jimmie james

Education and activities

Biography

jimmie james was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY where he spent his childhood drawing. While studying architecture at Pratt and working full time as a draftsman in the old tradition, James began combining paint with drawing. What emerged was a form of abstract expressionism combined with elements of Naïve Art. After several years of developing his style, james began to do collaborative work with Irish painter Nuala Clarke and together they created the ten year project “oneplusoneequalsthree”, parts of which are still on display at Boltax Gallery on Shelter Island. James’ work has been featured on several album covers for Verve Records as well as in numerous TV shows and films, most recently in NBC’s “Kidnapped”. James’ new work will be on display at M Gallery this December in upstate NY.

Exhibitions

Selected Solo, Group and Collaborative Exhibitions:
2007 Elder Gallery ,NC
Outsider Gallery, Livingston Manor, NY
M Gallery Catskill, New York, NY
2006 Thomas Werner Gallery, New york, NY
AFAF Art Fair, New York, NY
2005 OnePlusOneEqualsThree, boltax gallery,Shelter Island, NY
2004 Bus Stop Gallery, Columbia, SC
Hunter College, New Youk, NY
Artistsspace, New York, NY
Studio Show, New York, NY
2003 Soho Gallery, Studio City, CA
Hunter College, New York, NY
Artistspace, New York, NY
Studio Show, New York, NY
2002 HNTB Architecture, Washington, DC
Studio Show, New York
2001 Verve Music Group, New York, NY
Presence II Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2000 Vintage Gallery, New York, NY
Fox + Fowle Architects, New York, NY
1999 Elisabeth Hahn Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Bittersweet Interiors, New York, NY
"Art Around the Park," Tompkins Square Park, New York, NY
Sticks Gallery, Albany, CA
1997 "Art Around the Park," Tompkins Square Park, New York, NY
Annual Show, Malahide, Dublin, Ireland
Latitude Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Viva Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Gallery Oboy, San Francisco, CA
Plan B, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
San Francisco Open Studio, San Francisco, CA
Guadalupe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Festival Jazz Aspen, Snowmass, CO
Zele Gallery, Aspen, CO
1995 Gallery Upstairs at Flamingo East, New York, NY
"Art Around the Park," Tompkins Square Park, New York, NY
1994 Gallery @ No Bar, New York, NY
1992 Daltons, New York, NY
1991 Fermata Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Collectors:
Westin Hotel Times Square, New York
Macys Department Store, Roosevelt Field, NY, Willowbrook, NJ
Hughes, Hubbard and Reed LLP, NY
Clark McDowell Design, New York, NY
John Vancheri, Interior Design, NJ
Jose Gaspart, Husa Hoteles, Spain
S. Russell Groves, Furniture and Interior Design, NY
New York University, New York

Currently selling or showing work:
Soho Gallery, Studio City, CA
“0609” Lakeside, MI
Mixed Company, Philadelphia, PA
Roche Bobois, Madison Avenue and 35th Street, NY, NY
Maurice Villency, Bethesda, MD, Roslyn Heights, NY, and New York, NY
PaintingsDirect.com online gallery
Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fannin Interiors, Phoenix, AZ
Art Iniatives, Atlanta, GA
Artistspace File online

CD covers:
Verve Records: Roy Haynes Trio, Featuring Danilo Perez and John Patitucci , released April 2000
John Coltrane “Legacy” box set, released late 2002
Nina Simone “Three Women”, released 2003
Woodneck Records: Gerald Cannon “Gerald Cannon” released 2003
Fresh Sounds New Talent: Ricky Germanson, “Heights”, released April 2003

Publications

List of Publications:
Philadelphia Style, December 2003 photo of artwork
Out Magazine, November 2003, p. 88 (article on designer S. Russell Groves)
Metropolitan Home, March/April 2002, p. 111. (article on loft designed by Jaime Rojo)
Arizona Foothills, March 2002, p. 175. (article on Fannin Interiors)
People, October 4, 1999, p. 22. (article on television actress Keri Russell of "Felicity")
Interior Design, September 1999, pp. 238-239. (article on P.Goolrick, with credit)
"Live Action Painting." The San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, May 1, 1998
"Art Speak." The Aspen Times, Saturday-Sunday August 2-3, 1997, p. 5B.
Photo with caption in Aspen Daily News, Thursday, July 31, 1997
Film:
“Four corners of Surburbia” paintings featured in gallery scene
(to be released in 2004)

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