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Exhibitions and Awardsjohnnykickstart2019-07-06T00:11:37+00:00
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- 2015 Recent Work, Jim Craft, Solo Exhibition, Tauni de Lesseps Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
- 2010 Faculty Art Exhibition, Tauni de Lesseps Gallery, Palm Beach Atlantic Univ., West Palm Beach, FL
- 2005 New Prints, Pots, and Paintings, solo exhibition, Hampton III Gallery, Taylors, SC
- 2001 10 Painters, invitational, Pickens County Museum of Art, Pickens, SC
- 2000 Upstate Visual Arts at Wachovia, invitational, Wachovia Bank, Greenville, SC
- 30th Anniversary Exhibition, group invitational, Hampton III Gallery, Taylors, SC
- 1999 Upstate Visual Arts Main Street Show, solo exhibition, Greenville, SC
- Recent Work, Jim Craft, solo exhibition, Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC
- 1998 Confluence of Opposites, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
- 1997 Allegories, solo exhibition, Hampton III Gallery, Taylors, SC
- Born of Fire, (invitational), Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC
- Remembering the Holocaust, invitational, catalog produced, Las Vegas Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV
- 1996 Recent Work, Jim Craft, solo exhibition, Hampton III Gallery, Taylors, SC
- Curator’s Choice Invitational, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
- Curator’s Choice, invitational, Las Vegas Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV
- 1995 Recent Work, Jim Craft, solo invitational, Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
- 1994 Worth Keeping, SC State Permanent Collection, State Museum, Columbia, SC
- 1993 Recent Work, Jim Craft, Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
- Clay Today, invitational, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
- 1991 SC/NC Ceramic Artists, invitational, Roe Art Gallery, Furman University, Greenville, SC
- 1989 Recent Work, Jim Craft, solo exhibition, Trade Street Gallery, Tryon, NC
- 1988 Affirmation, solo exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Hendersonville, NC
SELECTED COLLECTIONS, COMMISSIONS
- 2014-15 Ceramic Tympanum, New Construction, Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Greenville, SC
- 2010 Wall and ceiling mural, for Joe Greenstone, (8’x150’ walls, 25×75’ ceiling) Boynton Beach, FL
- 2007 Selected works from the Mark Copeland Collection, 2 pieces SC State Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
- 2004 Façade Restoration, J.H. Roe Building Historic Architectural Restoration Tigerville, SC
- 2002 Arch Restoration, Shive Building Historic Architectural Restoration, Main Street, Greenville, SC
- 2000 “Wedding Invitation”, painting with sculpture, purchased by Erskine College for the Erskine College Permanent Collection, Due West, SC
- 1990 Wall and ceiling mural, for Dan Bruce, (8’x4′, 8’x7′ and 8’x11′) Greenville, SC
- 1989 Ceiling mural, David Short, painted oil on canvas (21’x24′) Greenville, SC
- 1988 Trinity Theme Relief, Commissioned relief sculpture installed over main entrance Trinity Presbyterian Church, Travelers Rest, SC
- 1985 Frieze of Biazzo Bergamo Building, Morris Construction Company, Greenville, SC, High relief sculptured terra cotta panels, 18″ high x 116′ long (Nominated for a historical restoration award).
EDUCATION
- 1999 M.F.A. Painting, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
- 1979 M.A Studio Art, Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC
- 1977 B.S. Art Education, Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- Attendee Study of Romanesque Art/Architecture, Paris, Vezelay, Autun, Conques, Cahors, Moissac, France, May 2014
- Attendee Conversations Regarding University Art Collections, Brenau University, 2012
- Group Leader Study Abroad in Rome, Assisi, Florence, Bologna, and Venice, May, 2011
- Member CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts)
- Presenter SCEC, Charleston, SC (twice), numerous invitations as “Artist in Residence”, Workshop Leader, Exhibition Judge/Juror
- Committees Faculty Representative to Administrative Council (two appointments),
- Campus Aesthetic Committee (Chair)
- Recruitment and Retention (Chair), North Greenville University
- Awards Wade Hale Leadership Award, 1995, North Greenville University
- Chapman Faculty Excellence Award, 1994, North Greenville University
- Teacher of the Year, 1991 Calhoun Street Elem., Anderson, SC
- Consultant Curriculum and Studio Design, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC