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Contemporary Fine Art: James Westwater: Biography

JAMES WESTWATER

BORN
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 1962
EDUCATION
1998	BA (Honors), Design for Communication Media, Manchester Polytechnic, England, Commendation in Liberal Studies
1981	Foundation in Art and Design, Suffolk College, England
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004	Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Narrative Works, Rule Gallery, Denver, CO
2003	Men at Work, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO Fear of Art, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2002	Condo, Santa Fe, NM
2001	Parsley's Car, Helix Gallery, Santa Fe, NM James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
1997	Penis Wars, OffSite, Santa Fe, NM Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
1996	100 Sanded Objects and Related Works, Linda Durham Gallery, Galisteo, NM Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
1994	The Toyota Series, B-1/Lulu's Alibi, Los Angeles, CA LA Art, Encino, CA
1990	AWGO, Los Angeles, CA
1989	Solis, Santa Fe, NM
1987	Film jockey, Legends, London, England
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004	Site Unseen III, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Editions, Anderson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM Gallery artists, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM (also previous years)
2003	Pay Attention, Linda Durham Gallery, Galisteo, NM Gallery artists, Rule Gallery, Denver, NM Art Santa Fe, Art Fair, Rule Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Runoff, The Barn, Santa Fe, NM
2002	Match the Couch, Art & Industry, Santa Fe, NM Beaux Arts, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM Collect, Plan B, Santa Fe, NM
2001	Inaugural exhibition, Shack Obscura at Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Site Unseen II, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM Painting is Dead, Plan B, Santa Fe, NM Art Santa Fe, Art Fair, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
1999	Petits Formats Bis, Kiron, Paris, France Pod at SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, NM The Art of Drawing, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM Hobb* Lobb*, Plan B, Santa Fe, NM Site Unseen, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM The Window Project, Santa Fe, NM (also previous years)
1998	Group exhibition, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY (also previous years) Gallery artists, Thesaurus, London, England Various, Linda Durham Gallery, Galisteo/Santa Fe/Chicago/Seattle (also previous years) Monster Trucks, The Lofts/Plan B, Santa Fe, NM Group exhibition, Conlon Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Vehicle, Albuquerque, NM
1997	Inaugural exhibition, Nolita (Ahra Lee), New York, NY Monothon, SITE Santa Fe, NM Do Mundo, One Ledoux, Taos, NM Vending machine art, Plan B, Santa Fe, NM Pod (three exhibitions), Santa Fe and Taos, NM
1996	Synesthesia, Linda Durham Gallery/OffSite, Santa Fe, NM
1995	LA Auctions, Robert Berman, Santa Monica, CA (also 1994) Essential Marks, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1993	Featured artist, Greenpeace, West Hollywood, NM Featured artist, Fred Segal, Santa Monica, CA Angels & Barbies, Adevina, Santa Fe, NM
1991	Gallery artists, Zola, West Hollywood, CA (also 1990)
1990	Gallery artists, Jumbo's, Santa Fe, NM
1987	Film jockey, The Thunderjockeys' Party, Royal College of Art, London, England
1982	The Flower Show, Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester, England
1981	Red/Green, Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester, England
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2004	Zane Fischer, "Standing in O'Keeffe's Shadow", Santa Fe Reporter, January 28-February 3
2003	Michael Paglia, "Men at Work", Westword, May 29-June 4 James Thomson, "Men at Work", Rocky Mountain Bullhorn, May 22-28 Anna Marie Basquez, "Man-Made Objects", Coloradan, May 16 Alyson B. Stanfield, "Mind at Play", Fort Collins Weekly, May 14-20 Zane Fischer, "The Art of War", Santa Fe Reporter, May 7-13
2002	Jon Carver, "Plumbing the Depths of Space", Trend, winter/spring
2001	Mojca Osojnik, "Galerijski Turizem - Santa Fe je Meka", Nedelo, July 22 Tom Collins, "Object Lesson", Albuquerque Journal, June 1 Richard Tobin, "Site Unseen II", THE, May/June Ellen Berkovitch, "NRA meets NEA", Pasatiempo, April 13
2000	Zane Fischer, "The Artist Identity", Arte, summer/fall
1998	Dennis Jarret, "Night of the Pod", Santa Fe Reporter, July 7-13 Antonio Lopez, "Under Radar", Pasatiempo, May 28
1998	Diane Armitage, "The Window Project", THE, May/June
1997	Kathleen McCloud, "Art Pod 1", Pasatiempo, February 21
1996	Aline Brandauer, "James Westwater at Linda Durham", Art in America, October Diane Armitage, "100 Sanded Objects and Related Works", THE, March/April James Crump, "Synesthesia: A Collaboration", THE, January/February
1995	Dean Balsamo, "Essential Marks", Santa Fe Reporter, March 15-21
AWARDS
2003	State Acquisitions, New Mexico Arts, Art in Public Spaces Program
2002	Robert Rauschenberg, Change Inc.
1999	Santa Fe Art Institute, Pat Steir
1980-1984	College grants, Suffolk County Council, England
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM (Art Pod)
Laura Carpenter, New York, NY
Drew Barrymore, Los Angeles, CA
Pele, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil