EDUCATION
- M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Painting and Printmaking
- M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Painting and Printmaking
- B.S., Art Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison
- Naval Commission, NROTC, LT. USNR
- Vietnam Era Veteran
Teaching Experience
- 1983-2000 Professor, The Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
Taught Painting, Drawing-Chairman of the Print Making Department
- 1972-1981 Assoc. Professor, The Columbus College of Arts & Design, Columbus, Ohio
- 1980 The Fort Hayes Career Center, School for the Visual Arts, Columbus, Ohio
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 1996 Jan Maiden Fine Art, Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Columbus, Ohio
- Klein Art Works, Chicago: Moroccan Intervals-New Paintings and Works on Paper
- 1994 Klein Art Works, Chicago
- 1992 Klein Art Works, Chicago
- Robert Kuhn Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
- 1991 Klein Art Works-Chicago International Art Exposition
- 1990 Roberta Kuhn Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
- Klein Art Works, Chicago
- 1988 Klein Gallery, Chicago
- 1986 The Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
- 1975 118: An Art Gallery, Minneapolis
- 1973 118: An Art Gallery, Minneapolis
- Gallery 2111, Milwaukee
- 1972 Gallery 2111, Milwaukee, Inaugural Exhibition
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2000 Klein Art Works, Art Chicago 2000
- 1996 Jan Maiden Fine Art, Director's Choice, Columbus, Ohio
- Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, "Paper Chase"
- The St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, Minn., "Red, Yellow, Blue: A Primary Experience"
- 1995 Klein Art Works, Chicago, "Abstraction Now"
- 1994 Klein Art Works, Chicago, "Contemporary Abstraction"
- Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska., Michael Kessler and James Bruss
- 1993 Klein Art Works, "Volume: No Noise, Volumetric Painting and Sculpture"
- 1992 Klein Art Works, "Gallery Artists, Chicago International Art Exposition," Chicago
- Klein Art Works, "Summer Selection-Gallery Artists"
- 1991 Klein Art Works, Chicago-2'Small Drawings"
- Stark Gallery, New York City-2'Drawing Invitational"
- 1990 Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati
- Ohio Selections IX, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland
- 1988 Klein Gallery, Chicago
- 1987 "A New Generation of Ohio Artists," Kent State University, Kent
- "Clemson National Print and Drawing," Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
- "Ohio Selection-Graphics'87," Dayton Art Institute, Dayton
- "Inaugural Group Show," Roberta Kuhn Gallery, Columbus
- "Choices: Twenty Painters from the Midwest," Arts Midwest
- N.E.A. Recipient Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis.
- Traveled to Charles Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, and Evanston Art Center, Evanston
SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
- Raymer, Patricia. "Bruss Serigraphs Attain Soft Textures," Wisconsin State Journal, 1971.
- Key, Donald. "Inaugural is Bright," The Milwaukee Journal, April 1, 1972.
- Einhorn, Charles, "Artist/CCAD Instructor," Downtown Alive, May 1, 1985, p. 6.
- Pentak, Stephen. "What's Going On Here" (exhibition brochure), The Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio, Spring, 1986.
- Vasseur, Dominique H. "Ohio Selection '87-Graphics" (exhibition catalogue), The Dayton Art Institute, July 1 1-August 30, 1987, p. 8.
- Burroughs, Virginia. "Dayton Art Institute's 1987 Ohio Selection," Dialogue Magazine, August, 1987.
- Yanson, Julie. "Choices: Twenty Painters from the Midwest" (exhibition catalogue), Minneapolis College of Art and Design, October 12-November 1987," p. 8.
- Constable, Leslie. "Show Draws Visual Conclusions," Fort Hayes School for the Visual Arts, Columbus Dispatch, August 14,1988.
- Constable, Leslie. "Lead, Gold Leaf Give Lyrical Substance to Bruss' Works," Columbus Dispatch, October, 1990.
- Cullinan Helen. "Artists Making a Statement-Ohio Selections IX," Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1990.
- McCraken, David. "Bruss Paints with Lead, Gold in New Works," Chicago Tribune-Gallery Scene, March 30, 1990.
- Shuter, Marty. "Short North Artist James Bruss Finds Order in his Art," The Villages this Week, October 1, 1990.
- Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. "James Bruss-Robert Kuhn Gallery," New Art Examiner, December 1990.
- McCraken, David. Gallery Scene, Chicago Tribune, January 31, 1992, Klein Art Works, Chicago.
- Shuter, Marty. "James Bruss Explores Space and Form with 'Red' Exhibit," The Villages This Week, November 1992.
- Hummer, Tracey. "Red/James Bruss/Roberta Kuhn Gallery," Dialogue Magazine, November/December 1992, pp. 21-22.
- Constable, Leslie. "Bruss''Red' Plays Mystic Mind Games with Space, Form," Columbus Dispatch, October 1992.
- Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. "James Bruss-Roberta Kuhn Gallery," New Art Examiner, January 1993.
- Artner, Alan G. "Creativity Blooms in Rigid Format of Grids," The Chicago Tribune, Section 7, June 17, 1994.
- Heisler, Eva. "Action Links Leaf and Lead in Sculptures," Peabody's Art Factory, Columbus Dispatch, April 25, 1995.
AWARDS/SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
- 1995 "New American Paintings, A Quarterly Exhibition," Fall 1995.
- The Open Studios Press, Needham, Massachusetts.
- 1992 ACTV, PBS, Channel 21, Columbus, Ohio. Video Interview
- 1991 Business/Arts Partnership Award, Columbus, Ohio
- 1986 Arts Midwest, N.E.A. Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Grant
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
- Ameritech Applied Technologies, Chicago
- Angus Chemical, Buffalo Grove, Illinois
- Ashland Oil Chemical, Ashland, Kentucky
- Champion International, Chicago, Illinois
- Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
- Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina
- Decordova Museum of Art, Lincoln, MA
- Kraft General Foods, Northfield, Illinois
- 3M
- The Progressive Corporation, Mayfield, Heights, Ohio
- Prudential Insurance
- Sears Merchandise Group, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
- United Airlines, JFK/New York, San Francisco and Tokyo Airports
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