James von Minor

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:

•  Juror's Choice Award, Small Wonders National Juried Exhibition, Annapolis, Maryland 2010
• 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:

• 35-33-35, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, Maryland 2014
• Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland 2014
• Evolving Structures, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland 2012
• Drawings: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland 2012
• Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibit, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland 2011 * Catalouge
• Rudimentary A Post-Mastery Return to Fundamentals, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland 2011 * Catalouge
• Bridging Contemporary Art and Architecture, Read & Company, Architects, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 2011
• Small Wonders National Juried Exhibition, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland 2010
• A Survey of Maryland's Teaching Artists Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland 2010, 09
• Inside The Box, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland 2009
• Everybody Draws, Fleckenstien Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland 2009
• The Seven Deadly Sins, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland 2008
• 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 * Catalouge
• 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
• * Catalouge
• 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:

• Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibit, University of Maryland University College, Exhibition Catalogue 2011
• Rudimentary A Post-Mastery return to Fundamentals, University of Maryland University College, Exhibition Catalogue 2011
• V Bienal Barro de America, El Centro de Arte Maracaibo Lia Bermudez, Maracaibo, Venezuela, Exhibition Catalogue 2004
• Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Positional Play an installation by Joe Mancuso & James von Minor, Exhibition Catalogue 2002
• Alexandria Museum of Art, 17th, September Competition Exhibition Catalogue 1999
• Gliick, Herbert, “New American Paintings” Open Studio Press. Spring 1999
• Museum of Comtemporary Art, III Bienal Barro de America Roberto Guvara, Exhibition Catalogue 1998
• 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
• DAI: Development Alternatives, Inc. Bethesda, Maryland
• Derouin Foundation, Quebec, Canada
• DLA Piper, Baltimore, Maryland
• El Centro de Arte de Maracaibo Lia Bermudez, Maracaibo, Venezuela
• 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
• St. James Place,  Condominium, Baltimore, Maryland
• Stevenson University, Stevenson, Maryland
• T. Rowe Price, Baltimore, Maryland
• Private collections in California, Delaware, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Texas and Washington, DC.