James David Thomas
Born 1957
Year/Birthplace
- 1957 – Olympia, Washington, US
Education
- 1984 – Otis Art Institute of the Parsons School of Design, B.F.A., Painting
- 1980 – Barstow Community College
Solo Exhibitions
- 2007 – Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA
- 2006 – Sullivan Goss Gallery, Montecito, CA
- 2006 – Plaza Gallery, Oxnard, CA
- 2005 – Art Center DA, Kyung Buk, Korea
- 2003 – Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
- 1998 – Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA
- 1995 – Jamison/Thomas Gallery. Portland, OR
- 1995 – Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1994 – Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1993 – Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
- 1992 – Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
- 1992 – Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
- 1990 – Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1990 – Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
- 1988 – Hunsaker/Schlesinger Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2007 – “If the Oceans Don’t Make It, How Will We?”, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York City, NY
- 2006 – “Security”, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
- 2005 – “Gallery Artists Part II”, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York City, NY
- 2005 – “Trees and Trains”, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
- 2004 – “Romancing Nature”, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York City, NY
- 2004 – “10th Annual Group Invitational”, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2004 – “The Waters Re-Glitterized” SCAPE, Corona Del Mar, CA
- 2003 – “8th Annual Small Images Show”, Sullivan/Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
- 2001 – “Black and White, and One Blue Too”, CS Fine Art, Montrose, CA
- 2001 – “Selected Artists”, Terrence Rogers , Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
- 2001 – “Treasures”, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA,
- 1999 – “Art Auction 8”, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
- 1997 – “Traditions Abandoned, Retained”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
- 1996 – “City of Vapor”, Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 1995 – “Fifteen Years”, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
- 1994 – “External Views, Internal Perceptions”, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
- 1994 – “Public Encounters”, Bush Art Center, Salem, OR
- 1993 – “The Art of Microsoft”, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- 1993 – “Daylights Fantasy..The Nights Dark Side”, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
- 1991 – “The Landscape, A 20th Century Vision, Eastern Washington University, Spokane, WA
- 1991 – “Urban Landscape I”, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park
- 1991 – “Issue Earth” Loma Linda University Gallery, Riverside, CA
- 1991 – “The Edge of Night”, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
- 1991 – “Spacious Skies”, Rutgers Barclay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 1989 – “Small Works “ Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
- 1987 – “Emerging California Artists”, Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
- 1986 – “86th Annual Invitational”, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
- 1986 – Desert West Annual, Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
- 1986 – Long Beach Art Association, Long Beach, CA
- 1996 – 2006 The Venice Artwalk, Santa Monica, CA
Selected Bibliography
- 2007 – Haiku Works” Exhibition Catalog, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York City, NY
- 2005 – Gallery Artists Part II”, Exhibition Catalog, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY
- 2005 – “Romancing Nature”, Art News Art Review, March 2005
- 2004 – Art News Full Color Ad, December, 2004
- 2004 – “Romancing Nature”, Exhibition Catalog, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York City, NY
- 2004 – “MediaSpace – Place, Scale and Culture in a Media Age”, Routledge Publications, UK
- 2003 – “Something Spatial in the Air”, Routledge Publications, London, UK
- 2003 – “Big Ideas, Small Packages”, Art Review, Santa Barbara News-Press, Santa Barbara, CA
- 1999 – Hemispheres In-Flight Magazine, Cover and Profile. United Airlines, October 1999
- 1998 – “City of Vapor” American Artist Magazine, July 1998
- 1996 – “Trends in Representational Painting”, Southwest Art Magazine, February 1996
- 1992 – “Contemporary Landscape Painting”, Artweek, September 1992
- 1991 – “Issue Earth”, Exhibition Catalog, Loma Linda University, Riverside, CA
- 1991 – Journal North Art Review, Santa Fe,
- 1990 – Los Angeles Times Art Review, July 24, 1990
- 1989 – Los Angeles Times Art Review, July 21, 1989
- 1989 – Los Angeles Times Art Review, March 21, 1988
- 1987 – Exhibition Catalog, “Emerging California Artists”, LA Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
- 1986 – San Diego Union Art Review, October 20, 1986
Selected Collections
- John Nichols, Taos, NM
- Josh Leo, Nashville, TN
- Tom Wudl, Los Angeles, CA
- Peter Shire, Los Angeles, CA
- Kevin Coop, Lake Sherwood, CA
- John Van de Kamp, Pasadena, CA
- Stuart & Ursula Wolff, Westlake Village, CA
- John and Catherine Giesecke, Greycliffe, MT
- Pamela & Roger Birnbaum, Beverly Hills, CA
- Robert Wagner, Los Angeles, CA
- Saks Fifth Avenue, Portland, OR
- Nabisco Corporation, Atlanta, GA
- Oracle Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
- Coldwell Banker, Los Angeles, CA
- Namura Securities, Los Angeles, CA
- Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
- Homestore.com, Westlake Village, CA
- Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Los Angeles, CA
- Mckenna, Conner & Cuneo, Los Angeles, CA
- General Electric Corporation, Los Angeles, CA
- Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA
- Susan Appel, Los Angeles, CA
- Paul Jenkin, Porter Ranch, CA
- Joseph Shew, Philadelphia, PA
- Hilary Brace, Santa Barbara, CA
- Bryan Cook, Santa Monica, CA
- Patricia Koch, New York City, NY
- John & Kathy Carl, Burbank, CA
- Trink and Ernie Schurian, Vancouver, WA
- Mr. & Mrs. Monte Rifkin, Rancho Mirage, CA
- Gabrielle Ghio, Encino, CA