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Professor James Bailey
RESEARCH / Critical Supporting Documentation

Highlights

  • 4 Solo Exhibitions (3 National, 1 Regional)
  • 2 Museum Catalog Essays published. (Invitational)
  • 1 Catalog essay for University of Wisconsin-Madison (Invitational)
  • Curated 2 Exhibitions: 20 Year Retrospective @ Jundt Art Museum & Contemporary Indigenous Voices at UC Gallery. 
  • 4 International Exhibitions 
  • 9 National Exhibitions
  • 17 Lectures, workshops, jurying (majority at National Level)-
  • Juried Glacier Nat'l Park Artist in Residence Program (Invited for past 3 yrs in a roll)
  • Month long Artist Residency in OKC /(Invitational)
  • 3 International/national collections

4 Solo Exhibitions (OK, LA, WA, ID)

International Exhibitions
(Leftovers VII New Zealand, Wales & China, & VIII)

9 National Exhibitions (CO, NM, SD, ND, TX, NE, )

 Regional & Local Exhibitions 

National Publications (Wrote 3 essays for Catalogs)

MATRIX Press / 20 Years of Collaboration / Catalog.     Wrote all text and provided all photos (100+) for catalog.   (FULL COLOR- 60 pages). Published by Jundt Art Museum, Spokane, WA. (samples of some of the spreads are pictured below)
John Hitchcock, Flatlanders Belonging to the Land / Catalog.  One of 5 invited contributors.  Wrote essay / P. 51-59.  and provided photos.  (Full color- 68 pages.)     Published by University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI (pictured below)
The Shape of Things / Catalog.  One of 3 invited contributors.  Wrote essay / p. 17-27 (Full color-60 pages). Also provided numerous photos for this publication.  Published by the Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT  (pictured below)
Knowing Native Arts, by Nancy Marie Mithlo.  Photographed Cover Art of Sara Siestreems triptych, that was printed at Matrix Press.  Published by University of Nebraska Press.
(pictured below)

Curatorial Projects /Matrix Press: 20 Years of Collaboration exhibition-3 yr project & Contemporary Indigenous Voices exhibition.

Matrix Press: 20 Years of Collaboration:
  • ​This was a three-year long project.  Wherein I curated an exhibition comprised of 80+ prints. 
  • Additionally combed through 1000’s of photos and put together over 200 images of artists working for multiple monitor displays in the gallery.
  •  Put together an educational component comprised of working plates, tools and photos for a series of displays in an adjacent gallery space. 
  •  Full 60 page color catalog accompanied the exhibition-see publications.
Contemporary Indigenous Voices Exhibition
  • Wrote proposal and curated exhibition featuring 40 works by seven contemporary nationally recognized native artists.
  • This exhibition was written up in the Missoulian
  •  Was planned to coincide with Indigenous People’s day.

National Lectures / Workshops / Residencies / Jurying / Events presented

4 Regional/Local Lectures & Workshops

Publications/interviews