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EDUCATION


1988 Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

1986 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013    Tew Galleries, Atlanta, Georgia.

2003    Jim Byrne: Domestic Fictions, Boulder Museum of
              Contemporary Art, Boulder, Colorado.

1998    Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, Georgia.

1997    Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.

1996    Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, Georgia.

1994    Forum Gallery, New York, New York.

1993    Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

            Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, Georgia.

            Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.

1992    Hanes Art Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

            Art Currents, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina.

1991    Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, Georgia.

1990    Galerie Timothy Tew, Atlanta, Georgia.

            Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013    People, Places & Things, Omni Gallery, Uniondale, New York.

2011    The Art of Eating, Gallery North, Setauket, NY.

2010    The Figure: Then and Now; Delaware County Community 
              College; Media, PA.

2009    My Long Island, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York.

            Patchogue Biennial, Briarcliffe College, Patchogue, New York.

2004    Jim Byrne, Leigh Palmer, Steven Whinfield, Deborah Zlotsky
              Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut.

            The Figure: Inside Out; Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, 
              North Carolina.

            What’s Love Got To Do With It; Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, 
              Arizona. February 14 – April 25.

2002    Separate Realities: Jonathan Lev, Jim Byrne, Emily Steinberg, 
              Victor Kerpel; 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, New York.

             Humanity, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut.

             Peripheral Visions, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, New York.

2001    Personal Perspectives: Jim Byrne, Melanie Baker and 
              Josh Walman; Omni Gallery, Uniondale, New York.

2000    Looking at Contemporary Art from a Figurative Perspective
              Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, 
              CT.

1999    Re-presenting Representation IV, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, 
              New York.

1998    The Centennial Open, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, 
              New York;

            The Figurative Impulse, Kendall Campus Art Gallery, 
              Miami Dade Community College, Miami, Florida.

1997    Figurative Expressions: Roisin Bateman, Jim Byrne, Eric Fischl, 
              Tim Ross, Peter Solow; Elise Goodheart Fine Arts, Sag Harbor, 
                New York.

            A Figurative Renaissance, Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, New 
              Mexico.

           The Figurative Impulse; New Faces, Forum Gallery, New York, 
             New York.

           Jim Byrne, David Loeb, David Skora, Bachelier – Cardonsky 
             Gallery, Kent, Connecticut. 

           The Halpert Biennial, Appalachian State University, The 
             Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Boone, NC.

1996    Reinventing Realism, Everhart Museum; Scranton, 
              Pennsylvania.
                
            Thirty-Fifth Juried Exhibition, The Parrish Art Museum; 
              Southampton, New York.

1995    American Paintings and Drawings, Forum Gallery; New York, 
              New York.

            James Byrne, Kirill Doron, Irene Hardwicke, Bachelier – 
              Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut. 

            New Looks, Forum Gallery, New York, New York.

1994    Drawings and Paintings by American Modernists and 
              Contemporary Artists, Forum Gallery, New York, New York.

            Trees, Bachelier –Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut.

1994    The Nature of Beauty, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, 
              Greensboro, North Carolina.

1993    Figurative Painting and Drawing, Forum Gallery, New York, 
              New York.

1991    North Carolina Fellowship Exhibition, Knight Gallery, 
              Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina.
         
            The Figure: Expressions of Spirituality, Green Hill Center for 
              North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina.

1990    45th North Carolina Artists Exhibition, North Carolina Museum 
              of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina.

            Jim Byrne, William Donnan, Dana Raymond, Durham Arts
              Council, Durham, North Carolina.

1989     The Night of the Arts (North Carolina Visiting Artists
               Exhibition),  Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C.. 

1988    Alexandria Museum of Art Juried Exhibition, Alexandria,
              Louisiana.

            MFA Thesis Show, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 
              Durham, North Carolina.

            Sixteenth Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists
              Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

1987    Durham Art Guild Juried Show (Donald Kuspit. Juror), 
              Durham Art Guild Gallery, Durham, North Carolina.

            Southeastern Exhibition at Center Gallery, Center Gallery, 
              Carrboro, North Carolina.

            National Print and Drawing Show, College of Notre Dame 
              of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.

            Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts Museum of the South, 
              Mobile, Alabama.

1986    Figures Group Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Champaign,
              Illinois.


GRANTS AND AWARDS

State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Creativity, 2005

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Painting, 1998.

Pollock – Krasner Foundation Grant, 1995.

North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship, 1990.

Emerging Artist Grant, Charlotte Arts and Science Council, 1989/1990.

Limited Service Fellowship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1986/1987.

Estelle Campbell Award (2nd Place), National Society of Arts and Letters Career Award, 1986.

Outstanding Senior Award – Painting Department, University of Illinois, 1986.

Talented Undergraduate Tuition Waiver, University of Illinois, 1982, 1984, 1985.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bayles, Bryan, Jim Byrne, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, November, ArtPapers, Atlanta, GA, Spring 1991, p.54.

Braff, Phyllis, Personal Perspectives, Omni Gallery, The New York Times, Long Island Edition. January 21, 2001, p.9.

Braff, Phyllis, 35th Juried Exhibition, The Parish Museum of Art, The New York Times, Long Island Edition, October 6, 1996, p.22.

Chojnowski, Paul, Jim Byrne: Paintings; Galerie Timothy Tew, ArtPapers, May/June 1996, Volume 20, Issue 3, p.36-37.

Cullum, Jerry, The strength of ambiguity: Painter mixes subject matter with mystery, The Atlanta Constitution and Journal, Atlanta, GA, October 4, 1991, p.E2.

Fox, Catherine, Three personal visions compelling, powerful at TULA arts center galleries, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Atlanta, GA January 26, 1990, E2.

Gettysburg Review, The, GRAPHICS, Volume 8, Number 2 / Spring 1995, p. 281-288, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 17325-1491.

Greenberg, Blue, Art guild quartet: Mix, Match, mess, Durham Morning Herald, NC, April 8, 1990, p.E9.

Harper, Glenn, Shows suggest painting is alive and well, Atlanta Journal/Atlanta Constitution, January 1996, P.19.

Jinker-Lloyd, Amy, Jim Byrne at Timothy Tew, Art in America, New York, NY, January 1992, p.122.

Leach, Mark, Jim Byrne, Art Currents 8 , Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, 1992.

Maschal, Richard, 2 Artists Have Enough Vision to Enrich Us, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, November 18, 1990, p.1F.

Maschal, Richard, THE ART OF CONNECTIONS, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, April 21, 1991, p.F1-2.

McGreevy, Linda, Modern Problems, Port Folio Magazine, Virginia Beach, VA, October 12, 1993, p.15.

Nichols, Dorothy P., Mystery of human psyche explored, The Courier Tribune, Asheboro, NC, January 24, 1989, p.6A.

Patterson, Tom, Mint features Byrne paintings of love, grief, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC, June 14, 1992, p.1F,3F.

Seawright, Sandy, Jim Byrne’s New Show Offers Poetry and Emotion, Break Magazine, Charlotte, NC, November 14, 1990, p.20.

Van Horn, Virginia, Byrne’s works peer into psychic windows, Virginia Pilot, “Daily Break” section, Virginia Beach, VA, September 19, 1993.


TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Professor of Art: Suffolk Community College, Selden, New York,
1995-Present, Painting and Drawing.

Assistant Academic Chair: Department of Visual Arts, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, New York, 2005-2008.

Academic Chair: Department of Visual Arts, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, New York, 2003-2005.

Instructor: Parsons School of Design, Foundation Department, 1994-1995, Drawing Fundamentals.

Instructor: Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, N.C., 1990-1991, Design I and Design II (Color)

North Carolina Visiting Artist: Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, N.C., 1988-1990. Involved a variety of activities focused towards promoting the visual arts in the community and the college. Included in these activities were presentations, demonstrations and workshops.

Visiting Lecturer: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Summer 1989, Painting – all levels. Summer 1988, Drawing – foundation level.

Instructor: The ARTSCENTER, Carrboro, North Carolina. Spring 1988, Figure Painting and Advanced Drawing.

Teaching Assistant: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1987/1988. Sole responsibility for designing and teaching a foundation level drawing course.


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