Jamey Grimes
ARTIST STATEMENT
My desire to make objects is fueled by encounters with Nature and playful experimentation with synthetic materials. Reflecting on my own vivid experiences with Nature, I realize that imagination plays a powerful role, making my observations unique. My response to various materials relies on similar unique and imaginative observations. As I find unlikely relationships between memories and materials, metaphors open and expand this dialogue.
RESUME
Education
2007 M.F.A., Sculpture, University of Alabama
2000 B.F.A., Painting, B.S., Biology, Mathematics
Minor, Birmingham-Southern College
Teaching Experience
2008- 2010 Full-time Instructor Design I, Design II, Drawing I; The University of Alabama
2009 Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project; Drawing instructor St. Clair Correctional Facility
Drawing instructor William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility
Drawing instructor Bibb County Correctional Facility
2007- 2008 Part-time Instructor Design II, Drawing I; The University of Alabama
2004- 2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant; Instructor of Record Drawing I, Design I, Design II; Teaching assistant for Design I, Design II
Exhibitions
2009 Shorelines, Juried Exhibition, Rockport Art Center, Rockport, TX
Falling Water, Juried Exhibition, Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, AL
Grand Opening Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Tyler D Studios and Gallery, Burlington, NC
ArtPrize, Juried Exhibition, Brass Works Building, Grand Rapids, MI
Throughfall , Solo Exhibition, Constance S. and Robert J. Hennessy Project Space Gallery, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
30th Anniversary Shift: Kinetic Sculptures Exhibition, Main Gallery, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Spctclr Vws, Group Exhibition, One Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural effects at Senior Night, University of Alabama Women’s Gymnastics, Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, AL
(Collaborative Dance & Sculpture), Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre (ARDT), Morgan Theater, Tuscaloosa, AL
Sculpture Key West, Juried Exhibition, West Martello Tower, Key West, FL
Family Ties: Roots Bound, Group Exhibition, B.B. Comer Memorial Art Museum, Sylacauga, AL
2008 Make Work, Group Exhibition, Woods Hall Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
West Alabama Juried Art Show, Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of Tuscaloosa, Jr. League Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
UP: An exhibition of hovering, folding, inflating or wheeling sculpture, Juried Exhibition, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
University of Alabama Sculpture, Group Exhibition, Malone Gallery of Fine Arts, Troy, AL
The Impossible Dream, Group Exhibition, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Tampa, FL
Bohemian Rhapsody (Collaborative Dance & Sculpture), Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre ( ARDT), Morgan Theater, Tuscaloosa, AL
Department of Art All Faculty Show, Group Exhibition, Sarah Moody Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
2007 Strata, Solo Exhibition, Kronos Gallery, Staunton, VA
Simple Truths, Group Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
2007 Red Clay Survey, Juried Exhibition Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Combined Talents: Florida International, Juried Exhibition Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
“Between Space” Lobby installation (2007-2009), Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Twenty-fourth Juried Open Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
Southworks National 2007 Juried Exhibition, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
Grand Opening Reception, Group Exhibition, Kronos Gallery, Staunton, VA
Empirical Nature, M.F.A. Solo Exhibition, Woods Hall Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
2nd Birmingham Biennial, Juried Exhibition, Schedler Minchin Fine Art Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2007 Bi-State Art Competition, Juried Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
“Celebrating Architecture with Art” 2007 National Juried Exhibition, Memphis Germantown Art League, Collierville, TN
The Texas National 2007, Juried Exhibition, SFA Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX
ASL Juried Exhibition, Woods Hall Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
Projekt30 Juried Exhibition, Online Exhibition, www.projekt30.com
All Media, National Juried Exhibition, Gallery 180, The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago, IL
Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition, Dupont Gallery II, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
National Art Premiere 2007, Juried Exhibition, Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery, Elmhurst, IL
National Juried Art Show 2007, Englewood Cultural Arts Center, Englewood, CO
21st International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
2006 West Alabama Juried Art Show, Arts Council of Tuscaloosa, Jr. League Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
Nature of Habit, M.A. Solo Exhibition, Woods Hall Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
The Down East Juried Sculpture Competition, East Carolina University, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
University of Alabama Graduates Show, Group Exhibition, Woods Hall Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
ASL Art Students Relief Auction, Group Exhibition, Woods Hall Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
University of Alabama Graduates Show, Group Exhibition, Huntingdon Art Gallery, Montgomery, AL
Assistance, Group Exhibition, Woods Hall Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL
2005 The Down East Juried Sculpture Competition, East Carolina University, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
Awards
First Prize for Sculpture, Falling Water, Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, AL
“Shortlist”, 2009 London International Creative Competition, London, England
Merit Award, “Celebrating Architecture with Art” 2007 National Juried Exhibition, Memphis Germantown Art League, Collierville, TN
B.J. Sprankle award, Twenty-fourth Juried Open Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX
Director’s Award, Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Purchase Award, 2007 Bi-State Art Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS
Runner-up, Living Artists, 15th Edition 2006 cover contest, Art Network
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association Graduate Fellowship, 2004-2005
University of Alabama Travel Grant to attend International Sculpture Consortium’s Sculpture Conference in New Orleans, LA