Education:

1974 MFA University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

1973 MA University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

1972 BFA Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

2003 James Dowell: Portraits, Landscapes and Still Lifes, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas

2003 Object Lessons, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas

2002 Portrait as Self-Portrait, The Mac Kinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

1993 Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1992 The Quiet Room: Paintings by James Dowell, Brazos Gallery, Richland Community College, Dallas, Texas, curated by Paul Rogers Harris

1990 Stephen Gill Gallery, New York, NY

1988 DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1986 DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1985 James Dowell: Recent Paintings, Soho Center for Visual Artists, New York, NY; catalogue with introduction by Alfred Sturtevant.

1984 DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas 1983 The Art Center, Waco, Texas (catalogue)

1982 Warehouse Living Arts Center, Corsicana, Texas

1981 Clifford Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1979 University Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

1973 Anoka-Ramsey State College, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2006

Shared Vision: Texas Artists Then & Now, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas; curated by Paul Rogers Harris

2000

Departure Return, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; curated by Beth Taylor

Object as Metaphor, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY

1997

The Art Show, Art Dealers Association of America, New York, NY

1996

Texas Realism, with a Twist, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas; curated by Joan Davidow People

Places and Things: An Exploration of the Portrait, 1996 Annual Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, New York, NY

1995

The Art Show, Art Dealers Association of America, New York, NY

1994

40th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas (catalogue)

The Art Show, Art Dealers Association of America, New York, NY

1993

Nature Morte: A Current View, New York Studio School, New York, NY; curated by Judy Rifka

1992

Still Life Today, Scott Alan Fine Arts, New York, NY; curated by Antonio Alvarez

A Quiet Place: Still Lifes, Stiebel Modern, three-person-show, New York, NY

The First Decade: 1964-74, New York Studio School, New York, NY

1990

Close Scrutiny, Art in General, New York, NY

Family Icons, Peregrine Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1989

In Search of the American Experience, Jacob K. Javits Center, New York, NY

1988

Zoomorphism: Animals in Art, Trammel Crow Center, Dallas, Texas; curated by Paul Rogers Harris

SMU Salon, Crescent Galleries, Dallas, Texas

1987

100 Under 100, DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas

The Flower and Garden Show, DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1986

Compliments, Marie Pellicone Gallery, New York, NY

Trio of Color, Marie Pellicone Gallery, New York, NY

1985

28th Annual Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

DW Gallery 10th Anniversary Exhibition #2, DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas

1983

Paintings-Summer 1983, DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas

39th Annual Competition (award), Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene, Texas

1982

Hearts and Flowers, The Art Center, Waco, Texas

1980

Group Show, G.W. Einstein Gallery, New York, NY

Still Life: A Selection of Contemporary Paintings, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

1977

New Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY

1975

Texas Drawing, Austin College, Sherman, Texas (three person show)

1973

North Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition 1973, honorable mention Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas Texas; juror: Samuel J. Wagstaff Jr., critic, New York

Thirty fifth Annual Exhibition for Artists of Tarrant County and Members of the Fort Worth Art Center, honorable mention. Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas; juror: Jane Livingston, Curator of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum

Fourth Annual Prints, Drawings and Crafts Exhibition, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; juror: Lee Nordess

16 Graduate Painters, The University of Iowa Museum of Art, The University of Iowa, juror: Don Weygandt

1972

12th Midwest Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, juror: Walter Hopps, director, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1971

Texas Painting and Sculpture 71, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, juror: Ray Parker, painter, New York

Artists of the Southwest and Texas Biennial, honorable mention. Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, juror: Walter Hopps, director, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1970

Thirty-Third Annual Exhibition for Artists of Fort Worth and Tarrant Counties, Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, juror: Walter Hopps, director, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Southwest Fine Arts Biennial, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico, jurors: Dr. Sherman E. Lee, Dr. Merle Wachter, Elmer N. Bischoff

11th Midwest Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum Omaha, Nebraska, juror: Dr. John Maxon, Associate Director of the Art Institute of Chicago

1969

Eighteenth Exhibition of Southwest Prints and Drawings, Dallas Museum of FineArts,Dallas,Texas, juror: Henry T. Hopkins, Director, Fort Worth Art Center Museum

Selected Literature:

Janet Kutner, "James Dowell: Still Lifes with the Emphasis on Life", The Dallas Morning News, December 17, 1993.

Charles Dee Mitchell, "Plainly Playful Paintings", The Dallas Morning News, July 8, 1992, pp. 1-2c.

Janet Kutner, "James Dowell" Artnews, summer 1986, p. 130.

James Dowell:Recent Paintings, exhibition catalogue, Soho Center for Visual Artists, New York, New York, 1986; introduction by Alfred Sturtevant.

"James Dowell Still Lifes Follow Form, not Meaning", The Dallas Morning News, March 6, 1986..

'"One Style with Life of its Own", The Dallas Morning News, February 28, 1984, pp. 1-2E.

Ron Lowe, "Dowell Deals with Real Life", The Fort Worth Star Telegram, March 8, 1983, p. 8B.

Bob Darden, "Artist's Work Causes Double Takes", Waco Tribune-Herald, September 25, 1981, p. 4.

James Dowell: Paintings, exhibition catalogue, the Art Center, Waco Texas, 1983: essay by Paul Roger Harris.

Bill Marvel, "Critic's Choice", Weekend, Dallas Times Herald, September 25, 1981, p. 4.

Janet Kutner, "You Can Go Home Again", Artnews, December 1981, p. 115.

"Familiar Places, Unfamiliar Views", The Dallas Morning News, October 7, 1981, p. 8C.