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Contact Information:
Jim Collins
Signal Mt., TN
United States
Member Since: Nov 2000

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Artist Exhibitions:
RECENT SHOWS AND COMMISSIONS

2011 IRISH ENCOUNTERS,
Dooradoyle Library, County
Limerick, Ireland, January -
February
SOLO SHOW (April 1 - May 7)
Directors Choice "SOUTHWORKS",
OCAF Center, Watkinsville, GA


2010 IRISH ENCOUNTERS, A
solo touring exhibition of 20
mixed media collages at
several venues
throughout
Ireland. Opening in Kilkenny
in June.
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Artist Statement for Jim Collins

2012 ABSOLUTELY AMBIGUOUS, Solo Show of Mixed Media Collages,
Coker College, Hartsville, SC
PUBLIC ART LEAGUE SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Champaign-
Urbana, Illinois, 2012-2013
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, 2012-2013, Knoxville, TN
SUWANEE SCULPTOUR, 2012-2013, City of Suwanee, GA
MIDWEST SCULPTURE INITIATIVE, 2012-2013, Canton, MI
ART ON THE STREETS, 2012-2013, Colorado Springs, CO
THREE SHADES OF GREEN,SculptureCommission,
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

2011 IRISH ENCOUNTERS, Dooradoyle Library, County Limerick January - February and RUA RED, Dublin, June - July
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, Merit Award, “People’s Choice Award” 2011-2012, Knoxville, TN
SCULPTURE WALK V, 2011 - 2012, Kingsport, TN ("Kavanagh Himself" Purchased for City Collection)
SOLO SHOW (Mixed Media Collage), DIRECTOR'S CHOICE, OCAF, Watkinsville, GA
DISCOVER WHAT'S OUTSIDE, Sculpture Exhibition, April - December, Salisbury, NC
THE MIDWEST SCULPTURE INITIATIVE, Big Wheel Watcher, Westerville, OH

2010 IRISH ENCOUNTERS, A solo touring exhibition of 20 mixed media collages at several venues
throughout Ireland. Opening in Kilkenny in June - Basement Gallery, Dundalk in November
DISCOVER WHAT’S OUTSIDE, Sculpture Show, Salisbury, NC
5TH ANNUAL DOWNTOWN SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Asheboro, NC
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, March -- October, Knoxville, TN
ARTSS in the Open, 2010-2011, Sandy Springs, GA

2009 ROME ART COTERIE, Seventh National Juried Exhibition, Rome, GA
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, April – November, Knoxville, TN
SOUTHWORKS, Watkinsville, GA
PUBLIC ART COMMISSION: an individual sculpture each for the three villages of: Carlingford, Collon, and Heynestown in County Louth Ireland
FLYING COWS, Arts at the Airport - Flying Solo, Nashville International Airport, TN

2008 SCULPTURE WALK, Best of Show, 2007-2008, Columbus,GA
ARTSS in the Open, 2008-2009, Sandy Springs, GA
MAJOR PUBLIC SCULPTURE COMMISSION – Number 1 Fire Station, Plano, Texas
RIVER SCULPTURE FESTIVAL (Public Art), Asheville, NC
SCULPTURE WALK (Public Art), (Kavanagh Himself) 2008-2009, Columbus, GA

2007 SOLO SHOW- ENCOUNTERS (Jan – March), Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
MILE MARKERS, (September), nine powder-coated stainless steel sculptures on the Tennessee Riverwalk.
JACKSON, TN/UNION UNIVERSITY SCULPTURE TOUR, Purchase Award, “Mother and Child”

2006 SOLO SHOW (Jan - Feb), Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
SOLO SHOW (June), Mixed media collage and the Doll Series, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN
SOLO SHOW (June), THE WATCHER (In Two-dimension), River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
SOLO SHOW (June 2006 – May 2007), THE WATCHER, River Gallery Sculpture Garden, Chattanooga.
4th Annual North Carolina Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition (Public Art), Greensboro, NC
21st ANNUAL SCULPTURE CELEBRATION, Lenoir, NC

2005 ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, Sculpture Invitational, Downtown Stamford, CT
THE RED CLAY SURVEY, Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
RIVERBEND SCULPTURE BIENNIAL, Owensboro Museum of Art, KY
20th ANNUAL SCULPTURE CELEBRATION, Lenoir, NC, Juror’s Cash Award

2004 MAJOR COMMISSION: (Public Art) “Limerick Herd”, 32 silhouettes of life-sized
Animals, powder-coated aluminum, four sites along dual carriageways County Limerick, Ireland.
DISTINQUISHED ARTIST AWARD, Presented by Mayor Bob Corker, City of Chattanooga
WATCHERS 10 sculptures by invitation, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland
Commission: “Two Cows”, powder-coated aluminum, Athens, TN
Commission: “Two Cows”, powder-coated aluminum, Sperryville, VA
Commission: (Public Art) “Three Cows”, powder-coated aluminum, Art District, Chattanooga
BLACK AND AMBER WATCHER, (Public Art) Langton’s, Kilkenny, Ireland




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