Résumé

Professional Experience

1993–2009 Associate Professor of Art

Concordia University Nebraska, Seward, Nebraska

2000–2009 Director Marxhausen Gallery of Art

Concordia University Nebraska, Seward, Nebraska

1989–1992 Teacher, Director of Art

Redeemer Lutheran Church and School, Ontario, California

Education

1997 Master of Fine Arts, Painting and drawing

University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

1989 Bachelor of Science, Elementary education, Secondary education K-12 art

Concordia (College) University, Seward, Nebraska

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2009 A Sidelong Glance, University of Nebraska Omaha Gallery, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, Nebraksa
  • Mapped Black, Nordstrom Gallery, Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska
  • 2008 Satellite for Köln, Walker Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska
  • New Forms for New Spaces, Farnheim Gallery of Art, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa
  • 2007 Sources and Territories, Kunstoffice, Berlin, Germany
  • Projekt Köln: Recent Work by James Bockelman, Marxhausen Gallery of Art, Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska
  • Chandeliers and Superficial Surfaces, Fred Simon Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
  • 2005 Nebraska Now: James Bockelman, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska
  • 2002 Works on Paper, Art Gallery Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska
  • 2001 Sheldon Features: Installation and Recent Large Scale Drawings, Curated by Daniel Siedell, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • 1993 Beyond Black and White, Marxhausen Gallery of Art, Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska

Selected Group Exhibition

  • 2009 Culture? Bethel University Art Gallery, Bethel University, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 2008 Process: James Bockelman and Jaqueline Kluver, Modern Arts Midwest, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Kunstoffice-ziell V – Dezember 2007. Kunstoffice, Berlin, Germany
  • 2007 State of the Art 2007: Nebraska Arts Council, Individual Artist Fellowship Recipients,
  • Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
  • 9th Annual Fine Art Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Night of 1000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, New York
  • Sheldon Connections, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • 2006 James Bockelman and Mo Neal: Recent Work, LUX Center of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Sioux City Art Center 60th Juried Exhibition, Juried by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Associate
  • Curator Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, Sioux City, Iowa
  • 2005 Reductive Measures: Fontanna, Wolfram, Bockelman, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Biannual Concordia Faculty Exhibition, Marxhausen Gallery of Art Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska
  • 2004 New New 2: Holiday Group Show, Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
  • New Directions III, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Vis – Vis: Three Person Exhibition, Lo River Gallery, Beacon, New York
  • Two Person Exhibition, Hastings Art Gallery Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska
  • All About Drawing, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • 2003 RSVP/MONA: Contemporary Art Invitational, Curated by Josephine Martins, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska
  • Faculty Exhibition, Marxhausen Gallery of Art Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska
  • 2002 Fred Wells 23rd National Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • 2001 Bockelman, Strand and Towater, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Faculty Exhibition, Marxhausen Gallery of Art Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska
  • 2000 On/Of Paper Juried Exhibition, Cloude Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado
  • 1999 55th Sioux City Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
  • Faculty Exhibition, Marxhausen Gallery of Art Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska
  • 1998 Fred Wells 22nd National Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • 1997 The Ontological Form: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Richards Hall Gallery University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

Lectures, Readings

  • 2008 The Transplendent Space, New York Center for Art and Media Study, New York, New York
  • A Satellite for Köln, Walker Art Gallery, University of Nebraska Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska
  • 2007 Individual Artist Panel: Making Art in Nebraska, Sheldon Memorial Gallery of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • 2006 Slide Jam, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Moderator for Drawing Panel, Sheldon Memorial Gallery of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • 2005 Nebraska Now artist presentation, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska
  • 2003 Visiting lecture, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

Awards

  • 2007 Individual Artist Fellowship Merit Award, Nebraska Arts Council
  • 2006 Visiting Artist, LUX Center Summer Residency, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Sabbatical, Concordia University Nebraska, Seward, Nebraska
  • 2003 Outstanding Teaching Award, Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska
  • 1998 Best of Show, 22nd Fred Wells National Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery,
  • Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • 1995, 1996 Artist in Residence, summer, Evangelical Gymnazium Tisovek , Tisovec, Slovakia
  • 1989 Painting Installation, Richard H. Young Hospital Chapel, Kearney, Nebraska

Press

  • 2008 Dreaming of KÖLN, Brown, Rick, Bravo: Guide to Entertainment, The Kearney Hub, Jan 24,
  • 2007 Sheldon Connections Expands Exhibit to Include More Artists, Nebraskstatepaper.com, August 6, Templeton, Adam
  • 2003 Catalogue – RSVP/MONA: Contemporary Art Invitational, Museum of Nebraska Art Kearney, Nebraska, Josephine Martins Curator
  • 2002 Show Time: Annual Exhibition at NWU’s Elder Gallery Brings Diverse Work to Lincoln, Wolgamott, Kent, Lincoln Journal Star, April 4
  • 2001 James Bockelman at the Sheldon: Pine Cones with Passion, Pagel, Anne Nebraska Statepaper, August 31
  • Bockelman, Strand, Towater at Haydon: Elegance with an Edge, Pagel, Anne Nebraska Statepaper, August 30
  • Here Today Gone Tomorrow: James Bockelman, Wolgamott, Kent, Lincoln Journal Star
  • 1999 Sioux City Juried Exhibition Avoids Risks, Kyle MacMillan, Omaha World Herald, February
  • 1994 Prairie Lights Showcase Not to Meet Its Goal, Kyle MacMillan, Omaha World Herald, Nov
  • Collage Techniques, Brommer, Gerald, Watson-Guptill Publisher