About

Annie Flora James is a multidisciplinary artist from Sunderland working across glass, print, installation, and participatory practice. Her work explores themes of visibility, identity, memory, and collective experience through fragmented imagery, layered materials, and immersive environments. Combining contemporary glass processes with socially engaged approaches, her practice investigates the tension between what is seen, overlooked, and partially obscured.

CV

Education

BA (Hons) Artist Designer Maker: Glass and Ceramics
University of Sunderland
Expected Graduation: 2026

MA Visual Practice – Fine Art
University of Sunderland
Expected Start: 2026

Exhibitions

2026

  • The Age of Invisibility - Summit, Degree Show, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

  • Scan-xiety and Incomplete Exposure - It’s All in the Technique, Contemporary Glass Society at The World of Glass, St Helens, UK

  • The Shape of Sky - Form Exhibition, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield, UK

  • The Shape of Sky - 25th Community Exhibition, Circular ArtSpace, Bristol, UK

2025

  • Scan-xiety - Dry Run, 2nd Year Exhibition, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, UK

  • Those in Glass Houses - Behind the Art, The Pavilion, Sunderland, UK

  • Scan-xiety - Surreal Exhibition, Open Gallery Halifax, Halifax, UK

  • Echoes of Blossom - Blossom, National Trust at Crook Hall Gardens, Durham, UK 

Curatorial Projects

  • Co-Art Events - Co-founder and Curator (2026–Present)

  • Dry Run Celebration Exhibition - Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, UK (2026)

  • Hannah Massi: One Woman Show E.g. - The Hub, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK (2026)

Committees & Memberships

  • Committee Member -Glass and Ceramics Society, University of Sunderland

Awards & Scholarships

  • Glass and Ceramics Society Prize for Best in Show - Dry Run, Shipley Art Gallery (2025)

  • Wild Oysters Project Site Specific Art Proposal Winner (2025)

  • Best Site Specific Art Proposal - Echoes of Blossom, National Trust at Crook Hall Gardens (2025)

  • Futures Fund Excellence Scholarship - University of Sunderland (2025/26)

  • Mike Davis Global Challenges Scholarship - University of Sunderland (2026)

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