ABOUT THE ARTIST
James M. Smith is a native of St. Louis, and received his BFA from Kansas University and his MFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. He has taught at universities in the United States and Canada. His work has been exhibited regularly since 1973 and has won numerous awards. Smith's work is represented in many museums and in both corporate and private collections.
Artist Arthur Osver calls Smith both an inspired painter and savvy Alchemist.
"For him, anything and everything can lend itself to the magic of everyday living: paper, cloth, metal. Wood or whatever, undergo a transmutation into images and objects of vivid power and resonance. Their impact on us is to change forever the way we now see the world."
JAMES MICHAEL SMITH - RESUME
Education
Master of Fine Arts,
Painting and Printmaking, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana,
IL, 1973
Bachelor of Fine Arts,
Painting and Printmaking,
University
of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1971
Teaching Experience
St. Louis Community
College, St. Louis, MO
University of Missouri-St.
Louis, St. Louis, MO
Western Illinois
University, Macomb, IL
University of Manitoba-Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada
University of Illinois-Champaign,
Urbana, IL
Academic Awards
1978 The
Ford Foundation Summer Research Fellowship, New York, NY
University
of Missouri Research Fellowship, St. Louis, MO
1973-71 Tuition Waiver, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1972 Reserve Grant for Painting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1971 Lockwood Grant Foundation for Painting, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1970 Ada Bechtel Heuser Grant for Painting, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Publication Review List
Contemporary American
Oil Painting, Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House
Tools as Art,
Abrams, Inc., The Hechinger Collection. Peter Hamill
New American Painting,
Open Studio Press, Boston, MA
Chicago Reader,
Chicago, IL
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago, IL
Chicago Sun Times,
Chicago, IL
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
St. Louis, MO
Riverfront Times,
St. Louis, MO
Art News, New
York, NY
New Art Examiner,
Chicago, IL
Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation, Invitational Radio Interview
St. Louis Business
Journal, St. Louis, MO
ArtNet-Prairie Smoke, Chicago, IL
West
End Word,
St. Louis, MO
Professional Activities
Guest Lecturer, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
Visiting Artist, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO
Visiting Artist, University of Missouri-St. Louis,
St. Louis, MO
Visiting Artist, The Sheldon Galleries,
St. Louis, MO
Creative Work Awards
1990 Hall of Fame, Florissant Valley Community College, St. Louis, MO
1987 Honorarium, Missouri Visual Arts Biennial, Missouri Arts Council
1984 Cash Award, The Louis E. Seiden Memorial Award, Chautagua 27th Annual National Exhibition, Chautagua, NY
1982 Honorarium, Five Choose Five Exhibition, First Street Forum Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1981 Second Prize, 42nd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings, The Society of Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
1980 Award
of Merit, 22nd Annual Art Exhibition, Oklahoma Art Center
Award
of Merit, 30th Annual Art Exhibition, Elizabeth M. Sinnock
Gallery, Quincy,
IL
1979-77 Honorarium,
Illinois Traveling Sculpture Exhibition, Illinois Arts Council
Honorarium,
Illinois Traveling Painting Exhibition, Illinois Arts Council
1978 Second
Prize, Academy of Professional Artists First National Art
Competition--Art
for Life, The Kidney Foundation
1977 Special
Purchase Award, The Dick Blick Co., Galex 11th Annual Art
Exhibition,
Galesburg, IL
1976 Purchase
Award, J. Walter Thompson Co., New Horizons in Art,
Chicago,
IL
Museum Acquisitions
Cedar Rapids Museum
of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA (multiple purchases)
The Byers Museum,
Evanston, IL
Permanent Collections
Starwood Corporation/Westin
Hotel, St. Louis, MO
THF Realty, St. Louis,
MO
The Private Bank,
St. Louis, MO
Renaissance Financial,
St. Louis, MO
The Hechinger Collection,
Washington, D.C.
Bank of Sacramento,
HBE Corporation, Sacramento, CA
Chase Manhattan Bank,
New York, NY
University of Texas
Collection, El Paso, TX
Saks Fifth Avenue,
New York, NY
Barnes Hospital, St.
Louis, MO
Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the United States, Des Moines, IA
Ralston Purina Headquarters,
St. Louis, MO
McDonald’s
Corporation Headquarters, Chicago, IL
Household Finance,
Chicago, IL
Kranson Industries,
St. Louis, MO
Contemporary Productions,
St. Louis, MO
HBE Corporation-Adams
Mark Hotel, St. Louis, MO
Fleming
Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Borg-Warner, Inc.,
Chicago, IL
Helene Curtis, Inc., private family
collection, Chicago, IL
J.
Walter Thompson Co., Chicago, IL
Fagadau Energy, Dallas, TX
Watkins Library Gallery, University
of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
The Center for Advanced Studies
Collection, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Fred Weber, Inc., St. Louis, MO
McDonnell Douglas, St. Louis, MO
Capitol Bank, St. Louis, MO
First Illinois Bank, East St. Louis,
IL
Steelcase, St. Louis, MO
Germania Bank, St. Louis, MO
St. Louis University Hospital, St.
