• Artworks
    • Jimmie James convergence, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 40 x 60 in. 101.6 x 152.4 cm.
      Jimmie James
      convergence, 2023
      Acrylic on canvas
      40 x 60 in.
      101.6 x 152.4 cm.
    • Jimmie James Her fingers were wet with colors, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 40 x 60 in. 101.6 x 152.4 cm.
      Jimmie James
      Her fingers were wet with colors, 2023
      Acrylic on canvas
      40 x 60 in.
      101.6 x 152.4 cm.
    • Jimmie James A day in Florence, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 40 in. 152.4 x 101.6 cm.
      Jimmie James
      A day in Florence, 2023
      Acrylic on canvas
      60 x 40 in.
      152.4 x 101.6 cm.
    • Jimmie James dancing with others, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 40 x 60 in. 101.6 x 152.4 cm.
      Jimmie James
      dancing with others, 2023
      Acrylic on canvas
      40 x 60 in.
      101.6 x 152.4 cm.
    • Jimmie James the joy of connection, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 40 x 60 in. 101.6 x 152.4 cm.
      Jimmie James
      the joy of connection, 2023
      Acrylic on canvas
      40 x 60 in.
      101.6 x 152.4 cm.
    • Jimmie James grace, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 40 x 60 in. 101.6 x 152.4 cm.
      Jimmie James
      grace, 2023
      Acrylic on canvas
      40 x 60 in.
      101.6 x 152.4 cm.
    • Jimmie James a courage of pursuit, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 40 x 60 in. 101.6 x 152.4 cm.
      Jimmie James
      a courage of pursuit, 2023
      Acrylic on canvas
      40 x 60 in.
      101.6 x 152.4 cm.
    • Jimmie James between words, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 39 x 39 in. 99.1 x 99.1 cm.
      Jimmie James
      between words, 2023
      Acrylic on canvas
      39 x 39 in.
      99.1 x 99.1 cm.
    • Jimmie James She laughed all day long, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 39 x 39 in. 99.1 x 99.1 cm.
      Jimmie James
      She laughed all day long, 2020
      Acrylic on canvas
      39 x 39 in.
      99.1 x 99.1 cm.
    • Jimmie James Ambition, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 39 x 39 in. 99.1 x 99.1 cm.
      Jimmie James
      Ambition, 2020
      Acrylic on canvas
      39 x 39 in.
      99.1 x 99.1 cm.
    • Jimmie James The Entrance, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 39 x 39 in. 99.1 x 99.1 cm.
      Jimmie James
      The Entrance, 2020
      Acrylic on canvas
      39 x 39 in.
      99.1 x 99.1 cm.
    • Jimmie James She watched it all go by, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 39 x 39 in. 99.1 x 99.1 cm.
      Jimmie James
      She watched it all go by, 2020
      Acrylic on canvas
      39 x 39 in.
      99.1 x 99.1 cm.
    • Jimmie James Eclipse, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 70 x 47 1/4 in. 177.8 x 120 cm.
      Jimmie James
      Eclipse, 2020
      Acrylic on canvas
      70 x 47 1/4 in.
      177.8 x 120 cm.
    • Jimmie James house, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. 49.5 x 49.5 cm.
      Jimmie James
      house, 2020
      Acrylic on canvas
      19 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.
      49.5 x 49.5 cm.
    • Jimmie James serendipity, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in. 80 x 59.9 cm.
      Jimmie James
      serendipity, 2021
      Acrylic on canvas
      31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in.
      80 x 59.9 cm.
    • Jimmie James inlet, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. 59.9 x 80 cm.
      Jimmie James
      inlet, 2021
      Acrylic on canvas
      23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in.
      59.9 x 80 cm.
    • Jimmie James ribbons, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 23 5/8 x 31 1/4 in. 59.9 x 79.4 cm.
      Jimmie James
      ribbons, 2021
      Acrylic on canvas
      23 5/8 x 31 1/4 in.
      59.9 x 79.4 cm.
    • Jimmie James red, 2022 Acrylic on watercolor paper 35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in. 90 x 90 cm.
      Jimmie James
      red, 2022
      Acrylic on watercolor paper
      35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in.
      90 x 90 cm.
    • Jimmie James the lightness of being present, 2022 Acrylic on watercolor paper 35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in. 90 x 90 cm.
      Jimmie James
      the lightness of being present, 2022
      Acrylic on watercolor paper
      35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in.
      90 x 90 cm.
    • Jimmie James the emergence, 2022 Acrylic on watercolor paper 35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in. 90 x 90 cm.
      Jimmie James
      the emergence, 2022
      Acrylic on watercolor paper
      35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in.
      90 x 90 cm.
    • Jimmie James the celebration, 2022 Acrylic on watercolor paper 35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in. 90 x 90 cm.
      Jimmie James
      the celebration, 2022
      Acrylic on watercolor paper
      35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in.
      90 x 90 cm.
    • Jimmie James nevermind, 2022 Acrylic on watercolor paper 35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in. 90 x 90 cm.
      Jimmie James
      nevermind, 2022
      Acrylic on watercolor paper
      35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in.
      90 x 90 cm.
    • Jimmie James her dance is time with lights thrown on, 2022 Acrylic on watercolor paper 35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in. 90 x 90 cm.
      Jimmie James
      her dance is time with lights thrown on, 2022
      Acrylic on watercolor paper
      35 3/8 x 35 3/8 in.
      90 x 90 cm.
  • Biography

    Jimmie James found a sense of self in making things, building, watching how processes gathered to themselves to make meaning. By playing with colors, paper, fire, water, there emerged a co-mingling of himself with these materials.  A dialogue in the form of making paintings opened within James that he felt was also bigger than himself. 

    James' paintings reflect, contain, and give witness to an intimacy he experiences in reference to being alive.  They capture and demand a conversation, a relationship, a ceremony, an act of meeting…whatever happens or appears in the world within or without. The paintings contain their own meaning.  They become a portal, a platform, and an invitation for others to listen to themselves. 

  • CV

    Born Brooklyn, New York
    Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

    EDUCATION

    Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2018
    Jimmie James, kultur gallery, Berlin Germany
    2017
    Jimmie James, Rumba Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
    2014
    Jimmie James, Best Gallery, New York, NY
    2013
    PlayTime, 571 Projects at Fair Folks & a Goat, New York, NY
    2010
    New Paintings, 571 Projects, New York, NY

    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2023
    She left it all behind, The Curators, Paris, France
    Where we left off, Galerie JS, Berlin Germany
    Flourish, The Publisher, Berlin, Germany
    Flourish 2, Soto, Berlin, Germany
    2019
    Storylines: works on paper by Sally Gil & Jimmie James, 571 Projects, Stowe VT
    2018
    48 Hr Neuköln Art Festival, Berlin, Germany
    2017
    The Opening, Warehouse 30, Bangkok, Thailand
    Speak Easy, Manolete, Barcelona, Spain
    2016
    Kimba Hills Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
    About Time, Volume 1, Mar Vista Garden Gallery, Chigasaki, Japan
    To Get is to Give, Artbaboo 146, Yokohama, Japan
    To Gather Together, Commune 246, Tokyo, Japan
    You Know Everything, Everything You Know, Jam Factory, Bangkok, Thailand
    2015     
    Nowhere to Hide, Overstand Gallery, Chiangmai, Thailand
    Same Same, Seescape Gallery, Chiangmai, Thailand
    2014     
    Summer, StellarUnion, Southampton, NY
    Conversations, AudioEngine, New York, NY
    2013     
    Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
    Nothing on the Walls, Urban Art House, Amsterdam, NL
    2012     
    The Beginning of Everything, 1stdibs at The New York Design Center, New York, NY
    New Works, Think Space, Bowery, New York, NY
    Spruce Gallery, High Falls, NY
    Painting Live, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
    2011     
    Open Editions, Brooklyn, NY
    5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
    2010 
    The Conversations Art Show, AE Gallery, New York, NY
    Bennett Dunkley Gallery, New York, NY
    Small Things Considered, 571 Projects, New York, NY
    2009   
    Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    Poltrona Frau, New York, NY
    The Affordable Art Fair, with Gallery Michele Mariaud, New York, NY
    2008     
    Gallery Michele Mariaud, New York, NY
    Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
    MFI Art, New York, NY
    2007   
    Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
    Outsider Gallery, Livingston Manor, NY
    M Gallery, Catskills, NY
    2006
    Two Reasons for One Sound, Thomas Werner Gallery, New York, NY
    SCOPE Art Hamptons, with Boltax Gallery, New York
    The Affordable Art Fair, with Thomas Werner Gallery, New York, NY
    Site specific installation, Gensler, Washington, DC
    2005   
    OnePlusOneEqualsThree, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
    Artists Space, New York, NY
    2004   
    Jan Swanson Gallery, Columbia, SC
    Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
    Artists Space, New York, NY
    2003
    Lurie Gallery, Studio City, CA
    Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
    Artists Space, New York, NY
    2002   
    HNTB Architecture, Washington, DC
    2001     
    Verve Music Group, New York, NY
    Presence Gallery, Birmingham, MS
    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
    Plan B, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
    San Francisco Open Studio, San Francisco, CA
    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 City
    1994     
    Gallery at No Bar, New York, NY
    1992     
    Daltons, New York, NY
    1991     
    Fermata Gallery, New York, NY


    SELECTED COLLECTIONS

    Hollis King
    Verve Music Group
    Tom Ford, NY
    Gerald Cannon, NY
    Westin Hotel, Times Square, NY
    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, NY


    CD COVERS

    Verve Records Aqualung "Magnetic North", released 2010
    Lee Ritenour "World of Brazil" released 2009
    Nina Simone "Three Women", released 2003
    John Coltrane "Legacy" box set, released 2002
    Roy Haynes Trio, Featuring Perez and Patitucci, released April 2000
    Woodneck Records:  Gerald Cannon "Gerald Cannon", released 2003
    Fresh Sounds New Talent: Ricky Germanson, "Heights", released April 2003

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    NY ARTS Magazine, September 2005
    Philadelphia Style, December 2003
    Out Magazine, November 2003, p. 88 (article on designer S. R.)
    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 (released in 2004)

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