Join us on Thursday 27 March 2025 at Finchley Church End Library from 7pm-8.30pm, including a Q&A and book signing: Walking the Line: A personal journal into street art with world renowned artist Jimmy C.
Jimmy with be discussing the main elements WALKING THE LINE: A GRAFFITI MEMOIR - JIMMY C and his motivations for writing it.
He will be in conversation with Dave Stuart from Shoreditch Street Art Tours.
This event is suitable for ages 13yrs+ and adults.
James Cochran, better known as Jimmy C. is an aerosol artist who played a key role in the development of the underground graffiti movement in Australia during the early 1990’s. His work is now recognised around the world.
Walking the Line chronicles his beginnings as an illegal street artist in the late 1980’s and early 90’s in Adelaide, Australia.
He reflects on how he became obsessed with the underground subculture following the death of his mother in a car accident. Unable to connect with his distant, grieving father, he finds solace and camaraderie in the illicit act of painting in the night.
James Cochran, aka Jimmy C was born in England and grew up in Australia.
His two interests in graffiti and oil painting converged, leading to the development of Cochran's signature aerosol pointillist style; portraits or urban landscapes painted entirely from dots and dashes of spray paint.
This technique developed into what he called the 'drip paintings' and the 'scribble paintings', composed of layers of coloured drips or energetic lines to form vibrant and poetic cityscapes and portraits. Cochran now lives in London and his canvases and walls can be viewed in cities across the world.
Some of his most well known works include a portrait of Shakespeare at Bankside near the Globe Theatre in London and a portrait of David Bowie in Brixton that became a shrine to the late musician.
Other notable works are his London cityscape mural at Blackfriars station near the Tate Modern and his London Hearts mural at Borough Market.
His painted signature hearts have appeared in cities around the world and featured in a collaboration with Liberty London for London Fashion Week in 2014. He was later commissioned by Network Rail in 2018 to paint a large heart in the new section of the London Bridge station.
In 2021 he was invited by the British Consulate in Ekaterinburg to paint a mural of the Beatles, where an exhibition of his work was held.
