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About Jim Waid

My paintings are about energy, both in how they are created and the image itself. Curiosity is the main energy.

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Jim Waid has lived and worked in Tucson, Arizona for over 40 years. After receiving a BFA from the University of New Mexico and a MFA from the University of Arizona, he moved on to teach art at Pima Community College for nearly a decade. 

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He has been a visiting artist at the University of Idaho, Arizona State University, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of Arizona, and Distinguished Visiting Artist at the University of Oklahoma

 

He has created two public art works in Tucson, "SONORAN SPRING," a 5' x 59' mural at the Dan Eckstrom-Columbus Library, and "SANTA CRUZ," a 9' x 50' mural at the Evo DeConcini Federal Courthouse.

 

His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the country, and is included in a number of corporate collections ranging from Coca Cola, Atlanta, GA, to the MGM Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV.

 

Museum collections include: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; Tucson Museum of Art; The University of Arizona Museum of Art; The Phoenix Art Museum;  Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe; University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman, OK; The Oklahoma State Capitol Collection, Oklahoma City; Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida; San Antonio Museum of Art; The Superior Court Art Trust, Washington, DC;  and the American Embassy in Quito, Ecuador among others.

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He is represented by:

Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ

William Havu Gallery in Denver, CO

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023     "Portals," Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2022     "Lucent Dreaming," William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO

2022     "Natural Rhythms," Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2018     "Cross Pollinations," William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO

2018     "Terra Incognita:  Work by Jim Waid," Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2015     "Jim Waid:  Recent Work," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

2014     "Threshold:  New Work by Jim Waid," Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2013     "Altered Scapes: Paintings by Jim Waid," Prescott College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ

2012     "Jim Waid:  Recent Paintings," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2011     "Songlines,”  Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

2010     "JimWaid:  Recent Work," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2008     "Jim Waid:  Recent Paintings," Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

2006     "The View from Here: New Works by Jim Waid,” Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

             "Jim Waid: "Paintings," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2005     "Jim Waid :  Aviary - Sanctuary,"  Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

2004     "Jim Waid:  Paintings," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2003     "Jim Waid:  In Full Spectrum," Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2002     "Jim Waid:  New Work," Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

2001     Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

            "Groundwork:  Drawings by Jim Waid,” University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

2000     Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida

             Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri

1999     Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

            "Natural Abstractions:  The Art of Jim Waid," Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale

            Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

1998    Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho

            Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

            "Jim Waid:  Gardens—Real and Imagined," Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York, New York

1995     Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

             Milagros Contemporary Art, San Antonio, Texas

             Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

1994     Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

             "Black and White:  The Botany Lessons," Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

1993     Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

1992     Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, New York

             Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1991     Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

             Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1990     Boulder Visual Arts Center, Boulder, Colorado

             Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1989     Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

1988     Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California

1987     Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1986     Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

1986     Wright Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1983     Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

1982     Adam L. Gimbel Gallery, New York, New York

1981     Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

1980     Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona

1977     Arizona Artists Series:  Jim Waid, Paintings and Drawings," sponsored by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Humanities (this exhibition toured in Arizona)

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