Australian multidisciplinary artist James Brown’s much-anticipated Sydney debut, PROMISES LAND, invites audiences into a vivid, volatile world where abstraction collides with figuration, and the sacred dances with the absurd. Known internationally for his immersive works that blur the boundaries between art, design, and architecture, Brown brings his multidisciplinary lens to a maximalist vision rendered on a minimalist palette.

In this new body of work, Brown explores the emotional terrain between memory and myth, existential dread and fragile hope. PROMISES LAND asks: What were you promised? What did you carry? Where did you land? These poetic provocations unfurl across canvases loaded with sand, pigment, and feeling - each piece a shrine to the chaotic beauty of being alive.

Promises Land

“I’m interested in the quiet madness of it all - the promises we make to ourselves and each other, the absurdity of meaning, and the flashes of beauty that keep us tethered to hope.”


- James Brown

Drawing from spiritual symbology, mythological reinvention, post-colonial critique, and pop-cultural sabotage, Brown constructs a rebellious new visual language. His materials are charged: graffiti-poetry, sacred vessels, neon gods, and still-life florals jostle for space, emerging from the wreckage of a world in crisis with humour, reverence, and riotous colour.

Brown’s creative practice is fuelled by endless curiosity and restless questioning. He asks if originality is still possible in a cultural desert, whether AI can replace the artist, and whether nostalgia is a refuge or a trap. Amid the ruins, beauty endures.

As seen in major international venues like Palais de Tokyo and SFMOMA, and in atmospheric collaborations with Africola, Mexicola Bali, and Mandala Club Singapore, Brown’s work transcends genre and geography. In PROMISES LAND, he draws us into a hallucinatory state - a promised land that was never a destination, but a feeling.

The past is a grotesque animal.

The future is loud, luminous, and textured.

James Brown

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Mused Upon
Mused Upon
Mused Upon

$6,500.00

Kraftwerk Blumen I
Kraftwerk Blumen I
Kraftwerk Blumen I

$6,000.00

Die 4 My 83 Corniche
Die 4 My 83 Corniche
Die 4 My 83 Corniche

$5,000.00

Kraftwerk Blumen II
Kraftwerk Blumen II
Kraftwerk Blumen II

$3,000.00

No Habla Erotica
No Habla Erotica
No Habla Erotica

$2,200.00

No Habla Fantasma | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli
No Habla Fantasma | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli
No Habla Fantasma | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli

$2,200.00

Prom Queen Smile
Prom Queen Smile
Prom Queen Smile

$2,200.00

No Habla Flora
No Habla Flora
No Habla Flora

$1,900.00

Faith & Fact
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Faith & Fact
Faith & Fact

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I Guess I Was Wrong
I Guess I Was Wrong
I Guess I Was Wrong

$650.00

Drinky Poo Simplex
Drinky Poo Simplex
Drinky Poo Simplex

$650.00

Was It Better Before I Was Here
Was It Better Before I Was Here
Was It Better Before I Was Here

$6,000.00

Where Will You Land?
Where Will You Land?
Where Will You Land?

$5,000.00

Hallucinogen | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli
Hallucinogen | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli
Hallucinogen | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli

$3,300.00

Full Moon Eldorado
Full Moon Eldorado
Full Moon Eldorado

$3,000.00

Please To Love Me Please
Please To Love Me Please
Please To Love Me Please

$2,200.00

No Hablo Bueno
No Hablo Bueno
No Hablo Bueno

$2,200.00

No Habla Profunda
No Habla Profunda
No Habla Profunda

$1,900.00

No Body But Me | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli
No Body But Me | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli
No Body But Me | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli

$1,600.00

Drinky Poo Duplex
Drinky Poo Duplex
Drinky Poo Duplex

$700.00

Showing Promise
Showing Promise
Showing Promise

$650.00

I Thought You Were My Friend
I Thought You Were My Friend
I Thought You Were My Friend

$600.00

Mused Upon
Mused Upon
Mused Upon

$6,500.00

Was It Better Before I Was Here
Was It Better Before I Was Here
Was It Better Before I Was Here

$6,000.00

Kraftwerk Blumen I
Kraftwerk Blumen I
Kraftwerk Blumen I

$6,000.00

Where Will You Land?
Where Will You Land?
Where Will You Land?

$5,000.00

Die 4 My 83 Corniche
Die 4 My 83 Corniche
Die 4 My 83 Corniche

$5,000.00

Hallucinogen | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli
Hallucinogen | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli
Hallucinogen | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli

$3,300.00

Kraftwerk Blumen II
Kraftwerk Blumen II
Kraftwerk Blumen II

$3,000.00

Full Moon Eldorado
Full Moon Eldorado
Full Moon Eldorado

$3,000.00

No Habla Erotica
No Habla Erotica
No Habla Erotica

$2,200.00

Please To Love Me Please
Please To Love Me Please
Please To Love Me Please

$2,200.00

No Habla Fantasma | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli
No Habla Fantasma | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli
No Habla Fantasma | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli

$2,200.00

No Hablo Bueno
No Hablo Bueno
No Hablo Bueno

$2,200.00

Prom Queen Smile
Prom Queen Smile
Prom Queen Smile

$2,200.00

No Habla Profunda
No Habla Profunda
No Habla Profunda

$1,900.00

No Habla Flora
No Habla Flora
No Habla Flora

$1,900.00

No Body But Me | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli
No Body But Me | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli
No Body But Me | Made In Collaboration With Emmaline Zanelli

$1,600.00

Faith & Fact
Sold
Faith & Fact
Faith & Fact

Sold

Drinky Poo Duplex
Drinky Poo Duplex
Drinky Poo Duplex

$700.00

I Guess I Was Wrong
I Guess I Was Wrong
I Guess I Was Wrong

$650.00

Showing Promise
Showing Promise
Showing Promise

$650.00

Drinky Poo Simplex
Drinky Poo Simplex
Drinky Poo Simplex

$650.00

I Thought You Were My Friend
I Thought You Were My Friend
I Thought You Were My Friend

$600.00