James Chronister All We Ever Wanted Was Anything, a solo show

Available 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.

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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
1999University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2009

“All We Ever Wanted Was Anything,” Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco (SF), CA (solo)

2007

“Listen Like Thieves,” Bloom Studios, Oakland, CA (solo)

2006

“Paintings From Pluto,” Gallery of Urban Art, Emeryville, CA (w/Jake Longstreth)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

“Art: Work,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (staff show), SF, CA

2006

“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

2004Richard K. Price Scholarship (painting), CCA, SF, CA

2003CCA Scholarship (painting), CCA, SF, CA

2001B.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

2000Miles Scholarship, U of M, Missoula, MT

Bibliography

2006Snap, Crackle, Pop, Exhibition Catalog, SF, CA

2001ANA 30 Artists, Independent Record, Helena, MT

1999American Institute for Foreign Study Student Journal, Salamanca, Spain

Selected Collections

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