Forging the Past Decoding the Present, Catalyst Contemporary, Baltimore, MD
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The Mechanics of My Existence, Villa Julie College, Stevenson, Maryland
The Cup and Three Quarters, The Art of James von Minor, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland
The Three Quarter Series, Gallerie Francoise e.s.f., Lutherville, Maryland
A Decade of Drawings and Diagrams, Wilson/Bismark Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Push Pin Drawings, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
G.H. Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
G.H. Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
Towson State University, Towson, Maryland
Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
JAMES VON MINOR
James von Minor, Slip Chord #5, Oil on wood, 2011, 13 x 13 inches
JAMES VON MINOR
BIOGRAPHY
Lives and works in Baltimore, MD.
1953
MFA The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
BFA Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
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James von Minor is a Maryland-based artist who is internationally known for his paintings, drawings, constructions, and sculptural installations. In his work, abstract, organic forms integrate into geometric patterns and shapes. These seemingly opposite styles depend on a delicate juggling act of balance, shape, color, and pattern. Humans are predisposed to look for dualities as an organizing principle; for every idea there is a counter idea. But von Minor suggests that this is an artificial concept in need of deconstructing. He has dedicated his lengthy career to uncovering ways to move beyond the limitations of that dualitybased thinking. The inspiration for his work is the Islamic architecture of southern Spain in which strict, rational, logical geometries are coupled with decorative, organic calligraphy and plant forms. In his work, von Minor unifies concept and experience, as well as the geometric and organic. In addition, the artist questions the nature of painting, drawing, and sculpture. Most of his work merges qualities of all these classical approaches: the paintings are sculptural, sculptures are painterly, etc. von Minor blurs these boundaries to construct a new union of pattern and organic abstraction.
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Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
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Drawings: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibit, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Rudimentary A Post-Mastery Return to Fundamentals, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Bridging Contemporary Art and Architecture, Read & Company, Architects, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland
Small Wonders National Juried Exhibition, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland
A Survey of Maryland's Teaching Artists Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
A Survey of Maryland's Teaching Artists Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Inside The Box, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland
Everybody Draws, Fleckenstien Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
The Seven Deadly Sins, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland
Color & Form: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture by Michelle Hinebrook, John Richardson and James von Minor, The Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, Maryland
International in Situ Art Symposium, "Jardins du Precambrien", Quebec, Canada
Barro de America, Galeria Marta Traba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
V Bienal Barro de America, Museo lia Bermundez, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Positional Play an installation by Joe Mancuso and James von Minor, Falconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa
Great Plains National, Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Hays, Kansas
Great Plains National, Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Hays, Kansas
Postal Exhibition, The Sharjah Arts Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Collaborative Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia
ANA 28, The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
12th Annual Artstravaganza Juried Exhibition, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
17th Annual September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana
1998 Annual Juried Winners, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Virginia
National Juried Exhibition, Art Forms Gallery, Manayunk, Pennsylvania
Artscape, Baltimore, Maryland
III Bienal Barro de America Roberto Guevara, Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela
III Bienal Barro de America Roberto Guevara, El Centro de Arte de Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Artscape, Baltimore, Maryland
Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Virginia
Art Maryland ’98, Howard County Center For The Arts, Ellicott City
Artscape, Baltimore, Maryland
Houston/Baltimore: A Collaboration, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore
Biennial 96’, The Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, Delaware
1995 Critics’ Pick, Critics’ Residency Program, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland
Conjugate Sites/Sights, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland
Gomez Gallery Honors Biennial Artists, Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
II Bienal Barro de America, Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela
Resurgam Gallery’s Third Annual Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland
35-33-35, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Evolving Structures, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland
Printmaking: Faculty Art Invitational, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
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