James Wright

James Wright is an award winning sculptor living in Clevedon, a semi-rural community in Southeast Auckland where he runs Art Industry with his wife Cheryl. Since the 1980's James has taken inspiration for his works from the natural surroundings and local birdlife of the Clevedon valley. Exhibiting in the 2015 Headland Sculpture on the Gulf festival on Waiheke Island James was awarded the Fuller's Peoples Choice Award for his piece Target. James has several public sculptures on display in the Auckland region including two at the Auckland Botanic Gardens where, in 2010, he featured in an exhibition with his wife in a collaboration named 'Nature of Birds'.