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News: James is currently partnering with Franklin's Gallery on the Square to offer community art classes on Drawing and Illustration. NEW SHOW  ArtWorks Third Annual Exhibition, Bowling Green, KY February 15th - March 5, 2010 The Rymer Gallery, in Fifth Avenue's premiere art district, held a Grand Opening of their cutting-edge 3,000 foot space in early summer of 2008. James is proud to say he participated in that show and is now represented by co-owner Herb Williams.	Corporate collections: The Ingram Group Nashville, TN Western Kentucky Orthopaedic Associates Bowling Green, KY Avenue Bank Corporate headquarters lobby and branch locations, Nashville TN Pinnacle Bank, TN
James' Art Is Available On Ongoing Basis At: The Rymer Gallery 233 Fifth Avenue North Nashville, TN 37219 (615) 752-6030 Swanson Reed 1377 Bardstown Rd,  Louisville KY 40204 (502) 452-2904 The Gallery At 916 916 State St. Bowling Green KY (270) 843-5511 Feature articles: Art interviews / reviews / tv press ALL REVIEWS ON ONE EASILY LOADABLE PAGE  ArtRageous 21,  Nashville City Paper featured art Nov. 2008 Nashville Arts Magazine Nov. 2007 Nashville Arts Magazine Aug. 2007 Contemporary Art Gallery Magazine Nov. 2006 Boise Weekly March 2006 The Amplifier Mar. 2003 Nashville Scene Nov. 2002 Tennessean Oct. 2002 Ebsq zine, Dec. 2001 Franklin Favorite: 2002 Outsider Art Article: Nashville City Paper Music review: The Fly Over States Ebsq zine, June 2002 WKYU PBS & KET PBS Programs feature James: David Brinkley, of Western Kentucky University's WKYU PBS, produced a feature segment "Art & Fire" on James as part of WKYU's original Arts program, MainStreet. The segment contains an interview and scenes of James at work in the studio. The segment is redistributed statewide as part of KET PBS' Kentucky Life program at various times from 2004 through 2008. KET's statewide network reaches all of Kentucky as well as bordering states and metropolitan areas including Cincinnati, OH and Nashville, TN.	The 2005 Blick Studio catalog by art supplier Dick Blick featured artwork by James Pearson on the front and back covers.  "Momentum" acrylic on gallery wrap canvas, held in the private collection of S. Scarbrough
	Blir Magazine #6 (March 2006) featured James Pearson artwork
Curriculum Vitae:  The Gallery At 916 Featured Show: Bowling Green, KY Oct. 2nd  - Nov. 7th, 2009 The Rymer Gallery Featured group show: March 1-15th, 2009 Swanson Reed Contemporary Featured Show: Market St. dowtown Louisville, KY Jan. 2 - Feb. 14, 2009 The Rymer Gallery Featured Show: Nashville TN Nov. 1 - 29th, 2008 The Rymer Gallery Grand Opening Show: Nashville TN Summer 2008 Capitol Arts Alliance Featured Show: Houchens Gallery, Bowling Green KY November 2007   Arts At The Airport Flying Solo Exhibition:  Nashville International Airport, Nashville TN March 9 - June 4, 2007 Mark Palmer Gallery Annual Holiday Group Show: Paducah KY   Nov. 7th 2006 -Jan. 27th 2007 Tag Art Gallery Featured Show: Nashville TN Oct. 7th-28th 2006 Kentucky Museum "Side By Side" VSA Kentucky collaborative works show Bowling Green KY April 17- June 2006 Visual Arts Collective Solo show, March 3 - April 22nd, 2006 Boise ID Blir Magazine 6th edition featured artist Jan-Feb 2006 Kentucky Arts Council grant recipient 2006 Blick Studio Artists Catalog 2005 cover art. Shaker Museum Shake, Ride & Roll featured art, 2005 Capitol Arts Alliance Solo show: Mezzanine Gallery, Bowling Green KY, March 25 - April 29, 2005 Tag Art Gallery  Featured Show; Nashville TN, October 28th 2004 Youth Encouragement Services Charity for Inner City Youth; The Factory, Franklin TN, June 20, 2003 The historic Guider House Featured show; Nashville TN, May 2003 as represented by TAG Art Gallery The Drunken Fish Featured show; Nashville TN, Feb. - May 2003 Bongo Java East Small Works Show participant; Nashville TN, December 2002 Tag Art Gallery Featured Show; Nashville TN, November 2002 with Roger Clayton 4th Annual House Of Blues Folk Art Show Orlando, FL November 2002 as represented by TAG Art Gallery Worlds Greatest Studio Tour Bowling Green, KY November 9 &10, 2002 Lot 916 Gallery Gallery On The Square Featured Show: Council, September/October 2002; Children's workshop; Franklin, KY July, 2002; Taught art classes 2001-2003 Capitol Arts Day: Bowling Green, KY August 3, 2002 Nashville Art & Soul Nashville, TN July 19, 2002 Memphis Marsha's Gallery: Taught Animation, Comics, Storyboards and Cartooning class; Bowling Green KY July 2002 Indigenous Kentucky Gallery show; Lot 916; Bowling Green KY May3-June 7, 2002 Green Tie Affair Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville TN; Spring 2002 VSAK Very Special Arts KY; teacher; Summer 2001; Spring 2006 Simply Red Invitational Small Works Exhibition; Bowling Green KY Feb 2 - March 16, 2001 Private solo show Cincinnati OH; private sponsor along with Ehoodin & Williams Gallery; December 15, 2001 World's Greatest Studio Tour Bowling Green KY; November 10-11, 2001 20th Annual All KY Juried Fine Art Exhibition Capitol Arts Alliance; Bowling Green KY; November 10 - December 29, 2000 New Works Show Solo show; Capitol Arts Alliance; Bowling Green KY August 4 - September 6, 2000 Experiences & Influences "I've studied art and music for 20 years. In both, I value honesty and ingenuity. Art is my career and our family's livelihood. I've sold paintings all over the USA and in France, Canada, China, Belgium and the Netherlands. I have paintings in regional galleries and have had solo exhibits in Ohio, Tennessee and my home state of Kentucky.  I am a member of the EBSQ, the original online self-representing artists group, and a juried member of EBSQ+. Please visit their site for more information about EBSQ. I am also a member of ArtWorks, Visual Arts Coalition.  I teach Art Fundamentals, Beginning Guitar classes and Music Theory/Composition for all ages at local art galleries. I'm a multi-instrumentalist who composes, arranges and records in my humble home studio. I also engineer and produce other musicians and songwriters. "In all things, I aim to simplify expression to something that is pure. Quite often, my paintings are influenced by childrens art and indigenous art from around the world: particularly aboriginal Australian creation paintings, Japanese woodcuts, Peruvian weavings and Tibetan sand paintings. Western painters I admire include Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, Marc Chagall, Mark Rothko and Alexander Calder. My earliest influences were comic books. Like Klee and many other artists, music greatly influences my work as a painter."	22nd Decorators Show House Participant presented by the Jr. League of Nashville Dec. 2nd - 17th, 2006 Membership Affiliations: Ebsq+: juried division of ebsq. Online Tour of James' Studio: WNPT Arts Connection (PBS) made a video about the Arts At The Airport, Nashville Int'l show. Watch it!
The Artist's Magazine (April 2004 & Jan. 2005) featured James in this full page ad for Blick Studio:
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