James Halvorson
b. 1974, Hettinger, ND
I have several projects that are diverse in style, the common thread being an investigation into metaphysical questions and the historical debate about its validity as a focus of study. I see my work as a recording of successive interpretations of an object repeated visually with variations and differences. The viewing becomes a temporal experience and a story emerges, the meaning of which is contingent upon the lived experiences of viewers, who may or may not close a circuit of meaning. In terms of a metaphysical exercise, I am interested in how nominal notions emerge into phenomena.
Exhibitions
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denotes solo exhibition
2020
Bound & Unbound V Altered Book Juried Exhibition, University Libraries, Vermillion SD, 5 Months
2019
Visions, Walters Cultural Art Center, Hillsboro OR, 2 Months
Subtext Index, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg OR, 1 Month
2017
Bound & Unbound IV Altered Book Juried Exhibition, University Libraries, Vermillion SD, 5 Months
2016
Dictionary Habitat, Multnomah Art Center, Portland, OR, 1 Month *
Portland Five, Memorial Union Concourse Gallery, Corvallis OR, 2 Months
New Union / Re Union, Gallery 110, Warren M. Lee Center For the Fine Arts, Vermillion SD, 1 Month
Dordt College Gallery, Sioux Center IA, 1 Month
2015
Dictionary Habit, Glyph Cafe & Art Space, Portland OR, 1 Month *
Bound & Unbound III Altered BookJuried Exhibition, University Libraries, Vermillion SD, 5 Months
2014
Visual Progressions, 12×16 Gallery, Portland OR, 1 Month *
2013
Post Political Installations, Denizen Gallery, Milepost Five, Portland OR, 1 Month *
Destroying My Ideologies, Performance at Denizen Gallery, Milepost Five, Portland OR
2012
String Theory, Fertile Ground at Denizen Gallery, Milepost Five, Portland OR 2 Months
Selected Work, Annex Gallery, Milepost Five, Portland OR 1 Month
2011
Long Harvests, Oblique Coffee Roasters, Portland OR 2 Months *
2010
Celebrating Missoula Artists Juried Show, Dana Gallery, Missoula MT, 1 Month
2009
Peculiar Familiar, The Framing Studio, Missoula MT, 2 Months *
Missoula Artists, Lake Missoula Cellars, Missoula MT, 3 Months
Collection & Variationa, Food For Thought, Missoula MT, 1 Month *
Volunteerism
Yale Union Gallery Attendant Current and Ongoing
Medieval Portland Art History Research 2013
Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Membership Outreach at TBA 2012
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery 2011
Projects
Participant, Teaching Artists Studio Cohort, Young Audiences Oregon 2019 – 2020
Art Haus Life Drawing July 2016 – May 2018
Participant, C.O.P.S. Free Art School, Portland OR July 2016
Co-Founder, Zootown Arts Community Center, Missoula, MT 2008 – 2009
Organizer, POR Collective Gallery, Missoula MT 2008
Founder, Stillwell Des Refuses, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 1997
Co-organizer, Powers of Three Festival, Idea Fest at University of South Dakota 1994
Residencies
Montana Artist Refuge, Basin MT August 2010
Bibliography
Sather-Olsen, Ira. “Peculiar Familiar.” Rev. of Collection & Variarona, Ex. by James Halvorson.
Missoula Independent, Dec 17 2009: 28
Publications
Studio Visit Magazine, Summer 2017.
Art Maze Issue I, 2017.
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue 14. August 2016.
Education and Awards
Masters of Accountancy 2005
The University of Montana, Missoula MT
Bachelor of Fine Arts Painting, Philosophy Minor 1998
The University of South Dakota, Vermillion SD
Senior Scholarship Department of Fine Arts 1998
The University of South Dakota, Vermillion SD
Instruction
Portland Parks and Recreation, Portland OR 2015 – 2016
SUN After School Art Classes, Portland OR 2013 – 2014
Youth Dynamics, Inc., Basin MT 2010
Shadow Mountain Studios, Missoula MT 2009
Zootown Arts Community Center, Missoula MT 2008
