James Bills

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Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

b. 1972

 

Education

1999    MFA, Mount Royal Graduate Program, Maryland Institute, College of Art (MICA)

1994    BA, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

 

Selected Exhibitions

2011    "Golden Parachutes and Tin Handcuffs," Yes Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo)

            "Bronx Calling, The 1st AIM Biennial," curated by Wayne Northcross and Jose Ruiz, The Bronx Museum of

                the Arts and Wave Hill, Bronx, NY

            "Taking Shape," curated by Christopher Schade and Zoe Pettijohn Schade, Standpipe Gallery

                 New York, NY

2010    "Two Sheets Eight Pages," Possible Projects, Brooklyn, NY

            "Glide," Yes Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

            "Girls & Boys, An Undidactic Probing," Brouwerij Lane, Brooklyn, NY

            "NURTUREArt Benefit," curated by Dan Cameron, Ceci Moss, Jane Panetta and Krista Saunders,

                 ZeiherSmith Gallery, New York, NY

2006    "AFTER_work," C3: Gallery, Pompei AD, New York, NY

            "Baby in the Corner: Second Trimester," Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY

2005    "Systematic," Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

            "Transubstantiation," Morsel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1999    All Media Juried Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center, juried by Eleanor Heartney, Arlington, VA

1998    "13@2," Annual Juried Exhibition, Fells Point Creative Alliance, curated by Nancy Batty Miller,

            Studio 302, Baltimore, MD

            "The All-Consuming Evil in Cosmetics," Installation at School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD

1997    "Disclosure," group exhibit curated by Laura Drugal, Metropol Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1995    "Resolutions," Triangle Artists Group Exhibition, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC

 

Bibliography

"Mapping The Recession's Absurdity, Using D&D Dice," Alissa Walker, Fastcodesign.com, September 1, 2011

"Bronx Calling: The First AIM Biennial," (catalogue), Guest Curators: Wayne Northcross and Jose Ruiz,

     Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, 2011

"Iconology in the Age of the Algorithm," Michael Pepi, Artwrit.com, Quarterly, Vol. VI, Spring 2011

"Math and Art Together at Last," Joann Kim, Hyperallergic.com, March 30, 2011

Critics Pics, Wagmag, Williamsburg and Greenpoint Monthly Art Guide, June 2005

"Master Strokes," Metro Weekly, May 1996

"Out and Artistic," Washington Blade, December 1995

 

Awards

First Prize, 1999 All Media Juried Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center

Henry Walters Traveling Fellowship, 1999, Municipal Arts Society, Baltimore, MD

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