James Jessop began his artistic adventures aged eleven drawing graffiti on the streets. In 1986 he was given a copy of the now famous Subway Art and became enthralled by the graffiti murals painted on the subway trains of New York City. Graffiti is a never ending source of inspiration for Jessop.

His latest paintings are inspired by 60's sex sleaze paper back covers mixed with his own graffiti style lettering and old movies posters such as ‘King Kong'. A strange visually energetic mix, Jessop's work manages to pull off the trick of being addictive to the eye. He recently had a solo show at Rockwell in East London , and last year was part of 'The New Blood Exhibition' at the Saatchi Gallery. He is currently showing at The ‘This Way Up Gallery' , London in ‘Fame' with a series of collaborative paintings made recently with Stella Vine.