James von Minor
 

James von Minor

Baltimore, Maryland
james@jamesvonminor.com


Education:
  • Master of Fine Arts, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania 1980
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 1977
Grants/Awards:
  • Individual Artist Award, Visual Arts Grant: Painting, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, Maryland 2004
  • Individual Artist Award, Visual Arts Grant: 2-D, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, Maryland 2002
  • Juror Award, National Juried Exhibition, Artforms Gallery, Manayunk, Pennsylvania
  • Individual Artist Award, Visual Arts Grant: Sculpture, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, Maryland 1997
  • CityArts Grant, Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Arts and Culture, Baltimore, Maryland 1990
    Works-in-Progress Grant, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, Maryland 1984
  • Patron Purchase Award, Kansas Second National Small Painting, Drawing and Print Exhibition, Kansas State College, Hayes, Kansas 1976
Individual Exhibitions:
  • The Mechanics of My Existence: Villa Julie College, Stevenson, Maryland 2008
  • The Cup and Three Quarters: The Art of James von Minor, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland 2005
  • The Three Quarter Series, Gallerie Francoise e.s.f., Lutherville, Maryland 2004
  • A Decade of Drawings and Diagrams, Wilson/Bismark Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland 2004
  • Push Pin Drawings, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland 2002
  • Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland 1997, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991
  • G.H. Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland 1989, 1988
  • Towson State University, Towson, Maryland 1984
  • Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 1981
Selected Group Exhibitions:
  • Color & Form: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture by Michelle Hinebrook, John Richardson and James von Minor, The Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, Maryland
  • International in Situ Art Symposium, "Jardins du Precambrien", Quebec, Canada 2007
  • Barro de America, Galeria Marta Traba, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2005
  • V Bienal Barro de America, Museo lia Bermundez, Maracaibo, Venezuela 2004
  • Positional Play an installation by Joe Mancuso and James von Minor, Falconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa 2002 * Catalogue
  • Great Plains National, Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Hays, Kansas 2001 * Catalogue
  • Great Plains National, Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Hays, Kansas 2000 * Catalogue
  • Postal Exhibition, The Sharjah Arts Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 2000
  • Collaborative Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia 1999
  • ANA 28, The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana 1999
  • 12th Annual Artstravaganza Juried Exhibition, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee 1999
  • 17th Annual September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana 1999 * Catalogue
  • 1998 Annual Juried Winners, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Virginia 1999
  • National Juried Exhibition, Art Forms Gallery, Manayunk, Pennsylvania 1999
  • III Bienal Barro de America Roberto Guevara, Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela 1998 * Catalogue
  • III Bienal Barro de America Roberto Guevara, El Centro de Arte de Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Venezuela 1998
  • Artscape, Baltimore, Maryland 1999, 1998, 1987
  • Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Virginia 1998
  • Art Maryland ’98, Howard County Center For The Arts, Ellicott City, 1998
  • Houston/Baltimore: A Collaboration, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore 1996
  • Biennial 96’, The Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, Delaware 1996
  • 1995 Critics’ Pick, Critics’ Residency Program, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland 1996
  • Conjugate Sites/Sights, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland 1995
  • Gomez Gallery Honors Biennial Artists, Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland 1995 * Catalogue
  • II Bienal Barro de America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela 1995
  • Resurgam Gallery’s Third Annual Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland 1995
Selected Publications:
  • Gliick, Herbert, “New American Paintings” Open Studio Press. Spring 1999
  • Dorsey, John “A Show of Power and Grace at Gomez” The Baltimore Sun. April. 1997
  • Giuliano, Mike ‘Harmonious Convergence’s” The City Paper. April 1997
  • Michallski, Jennifer J., “Double Vision, Houston/Baltimore Highlights Sculptors Similarities” Baltimore Alternative. January 1997
  • Giuliano, Mike “Dynamic Duo” The City Paper. January 1996
  • Dorsey, John, “Art Works In Harmony” The Baltimore Sun. December 1996
  • Gliick, Herbert, “New American Paintings”, Open Studio Press. Autumn 1996
  • Duffy, Jim, “Fall Arts Preview” Baltimore Magazine. September 1996
  • Palanzuela, Juna Carlos, “Clay Of The Americas” Art Nexus. April-June 1996
  • Rodriguez, Belgica, “Homage To Nine Artists” Art Nexus. April-June 1996
  • Hirsch, Faye, “Critic In Residence” Washington Review. February/March 1996
  • Dorsey, John “Two Different Worlds Work In Harmony” The Baltimore Sun. December 1995
  • Dorsey, John, “Works At Gomez Have Little In Common” The Baltimore Sun. December 1995
  • Dorsey, John, “School 33 Show A Learning Experience” The BaltimoreSun. July 1995
Selected Collections:
  • American Society of Nephrology, Washington, DC
  • Baltimore – Washington International Airport
  • Beard, Warwick and Cornell, Washington, DC
  • College Of American Pathologist, Washington, DC
  • Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
  • Lockheed Martin, Inc. Bethesda, Maryland
  • Lukas, McGowan, Nace & Gutierrez, Washington, DC
  • Merck & Company Inc., Washington, DC
  • Museum Of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela
  • Peat Marwick Agency, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Piper & Marbury, Baltimore, Maryland
  • St. James Place, Baltimore, Maryland
  • T. Rowe Price, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Private collections in California, Delaware, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Texas and Washington, DC.