James Gregory Atkinson is a German-American artist and curator. Atkinson earned a degree in Photography and Design from Lette-Verein, Berlin, has studied at the Cooper Union School of Art, New York, and holds a Meisterschüler from Städelschule, Frankfurt. He completed an artist residency at Villa Aurora, Los Angeles (2016) and was a participant at the Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, Netherlands (2017). Since being awarded a studio grant by the Cultural Foundation of Hesse (Hessische Kulturstiftung) (2018-2019), Atkinson lives and works between Frankfurt and Seattle. Recent exhibitions include Rawr means I love you in Dinosaur curated by Daisy Sanchez at Lubov in New York, “SHOW ME YOUR SHELVES!” conceived by C& at the Detroit Public Library and Re: Re: Black Macho. Unleash the Queen at PPC Contemporary in Frankfurt, Germany.