james griffith painting

EDUCATION

1979
Art Center College, Pasadena, CA, BFA
1981
Art Center College, Pasadena, CA, MFA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
"Synthetic Nature", Roark, Los Angeles, CA
1992
“Thrive – New Paintings”, Daniel Saxon Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
1991
“New Paintings:, Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990
“Hope – Fragments of Nature, Daniel Saxon Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
"One Week Only", curated by Tom Jancar and Mery Lynn McCorkle, Jancar Galley,
Los Angeles,CA
2009
"Self Absorbed", SPAC Gallery, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
2008
"Failing Nature", Long Beach City College Art Gallery,
Long Beach, CA
  Two Person Show, LAWA Exhibition, Terminal 2,
Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, CA
  “Blooms”, City Hall Bridge Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
“New Members”, Department of Cultural Affairs,
Los Angeles, CA
2000
Cherry de Los Reyes Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  “From the Norton Collection, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
  “Update 2000” Fresh Paint, Culver City, CA
1997
“Landscape Painting”, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
1996
“Love’s Labors Lost”, curated by Sue Spaid, Site Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
1995
“Impure Painting”, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994
Random Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  “Illusions of Reality”, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
  “Two Person Show”, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
1993
“Life on Earth”, Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St Mary’s College,LA, CA
1992
American Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991
American Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989
Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  American Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987
“Different Views”, Curated by Cora Boyd, Merrill Lynch,
La Jolla, CA
  Los Angeles, County Museum of Art Rental Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA
1986
“New Faces”, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  “Landscape Elements”, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  “Invitational”, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

OTHER PROJECTS

2000

2005
Collaborated with Susanna Dadd in the design and construction of an amphitheater, a sculptural garden project, seating 120 and currently used for cultural events, including the Microtonal festival and other modern music collaborations. This project is the recipient of a Pasadena Arts Council Gold Crown Award 2008.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

  Boise Art Museum
  Al Bateen Palace, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  Peter & Eileen Norton Family Foundation
  Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Qatar
  Yokohama Sky Hotel, Yokohama, Japan
  Warner Brothers, Burbank, CA
  Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC
  Four Seasons Hotel, Cairo, Egypt
  Princess Cruise Lines
  Prudential Insurance Co, Newark, NJ
  Hyatt Regency Hotel, Birmingham, England
  Randolph & Tate, New York, NY
  Meriken Park Oriental Hotel, Kobe, Japan
  Merry Norris, Los Angeles, CA
  President Gerhard Casper, Stanford University, CA