Biography
James Smull is a Philadelphia area artist whose current work focuses on a combination of painting, photography and digital media. His paintings deal with the duality of two seemingly irreconcilable systems, the grid, whose structure expresses the ordering drive of humanity and the organic gesture of serendipity, which highlights our undying connection to nature. His painting use both abstract and representational modes to connect the viewer to the idea of duality whether it is physical, visual or conceptual.
James received a MFA From Cornell University in 2002 and a BFA from Tyler School of Art in 1998. His work has been shown locally at the Sande Webster Gallery in Philadelphia. He has also been shown in galleries in Texas, Tennessee, New York, and throughout Pennsylvania. His work is held in both private and corporate collections in Illinois, Michigan Pennsylvania, and New York.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011 Identity, Globe Dye Works curated by Carly Noella Najera Philadelphia PA
Apocalypse: Now & Then (Solo Show) New Vox Art Gallery, Bethlehem PA
Process, The Aktion Gallery curated by S. Jenx, Philadelphia PA
Academy of Notre Dame de Namur 38th Annual Art Show,Villanova, PA
2010 Academy of Notre Dame de Namur 37th Annual Art Show,Villanova, PA
InLiquid's Art and Design Benifit ,Crane Arts Building Philadelphia, PA
2009 Academy of Notre Dame de Namur 36th Annual Art Show,Villanova, PA
2008 InLiquid's Art for the Cash Poor ,Crane Arts Building Philadelphia, PA
2008 Art Matters Arts Show& Sale,Villanova Confrence Center, Villanova, PA
2005 New Paintings, The Creshiem Cottage Café, Philadelphia 2002 MFA Thesis Exhibition,Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2001 Art Out of Bounds, curated by Alister Noble,Hartell Gallery,Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2000 Absence Of Color, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Verge, curated by Professor Marcia Lyons, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Inaugural Exhibition, Spazio by Lytle Presley, Austin, TX
1999 US Artist Expo,Sande Webster Gallery at the Armory, Philadelphia, PA
New Paintings, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN1998 Gallery In Motion, The 409 Group, Philadelphia, PA
Paintings, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Landscapes of the Coal Region, Schuykill Art Center, Pottsville, PA
1997 ANTE, The 409 Group, Philadelphia, PA
Four Seasons: Thesis Exhibition, Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Main Line Chamber of Commerce Exhibition, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
1996 Juried Student Exhibition Temple University, Rome, Italy
1995 Action Aids Juried Benefit Auction, Pennsylvania Academy of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Regional Artist, Professor Stan Whitney, Juror Gallery 259 Stroudsburg, PA
1992 Artist in the Lehigh Valley, Artisan Gallery, Easton, PA
PRESS BIBLIOGRAPHY
1999 New American Paintings, Vol. 21, The Open Studio Press, 66 Central St. Wellesley, MA 02482
1999 Philadelphia Weekly, reviewed by Gerald Brown
1998 Art Matters, Exhibition-ists, reviewed by Jerry Oller
1992 The Express Times, Easton, PA reviewed by Linda Spandoni
1992 Collections Magazine, Volumes 2 &4 Artisan Press, P.O. Box 3452 Easton, PA 18042
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