James Maurelle
“When everything is said and done there is nothing left to do or say.”
― Darryl Dawkins
studio@jamesmaurelle.com ⋅ www.jamesmaurelle.com
EDUCATION
2015 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
MFA University of Pennsylvania
2014 Certificate in Time-Based and Interactive Media, University of Pennsylvania
2013 BFA San Francisco Art Institute
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 Espaço / Allens Lane Art Center / The Carolyn and Howard Alber Gallery / Philadelphia, PA
2016 Palm / The Bindery Projects / Saint Paul, MN
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 All Sounds Concern Me / James Maurelle and Jodie Cavalier / Anytime Dept. / Cincinnati, OH
2014 Plot / James Maurelle and Lydia Rosenberg / The Physical Lab / Philadelphia, PA
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2017 Code Switch / 215 | 610 CONTEMPORARY / Delaware County Community College / Media, PA
2016 The Condition of Place / The Woodmere Annual: 75th Juried Exhibition / Philadelphia, PA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Extra Parts / Good Children Gallery / New Orleans, LA
At The Same Time / GoggleWorks Center for the Arts / Irvin & Lois E. Cohen Gallery / Redding, PA
2018
This Country / Zilkha South Gallery / Wesleyan University / Middletown, CT
Collective Conscious: The Art of Social Change / African American Museum in Philadelphia / Philadelphia, PA
Companion Pieces / Anytime Dept. / Cincinnati, OH
Julius Eastman: That Which is Fundamental (Retrospective) A Recollection. Predicated. (exhibition) / The Kitchen / NYC, NY
2017
The One You Know / NoBA Art Space and Gallery / Bala Cynwyd, PA
We The People / Minnesota Museum of American Art / Saint Paul, MN
Video Jam / Langua Lesson (live score: Kate Mohanty) / Knockdown Center / NYC, NY
Locum / University City Arts League / Philadelphia, PA
Personals / Skowhegan New York Program Space / NYC, NY
Julian Eastman: That Which is Fundamental (Retrospective) Predicated. (exhibition) / Slought / Philadelphia, PA
2016
Person, Place or Thing / Fleisher/Ollman Gallery / Philadelphia, PA
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / The Carver Museum / Austin, TX
3 / Napoleon Gallery / Philadelphia, PA
2015
Down To Earth / Terre a Terre / Van Nature, Hangar H18 / Brussels, Belgium
No Meat in Team / Crane Arts Center-Icebox / Philadelphia, PA
2014 Truce / Charles Addams Gallery / Philadelphia, PA
2013 Spring Show / Go Author Go / Studio 14 Gallery / San Francisco, CA
2012 Transdisciplinary Media Salon / Indigenous Space / McMillan Gallery / San Francisco, CA
PERFORMANCE
2017 All Sounds Concern Me / Versioning Afro-Blue / Anytime Dept. / Cincinnati, OH
2014 Pay What You Owe Me and Vomit What You Ate / Palm Vino Player / Charles Addams Gallery / Philadelphia, PA
CURATORIAL
2019
SOM / Woodland Gallery / Penn State Abington / Abington, PA
LASTRE / POST.SCRIPT. Gallery / Crane Arts / Philadelphia, PA
2018 NAVA / Napoleon Gallery / Philadelphia, PA
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND RESIDENCIES
2017
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Fellowship, Nominee
Juror’s Choice Award / 215 | 610 Juried Exhibition, Odili Donald Odita, Media, PA
2016
Recycled Artist In Residency (RAIR) Philadelphia, PA
Jacques MacCuiston Dowling Prize (for sculpture)
2015
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
The Fabric Workshop Fall Apprenticeship Program, Philadelphia, PA
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship
Dedalus Fellowship Nominee, University of Pennsylvania
2014 The Lawrence Shprintz Award, University of Pennsylvania
2013
Spring Show Honorary Mention Award, San Francisco Art Institute
Outstanding Undergraduate Filmmakers Award, San Francisco Art Institute
2012 Honors Studio Recipient – San Francisco Art Institute
2010-13
Merit Scholar Recipient – San Francisco Art Institute
INVITED TALKS
2019 Object Lesson / The Center for the Art in Wood / Philadelphia, PA
2018 Collective Conscious Open House & Art Talk: AAMP – Philadelphia, PA
The 29th Annual James A. Porter Colloquium | Artist Panel: Materiality and Space / Washington D.C.
2017 Julius Eastman: That Which is Fundamental (Retrospective) Predicated. (exhibition) / Slought / Philadelphia, PA
2016 Cross Relations: Experimentation and the Arts, ICA – Philadelphia, PA
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture Series | Rutgers University (Camden) | Camden, NJ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 We The People / MMAA: Sheila Regan, HYPERALLERGIC, 9.12.2017
2016 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings / The Carver Museum / Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Kolumn Magazine
2016 Palm / The Bindery Projects: Sheila Dickerson, INREVIEW, Spring 2016
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Student Spotlight Undergraduate Catalog, San Francisco Art Institute
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Lecturer – African American Art History – Lincoln University – 2019
Lecturer – Sculpture – University of Pennsylvania – 2018
Lecturer – Video Art – Lincoln University – 2018
Lecturer – Performance Art – Lincoln University – 2018
Lecturer – Art History 2 – Lincoln University – 2018 – Present
Lecturer – Art History 1 – Lincoln University – 2017 – Present
Lecturer – Intro to Art – Lincoln University – 2016 – Present
Lecturer – Intro to Video – University of Pennsylvania – 2015 – Present