JIM B. WILLIAMS
EDUCATION
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, MFA in Painting, 1989
Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania 1981-1982
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1977
State University of New York at Binghamton, MA in English 1972
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, BA in English, 1969
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 New Paintings, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2012 New Paintings, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007 LaSalle University Art Museum
2007 New Paintings, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2003 Recent Paintings, Gross McCleaf Gallery
1999 Recent Paintings, Gross McCleaf Gallery
1997 Recent Paintings, Gross McCleaf Gallery
1997 "Second Nature," Widener University Art Museum, Chester, Pennsylvania
1996 Cabrini College Fine Arts Gallery, Radnor, Pennsylvania
1995 "Daylight," Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont, Pennsylvania
1990 Susan Isaacs Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008-2014 Faculty Exhibit, LaSalle University
2008 Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2004 “Philadelphia”, Gross McCleaf Gallery
1993 "Philadelphia - All", The Rittenhouse Galleries, Philadelphia
1993 "Artists of Germantown & Mt. Airy," Paley Design Center, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science
1992 "Summer '92 Group Show," Goforth Rittenhouse Galleries, Philadelphia
"Landscape as Poetry," 2 Person Exhibition, Susan Isaacs Gallery, Wilmington
1992 Art at the Armory, Philadelphia
1984 "Pastoral Landscapes," Charles More Gallery, Philadelphia
1980 Chester County Art Association (3 Person), West Chester, Pennsylvania
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2015 Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Juror: Ross Mitchell
2013 Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2011 Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2011 Art of the State, Harrisburg, Pa.
2009, 2010 Woodmere Museum Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia
2008 Art at City Hall, Philadelphia
1995, ‘96 Woodmere Museum Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia,
1994 97th Annual Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.Juror: Gregory Gillespie
1993 96th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Juror:
Wolf Kahn
1993 Delaware Art Museum Biennial, Wilmington, DE. Juror: Roy Slade
1992 95th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Juror: Vitale Komar
1992, '95 Cheltenham Center for the Arts Annual Awards Exhibition, Phildelphia. Jurors: Alice Yang,
Neal Benerza
1992 Allied Artists of America Annual Exhibition, New York, Jurors: Harvey Dinnerstein, Will Barnett
1992, ‘95 Philadelphia Sketch Club, Annual Exhibition of Small Paintings
1991 Knickerbocker Artists 41st Annual Exhibition, New York
1990, ‘92 Woodmere Museum Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, Jurors: Richard Gaffney,
Thomas Sternal
1989 City of Camden Annual Art Exhibition, Camden, New Jersey. Jurors: Sam Maitin, Edith Neff,
James Toogood
1989 "First Street Selects”, First Street Gallery, New York, Juror: Jack Beal
1988 "First Street Selects", First Street Gallery, New York, Juror: James McGarrel
PRIZES, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS
2015 The Fellowship Award of Excellence, Fellowship of the PA Academy of Fine Arts Exhibit
2011 Honorable Mention, Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Exhibit
2011 Art in Embassies Program, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2004 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellow, Millay Colony for the Arts
2004 Artist in Residence, Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, Connecticut
2004 John R. Maxwell Prize for oil painting, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia
1995 Blumenthal Memorial Award, Cheltenham Center for the Arts Annual Awards Exhibition, Philadelphia
1990 Maurice Freed Memorial Prize, Woodmere Museum Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia
1988-89 Merit Scholarship and graduate teaching assistantship, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1989 Second Prize, City of Camden Annual Art Exhibition, Camden, NJ
1980 First Prize, Chester County Art Association Annual Open Show, West Chester, PA
1978 First Prize, Bethlehem Art Annual, Bethlehem, PA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1985-2013 Instructor of painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and art history, LaSalle University, Philadelphia
1994, 2002 Visiting Lecturer, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1988-89 Teaching Assistant in painting and drawing, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Philadelphia Inquirer, Two local talents at Gross McCleaf, Victoria Donohoe, February 24,2012
2007 Reviewed in American Art Collector, Vol. 20, June 2007, Scottsdale, Arizona pp 132-135
1996 Featured in The Best of Oil Painting, by Tom Nicholas and John C. Terelak, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA
1995 Cover Art for Constructing Panic by Lisa Capps and Elinor Ochs, Harvard University Press,
Cambridge, MA
1994 Featured in New American Paintings, The Open Studio Press, Needham