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James Caleb Hixson:
Artist
Art Educator

James Hixson
1515 Bass LnFort Myers FL 33919

937-657-5237
james@hixsonarts.com

Artist Statement

To make sculptures that will express unseen beauty of the human figure.

Exhibitions

Art walk, Fort Myers FL 2009

Sarasota Art center, Sarasota FL 2009

Kingston sculpture biennial, Kingston NY 2009

Hollingsworth Gallery, Palm coast FL 2009 

Brevard art museum, Melbourne Fl 2009

Sculpture in the South, Charleston NC 2009                          Nude Nite, Tampa 2009                                                       

The Reserve, solo show Fort Myers 2008
Nude Nite, Orlando 2008    
Nude International Juried Exhibition, Lexington Art League 2008
Ohio +5 Juried Fine Art Exhibition, The Dairy Barn Arts Center 2006

Spring into Arts, The Dairy Barn Arts Center 2006

The Governor's Art Show, Columbus, OH 2001   

Upcoming Exhibitions

Marzi Art Gallery, Hamburg, Germany 2010

Gallery Representation

Art in the Treetops Gallery, Sanibel Island FL

Commissions

   CD cover design

July 2007-present, Fort Myers, FL

§         Designed cover art for a Fort Myers musicians album, Chip Withrow


Voinovich Center, Ohio University

January, 2006-March 2006, Athens, Ohio

§      Designed and fabricated a series of 7 bronze cast, geometric sculptures to commemorate excellence in education  


City of Athens, Ohio

January 2006-June 2006, Athens, Ohio

§      Created a series of seven ceramic structures representing a variety of buildings around the city Athens.

§       Each made to specifications of the Patron

 

  Private CollectionsLuna2009 Private collector Sanibel Island §         Life size female sculpture”Kali”

2008, Fort Myers Florida, The Reserve

§         Life size female sculpture“Introspection”Private Collector Athens Ohio§         Life size male sculpture“Bronze Torso”

 2004, Athens Ohio, Rena Tobe

§         Bronze casting

Figurative Wire Sculptures

2001-2002, Columbus Ohio, Jane Blank

§         Designed and constructed nine different life size figurative wire sculptures.     

Awards

First to Fly Foundation Artist Grant 2009

Promising young artist award, 2001

Peoples Bank Grant, 1998  

Publications

Florida weekly 2009

liehigh acres citizen 2009

Post and Courier 2009

Fort Myers Magazine, 2009

Orlando sentinel, 2008

The Beach Sand Paper, 2008

 

Education

2001-2006  Ohio University, Athens Ohio

§      Bachelor of Fine Arts

Other Related Experience

Art instructor, Rasmussen College, 2009-present

Sculpture Instructor, Gateway Charter High School. 2006-present   
Monomoy Theater, Cape Code Mass. 2002, Master Builder