JAMES ALLEN CHRONISTER
San Francisco, California
jameschronister@gmail.com

Born 1978, Helena, Montana, USA

Education
2004    MFA    California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco, CA
2001    BFA    (High Honors)   University of Montana (U of M), Missoula, MT
1999    University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Solo Exhibitions
2011
   “Now We Lustre,” Eleanor Harwood Gallery, SF, CA
2010
   “Ceremony,” Burnet Gallery at Chambers Hotel, Minneapolis, MN
2009
   “All We Ever Wanted Was Anything,” Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco (SF), CA
2007
   “Listen Like Thieves,” Bloom Studios, Oakland, CA
2006
   “Paintings From Pluto,” Gallery of Urban Art, Emeryville, CA (w/Jake Longstreth)

Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
   “Dissonance”, POVevolving Gallery, LA, CA Curated by Alexis Anne Mackenzie
   “Space: Series 1”, TrueSilver Union Gallery, SF, CA
   “San Francisco Fine Arts Fair”, San Francisco, (w/ Eleanor Harwood Gallery)
   “It’s Only Rock and Roll But I Like It”, Truesilver Union Gallery, SF, CA
   “Chimera: Fabrications of the Mind,” Gensler, SF, CA, curated by Mathew Hughes Boyko
   Scope Art Fair (w/ Eleanor Harwood Gallery), New York, NY
2009
   Aqua Art Fair (w/Eleanor Harwood Gallery), Miami, FL
2008
   “Art: Work,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (staff show), SF, CA
2006
   “Trucker Hats Vs. Sideways Haircuts,” On Six Gallery, SF, CA, Curated by Leslie Shows
   “Celebrity,” Café Royal, SF, CA, Curated by Mathew Hughes Boyko
   “Snap, Crackle, Pop,” PlaySpace Gallery, CCA, SF, CA (catalogue), Curated by Sarrita Hunn
2004
   “MFA Thesis Exhibition,” CCA, SF, CA. Curated by Mathew Higgs
   “50 Below,” PlaySpace Gallery, CCA, SF, CA
   “Green Couch Soirée,” Southern Exposure, SF, CA
2003
   “99 Bottles,” Build Gallery, SF, CA
   “Spaces to Fall Into,” Slingshot Gallery, Berkeley, CA
   “Collectively,” CCA, SF, CA
2002    
   “Slingshot,” Alpha Galleries, CCA, SF, CA
   “Feedback”, Alpha Galleries, CCA, SF, CA
   “ANA 31”, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, Juried by Gerald Peters
   “Montana Artists,” Melanie Alvarez Gallery, Missoula, MT
2001    
   “B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition”, Gallery of Visual Arts, Missoula, MT
   “ANA 30,” Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, Juried by Peter Schjeldahl
   “Amnesty International Human Rights Cultural Exhibition,” University Center Ballroom, Missoula, MT

Grants/Awards
2010    SECA Nomination, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SF, CA
2004    Richard K. Price Scholarship (painting), CCA, SF, CA
2003    CCA Scholarship (painting), CCA, SF, CA
2001    B.F.A. with High Honors, U of M, Missoula, MT
            University Scholar, Davidson Honors College, U of M, Missoula, MT
            Fox Scholarship, U of M, Missoula, MT
2000    Miles Scholarship, U of M, Missoula, MT

Bibliography
2009    In Black and White, by Kristi Beardshear, Artslant.com
            James Chronister at Eleanor Harwood Gallery, by Jake Longstreth, Shotgun-Review.com
2006    Snap, Crackle, Pop, Exhibition Catalog, SF, CA
            Celebrity, Exhibition Catalog, SF, CA
2001    ANA 30 Artists, Independent Record, Helena, MT
1999    American Institute for Foreign Study Student Journal, Salamanca, Spain

Selected Collections
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Paul Wattis, SF, CA
Geraldine Whitman, Aspen, CO
Sarrita Hunn, Berlin, Germany
Ryan Thayer, Berlin, Germany
Bill Redd, NY, NY
Sandra Sloan SF, CA
Nicole Hayden, SF, CA
Green Couch Staging and Design, SF, CA
Mathew Boyko, SF, CA
Sean McFarland, SF, CA
Vanessa Marsh, SF, CA
Charles Known, Nashville, TN
Christopher Peterson, Minneapolis, MN
Shane Hickey, Missoula, MT
Erin Kral, Missoula, MT
Volumen, Missoula, MT
Polly Haueck, Missoula, MT
Larson and Moreen Law Offices, Helena, MT
Lewis and Clark County Courthouse, Helena, MT