JAMES BUSS
Born in Fort Worth, Texas, lives and works in Weatherford, Texas.
EDUCATION
1986 M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts; Valencia, California
1980 B.S., East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 PAPER CHASE; The Old Jail ART CENTER, Selected Works on paper from the Rodney&Stacey Rogers
Collection and Carter/Wynne Family Collection
2021 PRJCTLA; Los Angeles,CA A DELICATE TOUCH,James Buss, Steve DeGroodt, Shirley Tse, Jae Hwa
Yoo.
2020 IDES OF MARCH, Blind Alley Projects, 3317 West 4th Street, Ft Worth,Texas
Paintings of Michelle's Paintings, PRP Dallas-Virtual Exhibition Benefitting
Artist + Healthcare Workers
2019 the penumbra tow; Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2016 in the poem’s four corners; Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Black “Paintings”; Site 131, Dallas, Texas
2015 Sojourner; Art Walk West Pop Up; 611 Bedford Street, Dallas, Texas
MTV-Redefined: 2015; The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas
2014 Is the art pretty? No, says Mummy. Pretty is not important; with Naotaka Hiro,
Beefhaus, Dallas, Texas
Outside the Phantastikon; Hello-Project Gallery, Houston, Texas
In Search of Turrell: Dune Project; Jaus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
6018 Wilshire Boulevard; Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, California
Stichting Kaus Australis; Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2013 Nature Redefined; Read Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Delta; The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas
2012 Analog Digital; Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
Landscape & Architecture; Irvine Fine Arts Center
2010 Group Show and Lecture; Carl Berg Projects at Pacific Design Center
2009 From the Desert to the Sea, to All of Southern California; Carl Berg Projects at
Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California
2008 LA Art in New York; Carl Berg Gallery, New York
2007 Outside; Cypress College Art, Cypress, California
LA Art in New York; Carl Berg Gallery, New York
Abstraction and Landscape; 98 Ten Fine Art, Irvine, California
Aqua Art Miami 2007; Miami, Florida
2006 Drawings from LA; Carl Berg Projects, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Major Drawings; Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles
‘Scapes: Environments Interpreted; Irvine Fine Arts Center
Aqua Art Miami 2006; Miami, Florida
LA Art in New York; Carl Berg Gallery, New York, New York
2005 Scope Art Fair; New York, New York
Group Show; Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004 As of a Book; Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Scope Miami; Miami, Florida
Drawings; Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Landscape; Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
Tremolo; Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2003 Scope Art Fair; Dylan Hotel, New York, New York
2002 Ninety-Nine Dollar Show; Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
2001 Group Show; Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, California
The 99¢ Store Show; Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, California
2000 Spurgeon Experience II: 100 Rooms, 100 Artists; Spurgeon Building, Santa Ana, California
Break Step: James Buss, Greg Colson, Steve DeGroot, David MacDonald and Steve Roden;
Inmo Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1995 Group Show, Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1986 The Mobius Band (Action Across a NonSpace) M.F.A. Show; Main Gallery, California Institute
of the Arts, Valencia, California
1985 The Graven Image; Main Gallery Mezzanine, California Institute of the Arts
1984 Ghost in the Machine: The Eidetic Image; Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts
CURATORIAL WORK
2001 Margins of Space: Alison Healy, Jonathan Furmanski; James Buss and Sergio Onaga, curators;
Raid Projects, Santa Ana, California
VISUAL PROJECTS
2016 OurPrimeProperty.org (online exhibitions)
Born in Fort Worth, Texas, lives and works in Weatherford, Texas.
EDUCATION
1986 M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts; Valencia, California
1980 B.S., East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 PAPER CHASE; The Old Jail ART CENTER, Selected Works on paper from the Rodney&Stacey Rogers
Collection and Carter/Wynne Family Collection
2021 PRJCTLA; Los Angeles,CA A DELICATE TOUCH,James Buss, Steve DeGroodt, Shirley Tse, Jae Hwa
Yoo.
2020 IDES OF MARCH, Blind Alley Projects, 3317 West 4th Street, Ft Worth,Texas
Paintings of Michelle's Paintings, PRP Dallas-Virtual Exhibition Benefitting
Artist + Healthcare Workers
2019 the penumbra tow; Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2016 in the poem’s four corners; Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Black “Paintings”; Site 131, Dallas, Texas
2015 Sojourner; Art Walk West Pop Up; 611 Bedford Street, Dallas, Texas
MTV-Redefined: 2015; The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas
2014 Is the art pretty? No, says Mummy. Pretty is not important; with Naotaka Hiro,
Beefhaus, Dallas, Texas
Outside the Phantastikon; Hello-Project Gallery, Houston, Texas
In Search of Turrell: Dune Project; Jaus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
6018 Wilshire Boulevard; Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, California
Stichting Kaus Australis; Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2013 Nature Redefined; Read Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
Delta; The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas
2012 Analog Digital; Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
Landscape & Architecture; Irvine Fine Arts Center
2010 Group Show and Lecture; Carl Berg Projects at Pacific Design Center
2009 From the Desert to the Sea, to All of Southern California; Carl Berg Projects at
Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, California
2008 LA Art in New York; Carl Berg Gallery, New York
2007 Outside; Cypress College Art, Cypress, California
LA Art in New York; Carl Berg Gallery, New York
Abstraction and Landscape; 98 Ten Fine Art, Irvine, California
Aqua Art Miami 2007; Miami, Florida
2006 Drawings from LA; Carl Berg Projects, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Major Drawings; Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles
‘Scapes: Environments Interpreted; Irvine Fine Arts Center
Aqua Art Miami 2006; Miami, Florida
LA Art in New York; Carl Berg Gallery, New York, New York
2005 Scope Art Fair; New York, New York
Group Show; Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004 As of a Book; Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Scope Miami; Miami, Florida
Drawings; Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Landscape; Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
Tremolo; Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2003 Scope Art Fair; Dylan Hotel, New York, New York
2002 Ninety-Nine Dollar Show; Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
2001 Group Show; Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, California
The 99¢ Store Show; Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, California
2000 Spurgeon Experience II: 100 Rooms, 100 Artists; Spurgeon Building, Santa Ana, California
Break Step: James Buss, Greg Colson, Steve DeGroot, David MacDonald and Steve Roden;
Inmo Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1995 Group Show, Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1986 The Mobius Band (Action Across a NonSpace) M.F.A. Show; Main Gallery, California Institute
of the Arts, Valencia, California
1985 The Graven Image; Main Gallery Mezzanine, California Institute of the Arts
1984 Ghost in the Machine: The Eidetic Image; Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts
CURATORIAL WORK
2001 Margins of Space: Alison Healy, Jonathan Furmanski; James Buss and Sergio Onaga, curators;
Raid Projects, Santa Ana, California
VISUAL PROJECTS
2016 OurPrimeProperty.org (online exhibitions)