James Denmark was born in Winter Haven, Florida on March 1936 into a family of Artists. He was exposed to color and form at an early age by his grandmother a wire sculptor and quilt artist, by his grandfather, a bricklayer noted for his unique custom designed molds and his mother who was gifted with an intuitive feeling for design and a fastidiousness for detail which she expressed in all aspects of her daily life. This rich beginning is the root of James Denmark's creative expression.
Denmark earned his Master of Fine Arts Degree at the prestigious Pratt Institute of Fine Arts in New York. During this period he was heavily influenced by the abstract expressionists and admired such mainstream artists as Jackson Pollock, Clifford Still, William deKooning. The African-American masters Norman Lewis, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence and Ernest Crichlow instilled in him and appreciation of African/American artistic heritage."So much richness reinforced my natural talents," Denmark says of his growth at Pratt.
Denmark's collages, watercolors, woodcuts and reproductions are consistently and eagerly sought by galleries and collectors worldwide.
James Denmark lives and work in Brooklyn, New York.