WORKS OF ART

One Hundred Seventy Eight, 2007, gesso and graphite
on linen, 12 x 19 in., $4,500

Far Nearer, 2014, gesso, graphite, flashe and oil
on panel, 24 x 20 in., $7,500 

Little Black Submarines, 2014, gesso, graphite,
oil and flashe on panel, 24 x 20 in., $8,000, for 
an additional view CLICK HERE

Stroke, 2010, gesso, graphite, acrylic, oil and
ink on panel, 9 1/2 x 8 in., $2,500, for additional 
views CLICK HERE SOLD

Untitled, 2015, ink and
graphite on bristol board,
14 x 11 in., $500

Untitled, 2007, gesso, graphite and marker on paper,
6 x 7 1/2 in., $250

Untitled, 2007, gesso,
graphite and marker on paper, 
7 1/2 x 6 in., $250

Untitled, 2007, gesso, graphite and marker
on paper, 7 1/2 x 6 in., $250

Untitled, 2012, graphite on paper, 
14 x 11 in., $350

Untitled, 2014, graphite on paper, 
14 x 11 in., $350

Untitled, 2015, ink and 
graphite on bristol board,
14 x 11 in., $500

Untitled, 2015, ink and 
graphite on bristol board,
14 x 11 in., $500

Untitled, 2015, ink and 
graphite on bristol board,
14 x 11 in., $500

Untitled, 2015, ink, gesso and 
graphite on bristol board,
14 x 11 in., $500

RESUME

Born in Rock Hill, SC, 1973

Lives and Works in Chapin, SC

EDUCATION:

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Master of Fine Arts, May 2003

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Bachelor of Fine Arts, December 2000, cum laude

The Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

Associates Degree of Visual Communications, August 1993

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

   

     2012         New Paintings, Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York, NY       

     2012         James Busby: Wingspan, 2D & 3D New Work, Stefan Stux Gallery, 

                      New York, NY

     2010         James Busby: New Work, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond VA

           James Busby, White & Black: New Minimal Paintings, Stefan

                      Stux Gallery, New York, NY

     2009         Reduction: New Work, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond VA

2008      White, New Work, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York NY, ( catalogue )

2007              White Paintings, New Gallery / Thom Andriola,

                 Houston, TX 

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

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

2003             Starting Anew, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA ( catalogue )

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

      2012        Stux Gallery, Summer Show, New York, NY

                      South Carolina State Museum, Abstract Art in South Carolina 1949- 

                      2012, Columbia SC 

      2011        701 Center For Contemporary Art, SC Biennial, Columbia SC

2010            Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, The Incomplete, Paris, curator, 

           Hubert Neumann, Paris, France ( catalogue )

2009         Reynolds Gallery, Sweet Summertime, curator, Bev Reynolds,

                 Richmond, VA

2008             Stefan Stux Gallery Scratching at the Surface: James Busby & Miki Carmi, New York, NY ( Two Person Exhibition )

Columbia Musuem of Art, Carolina Collects, Curators, Todd Herman & Bryan Lang, Columbia SC

1708 Gallery, Group Exhibition, Richmond VA

2007                      Chelsea Art Museum, The Incomplete, The Incomplete Incomplete

The Complete Incomplete, curators, Hubert Neumann & Manon Slome, New York, NY  ( with catalogue )        

2007                      University of Richmond Museum, Leaded, The Materiality & 

                Metamorphosis of Graphite, curator Elizabeth Schlatter, Richmond VA

Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite will be on view October 21 to December 22, 2007 at the Bedford Gallery at the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California; January 14 to March 9, 2008 at the Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington; April 5 to June 1, 2008 at the Salina Art Center, Kansas; September 11 to October 30, 2008 at the Baum Gallery of Fine Art, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas; January 24 to March 29, 2009 at the 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 New York, Stefan Stux Gallery Booth, New York NY

2004              Bruno Marina Gallery, The Appollonian Style, curator, Joe Fyfe,

Brooklyn, NY

2004            Stefan Stux Gallery, Stux Summer Review, New York, NY

2004            The International Armory Show, Stefan Stux Gallery Booth, New York, NY

2003             Stefan Stux Gallery, Three Painters: James Busby, Heidi Trepanier, Darren Wardle, New York, NY

2003             Stefan Stux Gallery, Lustre, curator, Stefan Stux, Virginia Commonwealth University MFA Exhibit, New York, NY

2003             1708 Gallery, Art To Go, Benefit Art Auction, Richmond, VA

2003             Ellipse Art Center, fold here, 3-d paper, curator, Deborah McCloud, Arlington, VA

2003             Hopkins Gallery, To the Capital City, VCU and Ohio State University Exchange Show, Columbus, OH

2002             Artists Space, Night of 1,000 Drawings, New York, NY

2002             1708 Gallery, Small Works Invitational, Richmond, VA

2002             Page Bond Gallery, Holiday Group Show, Richmond, VA

2002             Millennium Arts Center, Options 2002, curator, Victoria Reis, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran Biennial, Washington, DC

( with catalogue )

2002             1708 Gallery, Rising Visions, Richmond, VA

2002             Orange Door Gallery, Nine, Virginia Commonwealth University, MFA Candidacy Show, Richmond, VA

2002             Hewlett Gallery, Trans-Appalachian Tractor Pull, VCU and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

2001             Artists Space, Night of 1,000 Drawings, New York, NY

2001             Bradford Gallery, Slur…, curator, Kristin Beal, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

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

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

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:

