
Talk and talk with Agil: Episode 3 - WUU2
A Show About The Show - Corridor 8
Location, location, location - Creative Unions
2016
Issue 23 - Art Reveal Magazine
A chat with Sid & Jim - Brooks & Groves
Don't make it harder than it has to be - Dimond Arts Gallery