Jim Dahl

Jim’s artwork represents visual experiences in a world of constant, complex change and variation.

His work is eclectic. Content engages points of view with word play, relating or uncovering sites of significance, or activating meaningful symbols. This work involves playful juxtaposition and occasional recognition of darker implications in a search for truth. The challenge of accepting ambiguity is that many viewers tend to disregard all but the overdetermined experience that nestles in categories. Unless one invests time many of these works appear ordinary, while they are also capable of evoking new layers of meaning as artworks are experienced through time.

2006 Master of Art Education (M. Ed.) Teachers College Columbia University, NY

1992 MFA Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ, Painting

SOLO SHOWS
Primary Chairs, Fullerton, CA,
September 29-October 30, 2011
Other Peoples Agendas Old Town Gallery, Tustin, CA, February-March, 2008
A Peaceable Kingdom After Edward Hicks, The Art Lot, Brooklyn, NY, Winter, 1999
HOP 2, Oar, What? Rising Moon Gallery, 591 Broadway, NY, NY , April 1997
Art A Priority, The Downtown Gallery, Brooklyn Arts Council, January 1996
Up Against the Wall, Mason Gross School of Art Master’s Thesis Show, New Brunswick, NJ April, 1992
Words, don’t leave home without ‘em. Hofstra University, Long Island, NY Solo Performance and Installation, January, 1989

GROUP SHOWS
Prayer, Protection, and Resistance, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA August 2017
Play, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, July – August 2016.
Bax Space Pop-up, Fullerton’s Finest, Curated by Steven Baxter, Fullerton June 2014
Southern California Artists, Coastline Community Gallery, Costa Mesa, June 2014
California Art Education Association, Santa Ana Community Gallery, Santora Building, August 2013
Twisting the Edge, Laguna Beach Wells Fargo Rotunda, Curated by Pat Sparkill, Nov 2012
No Regrets, CSUF Faculty Exhibition, Fullerton, CA, February, 2012
Twisting the Edge, SCA Project Gallery, Pomona CA, November 2...