JAMES BUSBY

 

Born 1973 in Rock Hill, South Carolina

Lives and works in Columbia, SC

EDUCATION

2003          Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.  MFA

2000          Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia.  BFA

1993          The Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia  

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009          White, New Work, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, New York  (with catalogue) 

2007          White Paintings, New Gallery / Thom Andriola, Houston Texas
                  White, New Work, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, New York  (with catalogue)

2006          White Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, New York

2005          White Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, New York

2003          Starting Anew, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2009          Scratching the Surface, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, New York   

2007          The Incomplete, The Incomplete Incomplete, The Complete Incomplete, Chelsea Art Museum, curators, Hubert Neumann & Manon Slome, New York, New York 
                  Leaded: The Materiality & Metamorphosis of Graphite, University of Richmond Museum, curator Elizabeth Schlatter, Richmond Virginia
                  Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite, October 21 to December 22, 2007 at Bedford Gallery at Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California; January 14 to March 9, 2008 at Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington; April 5 to June 1, 2008 at Salina Art Center, Kansas; September 11 to October 30, 2008 at Baum Gallery of Fine Art, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas; January 24 to March 29, 2009 at Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, New York; April 24 through August 2, 2009 at Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana; and September 1 to November 29, 2009 at Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

2006          Scope Artfair, Stux Gallery, New York, New York

2004          The Appollonian Style, curator, Joe Fyfe, Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
                  Stux Summer Review, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, New York
                  The International Armory Show, Stefan Stux Gallery Booth, New York, New York

2003          Three Painters: James Busby, Heidi Trepanier, Darren Wardle, Stux Gallery, New York, New York
                  Lustre, curator, Stefan Stux, Virginia Commonwealth University MFA Exhibit, New York, New York
                  Art To Go, Benefit Art Auction, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
                  Fold here, 3-d paper, curator, Deborah McCloud, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, Virginia
                  To the Capital City, VCU and Ohio State University Exchange Show, Hopkins Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2002          Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, New York
                  Small Works Invitational, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
                  Holiday Group Show, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
                  Options 2002, curator, Victoria Reis, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran Biennial, Millennium Arts Center, Washington, DC
                  Rising Visions, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
                  Nine, Virginia Commonwealth University, MFA Candidacy Show, Orange Door Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
                  Trans-Appalachian Tractor Pull, VCU and Carnegie Mellon University, Hewlett Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2001          Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, New York
                  Slur…, curator, Kristin Beal, Virginia Commonwealth University, Bradford Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

2000          Interaction 17, curators, Reni Gower and Barbara Tisserat, Virginia Commonwealth University, Student Art Space, Richmond, Virginia

1999          Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, curator, Richard Shaw, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia


AWARDS/GRANTS


2003          Graduate Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

2002          Travel Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

2001          Graduate Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia


PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES


2003          Member, College Arts Association

2002/03     Treasurer, Graduate Artists Association, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
                  Member, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran

2001/02     Member, Graduate Artists Association, Virginia Commonwealth University


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006          Jeffrey Day, The State Newspaper, Paintings on the Edge, April 9, Life & Arts

2003          Donald Kuspit, MFA Thesis Catalog, MFA at VCU, published by the Graduate Artists Association on conjunction with the MFA Thesis Exhibitions, 2003
                  Robert Hobbs, MFA Thesis Catalog, The Rhetoric of Ambition, published by the Graduate Artists Association on conjunction with the MFA Thesis Exhibitions, 2003
                  Dinah Ryan, MFA Thesis Catalog, Because the is a “B” in Both, published by the Graduate Artists Association on conjunction with the MFA Thesis Exhibitions, 2003
                  Neiman, Carrie, “14 Artists to Watch,” Style Weekly, October 16, 2002

                  McCarthy, Maura, The Washington Post, “March at Museums, Options 2002” March 1, Entertainment Guide

                  O’Sullivan, Michael, The Washington Post, “A Better Set of Options” March 8, 2002 p. WE51

                  Dawson, Jessica, The Washington Post, “A Breath of Fresh Art at Millennium” March 14, 2002 p. CO5

                  Rippas, Jacob, Charlotte’s Best Magazine, “An Artist’s Dilworth Retreat