James Culleton  James Culleton is a Canadian contemporary multimedia artist and designer based in Saint Boniface, a city ward of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He specializes in blind-contour drawing and sculpture, and his work has been exhibited across Canada and into the United States. Culleton received a BFA (Honours) from the University of Manitoba in 1997. His teachers included Diana Thorneycroft and Diana Whitehouse, among others. Culleton produces mural and chalkboard art, oil and acrylic on canvas and blind contour drawings in pencil and ink, as well as water-jet steel sculpture and multi-media installations. As a designer, Culleton has designed large furniture pieces for EQ3, The Pinnacle Seating Studio, and Palliser Furniture. He has also recorded five albums as a roots-based singer-songwriter, released two volumes of themed line drawings, and is active as a public speaker, writer, teacher, and arts supporter. West End Cultural Centre facade: Large-scale steel sculptures of musical instruments featured on the facade of the West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg, MB--a commission completed in 2010. Winnipeg Folk Festival Labyrinths: Mowed grass labyrinths on the grounds of the Winnipeg Folk Festival in Bird's Hill Park, MB, produced annually since 2007. McCanna House Residency Project: Multimedia exhibit at the North Dakota Museum of Art that included drawings, paintings, photos, a nine-track album featuring music and performances by the artist, and a series of music videos starring Uncle Charlie, a life-sized puppet produced through collaboration with puppeteer Curtis Wiebe. Grand Forks, ND. 2015. Crokicurl: painted ice installation combining the sport of curling with the board game crokinole, at The Forks, Winnipeg, MB. Feb. 2017. Canada Day Viking Ship: floating barge of recycled materials and animated LED light, built in partnership with Gimli High School for Canada 150 celebrations. Gimli, MB. July 2017. Tiny House on the Prairie Art Residency: Kelwood, MB. Aug. 2017. Aviary 3.0: sound and sculpture installation of wooden birds paired with motion sensor-activated bird calls, one of six winners in the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba's 2018 Winter Garden project. Brandon, MB. 2018. Another version of this installation, Aviary 4.0, created by Culleton and artist Michael Koch-Schulte using electro-luminescent birds and sound houses focused on crow and raven calls, was included at the North Dakota Museum of Art's bi-annual auction.