James Hull lives in Boston, Massachusetts and has worked for 30 years as a museum preparator (Installation Technician) at world-class museums such as the ICA, Boston, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, The MFA, Boston, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta and The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. Additionally, as a working artist, James enjoys teaching and interacting with public audiences during gallery talks, presentations and lectures. He has taught in Art Departments at Georgia State University, Boston University, MassART, RISD, AIB, Lesley and Suffolk / NESAD. 

As an artist with an MFA degree in Sculpture (GSU), background in bronze casting, painting, photography and sculpture, James has exhibited Installations, Sculpture and most recently Photography locally and internationally. He has an Undergraduate BFA in Interdisciplinary Studies / Biomedical Illustration (UGA). James now works primarily as a documentary photographer looking at the psychology and cultural significance of Art Museums, and the behind-the-scenes technical wizardry of museum installations.

As an award-winning Curator/Founder of Alternative Gallery Spaces, James has established a decades-long record of critically acclaimed exhibitions in accessible, artist-run spaces in both Atlanta and Boston. International exhibitions and artist-residencies in Como, Italy and Florence, Italy round out the artist-oriented emphasis of public facing venues that present talented artists in an inviting and educational way to very diverse audiences. James was Interim Director of Exhibitions at both Boston University and sMFA and led Suffolk University Art Gallery as Director for 4 years.

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