James Kerr / Scorpion Dagger's favourite things in Montreal

James Kerr is a Montreal-based digital artist and animator better known as Scorpion Dagger (the name’s an inside joke from his time as a student at Concordia), the source of remixed European art from the 14th to 17th centuries including Northern Renaissance paintings with real life humour through animated digital collages.

He’s been tapped to create work for the New York Times and the New Yorker, as well as commissions from Gucci, Adult Swim, Amstel, Fender, Old Spice, and the Bavarian State Opera. He also contributed animations to Jim Jarmusch’s documentary film Gimme Danger in 2016. His work’s appeared at several galleries, most recently UltraSuperNew gallery in Tokyo. He’s also written and produced music videos for such bands as Brockhampton, Tommy Cash, Wolf Parade, Metz, Remo Drive and others.