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Biography
James S. Williams has been making art since he copied the cool hot rod t-shirt designs of Stanley Mouse as a teenager. Born in Memphis, Jim grew up in Dallas and studied art and sculpture at Stephen F. Austin State University and North Texas University. In 1972, Jim moved to Austin, joining the counter-culture lifestyle which offered a low cost of living, eclectic array of creatives, and burgeoning music and art scene.
In 1975-76 Jim owned Just Imagine Arts, a gallery on 6th Street where he showed local and Texas artists. Jim continued studying art through workshops on photography and silkscreen printing at Dougherty Cultural Arts Center. A practitioner of martial arts since the early 1960s, Jim has taught tai chi with Four Seasons Tai Chi the past 13 years.
The earliest influence on Jim’s artistic vision was 1950s car design, both European and American. As a teen, he designed his own futuristic model cars. Along with classic automotive design, he draws from a variety of influences including the art work of Franz Kline, Paul Klee, Chilean artist Roberto Matta, and pop icon Tom Wesselmann, as well as Chinese and Japanese calligraphy.
Inspired by his training as a sculptor, Jim has spent his artistic career exploring the ambiguity of three-dimensional objects in space and cultivating a practice of allowing the present moment and gestures of the brush to guide his work.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1948
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- Groups: Contemporary American Artists
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Achievements
Collective Expositions
1986
Gallery Two
Austin,
Tx,
United States
1984
Austin Seen, Austin History Center
Austin,
Tx,
United States
1982
80 Washington Square East Galleries
New York,
NY,
United States
1982
Ruth Wiseman 2816 Main Street Gallery
Dallas,
Tx,
United States
1981
Ruth Wiseman 2816 Main Street Gallery
Dallas,
Tx,
United States
1975
Just Imagine Art Gallery
Austin,
Tx,
United States
1974
Just Imagine Art Gallery
Austin,
Tx,
United States
1974
2801 Gallery
Austin,
Tx,
United States
1970
Ntsu Student Art Exhibition
Denton Tx,
United States
1969
Ntsu Student Art Exhibition
Denton,
Tx,
United States
Permanent Collections
2023
Cecile Adam
Austin,
Tx,
United States
2021
Judith Williams Tachansky
Dallas,
Tx,
United States
2020
Linda Dicksons
Austin,
Tx,
United States
2020
Travis Evens
Austin,
Tx,
United States
2020
Tim Bradford /Tamera Smith
Jones town,
Ok,
United States
2019
Peer Behrens
Burgdorf,
Germany
2019
Jenell Scherbel
Silver City,
Nm,
United States
2019
Heather Dalrymple
Austin,
Tx,
United States
2019
Isabel Canette
Uruguay
2018
Michel Gato
Rock Port,
Tx,
United States
2018
Chris Schulman
Austin,
Tx,
United States
2018
Ann Lipscomb
Austin,
Tx,
United States
2017
Charly Scarborough
Austin,
Tx,
United States
2017
Connie Shortes
Austin,
Tx,
United States
Solo Expositions
2022
Big Medium Austin Studiotour Open Studio
Austin,
Tx,
United States
2020
Big Medium Austin Studiotour Open Studio
Austin,
Tx,
United States
2019
Big Medium Austin Studiotour Open Studio
Austin,
Tx,
United States
2018
Big Medium Austin Studiotour Open Studio
Austin,
Tx,
United States
1973
Unicorn Gallery
Austin,
tx,
United States
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Le tue opere sono molto belle ed originali ricordano segni primordiali. Scritture del passato ma anche del futuro. Sono molto affascinato. Complimenti
Your works are very beautiful and original, reminiscent of primordial signs. Writings of the past but also of the future. I'm very fascinated. Compliments