Jimmy Wright
MFA, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; BFA with honors, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Teaches: yearly pastel workshop, Pastel Society of America. Taught: SIU, Carbondale, IL; Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY. Lectures: Sarah Lawrence College, Pratt Institute, American University, Murray State University. Award: John D. Brown travel fellowship. Selected Exhibitions: one man shows, DC Moore Gallery, New York City, 2001 and 1997; Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2007 and 2004; Argazzi Gallery, CT; Chicago; Lizan-Tops Gallery, East Hampton; and Tavelli Gallery, Aspen. Collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art and many private and public collections. Represented by: DC Moore Gallery, New York City and Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago. Selected Bibliography: American Artist, Art on Paper, Artists Magazine, ArtNews, the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Pastel Journal, Time Out Chicago. Website: www.jimmywrightartist.com.
