James Sullivan
An artist with more than 40 years’ experience, Sullivan is an innovate educator and cultural leader in the visual arts. He is currently Present of the Board at the Corsicana Artist and Writer Residency, and Professor Emeritus of Sculpture in the Division of Art at Southern Methodist University, where he served as chair for 17 years. He exhibits widely in a number of media including sculpture, sculptural installation, performance, drawing, and prints. He has had over 25 solo or two-person exhibitions including at JIAAF, Hadong, South Korea; Galerie Sol del Rio and Concepción 41 in Guatemala; the Art Museum of South Texas; Meadows Museum of Art, Dallas; Amerika Haus, Berlin; Galerie Muhlenbusch, Düsseldorf; and the Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau. He has participated in group exhibitions throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe. He is a 1989 recipient of the Philip Morris Skulptur Stipendiat to work in residency in Berlin, German, and the 2018 Distinguished International Artist at the Jursan International Art Foundation in Hadong, South Korea.
Sullivan earned his MFA degree in sculpture at California State University, Long Beach and BA in philosophy at Yale University. He has taught as Visiting Professor at the Hochschule de Kunste, Berlin, and Gachon University, Seoul South Korea and acted as Visiting Critic at the Yale School of Architecture, New Haven CT. He has been represented by Conduit Gallery, Dallas, since 1990. He lives and works in Dallas, Texas.
Conduit Gallery Exhibitions
SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS (selected)
Architecture of the Body, Anteroom, Corsicana, TX, 2021
Distinguished International Resident Artist, Jurisan International Art Farm, Hadong, Korea, 2018
If I Was Here/If You Were There. Permanent Installation, Jurisan Art Farm, Hadong, Korea, 2018
Mi Cuerpo no Está Aqui/Mi Cuerpo Está Aqui (Colaborative installation with Hellen Ascoli)
Conduit Gallery, Dallas TX, 2017
Pensado Desde mi Cuerpo. Hellen Ascoli et Jay Sullivan. Galerie Sol del Rio, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2015
Dallas City Performance Hall, Dallas TX 2015
Searching for ….and other things. Hellen Ascoli and Jay Sullivan. S 1, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2014
Art is Me, Art is You. (What is the Sound of US), DUMBO art Festival, Brooklyn, NY, 2014
Alice Leonora Briggs/James Sullivan. The Gallery at UTA, University of Texas at Arlington, 2014
Le Corps Propre. Artspace at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK, 2013
Remains. Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2013
The Reluctance of Things. Robert and Elaine Stein Gallery, Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH 2012
New Work. Conduit Gallery, Dallas TX, 2010
Variations. Conduit Gallery, Dallas TX, 2007
Four Figures. Meadows Museum, 2006 (installation, with dance performance)
Natural Histories. Conduit Gallery, Dallas TX April, 2005
Provisional Self: Sculpture and Drawings. Meadows Museum of Art, Dallas, TX , 2002
Presence/Absence. Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, Germany, 2002
Recent Sculpture. Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX 2000
Matter and Meaning, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX 2000 (catalogue)
Sculpture and Drawings, Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, TX, 1998
Requia: Recent Sculpture and Drawings, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, 1998
Sculpture and Drawings, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX, 1997
Body : Fragment, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 1996 (catalogue)
Figur/Umgekehrte Figur, Installation, Berliner Dom, Berlin, Germany, Nov. 1994
Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1994
Drawings and Sculpture, Brookhaven Community College, Dallas, TX, 1993
Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1992
Komodore/Sullivan, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX, 1991
Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1990
Galerie Muhlenbusch, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1990
Berliner Plastiken, Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany, 1990 (catalogue)
Installation, Kirby Theater, Amherst MA , 1987
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MA, 1987
Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA, 1986
INSTALLATIONS / SITE-SPECIFIC / PERFORMANCE WORK
Conversations and Gifts (Collaboarative installation with Hellen Ascoli). Artspace Kamin, Comalapa, Guatemala, Dec. 2014
Art is Me, Art is You. (What is the Sound of US) Collaborative Performance, DUMBO art Festival, Brooklyn, NY, 2014
Living Room. Collaborative installation. Center for Creative Connections, Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas TX, 2010-2011
Art is Me, Art is You. Performance, Los Angeles CA, 2010
“Loud Room: Quiet Room” Installation in “Prelude: works in Progress and Unfinished Works” Pollock Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX, 2001
Garden. Collaborative installation with Kaleta Doolin, 20TH Anniversary Invitational, Connemara Conservancy, Plano, TX, 2000
