James Chronister CV & Artist Statement
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James Chronister Now We Lustre, a solo show, May 28th - July 2nd 2011
James Chronister All We Ever Wanted Was Anything, a solo show, March 14th - April 18th 2009
Available Work by James Chronister
Other Work by James Chronister
Artist Statement
It is January 1992 in Montana. A moody sky is above our heads and a lonely highway below our tires. Winter is all around us. Nearing darkness, a white landscape passes by my window as we drive. After the early winter sun goes down, the earth and the sky become the same color: a complex and glowing white that seems to hold every color behind its surface. Black, leafless trees pattern the nearby mountains. Dirty Boots by Sonic Youth begins to play on the car stereo, providing a layer of mood over the quickly passing landscape. The mountains and trees seem still, even as we race down the highway. Movement and stillness surround us. It is cold and dark and a little magical.
CV
Born 1978, Helena, Montana, USA
Education
2004
MFA California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco, CA
2001
BFA (High Honors) University of Montana (U of M), Missoula, MT
1999
University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Solo Exhibitions
2011
“Now We Lustre”, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
“Ceremony”, Burnet Galley at Chambers Hotel, Minneapolis, MN
2009
“All We Ever Wanted Was Anything”, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007
“Listen Like Thieves”, Bloom Studios, Oakland, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
“San Francisco Fine Arts Fair”, San Francisco, (w/ Eleanor Harwood Gallery)
“It’s Only Rock and Roll But I Like It”, Truesilver Union Gallery, SF, CA
“Chimera: Fabrications of the Mind”, Gensler, SF, CA, curated by Mathew Hughes Boyko
Scope Art Fair (w/ Eleanor Harwood Gallery), New York, NY
Curated by Alexis MacKenzie at the POVevolving gallery, LA
2009
Aqua Art Fair (w/Eleanor Harwood Gallery), Miami, FL
2008
“Art: Work”, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (staff show), SF, CA
2006
“Paintings From Pluto”, Gallery of Urban Art, Emeryville, CA (w/Jake Longstreth) (two person show)
“Trucker Hats Vs. Sideways Haircuts”, On Six Gallery, SF, CA, Curated by Leslie Shows
“Celebrity”, Café Royal, SF, CA, Curated by Mathew Hughes Boyko
“Snap, Crackle, Pop”, PlaySpace Gallery, CCA, SF, CA (catalogue), Curated by Sarrita Hunn
2004
“MFA Thesis Exhibition”, CCA, SF, CA. Curated by Mathew Higgs
“50 Below”, PlaySpace Gallery, CCA, SF, CA
“Green Couch Soirée”, Southern Exposure, SF, CA
2003
“99 Bottles”, Build Gallery, SF, CA
“Spaces to Fall Into”, Slingshot Gallery, Berkeley, CA
“Collectively”, CCA, SF, CA
2002
“Slingshot”, Alpha Galleries, CCA, SF, CA
“Feedback”, Alpha Galleries, CCA, SF, CA
“ANA 31”, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, Juried by Gerald Peters
“Montana Artists”, Melanie Alvarez Gallery, Missoula, MT
2001
“B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition”, Gallery of Visual Arts, Missoula, MT
“ANA 30”, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, Juried by Peter Schjeldahl
“Amnesty International Human Rights Cultural Exhibition”, University Center Ballroom, Missoula, MT
Grants/Awards
2010
SECA Nomination, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SF, CA
2004
Richard K. Price Scholarship (painting), CCA, SF, CA
2003
CCA Scholarship (painting), CCA, SF, CA
2001
B.F.A. with High Honors, U of M, Missoula, MT
University Scholar, Davidson Honors College, U of M, Missoula, MT
Fox Scholarship, U of M, Missoula, MT
2000
Miles Scholarship, U of M, Missoula, MT
Bibliography
2009
In Black and White, by Kristi Beardshear, Artslant.com
James Chronister at Eleanor Harwood Gallery, by Jake Longstreth, Shotgun-Review.com
2006
Snap, Crackle, Pop, Exhibition Catalog, SF, CA
2001
ANA 30 Artists, Independent Record, Helena, MT
1999
American Institute for Foreign Study Student Journal, Salamanca, Spain
Selected Collections
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Paul Wattis, SF, CA
Geraldine Whitman, Aspen, CO
Sarrita Hunn, Berlin, Germany
Ryan Thayer, Berlin, Germany
Bill Redd, NY, NY
Sandra Sloan SF, CA
Nicole Hayden, SF, CA
Green Couch Staging and Design, SF, CA
Mathew Boyko, SF, CA
Sean McFarland, SF, CA
Vanessa Marsh, SF, CA
Charles Known, Nashville, TN
Christopher Peterson, Minneapolis, MN
Shane Hickey, Missoula, MT
Erin Kral, Missoula, MT
Volumen, Missoula, MT
Polly Haueck, Missoula, MT
Larson and Moreen Law Offices, Helena, MT
Lewis and Clark County Courthouse, Helena, MT