James Richards was born in 1983 in Cardiff, Wales, and is based in Berlin. His practice includes film, music, and curatorial projects. Richards has had broad international exposure both in the art world and at art film festivals over the past decade. He was part of Fondazione In Between Art Films’ exhibition ‘Penumbra’ in conjunction with the 59th Venice Biennale, and recent solo exhibitions include ‘Workers in Song’ (with Billy Bultheel) at Wiels, Brussels (2023), ‘Internal Litter’ at Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin (2022); ‘When We Were Monsters at Haus Mödrath – Räume für Kunst, Kerpen (2021-2022); ‘Alms for the Birds’ at Castello Di Rivoli, Torino (2020); ‘SPEED 1’ and ‘SPEED 2’ with Leslie Thornton at Malmö Konsthall and Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (2019). Richards was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2014. In 2017 he represented Wales at the 57th Venice Biennale and was awarded the Preis der Nationalgalerie 2024.
Mason Leaver-Yap (he/they) works with artists to produce texts, exhibitions and events. He has recently been working with Ingrid Pollard, Alexis Kyle Mitchell, Ima-Abasi Okon, Taylor Le Melle, Jamie Crewe, Phil Collins, Onyeka Igwe, Renée Green and Free Agent Media. He lives in Glasgow.