Résumé
Gallery Representation
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Hayden Hays Gallery
Scottsdale, Arizona
The Legacy Gallery
Jackson, Wyoming
The Legacy Gallery
Award and Museum Collection History
| 2012 | Thunderbird Artists Featured Artist Carefree Fine Art & Wine Festival, Carefree, AZ January 13-15, 2012 |
| 2011 | Phippen Museum, Prescott AZ Montgomery Frames Award “Best Body of Work” 37th Annual Phippen Museum Western Fine Art Show and Sale May 28-30, 2011 |
| 2010 | Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA Prayers of the Shaman added to permanent collection |
| 2004 | Phippen Museum, Prescott AZ Silver Medal, Oil Painting category, Soldier of His People 30th Annual Phippen Museum Western Art Show |
| 2003 | Phippen Museum, Prescott AZ Silver Medal, Oil Painting category, Courage and Honor 29th Annual Phippen Museum Western Art Show |
| 2001 | Pearce Museum, Navarro College, Corsicana, TX The Medicine Ring added to permanent collection |
| 1996 | The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA The Richard and Mary Schroeder Portrait Award, Plumb Colored Skin |
| 1987-1991 | Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Recipient of Tuition Scholarship |
Exhibition History
| 2011 | Historic Toadlena Trading Post Weaving Museum “Honoring Weavers with Canvas and Bronze”; benefit show to fund weaving education for Navajo youth of the historic Toadlena Trading Post community Works by Wopila Artist Guild co-founders James Ayers and Craig Bergsgaard |
| 2011 | The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Group Show “Legacy of the American West” |
| 2010 | The Legacy Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Solo Show “Portraits of Honor by James Ayers” |
| 2010 | The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Group Show “Legacy of the American West” |
| 2009 | The Legacy Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Two Person Show, James Ayers and Jason Rich |
| 2008 | The Legacy Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Two Person Show, James Ayers and Jason Rich |
| 2008 | The Legacy Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Group Exhibition, “Visions of the West” |
| 2007 | The Legacy Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Group Exhibition, “Visions of the West” |
| 2006 | The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Two Person Exhibition, James Ayers and Jason Rich |
| 2005-2008 | C.M. Russell Auction of Original Western Art, Great Falls, MT Group Exhibition/Auction |
| 2005 | Borsini-Burr Galleries, Half Moon Bay, CA Group Exhibition, “Western Traditions” |
| 2005 | The Altermann Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Indian Market Auction |
| 2005 | The Legacy Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Group Exhibition, “Lewis and Clark: Corps of Discovery” |
| 2005 | The Altermann Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Summer Auction |
| 2005 | Oil Painters of America: Western Regional Juried Exhibition, Santa Barbara, CA Group Exhibition at the Waterhouse Gallery |
| 2005 | Stampede Western Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, Greeley, CO Group Exhibition |
| 2005-2007 | Scottsdale Artists’ School, Scottsdale, AZ Group Exhibition, “Beaux Arts” |
| 2005 | The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Group Exhibition, “Legacy of the American West” |
| 2004 | The Legacy Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Group Exhibition, “Visions of the West” |
| 2005 | The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Group Exhibition, “Legacy of the American West” |
| 2004 | The Legacy Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Group Exhibition, “Visions of the West” |
| 2003-2009 | The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Group Exhibition, “Fall Open House” |
| 2003-2009 | The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Group Exhibition, “Holiday Small Works Show” |
| 2002-2005 | The Mountain Oyster Club, Tucson, AZ Annual Contemporary Western Art Show |
| 2000-2005 | Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ Annual Phippen Museum Western Art Show |
| 2000-2003 | Celebration of Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ Annual Group Exhibition |
