Born in Knoxville,TN, Andrew James received his MFA from UC Berkeley in 2003.  He relocated to St. Louis in 2004.  In 2008 he opened Good Citizen Gallery and Billboard project, which has taken over his life for the last 3 years.  Previously he has shown his work at The Foundry Arts Center, Applebee Gallery at MacMurray College and in group shows at The St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Charles Community College, and The National Ornamental Metals Museum in Memphis. He has a love/hate relationship with repetition.

Since June 21, 1999, Stephen Cartwright has recorded the exact latitude, longitude and elevation of his position on the earth every hour.  From the data, he creates virtual maps in three dimensions; they grow hour by hour, point by point.  The maps plot his position relative to space, time, elevation and other factors.  This exploration informs his sculpture: stills, tangencies and abstractions culled from the original data.  Much of his work illustrates where he has been, but he is also interested in the space that surrounds his recorded course. That unknown space contains endless possibilities of experience through space and time.  Cartwright’s practice highlights the divergence of natural and man-made laws and systems, and perception versus fact.  The world is more complex than an individual can comprehend, but the artist attempts to gain some understanding through tentative forays over the surface.

Cartwright has previously exhibited at the Leviton A+D Gallery at Columbia College in Chicago, the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, and the DUMBO Arts Center.