Museum Shows

2024

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, “Dolce La Vida”, Salt Lake City, UT

2023

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, “Surrealism”, Street Gallery Exhibition, Street Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2022

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Street Gallery Group Exhibition, Street Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2021

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT

• DSU Sears Art Museum, 34th Annual Sears Dixie Invitational, St. George, UT

• Springville Museum of Art, 97th Annual Spring Salon, Springville, UT

2020

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Brave New World Museum Exhibition and Gala Fundraiser, Salt Lake City, UT

• Springville Museum of Art, 96th Annual Spring Salon, Springville, UT

2019

• Springville Museum of Art, 95th Annual Spring Salon, Honorable Mention, Springville, UT

• Woodbury Art Museum, UVU, Art of Our Century, UT - First Place Honor, Summer In The Rockies

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, GLOW Group Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT

• C.M. Russell Museum Exhibition, Great Falls, MT

• C.M. Russell Museum, First Strike Friday Night Auction, MT

2018

• Woodbury Art Museum, UVU, Art of Our Century: Janell James, A Decade of Art Retrospective, Orem, UT

• Springville Museum of Art, 94th Annual Spring Salon, Springville, UT

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Desire Lines, Salt Lake City, UT

• C.M. Russell Museum Exhibition, Great Falls, MT

• C.M. Russell Museum, First Strike Auction, Great Falls, MT

2017

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Auction, Salt Lake City, UT

• Springville Museum of Art, 93rd Annual Spring Salon, Springville, UT

• Yellowstone Art Museum Exhibition, Billings, MT

• C.M. Russell Museum Exhibition and Auction, Great Falls, MT

2016

• Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Annual Statewide, Mixed Media and Works on Paper Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT

• 31st Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

• Springville Museum of Art, 92nd Annual Spring Salon, Springville, UT

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Auction, Salt Lake City, UT

• Springville Museum of Art, 1st Annual Spiritual & Religious Art of Utah, Springville, UT

2015

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT

• Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Auction, Salt Lake City, UT

2014

• Springville Museum of Art, 90th Annual Spring Salon, Springville, UT

2013

• Springville Museum of Art, 89th Annual Spring Salon, Springville, UT

2011  

• Springville Museum, 87th Annual Spring Salon, Springville, UT

Solo Exhibitions

2022

• Abstract Reality, ONE Modern Art, Salt Lake City, UT

2018

• Featured Artist, Trove Gallery, Park City, UT

2017

• Punctuating The Blue, Terakedis Fine Art, Billings MT

• Featured Artist, RARE Gallery Fine Art, Jackson Hole, WY

• Guest Artist Exhibition, Sundance Mountain Resort, Provo, UT

2016

• All About Trees with Heart & Soul, Green Loft Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• Featured Artist, RARE Gallery Fine Art, Jackson Hole, WY

2015

• Immersed in Nature, Salt Lake City, UT

• Featured Artist, Huntsman Cancer Foundation Gala, Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT

• Small Works Landscape Exhibition, Garage Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• Featured Artist, Landscape Exhibition, The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
  

2014

• Featured Artist, Huntsman Cancer Foundation Gala, Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT

2013

• In The Presence of Trees, Coda Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2012

• Fundraiser Benefiting Hurricane Sandy, By Invitation Only, Sponsored by NuSkin, SLC, UT

• Young President’s Organization, By Invitation Only, Deer Valley, Utah

2011

• Evolutionary Healthcare Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• Charley Hafen Jewelers and Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2010

• Evolutionary Healthcare Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• Flight of the Sandhill Cranes, Evolutionary Healthcare Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2009

• Grand Opening Exhibition, Garage Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

Select Group Exhibitions and Art Fairs

2023

• Anne Jespersen Fine Arts, “Streaming”, Helper, UT

2022

• Utah Art Access, Salt lake City, UT

• Art At The Park, This Is The Place Heritage Park, Salt Lake City, UT

• Modes of Thought & Vision, ONE Modern Art, Salt Lake City, UT

• Flowers Everywhere, Anne Jespersen Fine Art, Helper, UT

• A Lighter Shade of Pale, Anne Jespersen Fine Art, Helper, UT

• Pollen Path/Pop-Up Fundraiser for Restoring Ancestral Winds, Lost Eden Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• Tree Stories: A Breath of Fresh Air Invitational Exhibit, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, West Valley City, UT

• Home Is Where The Art Is, Fundraiser for Salt Lake Valley Habitat For Humanity, SpyHop, Salt Lake City, UT, May 14

2021

• Reflections, Anne Jespersen Fine Art, Helper, UT

• Small Works Group Show, ONE Modern Art, Salt Lake City, UT

• Lights On!, Anne Jespersen Fine Art, Helper, UT

• 300 Plates Fundraiser and Exhibition, Art Access, Salt Lake City, UT

• Women in Art: Great Artists who just Happen to be Women, Chloe Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• Hope, Anne Jespersen Fine Art, Helper, UT

2020

• Light’s On!, Anne Jespersen Fine Arts, Helper, UT

• American Crossroads, Anne Jespersen Fine Arts, Helper, UT

• Women in Art: Great Artists who just Happen to be Women, Chloe Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2019

• Women in Art: Great Artists who just Happen to be Women, Chloe Gallery, San Francisco, CA

• Creighton Block Gallery, Big Sky Art Auction, Big Sky, MT,

• Out West Art Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT

• Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole Arts Festival, Jackson Hole, WY

• Women with HeART, Pilar Pobil Legacy Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT

2018

• Excavation, One Modern Art, Salt Lake City, UT

• Square One: Helper Artists of Utah, Finch Lane, Salt Lake City, UT

• Out West Art Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT

2017

• Contemporary Voices, Bella Muse Gallery, Ogden, UT

• The Nest: Women Artist of Helper, Helper, UT

• Featured Artist at Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY

• Under The Influence, Garage Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• Out West Art Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT

2016

• 19th Annual Zion’s Bank Art Show Invitational, Salt Lake City, UT

• Huntsman Cancer Institute, Fundraising Gala, Salt Lake City, UT

• 92nd Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

• 300 Plates Fundraiser and Exhibition, Art Access, Salt Lake City, UT

• Out West Art Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT

2015

• Small Group Exhibition, 15th Street Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• 18th Annual Zions Bank Art Show Invitational, Salt lake City, UT

• SEVEN - Perspective Landscapes, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• Women’s Redrock Music Festival- Festival Poster, Torrey, UT

• 300 Plates Fundraiser and Exhibition, Art Access, Salt Lake City, UT

• Small Works Landscape Exhibition, Garage Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• Le Cirque Gala Fundraiser, Rowland Hall St.-Marks, Salt Lake City, UT

2014

• Jackson Hole Art Festival, RARE Gallery of Fine Art, Jackson Hole, WY

• 40th Annual Statewide Competition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT

• Statewide Traces of The West Competition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT

• Group Mash Up, 15th Street Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah

• 300 Plates Fundraiser and Exhibition, Art Access, Salt Lake City, UT

• Helper Artists Group Show, CODA Gallery, Palm Desert, CA

2013

• Presidents Art Show, Salt Lake Community Collage, Salt Lake City, UT

• Salon D’ Automne, Logan Fine Art Gallery, Logan, UT

• 16th Annual Juried Exhibition - The Universality Of Women, AAUW - Annual Utah Women Artists Exhibition 2013, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Salt Lake City, UT

• Art To Go! Fall Invitational, Art Access/VSA Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

• This Is The Place Exhibition, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• Group Exhibition, 15th Street Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• Chairs for Charity, Huntsman Cancer Foundation & RC Willey Fundraiser, Salt Lake City, UT

2012

• Holiday Group Exhibition, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• Group Exhibition, Untitled Gallery, Helper, UT

• Salon D’ Automne, Logan Fine Art, Logan, UT

• Summer Solstice Exhibition, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2011      

• Holiday Group Exhibition, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

• Salon D’ Automne, Logan Fine Art, Logan, UT

• 37th Annual Statewide Competition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT

• 87th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

• 300 Plates Fundraiser and Exhibition, Art Access, Salt Lake City, UT

  
  

  
  

