James Seward
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration1998-2002
Professional Experience
2005-2013 Assistant painter for Jeff Koons Studio.
Awards
Recipient of The Peter S Reed Foundation Grant, Peter S Reed Foundation, painting, 2021.
Paul Art Space Residency, St. Louis, MO. 2014.
People’s Choice Award for the Outwin Bocheever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. 2006.
Honorable Mention award for the Neo Show at the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2005.
Winner of the American Society of Portrait Artist Scholarship. 2002.
Exhibitions
Embrace: Cinematic Moments by James Seward, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY. 2024
Touch Me, Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL. 2022
Allstars, House of Novogratz, Venice Beach, LA.2021.
Familiar Unreal, ARCIS art gallery, NY, NY. 2019.
Soft Pretzel, Vacation Gallery, NY, NY curated by Pauli Ochi Projects LA. 2018.
Cat Art Show LA 2: The Sequel, Think Tank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 2016. Performing Whiteness, Performing Blackness, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA. 2015. Good Job Everybody, Tiger Strikes Android Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 2014.
I Can’t Hear the Revolution, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY. 2011.
Springs Here, Willson & Gary Contemporary, New York, NY. 2011.
Superheroes, Casta Maria Center for the Arts, Bronx, NY. 2011.
Team Work, Allan Nederpelt Gallery, curated by Eva Schmidt, New York, NY. 2011.
Under The Radar: Group Show, Front Street Gallery, curated by Marc Dennis, Brooklyn, NY. 2010. The Boom Collective, Helen and Wirth, New York, NY. 2009.
311 Group Exhibition, 55 Pearl St, New York, NY. 2007.
The Outwin Bocheever Portrait Competition, The National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. 2006. The Neo Show, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. 2006.
Lust, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. 2004.
Red, The Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA. 2003.
The Annual Telfair Art show, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA. 2002.
Print Media
New American Paintings, #152 North East Edition, 2021. Newsweek magazine, V 173, no.04, Aug 2019. Newsweek magazine (cover) V 169, no.13, Oct 2017. Ritz Carlton Magazine, V 12, issue 4, Fall 2016.
Los Angele Times, March 10, 2016.
Juxtapoz, February 7, 2016.
Mental Floss, February 26, 2016.
American Art Collector, International Artist Publishing Inc. issue 103, May 2014.
Home By Novogratz, Artisan New York, 2012.
Washingtonian Magazine Inc. V 47, issue 5, February 2012.
Washingtonian Magazine Inc. V 46, issue 12, September 2011.
Rue Magazine, issue 5, May 2011.
Sections
James Seward
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration1998-2002
Professional Experience
2005-2013 Assistant painter for Jeff Koons Studio.
Awards
Recipient of The Peter S Reed Foundation Grant, Peter S Reed Foundation, painting, 2021.
Paul Art Space Residency, St. Louis, MO. 2014.
People’s Choice Award for the Outwin Bocheever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. 2006.
Honorable Mention award for the Neo Show at the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2005.
Winner of the American Society of Portrait Artist Scholarship. 2002.
Exhibitions
Embrace: Cinematic Moments by James Seward, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY. 2024
Touch Me, Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL. 2022
Allstars, House of Novogratz, Venice Beach, LA.2021.
Familiar Unreal, ARCIS art gallery, NY, NY. 2019.
Soft Pretzel, Vacation Gallery, NY, NY curated by Pauli Ochi Projects LA. 2018.
Cat Art Show LA 2: The Sequel, Think Tank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 2016. Performing Whiteness, Performing Blackness, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA. 2015. Good Job Everybody, Tiger Strikes Android Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 2014.
I Can’t Hear the Revolution, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY. 2011.
Springs Here, Willson & Gary Contemporary, New York, NY. 2011.
Superheroes, Casta Maria Center for the Arts, Bronx, NY. 2011.
Team Work, Allan Nederpelt Gallery, curated by Eva Schmidt, New York, NY. 2011.
Under The Radar: Group Show, Front Street Gallery, curated by Marc Dennis, Brooklyn, NY. 2010. The Boom Collective, Helen and Wirth, New York, NY. 2009.
311 Group Exhibition, 55 Pearl St, New York, NY. 2007.
The Outwin Bocheever Portrait Competition, The National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C. 2006. The Neo Show, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. 2006.
Lust, FE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. 2004.
Red, The Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA. 2003.
The Annual Telfair Art show, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA. 2002.
Print Media
New American Paintings, #152 North East Edition, 2021. Newsweek magazine, V 173, no.04, Aug 2019. Newsweek magazine (cover) V 169, no.13, Oct 2017. Ritz Carlton Magazine, V 12, issue 4, Fall 2016.
Los Angele Times, March 10, 2016.
Juxtapoz, February 7, 2016.
Mental Floss, February 26, 2016.
American Art Collector, International Artist Publishing Inc. issue 103, May 2014.
Home By Novogratz, Artisan New York, 2012.
Washingtonian Magazine Inc. V 47, issue 5, February 2012.
Washingtonian Magazine Inc. V 46, issue 12, September 2011.
Rue Magazine, issue 5, May 2011.
Sections