JIM JENKINS RESUME
BORN: Columbus, Indiana, USA
EDUCATION:
1981 M.F.A., Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
1979 B.F.A., Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
PROFESSIONAL:
1981- Professor of Art/Sculpture, California State University,
Fullerton
1999 Author, Article entitled Humanizing the
Machine, Sculpture magazine, December 1999
1998 Guest Speaker, International Sculpture Conference,
Chicago, Illinois
Panel
topic-Sculpture in Motion: Kinetics, Robotics, and Performance
1997 Public Commission, entitled Alaris, Southwest
Aviation Complex at the Van Nuys Airport, Los Angeles, California
1989 Co-Author, Book entitled Motion
Motion: Kinetic Art (Peregrine Smith Books, Inc.)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1999 “Shifts”, San Diego Mesa College
Art Gallery, San Diego, California
1995 “Hyper Theatre”, Safeco Insurance
Regional Gallery, Fountain Valley, California
1992 Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto, California
“Active
Evidence”, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
1991 De Graaf Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois
1990 Cerro Coso College, Ridgecrest, California
1989 Koslow Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1988 Koslow Rayl Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1983 Lambert-Miller Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
1982 Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008 "TEXT: Style/Content", Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
"Anti-Static", Three-Person Exhibition, Irvine Valley College Art Gallery, Irvine, California
"Pause, Refreshed, Reopened: Group Exhibition of Neon and Kinetic Art", Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
2007 "Humana Ex Machina: Kinetic Commentaries on the Nature of Being", Main Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton (Catalog)
"The Circus Comes To Town", Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California (Catalog)
"A Few Of Our Favorite Things Part II: Selections From The Past 30 Years", Santa Ana College Main Art Gallery, Santa Ana, California
"In, Above, and Around Park Santiago", CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California (Catalog)
2006 "Neon & Electric Sculpture Show", LSU Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
"A Few Of Our Favorite Things: Selections From The Past 30 Years", SAC Arts Gallery at the Santora Building, Santa Ana, California
"Refresh: Art Faculty Exhibition", Main Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton
"As We Glow Forward: MONA Moves Into The Future", Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
2005 "MONA Celebrates 24 Years With 24 Artists", Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
"The Bird Show-Artist Invitational", Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California
2004 "100 Artists See Satan", Grand
Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California
(Catalog)
"Travelogue: Scene From Los Angeles", Los Angeles International Airport, California
2003 "Light
Installation", Caretta Shiodome, Tokyo, Japan
"The
Art of Thought", Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
"Seriously
Funny", Santa Ana College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, California
"To
Be Is To Do: CSUF Faculty Show", California State University, Fullerton
2002 “Lost & Found: A Group Exhibit
of Neon and Kinetic Art”, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
2000 “Plugged In”, Six-Person Exhibition,
Todd Madigan Gallery, California State University, Bakersfield
“Rapid
Eye Movement-A Faculty Show”, California State University, Fullerton
I999 "Material Men: The Medium is the
Message", Angeles Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
"A
Kinetic Show", Five-Person Exhibition, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa
Rosa, California
"Light
and Movement", Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California
1998 "SOUND: An Exhibition of Sculpture",
Santa Ana College Main Gallery, Santa Ana, California
"Summer
Art '98", Atrium Gallery, California State University, Fullerton
1997 "Grins: Humor & Whimsy in Contemporary
Art", Millard Sheets Gallery, Fairplex, Pomona, California
1996 "Automata", Atrium Gallery, California
State University, Fullerton
"Electric
Muse/A Spectrum of Neon, Electric, and Kinetic Art", Museum of Neon Art,
Los Angeles, California
"ldentifying
the Voices: A Cursory Attempt to Define an Art Department", Cal State Fullerton
Art Gallery
1994 "What's Next? Reassessing Our Values
After The Quake", Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, California
"Poetic
Devices: Works of Motion and Sound”, The City of Brea Gallery, Brea, California
City
of Pasadena Grants for the Arts Fellowship Recipients Exhibition, Pasadena,
California
Group
Exhibition, Susan Spiritus Gallery, Costa Mesa, California
1993 "Eileen Cowin and Jim Jenkins",
Two-Person Exhibition, BIOLA University, La Mirada, California
"Sculpture
93”, The City of Brea Gallery, Brea, California
1992 "Mechanical Contraptions”, Objects
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"Present
Art”, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California
California
Plaza-Water Court, Los Angeles, California
1991 "MONA Turns 10”, The Museum of
Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
1990 "Framing the Magic Circle", Gallery
at the Plaza, Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, California (Catalog)
“Sculpture:
Inside-Outside/33 Works by 11 American Artists”, De Graaf Fine Art, Chicago,
Illinois
“Kinetics",
Three-Person Exhibition, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Right
to View; Perspectives on Censorship”, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Two-Person
Installation, Chiat/Day Advertising, Venice Family Clinic "Art Walk",
Venice, California
1989 "ON SITE: Public Art on Campus and Around
Town", California State University, San Bernardino
"Five
Emerging Talents", Spectrum Gallery, Palm Desert, California
"Art!
Action! Energy!”, Junior Arts Center, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, California
"Motion
Motion”, Six-person Exhibition, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
1988 "A
View From Los Angeles”, Five-Person Exhibition, James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, Virginia
"Eclectic
Electric", Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
"Art
in the Halls”, City Hall, West Hollywood, California
1987 "Gallery Artists”, Koslow Rayl
Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Eccentric
Machines”, National Exhibition, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
(Catalog)
Group
Exhibitions, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
1986 Six-Person Exhibition, Mount San Antonio
College Art Gallery, Walnut, California
"New
Visions", Los Angeles County Fairplex, Pomona, California
"The
Flower Show", Theatre Gallery, Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles,
California
1985 "Toying Around", Junior Arts Center,
Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, California
"Loco-Motion",
Five-Person Exhibition, Exploratorium Gallery, Cal State University, Los Angeles
Group
Exhibitions, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
"A
Serious Look at Humor", Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
Three-Person
Show, Weber State College, Ogden, Utah
1984 “Magical Mystery Tour", LA Municipal
Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, California
"Art
and the Familiar Object”, Gallery at the Plaza, Security Pacific Corp.,
Los Angeles, California
Group
Exhibition, Variety Arts Theatre, Los Angeles, California
National
Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Arizona State University, Tempe
1983 "Armamenta", Four-Person Exhibition,
Chrysalis Gallery, Claremont, California
"Dark
Nights", International Jewelry Center, Los Angeles, California
Group
Exhibition, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, California
1982 Inaugural Exhibition, Museum of Neon Art,
Los Angeles, California
"The
1st International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", A traveling exhibition
organized by the University of Hawaii (Catalog)
CURATORIAL:
1998 "humanchine:
Kinetic Responses To Life With Technology", Museum of Neon Art,
Los Angeles, California
1994 "Poetic Devices: Works of Motion and
Sound”, City of Brea Gallery, Brea, California
1991 "System/Situation: The Narrative in
Kinetic Sculpture", Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California
PUBLICATIONS:
2005 The Visual Experience, by Hobbs,
Salome, & Vieth, Davis Publications
2004 100 Artists See Satan, Grand Central
Press, Last Gasp Publications
1994 ARTFORMS, 5th Edition, by Duane
& Sarah Preble, HarperCollins Publishers
1991 The Fine Art Index: 1992 North American
Edition, International Art Reference
1989 Motion Motion: Kinetic Art, by Jim
Jenkins & Dave Quick, Peregrine Smith Books
1987 Exploring Visual Design, by Gatto,
Porter, & Selleck, Davis Publications
BIBLIOGRAPHIES:
Cooper, Arnie, The Wall Street Journal , September 3, 2008, "Neon Museum Casts Its Otherworldly Glow"