Select Public Collections

County Fine Art Collection, Salt Lake County Arts and Culture Board, Salt Lake City, UT
The Regent, Salt Lake City, UT
Nordstrom Collection, Salt Lake City, UT
Huntsman Cancer Foundation Collection, Salt Lake City, UT
Mayor Erin Mendenhall, Mayor’s Office, Salt Lake City, UT

Select Private Collection

The Dolby Family. San Francisco, CA
Zeke Dumke IV, Austin, TX
Jim and Lyn Hinckley, Salt Lake City, UT
Scott Anderson, President/CEO, Zion’s Bank, Salt Lake City, UT
Sandie Tillotson, Co-Founder, Senior Vice President, Nu Skin Enterprises, Salt Lake City, UT
Susan Sheehan, President & Chief Operating Officer, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT
Dr. Laura Nelson, Past Executive Director of Energy, Governor's Office of Energy Development, Salt Lake City, UT
Richard Walje, Past President & CEO, Gateway Projects at PacifiCorp, Salt Lake City, UT
Andrea Packard, Vice President of Communications and Customer Focus, Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, UT
Vasilios Priskos, Past Principal Broker/Founder, InterNet Properties, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT
Jennifer Johnson, Past Federal Probation Officer, U.S. District Court, Salt Lake City, UT
John Netto, Chief Executive Officer, K-nowbe Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT
Peter Stirba, Stirba, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT
Shauna Bamberger Priskos, Salt Lake City, UT
Valter Nassi, Valter’s Osteria, Salt Lake City, UT

*Over 450 paintings collected nationally, with over 50 paintings collected internationally.

Awards

2021 - Second Place, DSU Sears Art Museum, 34th Annual Sears Dixie Invitational, St. George, UT
2019 - First Place, Shadow and Light, Woodbury Art Museum, UVU, Orem, UT
2019 - Honorable Mention, 95th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
2019 - Most Distinguished Body of Work, Signature Montana Magazine, Out West Art Show, Great Falls, MT
2016 - Honorable Mention, 92nd Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
2014 - Honorable Mention, 40th Annual Statewide Competition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT

Select Publications

2023

• Project High Art, Janell James: Bridging The Gap Between Tradition and Innovation In Art, February 2023 https://projecthighart.net/janell-james-bridging-the-gap-between-tradition-and-innovation-in-art

• Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Feature: Artists Making Their Mark: Five To Watch, September/October 2023

2022

• 15 BYTES, UCCC’s Tree Exhibit Has Deep Roots and Fruitful Branches By Geoff Wichert, March 15, 2022, http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/ucccs-tree-exhibit-has-deep-roots-and-fruitful-branches/

2020

• Western Art and Architecture, February/March 2020, Feature Article Pg 143-147, https://westernartandarchitecture.com/february-march2020/an-artistic-temple

• Signature Montana Magazine, March 2020, Feature Article

2019

• Voyage Phoenix Magazine, Feature Article, March 2019 http://voyagephoenix.com/interview/check-janell-jamess-artwork/

2018

• Southwest Art Magazine: Artist of Note http://www.southwestart.com/articles-interviews/artists-of-note/artist-of-note-janell-james

• 15 Bytes: Unconfined: The Layers of Janell James http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/unconfined-the-layers-of-janell-james/?utm_source=Painting+List&utm_campaign=727513b3ba-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_437025c649-727513b3ba-424257385&ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_3_2018)&mc_cid=727513b3ba&mc_eid=1fcc3b561b

• SLUG Magazine: Desire Lines at UMOCA https://www.slugmag.com/art-fashion/desire-lines-umoca-janell-james/

2016

• 15 Bytes - Utah’s Artist Magazine http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/janell-james-at-green-loft-layering-trees-through-plexi/

• American Lifestyles Magazine, pg. 2

• Annual Statewide, Mixed Media and Works on Paper Catalogue, Utah Division of Arts and Museums

2015

• Salt Lake Magazine, http://saltlakemagazine.com/blog/2015/09/18/upcoming-shows-for-artist-janell-james/

