About The Artist

James Vogel 520 West St. Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 765-1341 email: jim4334@yahoo.com jvogelart.com EDUCATION Formal: Museum of Fine Arts School, Boston, MA Tufts University, Medford, MA: B.FA. U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: M.A. Informal: 1991 – 2009 Journeyman Carpenter, Contractor CLB # : 617758, Property Developer . 1981 Exhibitor at Triton Museum of Art - Santa Clara, CA 1982 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco one-man show 'Entropy' 1982 Grant for "Picasso" billboard in coordination with Gannett Outdoors and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1982 Exhibitor Richmond Art Center; juror, curator Whitney Museum, N.Y.C. 1983 Lawson Gallery, San Francisco " Sculpture Exhibition " 1983 Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center " Symbols and Surfaces " 1991-2009 Various building projects specializing in the preservation and restoration of Victorian houses 2007 Copperfield's Book Store Petaluma, CA Exhibition in books and works: "Formal Innovation in Painting from Lascaux to New York" September ' 08 AZ Gallery, St. Paul MN “ Portrait of America Exhibition” October ' 08 California Modern Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA juried exhibition March ' 09, Exhibitor, ' Continuum Show' George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University,Montclair, N.J. Juror, Paterson Sims September ' 09, Exhibitor, ' Salvage Show ' , juror, Linda Cunningham, HONORABLE MENTION Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA October ' 09, Exhibitor, 'Dualities Show', juror, Claudia Chapline. Sebastopol Center for the Arts Sebastopol, CA November ' 09, Exhibitor, 'Naples Art Association Founders Awards', juror, Daniel Stetson. Naples FL November '10, Exhibitor, Coos Art Museum, juried show, Coos Bay Oregon March '10 Sebastopol Art Center, “Still Life”, juror, Chester Arnold BEST IN SHOW June '10 Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, NB on-line juried show SPECIAL RECOGNITION July,Oct,Dec '10,Feb'11 , Art Slant on-line gallery mixed media SHOWCASE WINNER March '11 Baker Art Center 13th National , Pershing, KA Lawrence Bradshaw juror April '11 Sebastopol Art Center, “Abstract”, juror, Jeremy Morgan, July ' 11 Petaluma Art Center "Fire and Ice" juried show July ' 11 California State Fair, Sacramento, CA Honorable Mention, August '11 Tallahassee 26th International Exhibition, Tallahassee, FL February '12 "Music" Flow Space, Minneapolis,MN March '12 "Wide Open", Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, juror: Charlotta Kotik March '12 Falkirk Annual Jurried Show, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafeal, CA June '12 Solo Show , Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg, CA June - September '12, Collaborative events with the Petaluma Arts Comission