Biography:

Born in Somerville Massachusetts, James graduated from Emerson College with honors, enabling him to move to New York City and pursue a successful career in Website Development. After witnessing the World Trade Center attack on 9/11, he left the digital world, earned an MSED and became a Special Education teacher in Brooklyn NY.

After his retirement James moved to the Southern Berkshires with his wife, photographer Barbara Woike. Once sequestered there he renewed his love of making art from his home studio.

Affirmation:

Focusing on representational elements, I produce art with a clear sense of time and place. It is through this lens that I present images that instill a longing or affection for the iconic/symbolic. The term I use for my work is Neustolgia, a play on a word that best describes my reinterpretations of the past, present and near future.

Education:

MSE Special Education City College of New York

BS Mass Communications/Fine Arts Emerson College Boston MA

Studied At:

Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA

Massachusetts College of Art Boston MA

Boston University Design Program Boston MA

Shows:

Spencertown Academy* - New York “Ninth Annual Member’s Show” October/November 2024

Becket Arts Center* - Becket MA 3 pieces included in juried show “Paw Prints” July/August 2024

Knox Gallery - Monterey MA “Split Images - Drawings and photographs” With Barbara Woike. March/April 2024

Spencertown Academy* - New York “Eighth Annual Member’s Show” November/December 2023

Spencertown Academy* - New York Regional Juried show “Homes, Hamlets & Villages” October 2023

St Francis Gallery - Lee MA 3 pieces in group show June/July 2023

Stockbridge Library - Stockbridge MA “Artist of the Month” May 2023

* Ongoing memberships