9x9 inches, oil on 2.5 gallery wrap canvas

Artist: J.M. Culver

The final price for this painting will be matched by the Veritas Curat Foundation, thereby doubling the donation for cancer research at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center in Louisville.

Artist Bio:
"I am a figurative artist working with the narrative and abstraction. My work focuses on the process of drawing and painting, having a sense of immediacy and depicting an honest reaction to the subject matter.

I am interested in exploring relationships, allegories, and ambiguities of the human condition. My intention is to create subjective narratives that evoke an emotional response and develop a dialogue between the art and the viewer.

I am originally from North Carolina and have resided in Minneapolis for over a decade. I attended Syracuse University in New York for graduate studies in 2011. I received my BFA in Painting in 2006 from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. I currently work full time in my studio located in Minneapolis."

Curriculum Vitae
Education
2011
Graduate Studies, Painting, Syracuse University, New York

2006
BFA, Painting, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minnesota
2010 - present
2010 - present
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Remnants, Gallery 122, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2010
Conjured Memories, SSCA Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Gifts in the Gallery, Inez Greenberg Gallery, Bloomington Theatre and Art Center, Minnesota

Recent Paintings and Drawings, Gallery 505, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Art in Bloom, Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2013
California Dreamin', California Art Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bringing the Harvest Home, Deer Creek Gallery, Aurora, Oregon

Open Studio Exhibiton, Annual Art-A-Whirl, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2012
Recent Paintings, Gallery 505, Minneapolis, Minnesota

CS // SpeakEasy, Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Love/Hate, Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2011
Untitled I Exhibition, Shaffer Art, Syracuse, New York

Cult Sisters II, Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2010
Ultimate Landscape, Gallery 13, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Off Center, SSCA Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

About Face, SSCA Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cult Sisters 5, Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2009
Sixth Annual Member¿s Exhibition, SSCA Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Art Perchance, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Struggle Within, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Autumn Artquinox, Grain Belt Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Art Ache, Grain Belt Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Anatomy: Creation, Existence, and Decomposition, SSCA, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Paradigm Shift, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2008
Grain Belt Artists Gala, Grain Belt Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Anxiety Dreams, Q.arma Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Critical Habitat III, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2007
Projection Exhibition, Center for Independent Artists, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ephemeral Space: Ephemerality, Tonnage Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2006
A Sororal Gathering, The AZ Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Earthscapes, The AZ Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Diorama-rama, The Bell Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Curatorial Work
2011
The Nature of Romance, SSCA Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2010
About Face, SSCA Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Publications
2013
Featured Artist, Reflections, A Collection of Art, Art Impressions Publishing, Inc. April

2012
Featured Artist, Studio Visit Magazine, Winter Edition

2011
A-list Feature, Cult Sisters II, Review, City Pages, Minnesota, May

Featured Video Segment, MN Original art series, Twin Cities Public Television

Featured Interview, Local Artist Interviews, Minnesota, January

2010
Twin Cities Top 100 Creative Types, Interview, City Pages, Minnesota

A-List Review (Curator /Featured Artist), About Face, City Pages, Minnesota, September

Featured Artist, Art & Beyond Magazine, July

A-List Feature, Cult Sisters 5, Review, City Pages, Minnesota, June

Featured Artist, Cult Sisters 5, Video Interview, 3-Minute Egg, Minnesota, June

Art Enters Cult Status, Interview / Review, The Minnesota Daily, June

Conjured Memories: A Psychological Narrative Writ, Solo Exhibition Review, SouthWest Journal, Minnesota, March

Conjured Memories: Drawing on Memory, Solo Exhibition Review, The Minnesota Daily, March

Featured Artist, Solo Exhibition Interview, Rift Magazine, Minnesota, March

2009
Featured Poet, Stellar Showcase Journal, March April May

2008
Anxiety Dreams at Altered Esthetics: The Morning After, Review, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, Minnesota

2007
Featured Artwork, The Rake Magazine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April
Awards
2011
Graduate Painting Merit Fellowship, Syracuse University, New York

2005-2006
Cari DeWall-Obst Uptown Art Association Scholarship, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2001-2006
Friends of MCAD Merit Scholarship, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2002-2003
Alliss Foundation Merit Scholarship, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Professional Experience
2006-Present
Independent Fine Artist

2011
Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts, New York
Graduate Representative, Painting Department

Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts, New York
Teaching Assistant, Visiting Artist Lecture Series

2010-2011
SSCA Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gallery Director, Board and Exhibition Chair, Marketing Committee

2010-2011
Interact Center for the Visual & Performing Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Teaching assistant for artists with disabilities

2009-2010
SSCA Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Vice Chair on Board of Directors, Exhibition Chair, Marketing Committee

2001-2006
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Development Assistant

2005
No Name Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Executive Gallery Assistant

2004
Abusement Park Entertainment, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Performance Artist

2003
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sketch Artist, Opening Reception for The Age of Romanticism

Minnesota Retreat for the Arts, Crystal, Minnesota