Lives and works to London and collaborates with Hannah Barry Gallery, London and Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York. Selection of recent exhibitions: The Imitation Game, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (group show, 2016); PROTOTYPES, CGP LONDON / Dilston Grove, Southwark Park, London (solo show, 2015); SIX STEP, Rio dell'Orso, Venice, Italy (commission, 2015); MOUNTAINEER, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York (solo show, 2015); Tools of the Trade, Hannah Barry Gallery, London (solo show, 2015); and Divisions, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire (solo show, 2013). James Capper has been nominated for the 'South Bank Sky Arts Awards' and 'The Times Breakthrough Award' (both in 2015) and was winner of the Royal Society of British Sculptors Bursary Award (2011). He was artist-in-residence at Mahler & LeWitt Studios in 2016.

He is a film-maker living and working to London. He was awarded the Landmark PLC Award for the film made as his thesis work, Lindisfarne One One and runs the Chelsea Film Forum at Chelsea College of Art & Design to London. He recently wrote and directed a short film under the auspices of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London as a contribution to the STOP PLAY RECORD program. He was artist-in-residence at Mahler & LeWitt Studios in 2016. He is currently working on The Houses of Mahler, a film dedicated to the homes and shelters in which Gustav Mahler performed his compositions.