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Jim Schantz
Born, Perth Amboy, New Jersey 1955
1981 Master of Fine Arts, University of California, Davis, CA
1980 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, MA
1978 Brooklyn Museum School, Brooklyn, NY
1977 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1975 Hornsey School of Art, Middlesex Polytecnic Institute, London, England
"Art and The River , Views and Visions of the Housatonic" Sheffield Art League, 2004 |
"Places of the Spirit, Music and Images Inspired by the Berkshires" book and CD, Pucker Gallery Publications - 2003 |
Selected Gallery Exhibitions (*solo exhibition) Pucker Gallery, Boston MA - 1989*, 1990*, 1992*, 1993*, 1994, 1995*, 1998*, 2000*, 2001, 2004*, 2008* Leighton Studios, Banff Art Centre, Banff Alberta, Canada 2007 Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA - 2001, 2003, 2007 New Arts Gallery, Litchfield CT - 1999, 1998 Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ - 1997 Canyon Ranch, Lenox, MA - 1997* Bridgewater Lustberg Gallery, New York, NY - 1996 Berkshire Gallery, Great Barrington, MA - 1996* Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA - 1996 Rosenfield Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - 1996 Nuance Galleries, Tampa FL - 1993* Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA - 1993 Binney Art Gallery, Wilbraham and Monson Academy, Wilbraham, MA - 1992* Teikyo Post University, Waterbury, CT - 1991* Edgewood Orchards Gallery, Fish Creek,WI - 1991 Albany Center Galleries, NY -1990* Frank Bernarducci Gallery, New York, NY - 1989 Atrium Gallery, Simon’s Rock of Bard College, Great Barrington, MA - 1988* Berkshire Artisan’s Gallery, Pittsfield, MA - 1988 Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY - 1987 Worcester Polytecnic Institute, Worcester,MA - 1987* Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY - 1986 Clark Whitney Gallery, Lenox MA - 1985 Adam L. Gimbel Gallery, New York, NY - 1983 Dana Reich Gallery, San Francisco, CA - 1982 California State College, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA - 1982 Hayward Arts Center, Hayward, CA - 1981 Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA - 1981 Richmond Arts Center, Richmond, CA - 1980 University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI - 1979 Fairbanks Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY - 1977
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Museum Exhibitions Albany Institute of History and Art, NY-1990 The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA - 1991 Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA - 1997, 1993 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY - 1978 Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA, “Byobu Screen and Other Works” 1993* Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, CA - 1981 Heritage State Park Museum, Holyoke, MA, - 1992 Lowe Art Museum, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY - 1977 Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA - 2001 Schenectady Museum, NY - 1995 Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA - 1997, 1996, 1995
GRANTS AND AWARDS Finalist, Massachusetts Council of the Arts Fellowship Massachusetts Cultural Council, Artist in Residence Grants Research Assistantship, University of California, Davis, CA Teaching Assistantships, University of California, Davis, CA Skowhegan Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Art, Skowhegan, ME Ford Foundation Grant, Syracuse University, NY Roswell G. Hill Award for Excellence in Painting, Syracuse University, NY Foreign Study Scholarship, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY MURAL COMMISSIONS Potawotami Casino, Milwaukee, WI., September, 2000 Pharsight Corporation, Palo Alto, CA., June, 2000 Rising Paper Corporation, Housatonic, MA., October, 1998 |
Collaboration Hawthorne String Quartet, Gasson Hall, Boston College, Boston, MA, 2007 Hawthorne String Quartet, US Ambassadors Residence, Prague, Czech Republic, 2007
Bibliography "From life" by Jane Whitehead Boston College Magazine, Spring 2007 "The Contented River" by Richard Nunley the Berkshire Eagle August 2004 "Art and The River , Views and Visions of the Housatonic" Sheffield Art League, 2004 "Jim Schantz; The Spirit of Nature" Syracuse University Press, 2001 "Places of the Spirit, Music and Images Inspired by the Berkshires" book and CD, Pucker Gallery Publications - 2003 "Jim Schantz, Artist" , Artful Mind, 2001. Author Mary Childs, Photography, Sabine Von Falken. “Uncharted Territory”, review by Randall Howe, Berkshires Week, September 1997
Cover and Article, Gallery Guide, New England Edition, December 1995 “Interpreting The Landscape”, feature article by Lael Locke, The Paper, Chatham, NY, October 1995 “Artist’s Landscapes”, review by Gloria Russell, Sunday Rebublican, Springfield, MA, January 1995 “Meditations In Landscape”, feature article by Jeffrey Borak, Berkshires Week, October 1993 “Finding A Separate World In Stillness”, article by Melissa Madenski, Christian Science Monitor, October 1993 Interview, WMNF FM, Tampa, FL, February 1993 “Jim Schantz: Into Nature With Pastels”, feature article by Paula Champa, American Artist Magazine, December 1992,(reprinted November 1996) “Tribute To A Friend At Post”, Rebublican American, Waterbury, CT, June, 1991 feature article, by Carol Sliwa, Education Section, Berkshire Eagle, April 1991 “Rice Artists Alter Land”, review by Margaret White, Albany Times Union, April 1990 “The Berkshire Landscape in Pastels”, feature article by Diana Nunley, Berkshires Week, February 1990 “Schantz’s Pastels”, review by Todd Napolitano, Tuft’s Daily, February 1990 Cover and Article, Gallery Guide, New England Edition, February 1990 Review by Frank Dolan, WEEI AM, Boston, MA, March 1989 “Five Teachers At Artisan’s”, review by Charles Bonenti, Berkshire Eagle, May 1988 “A Fortuitous Meeting Between East and West”, review by Leo Stutzin, Modesto Bee, April 1982 |