B. 1977
Lives in Philadelphia, PA works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
MFA 2003 Painting Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
BFA 2000 Painting Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (cum laude)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Affectionate Things, The Fairmount House, Philadelphia, PA
2016 New Work, solo exhibition, Mouth Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 2Trill, The Pit Gallery, Two person show, curated by Renée Larson, New York, NY
2014 I got a lump in my throat, Chashama, Solo Exhibition, 266 W. 37th St. New York, New York
2013 BOE Gallery, Brooklyn, New York May-June
2012 Recent Work, US Trust building, 114 47th St, New York, New York Aug-Nov
2010 Large Paintings, Louis L. Redding City/County Building, Solo Exhibition, Wilmington, DE
2008 The Swan, a Shark and the Glacier, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts,Wilmington,DE
2008 Recent Work, Fit Gallery, New Castle County, DE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Baku Biennial, Shirvanshahs Palace, Baku, Azerbaijan
2019 Faculty Exhibition, Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2019 The Fairmount House @ the Independent, The Independent, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Natural Proclivities, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY
2017 Winter Exhibition, 2129 Studios, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Vive Benefit, Honey Ramka, Brooklyn, NY
2017 20 x 20 x 20, Overhang Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Retrospective-10th Anniv. Show, BOE gallery, curated by Sonomi Kobayashi, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Let me tell you everything, curated by Despina Konstantinides, Long Island City, NY
2016 Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery, NJCU, Jersey City, NJ
2015 ArtVenice3-The Biennial Project, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2015 Paintings in Trees, The People’s Garden, Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Half the people will like you, Conde Nast Building, New York, NY
2015 THEN/NOW, Noyes Museum of Art, Group Exhibition, Oceanville, NJ
2015 Open Call, BRIC Arts, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
2014 Rubelle & Norman Schafler Gallery, Group Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Brave New Worlds, Drawing Democracies, curated by J. Shepard, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Abbaye Saint-Magloire, Place d’Abstatt, Léhon, France
2014 Nes Foundation, Group Exhibition, Skagastrond, Iceland
2013 Loft 594 Gallery, Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, New York, October
2013 THEN/NOW, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, Group Show, Beacon, New York, September
2013 Scope Art Fair with Chashama, 312 W. 33rd St. New York, New York, March
2013 Spring Fever, Loft 594 Gallery, curated by Margaret Coleman, Brooklyn, New York, March
2013 Real-Time, Juried Exhibition, curated by Jill Conner, 526 W. 26th St, NY,NY, February
2012 Group pop-up show, curated by Jodie Niss, 46 Hicks St., Brooklyn, New York
2012 Love, Group show, curated by Ryan Jones, 14 Putnam Ave, Brooklyn, New York, October
2012 Scope Art Fair with Chashama, New York, New York, March
2011 Duets, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, curated by Daniel Belasco, Wilmington, DE
2011 The Chains, curated by John A Holt, Williamsburg, NY
2011 Sprung, Texas Firehouse, curated by Ave Hassinger, Queens, NY
2010 10, Juried Exhibition, curated by Juan Ortega, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Eclosion, NWAA Juried Exhibition, Wilmington, Delaware, October
2009 Crossing Lines, Juried exhibition, curated by Darsie Alexander, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2008 Artists Ourselves, Delaware College of Art and Design, Group Exhibition, Wilmington, DE
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
Le Petit Bleu, “Tableaux Aériens”, Dinan, France, July 10, 2014, p. 21
Smack Mellon, “Hot Picks 2014” May, 2014
http://smackmellon.org/index.php/contact/hot_picks/hot-picks-2014/james-lipovac
Tuuum Room, ”Featured Artist: Interview with James Lipovac”, March 18, 2014
http://blog.tuuum.com/post/79969943161/james-lipovac
Funnel Pages, ”Studio Visit: James Lipovac”, November 17, 2009
Art Matters, Philadelphia, PA, November 2008, p. 39
The Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, DE, Life Section, November 30, 2008
The Community News, Hockessin, DE, March 11, 2008
The Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, DE, March 9, 2008, B5
The News Journal, Wilmington DE, September 18, 2005,1D
The News Journal, Wilmington DE, October 27, 2005, 1E, 3E
Lawrence Journal-World, Lawrence, KS, Sunday, January 25, 2004, 3D, p.1-3
RESIDENCIES
The Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists, Léhon, France 2014
Chashama Artist Residency, New York 2011-2016
CURATION
Curator, Loft 594, An Arm and a Leg, Brooklyn, New York
Curator, Mount Saint Mary’s University Senior Juried Exhibition
COLLECTIONS
City of Léhon, France, Léhon, France
Sprint/Nextel Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri
President and Mrs. Joseph Biden, esq., Wilmington, Delaware
Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, Delaware
The Conservation Fund, Dover, Delaware
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010- Present Professor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY