James Shrosbree

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009Mankato State University, Jim Shrosbree, Zero/Rolling, Mankato, MN, Ferndale, MI

2008Paul Kotula Projects, Jim Shrosbree, Zero/Suspension, Ferndale, MI

2007Iowa Contemporary, Jim Shrosbree, Zero + Suspension, Fairfield, IA

2005Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Jim Shrosbree: Zero/Distance, Sedalia, MO

2004Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta. Canada

2004Des Moines Art Center, Jim Shrosbree: Zero/Distance, Des Moines, IA

2003I Space, (n) scale, Chicago, IL

2002Revolution, e9 gelling, Ferndale, MI

2000Ron Judish Fine Arts, Denver, Co

2000Revolution, Ultra / Modern, New York, NY

2000Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA

1999Revolution, Ultra / Modern, Ferndale, MI

1999Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL

1997Revolution, Modern / Nature, Ferndale, MI

1996Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, New Wagner Gallery, IL

1995Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

1995William Traver Gallery, Modern / Nature, Seattle, WA

1995Winona State University, Winona, MN

1995Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1994Revolution, Kiss / Nature, Ferndale, MI

1991William Traver Gallery, Kiss / Nature, Seattle, WA

1989Olson-Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, IA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011Meulensteen, Mind Over Matter, New York, NY

2011Drake University, Anderson Gallery, Immaterial Material: works by Jim Shrosbree & David Hamlow, Des Moines, IA

2011Sioux City Art Center, Legacy Show, Sioux City, IA

2010Paul Kotula Projects, Edge,: Heather Mac Gill, Richard Rezac, Jim Shrosbree, Detroit, MI

2010Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artist's Exhibition, 2010, Des Moines, IA

2009Armory Art Center, International Ceramics Invitational, W. Palm Beach, FL

2008Paul Kotula Projects, Aqua Art ( Art Miami), Miami, FL

2008Santa Fe Clay, Fuse, Santa Fe, NM

2007Paul Kotula Projects, Hump, Ferndale, MI

2007Iowa Contemporary (ICON), Fairfield, IA

2007Scripps National Ceramics Exhibition, Scripps College, Claremont CA

2006Sensibility, Ash Street Project Space, Portland, OR

2006Minimal/ism, Lewis and Clark College, Vancouver, WA

2006Contemporary Ceramics, University of Montana, Missoula , MT

2005Revolution, Bevy, Ferndale, MI

2004Revolution, "10" a ten year anniversary exhibition, Ferndale, MI

2004Clay Studio, On the Wall, Philadelphia, PA

2002Franklin Parrasch Gallery, Five Fresh Voices, New York, NY

2002Pewabic Pottery, The Minimal, Detroit, MI

2002Revolution, Pas De Deux, Ferndale, MI

2002Chicago Cultural Center, Everson Ceramic National 2000, Chicago, Il

2002Byron Cohen Gallery, Fired Up, Kansas City, MO

2002Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO

2002Jackson State University, Jackson, AL

2002Crocker Museum of Art, Everson National 2000, Sacramento, CA

2002Navy Pier, Revolution @ ArtChicago 2002, Chicago, IL

2001Plattsburgh State University of New York, Ceramics: Cultural Connections, Plattsburgh, NY

2001Revolution, Ha Ha!!, Ferndale, MI

2001Baltimore Clay Works, SILICATE, Baltimore, MD

2001University of Florida, Everson Ceramic National 2000, Gainsville, FL

2001Jan Weiner Gallery, Clay, Kansas City, MO

2000Mint Museum of Art, Alan Chasanoff Collection Exhibition, Charlotte, NCÊ Ê

2000Everson Museum of Art, Everson Ceramics National, Syracuse, NY

2000Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Contemporary Ceramics, Los Angeles, CA

2000Arvada Center for the Arts, Glimpse of the Invisible, Denver, CO

1999Pewabic,Works on Paper, Detroit, MI

1999Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College,Viewpoint: Ceramics, El Cajon, CA

1998Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artist Exhibition, Des Moines, IA

1998San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo,TX (award)

1997California College of Arts and Crafts, Oliver Art Center, Ceramic Still Life: The Common Object, Oakland, CA

1997Cedar Rapids Museum, Cedar Rapids,IA

1997Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artist's Exhibition, Des Moines, IA (award)

1997Revolution, Current/Occurrence, Ferndale, MI

1996University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

1996Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artist's Exhibition, Des Moines, IA

1995Clay Studio, The Politics of Scale, Philadelphia, PA

1995Revolution, Nature, Ferndale, MI

1994Arkansas Art Center, Working in Other Dimensions: Drawings and Objects II, Little Rock, AK

1994Des Moines Art Ctr., Iowa Artist's Exhibition, Des Moines, IA

1994Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, HI

1994Aukland Museum of Art, Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, NZ

1993William Traver Gallery, Clay 1993: A National Survey, Seattle, WA

1993Newark Museum of Art, 29th Ceramic National Exhibition, Newark, NJ

1993Everson Museum of Art, 29th Ceramic National Exhibition, Syracuse, NY

1993Des Moines Art Center, 1993 Iowa Artist's Exhibition, Des Moines, IA

1993Revolution, Detroit, MI

1993San Diego Museum of Art, NCECA Clay National (Traveling 93/94)

1993Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

1992Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artist's Exhibition, Des Moines, IA

1992 Aukland Museum, Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, New Zealand

1992U. 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

1989Olson-Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, IA

1986Pro Art, St. Louis, MO

1986Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1985Martin Schweig Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1985Pro Art, Figuratively Speaking, St. Louis, MO

1984Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1984Boston Museum School, Boston, MA, NCECA National Exhibition

1984Traver-Sutton Gallery, Clay: A National Survey, Seattle, WA

1984Nexus Gallery, NCECA Member's Exhibition , Atlanta, GA

EDUCATION

University of Montana, Missoula, MT, MFA in Ceramics

Boise State University, Boise, ID, BFA in Painting and Drawing

TEACHING

1979-PRESENTAssociate Professor of Art, Chair, Department of Art Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA

2006-2010Visiting Associate Professor, School of Art and Art History University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

GRANTS

2000Iowa Arts Council, Artists' Developmental Grant

2000Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, New Castle, MN (residency fellowship)

1993NEA/Arts Midwest, Visual Artist Fellowship Award

1988Iowa Arts Council Creative Artist Grant

PUBLICATIONS

2009David Lynch Foundation TV, Jim Shrosbree: Sculptor

2007Iowa Public Television, Master's Series

200763^rd Scripps College Ceramic Annual (catalog) Parafunctionality, essay by Tony Hepburn

2005 Studio Potter Magazine, Jim Shrosbree, Portfolio, vol 34 #1, Dec

2005JIM SHROSBREE, Zero / Distance, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia , MO (Catalog), essay by Lenore Metrick

2004JIM SHROSBREE, Zero / Distance, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa (Brochure) essay by Jeff Fleming

2000Color and Fire: DEFINING MOMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS, 1950-2000, by Jo Lauria, (Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.)

2000Glimpse of the Invisible, James Shrosbree, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, (catalog statement/photo)

1998WORKING WITH CLAY, by Susan Peterson, Prentice Hall, Inc.

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

2004"Des Moines Register," Jim Shrosbree's Playful art provokes the imagination, Amanda Pierre, Sunday, Nov 7

2003"Chicago Tribune," Jim Shrosbree's spellbinding sculptural work, Alan G, Artner, Nov 21 2003

2003"Chicago Reader," Interpretive Dances, Fred Camper

2002"Detroit Free Press," A new look at an old world, Keri Guten Cohen, Sunday, May 5

2002"Ceramics, Art and Perception," A Glimpse of the Invisible, by John M. Wilson, # 49

2002"Sculptural Clay Invitational," Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. Essay by Sherry Cromwell-Lacy, catalog

2000"Ceramics Art and Perception," Jim Shrosbree at Revolution, by Tony Hepburn. Issue # 42

2000"Everson Ceramic Invitational 2000," catalog, Everson Museum of Art, NY

2000"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

1998"New Art Examiner," James Shrosbree, by Dora Apel, April

1997"Consciousness and Community," catalog essay by Lesley Wright and Mark Petrick,

1997"Ceramic Still Life: The Common Object," Catalog Essay, Elaine Levin

1996"Ceramics Monthly," James Shrosbree, Tony Merino, January

1995"American Ceramics," ExhibitionsÑJames Shrosbree, Dennis Nawrocki, 12/1

1994"Arkansas Art Center," Working in Other Dimensions : Drawings and Objects II, catalog, Alan DuBois

1994"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

1993"Art Papers," 1993NCECA Exhibition, Tony Merino, July/Aug

1992"Iowa Artist's1992." catalog, Des Moines Art Center, Quiet Moments in the Competitive World of 1992, Holiday T. Day

1989 "American Ceramics" ExhibitionsÑJim Shrosbree, V. Gartley, v.7/2

CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

2000Des Moines Art Center, Art in the 21st Century, panel presentation, Des Moines, IA

2000National 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 panelÑDenying 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)

VISITING ARTIST ACTIVITIES

2009Mankato State University, Mankato, MN

2007Drake University, Des Moines, IA

2006University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2006University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

2004Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2004Des Moines Art Center, artist's talk

2002Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

2001Penn State University, State College, PA

1999New York University, New York, NY

1999Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX

1999University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

1997Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

1996University of Missouri, Columbia

1996Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

1995University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

1995Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

1995University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1995William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

1995Iowa State University, Ames, IA

1994Winona State University, Winona, MN

1994University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1994University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

1993 Des Moines Print Club, Des Moines Art Center, IA (talk)

1992 Des Moines Art Center, IA, Iowa Artist's Series (talk)

1986 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia , MO

University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK

Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, HI

Mint Museum (Chasanoff Collection), Charlotte, NC

Boise Museum of Art, Boise, ID

University of Montana, Missoula, MT

SELECTED COLLECTIONS