About Jim Waid
My paintings are about energy, both in how they are created and the image itself. Curiosity is the main energy.
Jim Waid has lived and worked in Tucson, Arizona for over 40 years. After receiving a BFA from the University of New Mexico and a MFA from the University of Arizona, he moved on to teach art at Pima Community College for nearly a decade.
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He has been a visiting artist at the University of Idaho, Arizona State University, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of Arizona, and Distinguished Visiting Artist at the University of Oklahoma
He has created two public art works in Tucson, "SONORAN SPRING," a 5' x 59' mural at the Dan Eckstrom-Columbus Library, and "SANTA CRUZ," a 9' x 50' mural at the Evo DeConcini Federal Courthouse.
His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the country, and is included in a number of corporate collections ranging from Coca Cola, Atlanta, GA, to the MGM Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV.
Museum collections include: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; Tucson Museum of Art; The University of Arizona Museum of Art; The Phoenix Art Museum; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe; University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman, OK; The Oklahoma State Capitol Collection, Oklahoma City; Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida; San Antonio Museum of Art; The Superior Court Art Trust, Washington, DC; and the American Embassy in Quito, Ecuador among others.
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He is represented by:
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 "The Heart of Nature," Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens, Tucson, AZ
2023 "Portals," Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2022 "Lucent Dreaming," William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
2022 "Natural Rhythms," Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2018 "Cross Pollinations," William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
2018 "Terra Incognita: Work by Jim Waid," Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2015 "Jim Waid: Recent Work," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 "Threshold: New Work by Jim Waid," Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2013 "Altered Scapes: Paintings by Jim Waid," Prescott College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ
2012 "Jim Waid: Recent Paintings," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2011 "Songlines,” Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2010 "JimWaid: Recent Work," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2008 "Jim Waid: Recent Paintings," Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2006 "The View from Here: New Works by Jim Waid,” Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Jim Waid: "Paintings," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2005 "Jim Waid : Aviary - Sanctuary," Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2004 "Jim Waid: Paintings," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2003 "Jim Waid: In Full Spectrum," Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 "Jim Waid: New Work," Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
2001 Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
"Groundwork: Drawings by Jim Waid,” University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2000 Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida
Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1999 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"Natural Abstractions: The Art of Jim Waid," Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale
Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1998 Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"Jim Waid: Gardens—Real and Imagined," Steinbaum Krauss Gallery, New York, New York
1995 Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Milagros Contemporary Art, San Antonio, Texas
Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1994 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
"Black and White: The Botany Lessons," Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1993 Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1992 Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, New York
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1991 Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1990 Boulder Visual Arts Center, Boulder, Colorado
Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1989 Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1988 Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1987 Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1986 Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1986 Wright Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1983 Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1982 Adam L. Gimbel Gallery, New York, New York
1981 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1980 Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1977 Arizona Artists Series: Jim Waid, Paintings and Drawings," sponsored by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Humanities (this exhibition toured in Arizona)