| 2000-2003 | Carefree Fine Art Show, Carefree, AZ Annual Group Exhibition |
| 2000-2003 | Avon Fine Art Show, Avon, CO Annual Group Exhibition |
| 2000-2003 | Riverwalk Fine Art Show, Edwards, CO Annual Group Exhibition |
| 2000-2003 | Beaver Creek Art Show, Vail, CO Annual Group Exhibition |
| 2000 | Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Austin, TX Group Exhibition, “Our New Day Begun” |
| 1999 | Aspen Fine Art, Flagstaff, AZ Group Exhibition |
| 1998 | 13th Annual Philadelphia Art Expo, Philadelphia, PA Group Exhibition |
| 1998 | National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA Group Exhibition |
| 1997 | P. J. Herring, Fine Art Gallery Oakland, CA Three Person Exhibition |
| 1997 | Gallery 500, Washington D.C. Group Exhibition, “Collective Expressions” |
| 1997 | Newton Free Library, Newton, MA Solo Exhibition, “An African Portrait” |
| 1996 | P. J. Herring Fine Art Gallery, Oakland, CA Two Person Exhibition, “The African Portrait Series and the Brazilian Series” |
| 1996 | Kougeas Gallery, Boston, MA Group Exhibition, “Human: Figure and Portrait” |
| 1996 | The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA Group Exhibition |
| 1996 | The Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, PA Group Exhibition, “The Hoyt National Art Show” |
| 1996 | Constance Lindhom Fine Arts, Milwaukee, WI Group Exhibition, “No Body’s Perfect” |
| 1996 | The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA Group Exhibition, “New Members Show” |
| 1996 | The Island Art Gallery, Newport, RI Two Person Exhibition, “African Portraits and African Patterns” |
| 1996 | The Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA Group Exhibition, “Spring/Summer Members Show” |
| 1994 | The Island Art Gallery, Newport, RI Solo Exhibition, “People of the Great Rift Valley” |
| 1992-1993 | The Dawson Gallery, Dedham, MA Solo Exhibitions |
Publications
| 2011 | Western Art Collector Article “A Tribute to Tradition: Wopila Artist Guild hosts its first exhibit honoring the Navajo weavers of historic Toadlena Trading Post”; featured profile |
| 2011 | Cowboys & Indians Article “Gallery Tour: Wopila Artist Guild”; image Patterns of Tradition featured |
| 2010 | Western Art Collector Article “Recently Acquired: James Ayers Booth Western Art Museum” |
| 2010 | Western Art Collector Article Title “Portraits of Honor” |
| 2009 | Western Art Collector Article Title “Two Sides of the West” |
| 2009 | Western Art Times Featured Profile And Paintings |
| 2007 | Cowboys & Indians Featured profile and paintings |
| 2005 | Western Traditions: Contemporary Artists of the American West Featured profile and paintings |
| 2003 | Southwest Art Magazine Article title “Not Fade Away” |
| 2001 | Focus/Santa Fe Magazine Article title “Dignity, Honor, and Respect” |
Education, Lectures, and Professional Experience
Education
| 1987-1991 | Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI Bachelor of Fine Art, Illustration Emphasis in oil painting and portraiture |
Lectures
| 2003 | Scottsdale Artists League Scottsdale, AZ |
| 2000-2003 | Northland Preparatory Academy Flagstaff, AZ |
| 1999 | Coconino High School Flagstaff, AZ |
| 1997 | Newton North High School Newton, MA |
| 1996 | East Oakland Youth Center Oakland, CA |
| 1996 | The Martin Luther King Center Newport, RI |
| 1996 | The Rivers School Weston, MA |
Professional Experience
| 1996-present | Fine Artist |
| 1990-1998 | Freelance Illustrator, Portrait Artist, and Fine Artist |
| 1992-1994 | High School Painting and Drawing Teacher
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Research Travel Experience
| 2011 | South America Research of indigenous cultures |
| 2010 | Toadlena Trading Post, Newcomb, New Mexico, United States Researching Navajo weaving culture |
| 2006 | Wind River Reservation, Ethete Wyoming, United States Researching Arapaho Sundance Ceremony |
| 1994-1996 | United States of America Cross-country trip to research Native American reservations |
| 1991 | East Africa Research of indigenous cultures in Kenya, Uganda, Zaire, and Tanzania |
| 1991 | France Exploration of museums and architecture in Paris and surrounding regions |
| 1990 | Mexico Study abroad focusing on art and culture in the ancient Mayan and Aztec regions |
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