Born in Washington, NC
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
2005 The University of California, Berkeley (MFA)
1997 The University of North Carolina, Greensboro (BA)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Chiaroscuro, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
2023 Composure, Deanna Evans Projects, New York, NY
2021 Odd Facade, Deanna Evans Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Sticky Wicket, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Redivider, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Skipping Over Damaged Area, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
2011 Spoilers, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Paintings, Brodsky Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Based On True Events, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2009 The Brain of the Devil is an Unemployed Playing Field, Torri & Geminian, Milan, Italy
2009 Cliffhanger, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 I Thought You Were Waving at Me, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 What’s the Point of Precision?, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Eric Hibit)
2021 Happy Together, Pavillon Carré de Baudouin, Paris, France
2020 The Care Package Project, Deanna Evans Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Limbic Songs, Real Eyes Gallery, North Adams, MA (curated by Cotter Luppi)
2019 Ordinary Extraordinary: Collage in America, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA (curated by Pavel Zoubok)
2019 Three: Beverly Acha, Theresa Daddezio & Jim Gaylord, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Life's Rich Pageant, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016 Ouroboros is Broken: Jim Gaylord & Jerry Blackman, Hometown, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Finding Your Way, Monya Rowe Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
2016 reConstruct, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY (curated by Yulia Topchiy)
2015 Jim Gaylord & Amy Pleasant, UNTITLED Art Fair (with Jeff Bailey Gallery), Miami Beach, FL
2015 Eat a Peach, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
2014 Exposition Collection Gilles Balmet, École Supérieure d'Art et Design, Grenoble, France
2013 Slow Hunch, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2012 The Open Daybook, L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA (curated by David P. Earle)
2010 Next Wave Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Dan Cameron)
2010 Cooler Heads Prevail, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Fellows, Elizabeth Foundation, New York, NY
2009 Champagne & Baloney, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Art On Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC (curated by Xandra Eden)
2008 Color Less Delicious, Nu'uanu Gallery, Honolulu, HI (curated by Eiketsu Baba)
2008 It's Gouache & Gouache Only, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Geoffrey Young)
2007 Two Things at the Same Time, Peak Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2007 Pierogi Flatfiling, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany
2006 ZuzammenKunst, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany
2006 I'm Not Here. This Isn't Happening, Grimm/Rosenfeld, New York, NY
2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Recipients, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY
2006 MFA Selections, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
2005 Realms of San Francisco, Nakaochiai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Associative Realms, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA (curated by Christian Maychack)
2005 35th Annual MFA Thesis Exhibition, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
2004 The Antics Road Show, Timbrespace, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Books! Awesome! Mimi Barr, San Francisco, CA (curated by Brion Nuda Rosch)
2004 Fluid Exchange, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2003 Jim Gaylord & Eric Hongisto, PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Triagonals, Triple Base, San Francisco, CA (curated by Oliver Halsman Rosenberg)
2003 I Dart SF, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
2003 Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2003 The Peace Show, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
2003 Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2002 Jim Gaylord, Peter Coe & Elizabeth Cooper, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Larry Rinder)
2002 New Narrative Work, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Western, Studio Z, San Francisco, CA
2001 Shelter/ Charts/ Territories, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Somebody's Been In My House, Crucible Steel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA
The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH
The West Collection, Oaks, PA
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2022 Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Artists’ Fellowship Fund
2014 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship
2012 MacDowell Residency, Peterborough, NH
2011 Yaddo Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
2008 Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Project Fellowship, New York, NY
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting
2005 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant
2005 Eisner Award in Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley
TEACHING & LECTURING EXPERIENCE
2022 Visiting Artist Lecture, Institute of Art & Design, New England College, Manchester, NH
2021 Visiting Artist Lecture, Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2016 Visiting Artist, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2015 Visiting Artist, Newcomb Art Department, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2013 Visiting Critic, School of Art, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Visiting Artist, Department of Art & Design, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture, Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Steadman, Ryan. “7 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before September 6.” New York Observer, September 18, 2015
"Jim Gaylord Interviewed by Christian Maychack." NY Arts Magazine, May, 2013
Cheng, Dewitt. “Editorial Feature: Jim Gaylord.” Visual Art Source, December, 2012
Chun, Kimberly. “Damage Inspires Jim Gaylord’s Art.” San Francisco Chronicle, November 1, 2012
Mufti, Shahan. “The Art Machine.” Wired, December, 2011, p. 122
Earle, David P. (Editor). The Open Daybook. Mark Batty Publisher, New York, NY, 2010
Garza, Evan J. "New & Noteworthy: Jim Gaylord." New American Paintings Blog, September 20, 2010
Zevitas, Steven T. (Editor). "Juror's Pick." New American Paintings, No. 86, March - April, 2010, p. 44 - 47
Baker, Kenneth. "Gaylord's Screen Memories," San Francisco Chronicle, February 21, 2009
McQuaid, Cate. "Eclectic Show Spans Coasts and Styles." Boston Globe, August 13, 2008
Dault, Gary Michael. "Two Things at the Same Time at Peak Gallery." Globe and Mail, September 15, 2007
Curcio, Seth. “Jim Gaylord.” Daily Serving, April 17, 200
Gan, Stephen (Editor). “Power House.” V Magazine, No. 44, 2007, p.87.
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Johnson, Ken. "The Listings." The New York Times, July 14, 2006
Amenoff, Gregory. Exhibition Catalogue Forward: Joan Mitchell Foundation 2005 MFA Grant Recipients. April 2006
Itoi, Kay. "Report from Tokyo." Artnet, January 6. 2006
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Zevitas, Steven T. (editor), New American Paintings, No. 43, January 2003, p. 78-81