“Loud Room/Quiet Room” Fort Burgwin Research Center, Ranchos de Taos, NM 1996 (destroyed)
Figur/Umgekehrte Figur, Installation, Berliner Dom, Berlin, Germany, Nov. 1994
“2 Houses” Collaborative installation with Stephen Mohring, Connemara Invitational Plano, TX, 1992
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
The Fragmented Figure, Site Gallery, Houston, 2023 (October)
Les Arts à Saint Paul, Saint Paul La Roche, France 2021
Longitude/latitude: 30 years at Conduit Gallery. Conduit Gallery, TX 2014
Sculpture Walk. Allied Arts Council, St. Joseph, MO, 2014 (Tumulus, 2014)
Fountainhead. The Art Foundation, Dallas, TX 2012
Wunderkammer. Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX 2011
Small Sculpture. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 2011
Check Up : Recent Additions to the Art Collection. Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX, 2010-1
Natural Translation: Harry Geffert and James Sullivan. Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX, 2010
Art is Me, Art is You. Exhibition and Performance. Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA 2010
Rapid Artists 2010. Conference of the Society for Manufacturing Engineers, Los Angeles, 2010
Rapid Artists 2010. One Arts Place, Dallas, TX, 2010
Collections, Cultures, and Collaborations with Flatbed Press. UNT Art Gallery, Denton, TX, 2010
Face and Form: Modern and Contemporary Sculpture in the Meadows Collection. Meadows Museum, Dallas TX. 2009
Experiencing Perspectives II. Daimler Financial Services, Fort Worth, TX. 2009-11
The Plan is the Body. Big Chimney Art Space, Chicopee, MA 2009
Print Club of Cleveland Fine Art Print Fair. Cleveland, OH, 2009, 2011
Experiencing Perspectives 2008-9. Daimler Financial Services, Fort Worth, TX, 2008-9
Meadows Art Now ,McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas TX 2009
Indexing the Moment. CADD Art Lab, Dallas TX 2008
The Chair Show. Austin Museum of Art, Austin TX, 2008
Small Work. Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2008
Alchemy or Change. Main Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas, 2008
“The Chair Show”. Austin Museum of Art, Austin TX, 2008
Red Dot Fair—Art Miami 2007, Conduit Gallery Artists , Dec. 2007
Printmaking Invitational. Carillon Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, 2007
Pollock Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2006
Drawing as Alterity. Studio Gallery, Brookhaven Colege, Dallas, TX 2005
The Third Coast: Texas on Townsend. Haley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004
Conduit Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition. Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX 2004
Form. AIA Gallery, Dallas, TX 2003
I-45 Combined, Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, TX, 2002
Daou, Letscher, Robertson, Sullivan. Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2002
3 x 3 x 3: Contemporary Figurative Art. The Gallery at UTA. University of Texas, Arlington. 2002
Vessels of the Soul, Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, Texas, 2001
Counterpoint: Six Artists from Conduit Gallery, University Art Gallery, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX, 2001
Vision and Movement, 2000: Public Art, Public Transit. The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, TX, 2000
Inevitable Progression I. Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, 1999
The Figure: Experiencing Views. University of Texas, San Antonio, 1999
Faculty Exhibition, Meadows Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, 1998
34th Longview Museum of Art Invitational, Longview, TX 1998 (Awarded Best in Show, Purchase Prize)
New Dallas Art: Small Works, Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, TX, 1998
Six Ways of Seeing, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1996
Uber Grenzen Miteinanderen, Stadt Museum, Erlangen, Germany, 1995
Body and Spirit, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX, 1994
Human Nature, Human Form, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, 1993
Senses Beyond Sight, D-Art Center, Dallas, TX, and Abilene Art Center, Abilene, TX, 1993
Drawings by Gallery Artists, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1993
Kaleidoscop, Haus Am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany, 1992
Connemara Invitational (site-specific installation), Plano,TX, 1992
Drawings by Texas Artists, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX, 1991
Werkspuren, Bildhauerwerkstatt, Berlin, Germany, 1990
James W. Sullivan and Margaret Morton, Washington Art Ass., CT, 1989
Faculty Exhibition, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, 1989
Critic's Choice, D-Art Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1988
Excellence, 1988, Texas Sculpture Assoc., Dallas, TX, 1988
Art and Religion, Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL, 1988
Three Sculptors, Maris Gallery, Westfield State Univ., MA, 1987
On the Human Condition, Zone Gallery, Springfield, MA, 1987
Art of the Northeast Silvermine Guild Center, CT, 1987
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA, 1987
New Britain Museum of American Art, CT 1986
Northeast Open, Grove Street Gallery, Worchester, MA, 1986