Education

1973 M.F.A., Ceramics, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1971 B.F.A., Painting and Drawing, Boise State University, Boise, ID

Teaching Experience

1979-Present
Associate Professor of Art
Department of Art and Design, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA

1985-87
Adjunct Faculty, Union Graduate School, Cincinnati, OH

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2002 Revolution, e9 gelling, Ferndale, MI

2000 Ron Judish Fine Arts, Denver, Co
Revolution, Ultra/ Modern, New York, NY
Percival Gallery, Des Moines, IA

1999 Revolution, Ultra /Modern, Ferndale, MI
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL

1997 Revolution, Modern/Nature, Ferndale, MI

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

1995 Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL William Traver Gallery, Modern/Nature, Seattle, WA
Winona State University, Winona, MN
Carolyn Ruff Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1994 Revolution, Kiss /Nature, Ferndale, MI

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

1989 Olson-Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, IA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2002 Revolution, Pas De Deaux, Ferndale, MI
Chicago Cultural Center, Everson Ceramic National 2000, Chicago, Il
Byron Cohen Gallery, Fired Up, Kansas City, MO
Daum Museum, Sculptural Clay Invitational, Sedalia, MO
Jackson State University, Jackson, AL
Crocker Museum of Art, Everson National 2000, Sacramento, CA
Navy Pier, Revolution @ ArtChicago 2002, Chicago, IL

2001 Plattsburgh State University of New York,
Ceramics:Cultural Connections, Plattsburgh, NY
Revolution, Ha Ha!!, Ferndale, MI
Baltimore Clay Works, SILICATE, Baltimore, MD
University of Florida, Everson Ceramic National 2000, Gainsville, FL
Jan Weiner Gallery, Clay, Kansas City, MO

2000 Mint Museum of Art, Alan Chasanoff Collection Exhibition, Charlotte, NC
Everson Museum of Art, Everson Ceramics National, Syracuse, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Color and Fire: Defining Moments in
Contemporary Ceramics, Los Angeles, CA
Arvada Center for the Arts, Glimpse of the Invisible, Denver, CO

1999 Pewabic, Works on Paper, Detroit, MI
Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, Viewpoint: Ceramics , El Cajon, CA

1998 Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artists Exhibition, Des Moines, IA
San Angelo Museum of Art,
San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, TX (award)

1997 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oliver Art Center,
Ceramic Still Life: The Common Object, Oakland, CA
Cedar Rapids Museum, Meditations: Four Artists from Fairfield, Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artists Exhibition, Des Moines, IA (award)
Revolution, Current/Occurrence, Ferndale, MI

1996 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Des Moines Art Center,Iowa Artists Exhibition, Des Moines, IA

1995 Clay Studio, The Politics of Scale, Philadelphia, PA
Revolution,Nature, Ferndale, MI

1994 Arkansas Art Center,
Working in other Dimensions: Drawings and Objects II, Little Rock, AK
Des Moines Art Ctr, Iowa Artists Exhibition, IA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, HI

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

1993 William 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 Artists Exhibition, Des Moines, IA
Revolution, Detroit, MI
San Diego Museum of Art, NCECA Clay National (Traveling 93/94)
Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

1992 Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artists 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

1991 Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artists Exhibition, Des Moines, IA (award)

1990 Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artists Exhibition, Des Moines, IA

1989 Olson-Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, IA

1986 Pro Art, St. Louis, MO
Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1985 Martin Schweig Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Pro Art, Figuratively Speaking, St. Louis, MO

1984 Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Boston Museum School, Boston, MA, NCECA National Exhibition
Traver-Sutton Gallery, Clay 1984,: A National Survey, Seattle, WA

1983 Nexus Gallery, NCECA Member’s Exhibition , Atlanta, GA

1981 Meier Breyer Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1980 Mandell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1973 University of Ontario, London, Canada
Henry Gallery, Univ of Wash, Seattle, WA

Grants

2000 Watershed Center for the Arts, New Castle, MN (residency award), Iowa Arts Council, Artists' Developmental Grant

1993 NEA/Arts Midwest, Visual Artist Fellowship Award

1988 Iowa Arts Council Creative Artist Grant

1974 NEA/Idaho Commission for the Arts, Artist-In-Residence

Publications

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

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

1998 WORKING 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

1995 College Art Association, Abstracts, The Unseen Nature of Art, Jim Shrosbree, 83rd Annual Conference

Reviews

2002 "Detroit Free Press", A new look at an old world, Keri Guten Cohen, Sunday, May 5
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
Everson Ceramic Invitational 2000, Everson Museum of Art, NY catalog
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

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, Jun/July

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

1992 Iowa Artist’s 1992 (catalog), Des Moines Art Center, Quiet Moment in the Competitive World of 1992, Holiday T. Day

1989 "American Ceramics" Exhibitions˜Jim Shrosbree, V. Gartley, v.7/2

Conference Activities

2000 Des 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

1994 College Art Association, The Unseen Nature of Art, Presentation on panel ˜Denying the Narrative: Finding New Meaning in Art, San Antonio, TX

1987 Maharishi International University, Educating Artists in Iowa, speakers from; Univ. of Iowa, Iowa State Univ., University of Northern Iowa, Maharishi International University (panelist)

1984 NCECA, Boston Univ, Self-Sufficiency in the Learning Process. 20 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

2001 Penn State University, State College, PA

1999 New York University, New York, NY
Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

1997 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

1996 University of Missouri, Columbia

1996 Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

1995 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

1995 Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Winona State University, Winona, MN

1994 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

1993 Des Moines Print Club

1992 Des Moines Art Center, IA, Iowa Artists Series

1990-96 Univ of Idaho, McCall

1986 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1982 Drake University, Des Moines, IA

1978 Boise State University, Boise, ID

1974-75 Lewiston School District, Lewiston, ID

1970-77 Boise Gallery of Art, Boise, ID

Collections

Public
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Ak
Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu,HI
Mint Museum(Chasanoff Collection), Charlotte, NC
University of Montana, Missoula

Private
Irving Blum, New York, NYC Jim Melchert, Oakland, CA
Fred Cohn, San Francisco, CA Kathy Dambach,Birmingham,MI
Jeff Guido, Farmington Hills, MI Dede Feldman,BloomfieldHills,MI
David Goldberg, Bloomfield Hills, MI Lennox Black, New York, NYC
Margaret La Rou, Bloomfield Hills, MI Tim Mast, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Hal Stewart, Chicago, IL Karen Kraus, NYC
Ann Crane, Gross Point, MI Burt Aaron, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Paul Kotula, Huntington Woods,MI Dan Anderson, Edwardsville, IL

References

Rudy Autio, Prof. Emeritus, U of Montana, 2322 Duncan Drive, Missoula,
MT 59802

Michael Peter Cain, Prof. of Art, Maharishi Univ of Management,
Fairfield, IA 52557

John Duff, Sculptor, 7 Doyer, New York, NY 10013

Jim Melchert, Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley, 6077 Ocean View, Oakland,
CA 94618

visit his gallery