Walsh, Daniella, The Orange County Register, September 9, 2007, "Putting Art In Motion"
Mendenhall, Lauri, Coast Magazine, September 2004, "The Spirit
of Art Between Light and Dark"
Chang, Richard, The Orange County Register, July 18, 2004,
"Good & Evil:
Two new exhibits explore artists' perceptions of God and Satan"
Cohen, Sandy, Daily Breeze, March 14-20, 2003, "Art in the Head"
Mendelhall, Lauri, Coast Magazine, March, 2003, "Seriously Funny"
Howell, Daedalus, LA Downtown News, Sept. 6, 2002, “That Gaseous
Moving Feeling”
Anderson, Isabel, Art Scene, September 2000, Previews of Exhibitions, "Plugged In”
Jenkins, Steven, Artweek, June 1999, Previews, "Material Men:
The Medium is the Message"
Lewinson, David, Artweek, May 1999, Reviews, "Jim Jenkins at San
Diego Mesa College Art Gallery"
Bermann-Enn, Beate, Art Scene, April 1999, Continuing and Recommended, "Jim Jenkins"
Canalis, John, The Los Angeles Times, Oct. 15, 1997, "Sculptor's
Career Gets Lift at Airport"
Freeberg, Anastacia, Dailv Pilot, Oct. 17, 1997, "Earning His
Wings"
Frank, Peter, Orange County Register, Mar. 6, 1994, "Two Exhibits
Differ Dramatically But Share Comparable Energy Levels”
Carnline, Pam, The Press Enterprise, Oct. 10, 1992, "Sculpture
Gets 4.5-on the Richter Scale”
Skelley, Jack, Downtown News, May 18, 1992, "What You Need Now"
Holg, Garrett, Sculpture Magazine, May-June 1991, National Reviews
Scarborough, James, Artweek, February 28, 1991, "Motion Studies"
Littlefield, Kinney, Orange County Register, February 2, 1991, "Artists
Take Fun Seriously"
Harvey, Steve, Los Angeles Times, December 23, 1989, "Only In
LA"
Woods, Lynn, Reader, December 1, 1989, "This Art Is Moving"
Quick, Dave, Sculpture Magazine, NOV/DEC 1988, National Reviews
Dispatch, June 8, 1988, "The Aesthetics of Eroticism and Motion"
Donohue, Marlena, Los Angeles Times, June 3, 1988, Gallery Reviews
Northwestern (Oshkosh, WI), 1987, "Machines Shown in Sheboygan"
McKenna, Kristine, Los Angeles Times, January 3, 1986, "Wicked
Humor in 'Toying Around' Exhibit"
Tempe Daily News, September 24, 1985, "Now you see it", AP
Photo.
Harvey, Steve, LA Times, September 22, 1985, "L.A. County Fair's
Art Motion Exhibit Stops Viewers in their Tracks"
Allen, Sandra Baird, Anaheim Bulletin, September 20, 1985, "Jenkins'
World Turns Television Around"
Arnold, Roxanne, Los Angeles Times, September 11, 1985, "Enjoy
the Wildlife-It's Fair Time"
Curtis, Cathy, Orange Countv Register, July 19, 1985, "Humor Wears
Thin at Irvine Art Exhibit"
Dubin, Zan, Los Angeles Times, May 7, 1985, "Viewers Put Exhibit
in 'Loco-Motion"
Donohue, Marlena, Los Angeles Times, December 29, 1984, "Neon
Art Museum Exhibit: It's a Gas"
Muchnic, Suzanne, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 1984, "Taking
Magical Tour at Municipal Gallery"
Bermann-Enn, Beate, Art Scene, March, 1984, "Continuing and Recommended-Traveling
Energy"
Young, Joseph, Scottsdale Daily Progress, May 26, 1983, "Biennial
Exhibit Invites Controversy"
Ewing, Robert, Artweek, December 4, 1982, "Surprising Kinetics"
Norklun, Kathi, LA Weekly, November 12-18, 1982, “Pick of the
Week”