Louis, MO
Safety Mutual, St. Louis, MO
PGAV, St. Louis, MO
Selected Exhibitions
2006 Solo
Exhibition, Gallery 210, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Solo
Exhibition, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Solo
Exhibition, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
Invitational
Exhibition, Missouri Arts Council, St. Louis, MO
Group
Exhibition, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Group
Exhibition, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
Drawing
Invitational, The Sheldon Galleries, St. Louis, MO
2003 Solo
Exhibition, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
Solo
Exhibition, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
Group
Exhibition, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Solo Exhibition, The Sheldon Galleries, St. Louis, MO (Dec. 2000)
2000 The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
1999 River
Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Art Coalition,
juried
competition
Dishman
Competition 99–National Exhibition, Lamar University,
Beaumont,
TX
“Art
Forms,” Gallery
Manayunk, National Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA,
Award
received
49th Annual
Art Competition, National Exhibition, Fort Smith, AR,
Award
received
Solo
Exhibition, Mossa Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1998 Solo
Exhibition, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Critical
Mass,” exhibit
curated by the St. Louis Art Museum,
St.
Louis, MO
Faculty
Exhibit, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park,
St.
Louis, MO
1997 Group
Exhibition, “The City Series,”
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art,
Cedar
Rapids, IA
Exhibition, Ethical
Society, St. Louis, MO
Group Exhibition,
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Group
Exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Group Exhibition,
Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 New
Work Exhibition, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Group Exhibition,
Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Group
Exhibition, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 New
Work Exhibition, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibition,
Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Solo
Exhibition, St. Louis Community College at Meramec,
St. Louis,
MO
1994 Group
Exhibition, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Selected
Artists, Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1993 Group
Exhibition, Locus Gallery Opening Celebration, St. Louis, MO
Solo
Exhibition, Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 Solo Exhibition, Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1990 “Flora
‘90,” Chicago Botanical Gardens, Chicago, IL, Jurors:
James
Yood, Art
Forum; Susan Pertl, Curator, McDonald’s Corp.
Solo
Exhibition, Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1989 Group
Exhibition, “The New York Connection,” St. Louis Community
College
at Florissant Valley, St. Louis, MO
Solo
Exhibition, Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988 Solo
Exhibition, Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group
Exhibition Invitational, “To Be Touched,”
St.
Louis Community College
at Florissant Valley, St. Louis, MO
1987 Solo
Exhibition, Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO
FY
‘88 Missouri Visual Arts Biennial, First Street Forum,
St.
Louis, MO
1986 Group Exhibition, Jayne Baum Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Group Exhibition, Communication Art Gallery, Univ. of Wisconsin
1985 Solo
Exhibition, Locus Gallery, St. Louis, MO
St.
Louis Arts Festival, St. Louis, MO
1984 Two
Dimensions Exhibition, University of Texas, El Paso, TX
Contemporary
Art Acquisitions: 1980-83, The Equitable Gallery,
New
York, NY
1983 Solo
Exhibition, Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
Exhibition,
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Exhibition
and Auction, Contemporary Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
1982 Solo
Exhibition, Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
Five
Choose Five, First Street Forum, in cooperation with the Arts
Coordinating
Council for the Area, St. Louis, MO
1981 42nd
Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting,
the
Society of
the Four Arts, Second Prize, Palm Beach, FL Eleven
Prize Winners, Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
1980 Mid-America
IV Traveling Exhibition, the St. Louis Art Museum,
St.
Louis, MO
Nelson
Gallery, Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
Group
Exhibition, the Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois,
Urbana,
IL
15th Annual Art Exhibition, Cody County Art League,
Cody, WY
22nd Annual Art Exhibition, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma
City, OK
Solo
Exhibition, Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago
International 1980, Chicago Navy Pier, Chicago,
33rd
Annual Midstates Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts
and Sciences,
Evansville, IN
1979 Group
Exhibition, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine Art
Association, Racine,
WI
Group
Exhibition, Chicago Court House, Chicago, IL
1978 University
of Missouri Summer Research Fellowship Award,
St.
Louis, MO
The
Ford Foundation Summer Research Fellowship Award,
St.
Louis, MO
1977 Solo
Exhibition, the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts,
University
of Illinois,
Honorarium, Urbana, IL
Extraordinary
Talent, Part I, Chicago & Illinois Exhibition,
Worthington Gallery,
Chicago, IL
Illinois
Traveling Sculpture Exhibition III, sponsored by the
Illinois
Arts Council,
Illinois Wesleyan University,
Honorarium,
Bloomington, IL
1976 Illinois
Artists ‘76, Bicentennial Invitational, Illinois State
University
Center for
the Visual Arts, Normal, IL,
Nov. 1975-Jan. 1976, Traveling Exhibition, Jan.1976-Jan.
1977
New
Horizons of Art, Mid-Continental Plaza, Chicago, IL,
sponsored
by the
Shore Art League
1975 The
International Miniature Exhibit
Third
Biennial Lake Superior International Craft Exhibit, Tweed
Museum of
Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
1974 Solo Exhibition, Western Illinois University Gallery, Macomb, IL
1973 Invitational
3rd More Chicago Artists Exhibit, Fine Arts Center,
Highland Park
Gallery, Highland, IL
Solo
Exhibition, the Krannert Museum Annex, Urbana, IL
Gallery Affiliations
Perimeter
Gallery, Chicago, IL
Crows
Ink, St. Louis, MO