• Rowland Hall Auction Catalog http://www.rowlandhallauction.com/art.html

• Winter/Spring - Essential Park City Magazine

• Fall/Winter Fibonacci Magazine, Feature Article, pg. 28-31 http://issuu.com/fibonaccifineartsdigest/docs/ fibonacci_fine_arts_digest_volume_1_68903f33127aa2

2013

• 89th Annual Utah Spring Salon Catalogue, “River Walk”, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT, page 63

• 15 Bytes - Utah’s Art Magazine http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/janell-james-studio-space

• 92nd Annual Utah Spring Salon Catalogue, “Closer”, Honorable Mention, Springville Museum of Art

• 15 Bytes - Utah’s Artist on-line Magazine

Education

Bay Area Classical Artists Atelier 2006-2008 Belmont, CA
Studio Escalier, Spring 2006 Paris, France
Helper Art School 2006 - 2014 Helper, UT
Bachelor of Science, Parks Recreation & Tourism, Hospitality Emphasis, U of U 1998

Select Bibliography

• Out West Art Show & Sale, 2016 https://youtu.be/3HE4wovFELs

• Springville Museum of Art, Salon Penny Winner http://smofa.org/museum.html?content_id=29615

• Bytes, Utah’s Artist Magazine, http://artistsofutah.org/15bytes/14jan/page5.html , http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/beauty-in-vitality-aaron- memmott-janell-james-and-john-collins-at-15th-street-gallery/

• Chairs For Charity Auction 2013, Sponsored by RC Willey, UT with 100% of funds raised benefitting the Huntsman Cancer Institute in furthering cancer research. http://www.ksl.com/?sid=25633868 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAymvNyfmmY https://vimeo.com/lovecomm/review/67430219/7a0adc81b1 http://www.abc4.com/content/about_4/gtu/featured_on/story/Chairs-for-Charity-at-RC-Willey/ao1bJ-dF4USxWvKSdFNK6Q.cspx

• Salt Lake Magazine: Young Benefactor’s Acquisition Dinner 2012 http://www.saltlakemagazine.com/galleries/yb-acquisition-dinner-1/

• Salt Lake Magazine: Nordstrom, Salt Lake City, City Creek Commission http://saltlakemagazine.com/blog/2012/03/10/video-sneak-peak-at-city-creek-centers-macys-and-nordstrom/

• 15 Bytes, Utah’s Artist Magazine, http://artistsofutah.org/15bytes/13may/page2.html

• Art Access, http://www.accessart.org/support-us/our-supporters?tmpl=component&print=1

• Now Playing Utah.Com, http://www.nowplayingutah.com/profile/detail/725

• “Arts Preview: ‘Women Seeing Women’ at SLAC”, In This Week, February 1, 2011; http://dev.inthisweek.com/view.php?id=2441294

• Salt Lake Tribune, “Visual art notes: Friberg’s valley view, weaving the future, outsider art, up and-coming painter”, The Salt Lake Tribune, November 6, 2009 http://www.sltrib.com/ci_13722615 (accessed April 29, 2010)

Memberships

Women Out West Invitational
Women's Leadership Group
National Association of Professional Women
15 Bytes - Utah’s Art Magazine
Utah Museum of Fine Art
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

Philanthropic Support

Women On The Move, MS Fundraiser
Huntsman Cancer Foundation
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Utah Museum of Fine Art
Utah’s Artist Magazine/15 Bytes
Art Access/ VSA Utah
Equality Utah
Central Utah Art Center, CUAC
Utah Coalition for La Raza
Frank Cordova Latino Community Turkey Drive
Arts & Music, Salt Lake Education Foundation
Central Utah Art Center

2014 - Present, Founding Member, Women’s Leadership Group, Salt Lake City, UT
2015, 2014, Huntsman 140 - Top individual fundraiser supporting cancer research at the Huntsman Cancer Institute
2014, Parrish Visitor, Wasatch Presbyterian Church
2014, 17th Annual Judges Run supporting cancer research and awareness
2012-2013, Primary Children’s Hospital - Art Therapy in Oncology and Adolescent Psychology

Acquisitions Contact

Janell James
435-655-5013
janell@janelljamesartist.com