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James Alexander McKendry
Was born on 30th September 1953, graduating in 1958 after 5 years study in Ireland and England, he rapidly gained acclaim as an artist by executing many large scale commissioned sculptures and murals for churches and public buildings in Ireland and abroad. His 60 foot bronze frieze for the Northern Ireland American war memorial, which was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in 1962, is perhaps his largest work.
In the early 1960s, he became a regular exhibitor with the young contemporaries annual group show in Dublin. Since then he has had several one-man shows and exhibits widely in many group exhibitions in Ireland, England and abroad. In addition, 16 of his paintings have been published for the worldwide market.
For many years James McKendry has lived and worked internationally. He has travelled widely in Asia, Africa and the West Indies on assignment for the European Commission, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the British Council. Now resettled at Bushmills in his native County Antrim, he has won further recognition for his paintings of Antrim's rugged coastline.
A growing proportion of his output is specially commissioned for clients in Britain, U.S. and Canada. His work is now represented in private and corporate collections in many countries including those of the Duke of Edinburgh, the late Mrs Indira Gandhi, Walt Disney Corporation, Time Magazine, H.J. Heinz, Mitsubishi Corporation and many others.
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