AWARDS
2019John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
2017Pollock Krasner Grant
2016Mac Dowell Art Colony, Residency Scholarship, Peterborough, NH
2015Yaddo Art Colony, Residency Scholarship, Saratoga Springs, NY
2014University of Iowa, Museum of Art, awarded sculpture commission, Main Library Commons, Iowa City, IA
2012Yaddo Art Colony residency scholarship, Saratoga Springs, NY
2000Iowa Arts Council, Artists' Developmental Grant
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, New Castle, MN (residency fellowship)
1993NEA/Arts Midwest, Visual Artist Fellowship Award
1988Iowa Arts Council Creative Artist Grant
1975NEA / Idaho Commission on the Arts, Artist's Grant
EDUCATION
MFAUniversity of Montana, Missoula, MT
BFAPainting and Drawing, Boise State University, Boise, ID
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024Spellerberg Projects, Lockhart, TX
2019Paul Kotula Projects, Detroit, MI
Augsburg University, Gage Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
NX.ix, Gyan Shrosbree & Jim Shrosbree, Detroit, MI
2018Times Club, Iowa City, IA
2016Paul Kotula Projects, Detroit, MI
2011Drake University, Des Moines, IA (2 person)
Mankato State University, Mankato, MN
2008Paul Kotula Projects, Detroit, MI
2007Iowa Contemporary, Fairfield, IA
2005Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
2004Des Moines Art Center, Jim Shrosbree: Zero/Distance, Des Moines, IA
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, CA
2003I Space, Chicago, IL
2002Revolution, Detroit, MI
2000Revolution, New York, NY
1997Revolution, Detroit, MI
1996Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL
1995Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1994Revolution, Detroit, MI
1991William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1989Olson-Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, IA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023Tapetto Volente Projects, LIBRARY, Brooklyn, NY
2023Des Moines Art Center, 75 Years of Iowa Art, Des Moines, IA
2022Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
2020Wege Center For the Arts Gallery, The Shape of Time: Jill Brown, Michael Cain, Charlotte Cain, Sean Downey, Roberto Matta, Gyan Shrosbree, Jim Shrosbree, Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA
2019Regis Center for the Arts, Katherine B. Nash Gallery, The Form will Find its Way: Contemporary Ceramic Sculptural Abstraction, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2015Boston Center for the Arts, 24th Drawing Show: Feelers, Boston, MA
En Em Art Space, Off the Grid, Sacramento, CA
Eli and Edyth Broad Museum, Conversations Around the Table: An American Experience, East Lansing, MI
2014St. Ambrose University, FIZZ, Laurel Farrin/Jim Shrosbree, Davenport, IA
2012Paul Kotula Projects, Giving Time to Time, Detroit, MI
U Mass, Dartmouth, Watershed Legends, Dartmouth, MA
Maharishi University, Gyan and Jim Shrosbree, Fairfield, IA
Sioux City Art Center, Legends Exhibition II, Sioux City, IA
2011Meulensteen, Mind Over Matter, New York, NY
2010Paul Kotula Projects, Edge,: Heather Mac Gill, Richard Rezac, Jim Shrosbree, Detroit, MI
2008Paul Kotula Projects, Aqua Art ( Art Miami), Miami, FL
2007Scripps National Ceramics Exhibition, Scripps College, Claremont CA
Paul Kotula Projects, Hump, Detroit, MI
2006Ash Street Project Space, Sensibility, Portland, OR
2005Revolution, Bevy, Detroit, MI
2004Revolution, "10" a ten year anniversary exhibition, Detroit, MI
2002Franklin Parrasch Gallery, Five Fresh Voices, New York, NY
Revolution, Pas De Deux, Detroit, MI
Byron Cohen Gallery, Fired Up, Kansas City, MO
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
2001Plattsburgh State University of New York, Ceramics: Cultural Connections, Plattsburgh, NY
Revolution, Ha Ha!!, Detroit, MI
Jan Weiner Gallery, Clay, Kansas City, MO
2000Mint Museum of Art, Alan Chasanoff Collection Exhibition, Charlotte, NC
Ron Judish Fine Arts, Jim Shrosbree / Ken Kelly, Denver, Co
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Contemporary Ceramics, Los Angeles, CA
1998Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artist Exhibition, Des Moines, IA
1997California College of Arts and Crafts, Oliver Art Center, Ceramic Still Life: The Common Object, Oakland, CA
Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artist's Exhibition, Des Moines, IA (award)
Revolution, Current/Occurrence, Detroit, MI
1995Revolution, Nature, Detroit, MI
1994Arkansas Art Center, Working in Other Dimensions: Drawings and Objects II, Little Rock, AK
Des Moines Art Center
Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, HI
Aukland Museum of Art, Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, NZ
1993William Traver Gallery, Clay 1993: A National Survey, Seattle, WA
Newark Museum of Art, 29th Ceramic National Exhibition, Newark, NJ
Everson Museum of Art, 29th Ceramic National Exhibition, Syracuse, NY
Des Moines Art Center, 1993 Iowa Artist's Exhibition, Des Moines, IA
Revolution, Detroit, MI
San Diego Museum of Art, NCECA Clay National (Traveling 93/94)
Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1992Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artist's Exhibition, Des Moines, IA
Aukland Museum, Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, New Zealand
U. of N. Iowa Museum, Field Effects: 11 Artists from Fairfield, Cedar Falls
1991Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artist's Exhibition, Des Moines, IA (award)
1990Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artist's Exhibition, Des Moines, IA
