Born 1970, Colorado Springs, CO
Education:
MFA 2001 - Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University.
Dallas, TX
BFA 1999 - University of Texas at Austin.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2007
(Safe Inside My) Green Zone. Santa
Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2001
The Glory Solution. Cactus Bra Space.
Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, TX
2000
Trans-Continent. Doolin Gallery, Meadows School
of the Arts, SMU. Dallas, TX
1999
James Van Arsdale. Brookhaven College,
Forum Gallery. Dallas, TX
1998
Paintings by James Van Arsdale. New
Gallery. University of Texas at Austin.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Brookhaven College, College of Fine Arts
Dallas, TX,
January 14 - February 27, 2008
2007
Girls Inc. Benefit Exhibition
Contemporary Arts Forum, November 30, 2007, Preview at Frameworks Gallery
November 1, 2007
2005/06/07
5x7, ArtHouse, Jones
Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX. Benefit Invitational.
2003
6th Annual Valentine Exhibition and Benefit. Santa Barbara
Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Small Images. Atkinson Gallery, Santa
Barbara City College, CA
2002
Tank Farm! (Installation) Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts
Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Forumulations. Santa Barbara Contemporary
Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2001
The Glory Solution. (Installation) Pollock
Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX
2000
Art In The Metroplex 2000. Templeton
Art Center, TCU. Ft. Worth, TX Juror: Annette Carlozzi. Fith Avenue
Foundation Award.
Black & Blue. Membership Exhibition. McKinney
Avenue Contemporary (the MAC). Dallas, TX
Paint the Town Red. Invitational Benefit Auction.
Arlington Museum of Art. Arlington, TX
1999
Off the Page. Fifth Annual Members’ Exhibition. The
McKinney Avenue Contemporary. Dallas, TX
Seven to Watch: New Artists from UT Austin. Blue
Star Art Complex, San Antonio, TX Curator: Annette Carlozzi.
It’s A Beauty Show, Invitational Benefit
Auction. Arlington Museum of Art. Arlington, TX
1998
Benefit Exhibition Invitational. Arlington Museum of
Art. Arlington, TX
STATEMENT
Games and toys provide the models with which I can ponder movements and systems and relationships. They are a means of play and of education, a duality that is the focus of these works that interest themselves so intently on our diversions, entertainment and FUN! , but also contemplate more complex situations of human relations and conflict. Out of these works arise more specific, peculiar notions or qualities such as; what is learned by the engagement with the game or toy, what are the consequences of a given action, and the tactics of misdirection and entrapment - both usually within a set of rules - and cheating, which exists outside of the rules of play.
- James Van Arsdale, from Austin, Texas, is a mixed-media artist, a designer and photographer in the duo MYOPIA (with fellow artist Kimberly Hahn) and a member of indie-rock band THE CORAL SEA. He lives and works in Santa Barbara, California