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James Powditch is an acclaimed mixed media artist living and working in Sydney's inner west. Powditch’s wistfully beautiful artworks are the result of a steady and successful exhibiting career which has seen him as a multi-finalist in the Moran, Archibald, Wynne, and Sulman Prize and winner of the Blake and Mosman Art Prize.  In 2023 his portrait of actor Sam Neill was a finalist in the Archibald Prize.

Before pursuing a career as a full-time artist James was a construction and prop builder for the Sydney Dance Company and the Sydney Theatre Company where he honed the skills needed to craft his unique blend of collage, assemblage, and painting with a strong pop aesthetic.

In recent years James has been a regular guest artist at Dulwich Hill High School of Visual Arts and has shared his talents with his kids local primary school in Annandale. James is passionate about public education and the role that art can play in our kids' lives.