            Stefan Stux Gallery, 530 West 25^th Street, New York, NY 10001

            Tel. 212.352.1600. www.stuxgallery.com 

            November 2003 – Present

                 Reynolds Gallery, 1514 West Main Street, Richmond VA 23220

            Tel. 804.355.6553.  www.reynoldsgallery.com

EDUCATION:

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

                        Master of Fine Arts, May 2003

                        Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

                        Bachelor of Fine Arts, December 2000, cum laude

                        The Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

                        Associates Degree of Visual Communications, August 1993

EXPERIENCE:

Artist Talk, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia SC

Artist Salon Series, Gallery Talk, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia SC

Visiting Artist Lecture & Juror, Virginia Commonwealth University,    Richmond VA , December 2010

                        Visiting Artist Lecture, School of Visual Arts, Penn State University,

                        State College, PA , November, 2009

                      Artist’s Talk, Chelsea Museum of Art, New York, NY, In conjunction

                         with The Incomplete, 2007

                        Adjunct Faculty, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

                        Basic Drawing 111 & 112, Intro. To Three-Dimensional Design 104

                      All levels of Drawing, Introduction to Printmaking

                      Fall 2004 - Present

                        Adjunct Faculty, Benedict College, Columbia, SC

                        Anatomy / Life Drawing 431 Fall 2006

Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

                        Intermediate Painting, Spring 2003

                       

                        Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

                        Basic Drawing, Fall 2002

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, Assisted Professor David Freed, Experimental Printmaking, Fall 2001

Carpenter, Chandler Contracting, Richmond, VA

Specialized in finish carpentry in new home construction

Various specialty woodworking projects, 2001

Artist, Color Vision Screenprinting, Atlanta, GA Worked with clients to develop concepts into finished artwork for screen-print designs1991-93

HONORS/AWARDS:

Graduate Scholarship 2003, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Travel Grant 2002, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Graduate Scholarship 2001, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Dean’s Honor List, Maintained 4.0 GPA in the Painting and Printmaking Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS SITED:

                      2012 Chad Seville, EBCult, James Busby, Wingspan at Stux Gallery,

                      ebcult.com

2012  Linnea West, James Busby at Stux Gallery,         ArtRavelsblogspot.com

2012  Scott Rummler, James Busby at Stux Gallery, Brooklyn Art       Blog

2010 Stephan Fowlkes, The New York Optimist, Exhibition Review, September

2008 Brett Littman, James Busby, White, Interview for Exhibition catalogue, Stux Gallery

2008  Robert C. Morgan, Sculpture Magazine, Exhibition Review

 

      2008  Andy Kozlowski, Art Papers, Leaded Exhibition Review,  

     January/ February 2008

2008 Geoffrey Braddford, White Hot Magazine of Contemporary Art, 

                March

            2006  Andrea S. Norris  Three Artists in White, Review, April, pg. 51       

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

2003 Robert Hobbs, MFA Thesis Catalog, The Rhetoric of Ambition, published by the Graduate Artists Association on conjunction with the MFA Thesis Exhibitions, 2003

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

2002 Carrie Nieman, Style Weekly, “14 Artists to Watch”, October 16, p.36

2002 Options Tenth Biennial Exhibition Catalog, published by Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, in conjunction with Options 2002

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

2002 Michael O’Sullivan, The Washington Post, A Better Set of Options, March 8,

2002 Jessica Dawson, The Washington Post, A Breath of Fresh Art at Millennium, March 14

2000 The Catalog 17, published by the Painting and Printmaking Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, in conjunction with Interaction 17, 2000

SELECT COLLECTIONS:

                Hubert Neumann, New York, NY

                        Belinda and Melissa Neumann, New York, NY

                      Progressive Auto Insurance, New York, NY

            Markel Services Incorporated, Glen Allen, VA

            Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

Jay Barrows and Cindy Neuschwander, Richmond, VA

            Richard and Susan Roth, Richmond, VA

            Stefan Stux and Andrea Schnabel, New York, NY

                        Manon Slome, New York, NY

                        Rick and Brenda Wheeler, Columbia, SC

                        Bev Reynolds, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond VA

                      Private Collections in Italy, Germany, Japan. & France

                        

ARTIST STATEMENT

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all." --John Cage.

This quote has been a catalyst for my work for the past eleven years. When I am stuck in traffic or dropping my children off at school I often wonder how people are going to spend their days. Mine are spent wearing a respirator and noise cancelling headphones creating work that is hopefully stretching the boundaries of the very genre in which it resides. Art that has the biggest impact on me is work that conjures questions of your perception of things you thought you already knew.  Perhaps it is taking something incredibly simple and looking at it in a very complex manner. If my work is successful on any level it will create a visual pause. Demanding the viewer to take a closer look. In a society that is so enamored with having everything immediately, making work that reacts against this is my ultimate goal. 

BIOGRAPHY

James Busby received his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has exhibited his works in solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries including Kravets|Wehby Gallery, Stux Gallery, NY, The Chelsea Art Museum, NY, The Armory Show, NY, Scope New York, University of Richmond Museum,Virginia, New Gallery, TX, VCU University, VA, the Millennium Arts Center for the WPA/Corcoran Biennial, DC and most recently at Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, FR. Busby’s work plays on the tension between the senses of vision and of touch, these tactile surfaces catch and reflect light in a way that shifts constantly, in response to the position of the viewer. What at first appear to be very improvisational, even casual gestures and residual brushstrokes are transformed into ciphers that refer to painterliness, rather than being it. The phantom of intentionality hovers over these works, and the longer one looks, the more difficult it is to determine which marks were accidental, and which might have been deliberate. This reframing of the element of chance is integral to the critical depth of these works, as they continuously enfold conceptual strength in perceptual indeterminacy.