Pearson, James
EXHIBITIONS
2011 Public Theater of Kentucky's Romeo & Juliet with complementary art show: Bowling Green,
KY
2011 The Presbyterian Church Gallery Third Annual ArtWorks Exhibition: Bowling Green, KY
2010 Amy Grant's Pieces of Our Lives charity tour and auction
2010 Public Theater of Kentucky "Death of a Salesman" small works show
2010 ArtWorks Third Annual Exhibition: Bowling Green, KY
2009 The Gallery At 916 Featured Show: Bowling Green, KY
2009 The Rymer Gallery: Featured group show
2009 Swanson Reed Contemporary: Featured Show Market St., Louisville, KY
2008 The Rymer Gallery: Featured Show, Nashville, TN
2008 Rymer Gallery Grand Opening Show participant: Nashville TN June 7
2007 Capitol Arts Alliance Featured Show: Houchens Gallery, Bowling Green KY November
2007 Arts At The Airport Flying Solo Exhibition: Nashville International Airport, Nashville TN
2007 Mark Palmer Gallery: Annual Holiday Group Show: Paducah KY
2007 22nd Decorators Show House Participant; Jr. League of Nashville
2006 Tag Art Gallery: Featured Show: Nashville TN Oct. 7th-28th
2006 Kentucky Museum: "Side By Side" VSA Kentucky collaborative works show Bowling Green KY
2006 Visual Arts Collective: Solo show, Boise ID
2006 Kentucky Arts Council grant recipient
2005 Shaker Museum: Shake, Ride & Roll featured art
2005 Capitol Arts Alliance: Solo show Mezzanine Gallery, Bowling Green KY
2004 Tag Art Gallery Featured Show; Nashville TN
2003 Youth Encouragement Services Charity for Inner City Youth; The Factory, Franklin TN
2003 The historic Guider House Featured show; Nashville TN, as represented by TAG Art Gallery
2003 The Drunken Fish Featured show; Nashville TN, Feb.
2002 Bongo Java East Small Works Show participant; Nashville TN
2002 Tag Art Gallery Featured Show; Nashville TN, with Roger Clayton
2002 4th Annual House Of Blues Folk Art Show: Orlando, FL as represented by TAG Art Gallery
2002 Worlds Greatest Studio Tour: Bowling Green, KY Lot 916 Gallery
2002 Gallery On The Square: Featured Show: Council; Children's workshop; Franklin, KY July, 2002;
2002 Capitol Arts Day: Bowling Green, KY
2002 Nashville Art & Soul: Nashville, TN
2002 Memphis Marsha's Gallery: Taught Animation, Comics, Storyboards and Cartooning class;
Bowling Green KY
2002 Indigenous Kentucky: Gallery show; Lot 916; Bowling Green KY
2002 Green Tie Affair: Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville TN;
2006 VSAK: Very Special Arts KY; teacher; Summer 2001
2001 Simply Red: Invitational Small Works Exhibition; Bowling Green KY
2001 Private solo show: Cincinnati OH; private sponsor along with Ehoodin & Williams Gallery
2001 World's Greatest Studio Tour: Bowling Green KY
2000 20th Annual All KY Juried Fine Art Exhibition Capitol Arts Alliance; Bowling Green KY
2000 New Works Show: Solo show; Capitol Arts Alliance; Bowling Green KY
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Avenue Bank Corporate Lobby Commission - Avenue bank opened October 10, 2007 with the feature painting by James in downtown Nashville TN (between the Frist Art Museum and historic Union train depot.) James also has smaller paintings in Avenue branches.
Pinnacle Bank - Nashville TN and various regional branches
(A full list is available upon request)
Press:
2008 The Amplifier May.
2007 Nashville Arts Magazine Nov.
2007 Nashville Arts Magazine Aug.
2007 WNPT Arts Connection (PBS) video about the Arts At The Airport, Nashville Int'l show.
2006 Contemporary Art Gallery Magazine Nov. Blir Magazine #6
2006 Boise Weekly March
2005 The 2005 Blick Studio catalog by art supplier Dick Blick featured artwork by James Pearson
on the front and back covers. ("Momentum" acrylic on gallery wrap canvas, held in the
private collection of S. Scarbrough) Blick also ran two half page ads separately featuring
James' work.
2003 The Amplifier Mar.
2002 Nashville Scene Nov.
2002 Tennessean Oct.
2001 Ebsq zine, Dec.
2002 Franklin Favorite: Outsider Art Article: Nashville City Paper
WKYU PBS & KET PBS:
Feature segment "Art & Fire" as part of WKYU's original Arts program, MainStreet. The segment contains an interview and scenes of James at work in the studio. The segment is redistributed statewide as part of KET PBS' Kentucky Life program at various times from 2004 through 2008. KET's statewide network reaches all of Kentucky as well as bordering states and metropolitan areas including Cincinnati, OH and Nashville, TN.
