Mac James Paintings + Drawings
Kaua`i, Hawai`i

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BIOGRAPHY

1957Born, Dunedin Florida
1975 – 1978Attended California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1979 - 1984Produced original art for album covers, film posters, and magazines world-wide
1984Commitment to only fine art.
Paintings, drawings, assemblage, prints
1991First one-man exhibition at Thomas Solomon’s Garage in Los Angeles, CA
1991 – 1998 Moved studio to New York City, NY to work and exhibit paintings and drawings
1999Returned to Los Angeles, CA
2001 - 2003Repesentation by Rosamund Felsen
Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2004Moved to Kauai, Hawaii to remain and produce paintings and drawings



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Kauai Museum, True Story Still Going On Kauai Hawaii Paintings + Drawings 2004-8
January 8 - March 5 2009, Kauai, HI
2007 Time/Space Gallery, Feeding On Kauai, Hanapepe, HI
2003 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Unature, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Rosamund Felsen Gallery, New Work, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
1998 Lucas Schoormans / Susan Jensen, New Works on Paper, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Jugendhilfe Galerie, City Views + Urban Creatures, Dusseldorf, Germany
1996 Lincoln Center, New York Anatomy Lesson, Paintings, Collages + Works On Paper
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center, New York, NY
1995 Barbara Braathen Gallery, Paintings + Works on Paper, Soho, NY
1993 Tribeca Gallery, New Paintings, Tribeca, NY
1991 Thomas Solomon’s Garage, New Works, Los Angeles, CA
1990 Iccan Gallery, Paintings 1984-1990, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Himovitz/Salamon Gallery, New Paintings, Sacramento, CA



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Cedar Street Gallery, Matchbox IV, Invitational Exhibition, Honolulu, HI
The Arts At Mark's Garage, Eco-Logic, Invitational Exhibition, Honolulu, HI
Kauai Society of Artists, Art Kauai 2008, Juried Exhibition, Kauai, HI
Kauai Society of Artists, KSA Members Exhibition, Kauai, HI
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Incognito, Invitational Exhibition, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Kauai Society of Artists, Art Kauai 2007, Juried Exhibition, Kauai, HI
Kauai Society of Artists, KSA Members Exhibition, Kauai, HI
Contemporary Arts at Ala Moana Center, New Paintings By Mac James at Chanel, Honolulu, HI
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Incognito, Invitational Exhibition, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2006 Kauai Society of Artists, Art Kauai 2006, Juried Exhibition, Kauai, HI
Kauai Society of Artists, KSA Members Exhibition, Kauai, HI
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Incognito, Invitational Exhibition, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2005 Kauai Society of Artists, Art Kauai 2005, Juried Exhibition, Kauai, HI
Kauai Society of Artists, KSA Members Exhibition, Kauai, HI
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Incognito, Invitational Exhibition, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Laguna Museum, Group Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Incognito, Invitational Exhibition, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2003 Laguna Museum, Summer Group Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Incognito, Invitational Exhibition, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Laguna Museum, Summer Group Invitational, Laguna Beach, CA
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Incognito, Invitational Exhibition, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2000 Nautica Gallery, Group Summer Show, Quogue, New York, NY
1994 Union League Gallery, Three Painters, New York, NY
1993 Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, Wildlife, New York, NY
1990 Thomas Solomon's Garage, Annual Group Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
A.T.L.A. (Alternative Space Los Angeles), Invitational Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
Parker-Zanic Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Parker-Zanic Gallery, 200 Los Angeles Painters, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Ace Gallery, The Great Peace March, Invitational Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA



BIBLIOGRAPHY

Shimoda, L Mac James From Under A Rock, Curator Statement
Kauai Museum, April 2008, Kauai, HI
Keita, K Running Rampant Through Nature review, Essential Kauai, Art Scene
Kauai HI, April 2007, Vol. 3 No. 1, p 19
Keita, K Running Rampant Through Nature review, The Garden Island Newspaper
Kauai HI, Feb 23, 2007
Davis, G Power Art City Magazine, (Phoenix), New York, NY
March 1998, p 90
Henry, Gerrit Mac James at Barbara Braathen Gallery review, Art in America
New York, NY, May 1996, pp 109-110
Ash, John Mac James at Barbara Braathen Gallery review, Artforum,
New York, NY, January 1996, pp 86-87
Johnson, S. Mac James at Himovitz/Solomon Gallery review, Sacramento Bee
Sacramento CA, Nov 2, 1985