1986Olson-Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Pro Art, St. Louis, MO
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1985Martin Schweig Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1984Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Boston Museum School, Boston, MA, NCECA National Exhibition
Traver-Sutton Gallery, Clay: A National Survey, Seattle, WA
PUBLICATIONS
2018Sculpture Magazine, Open to Association: a conversation with James Shrosbree, by Lenore Metrick-Chen, May issue
2017Make Magazine, Issue 5, curated by Yevgenia Baras
2011Immaterial/Material, Drake University, essay by Lenore Metrick-Chen
2009David Lynch Foundation TV, Jim Shrosbree: Sculptor, video documentary
2007Iowa Public TV, Master’s Series, Jim Shrosbree, video documentary
Scripps College Ceramic Annual (catalog) Parafunctionality, essay, T. Hepburn
JIM SHROSBREE, Zero / Distance, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
(Catalog), essay by Lenore Metrick-Chen
2004JIM SHROSBREE, Zero/Distance, Des Moines Art Center, essay, Jeff Fleming
2000Color & Fire, Defining Moments in Contemporary Ceramics , 1950–2000, Jo Lauria, Los Angeles County Museum of Art&risoli Internatl. Publications, Inc)
Glimpse of the Invisible, James Shrosbree, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
1996"Ceramics, Art and Perception," A Means to Realise Matter, The Work of James Shrosbree, Issue #25
1995College Art Association, Abstracts, The Unseen Nature of Art, Jim Shrosbree, 83rd Annual Conference
REVIEWS
2008"Detroit Metro Times", Spirit Away, An artistic exploration of the fourth dimension, by Lynn Crawford, Feb 06
2003"Chicago Tribune," Jim Shrosbree's spellbinding sculptural work, Alan G, Artner, Nov 21 2003
"Chicago Reader," Interpretive Dances, Fred Camper
2002"Detroit Free Press," A new look at an old world, Keri Guten Cohen, Sunday, May 5
"Kansas City Star," The Power of Clay, by Kate Hackman, Sunday, December, 17th
1998"World Sculpture News," James Shrosbree at Revolution, by Thomas Wojtas, Summer Issue
"New Art Examiner," James Shrosbree, by Dora Apel, April
1997"Consciousness and Community," catalog essay by Lesley Wright and Mark Petrick,
"Ceramic Still Life: The Common Object," Catalog Essay, Elaine Levin
1996"Ceramics Monthly," James Shrosbree, Tony Merino, January
1995"American Ceramics," Exhibitions - James Shrosbree, Dennis Nawrocki, 12/1
1994"Arkansas Art Center," Working in Other Dimensions : Drawings and Objects II, catalog, Alan DuBois
"Detroit Free Press," Ceramic Sculptor Goes for the Heart, Marsha Myro, Sept. 23
1993"American Craft," Pacific Connections: NCECA in San Diego, Tony Hepburn, June/July
"Art Papers," 1993NCECA Exhibition, Tony Merino, July/Aug
1992"Iowa Artist's 1992." catalog, Des Moines Art Center, Quiet Moments in the Competitive World of 1992, Holiday T. Day
1989"American Ceramics" Exhibitions - Jim Shrosbree, V. Gartley, v.7/2
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
2015National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA, Jim Melchert: INCUBATOR OF THOUGHT, ISB GALLERY, RISD, Providence, RI, Discussant.
2000Des Moines Art Center, Art in the 21st Century, panel presentation, Des Moines, IA
National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), A Glimpse of the Invisible, panel discussion, Denver, CO
1994College Art Association, The Unseen Nature of Art, Presentation on panel Denying the Narrative: Finding New Meaning in Art, San Antonio, TX
1987Maharishi International University, Educating Artists in Iowa, speakers from; Univ. of Iowa, Iowa State Univ., University of Northern Iowa, Maharishi International University (panelist)
1984NCECA, Boston Univ., Self-Sufficiency in the Learning Process.
198420 American Clay Artists: 1984, audio-visual presentation by G. Kleinsmith, Pompidou Center (Paris), Municipal Cultural Center; Acropolis Ceramics (Athens), Heraklton Cultural Center (Crete), Topkapi Palace (Istanbul)
SELECTED VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2022Drake University, Des Moines, IA
2019Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2016Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2015Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Skidmore College, Saratoga Spring, NY
2014Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA
2012Drake University, Des Moines, IA
2011Drake University, Des Moines, IA
2009Mankato State University, Mankato, MN
Drake University, Des Moines, IA
2006Kansas University, Lawrence, KS
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2004Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2002Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
2001Penn State University, State College, PA
1999New York University, New York, NY
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1997Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1996University of Missouri, Columbia
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
1995University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1994Winona State University, Winona, MN
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
1993Des Moines Print Club, Des Moines Art Center, IA
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
1986University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
SELECT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia , MO
Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, HI
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
Boise Museum of Art, Boise, ID